RADIO

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18940, 10 December 1929, Page 6

RADIO

BY

“ AERIAL.

NOTES AND NEWS.

Reception Last Night. The New Zealand stations on the air had little in the way of static to contend against, but that utterly abominable “ roarer ” made the air sultry in many homes where attempts were made to reproduce 4YA round about nine o’clock. He did not stay on the air for any length of time, fortunately, therefore little of 4YA’s programme was spoiled. 2YA’s relay of the Hutt Valley Choral Society’s concert at Lower Hutt was a very successful affair. The items came through well. A word of praise is due the for its very fine renderings of several sea chanties, the best of which, from the listener’s viewpoint, was, undoubtedly, “ Shenandoah.’* There was a barrier of sorts between New Zealand and Australia up to “ Aerial’s ” closing down time (eleven o’clock) last night. Not one of the Sydney stations could be reproduced I at better than very poor loud speaker ! strength. “ And so say all of us,” remarked all the St Albans members of the Oscillating Oswald fraternity. | 2BL was barely audible, and 2FC only ! a trifle better. All the others were off the radio map. There was scarcely j any static about, therefore the silence I last night was due to another visitation of the “ blanket.” .Rebroadcasts. The Australian Broadcasting Company relayed a programme from Holland on November 22 at 10.45 p.m. Much to the amusement of those on ! duty, the principal song which came i through was “ Sonny Boy.” The same I night a relay for fifteen minutes was | made of the Manila Station. Earlier in the evening 2FC relayed successfully 3LO, and an endeavour was made to finish up with a relay from SSW, London, but conditions were unfavourable. These were creditable performances and might be copied, on suitable occasions, by New Zealand stations. According to “ Insulator’s ” reports, KZRM, Manila, is to be heard .clearly and well at times just now. Listeners who have heard some of 3YA’s rebroadcasts of foreign short wave transmissions would welcome more of them—-even if they were not perfect successes. a Licenses in Australia. On October 30 of this year there were 309,820 licensed listeners in the Commonwealth, an increase of 8621 over the figures for June 30, 1929. The only State to show a decrease was Queensland, where the figures dropped from 24,744 to 23,505 —a loss of 1239. The total licenses in force in each of the States on October 30, 1929, are as follow:—Victoria, 144,295; New South Wales, 107,489; South Australia, 24,737; Queensland, 23,505; Tasmania, 5441; and West Australia, 4353. WIRELESS FOR BEGINNERS. No. 74. At the risk of being tedious, we will dig a little deeper into these oscillations of LR. In the arrangement considered in article 67 we had what is known as the “ spark ” method of producing “ high-frequency ” oscillatory currents. From the formula: Wavelength equals Velocity divided by Frequency, it is found that 20,000 oscillations per second are required to produce a wavelength of 15,000 metres; it requires 3,000,000 oscillations per second to produce a wave-length of 100 metres. Such oscillations are known as “ High-frequency or oscillatory currents.” Alternating currents of between 25 and 1000 oscillations per second (produced by ordinary alternating current dynamos) are known as “ Low-frequency.” Now in the circuits we have recently been considering you may not have realised the fact that in order to produce a complete wave in the ether it is necessary to pass the condenser C through a complete cycle ?f operations. Thus:—Pulse I.—When the switch (article 67) was closed, the electrons rushed up to fill the condenser and, having overfilled it (condenser was “positively charged”) they— (pulse 2) crashed across the spark gap, thus reducing the condenser to normal—discharged it; but (pulse 3) they went too fast so that the condenser had fewer electrons in it than was its normal condition—condenser “ negatively charged”; therefore (pulse 4) the electrons crashed back to restore the balance—discharge again. These then are pushed outward—each charge and discharge producing a pressure pulse in the ether—the whole four forming a complete electric wave which, pushed out into the ether, travels into space with the velocity of light--186,000 miles a second. (To be continued.) STUDIO NOTES. New Zealand Stations. The annual competition for the Cornwell Cup adds interest to a talk which will be given at IYA at 7.40 p.m. by Mr J: J. Alackay, commodore of the Takapuna Boating Club. Contributing to the major portion of the vocal programme for the evening’s concert will be the Clarion Trio, their items including trios, duets and solos from the light operas, “The Bohemian Girl,” “The Country Girl,” “The Arcadians,” “The Rebel Maid,” “To-night’s the Night,” and “Maid of the Mountains.” Mr J. F. Montague will recite several humorous selections, while Miss lna Bosworth will be heard in a violin solo. Also performing on the instrumental side of the programme will be the Studio Trio, and Margot Toner, pianiste. Concluding the programme will be a gramophone lecture-recital by Mr Karl Atkinson, entitled “The Sea in Music.” 2YA's programme will be given by the “Strollers’ Radio Party,” assisted by the 2YA Salon Orchestra. “The Strollers” have arranged a very attractive programme of vocal solos, humorous sketches, comic songs and piano novelty numbers. A very fine vocal programme will supplement the St Kilda Band recital at 4YA. Miss Winnie Collier (mezzo-, soprano) will be singing, her numbers being "Dream o Day Jill,” “Somewhere a Voice is Calling” and “A Summer Night.” Bass solos by Mr Neil Black will be “Young Tom o’ Devon”, “The Grey North Sea” and “The Mountains of Mourne.” Recitations will be given by Miss Mary Jelly. The band programme is one of the best presented by the popular combination. K :: From 2BL, Sydney. Tunc in for the evening concert on 353 metres from 10 o’clock. The featured artist to-night is Vladimir Elin, \

Russian baritone. He has had an eventful career. “I have sung before the Czar in the Royal Theatre and in little villages, in the north of Russia before an audience of peasants. The peasants were just as appreciative as the members of the Royal family. During the Revolution it was customary to give a concert in exchange for a sack of potatoes, and I have known Chaliapin play for an evening in return for five pounds of sugar, or a bag of flour. The uneducated mujiks can appreciate good music because their bad taste has never been developed, as it has been elsewhere. If you give people only good music they can like nothing else,” declared Mr Elin. Owing to the hardships of travelling, Vladimir Elin lost h|s voice in China, but later regained it. He toured Siam and the East for some time. “I had lost all my music and could not get any more for love nor. money,” he said. “So I played my own accompaniment and used to sing as many as twenty arias a night, because I could remember those from my opera performances.” 8 8 8 From 2FC, Sydney. Tune in on 451 metres. The feature speaker (about 9 pjn., our time) is Mr W. F. Jackson, whose subject will be “On with the Dance.” Mr Jackson will give a resume of the history of dancing from primitive times to the present day. 'With primitive men, dancing is associated with war and religion—war dances and religious dances are symbolic play which stimulates the emotions. Mr Jackson will give a description of a Zulu War Dance in full paint, which he was privileged to see in one of his recent tours abroad; then comes the Choric dances of ancient Greece associated with the worship of a god. David also danced in front of the Ark and Mr Jackson says, “Let us resort to this ancient custom and dance in our churches. Dancing does not necessarily belong to the Devil—it is a natural and innocent expression of human vibration.” The great dancers of the modern worlfl are Genee, Isadore Duncan, and Pavlova, and dancing is expressed in its highest terms in their art. Mr Jackson will make a comparison of the dances of to-day with the dances of yesterday. He will give his views on jazz, and its bearing in the world of Terpsichore. The featured artist on 2FC’s concert programme is Miss Vera Spaull, popular vocalist. She is one of Australia’s best known comediennes, both on the stage and over the air. Her appearance before the “mike” this evening will be welcomed by many listeners. From 3ZC To-morrow. Wednesday’s special studio item from 3ZC will be Mr A. J. M’Eldowney’s weekly chat about “Our Boys.” Although Mr M’Eldowney has only been heard from this statioh twice he has already become popular with listeners who look forward to his chats. TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES. Following are details of to-day’s programmes to be broadcast by New Zealand stations and 4QG, Brisbane:— IYA, Auckland (333 m 3.0: Afternoon session. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner session. 7.0: News and market reports. 7.40: Talk, Mr J. J. Mackay (Commodore Takapuna Boating Club), “The Cornwell Cup.” 8.1: Vocal, Clarion Trio, “ Sally ” (Parks). 8.5: Studio Trio, “Moorish Night Song” (Rasch), “Serenade” (Gounod). 5.14: Tenor, Mr James Simpson, “ When Other Lips.” 8.18: Pianoforte, Miss M. Toner, selected. 8.34: Soprano, Miss Alma M’Gruer, “Pipes of Pan.” 8.38: Violin, Miss lna Bosworth, “ Minuet ” < Porpora). 8.42: Bass solo, Duncan Black, “ The Fishermen of England.’* 8.46: Clarion Trio, “When the Boys come Home to Tea.” 8.50: Miss M. Toner, selected. 8.57: Weather report. 0.0: Vocal duet. Miss A. M’Gruer and Mr J. Simpson, “ A Paradise for Two.” 0.4: Humour, Mr J. F. Montague, “ Hoffenstein Proposes a Toast,” “ What do the Ladies Talk about?” 9.13: Studio Trio, selection from the opera, “ Etienne Marcel.” 0.22: Clarion Trio, “Gipsies’ Chorus.” 0.26: Gramophone lecture-reci-tal, Mr Karl Atkinson, “ The Sea in Music.” 10.0: Close down. 2YA, Wellington (416m.—720k.) 3.0: Afternoon session. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner session—New Light Symphony Orchestra, “Merry Wives of Windsor” (Nicolai); »Marek Weber’s Orchestra, “ Moonlight on the Alster ” (Petras). 6.15: New Light Symphony Orchestra, “ Hearts and Flowers ” (Tobani) ; Marek Weber’s Orchestra, “Wine, Women and Song” (Weber); Wurlitzer organ, Reginald Foort, “ By the Blue Hawaiian Waters ” (Ketelbey). 6.30: New Light Symphony Orchestra, “ The Glow-worm Idyll ” (Lincke); Victor Salon Orchestra, “Indian Love Call” (“Rose Marie”—Friml), “ The World is Waiting for the Sunrise” (Lockhart); Balalaika Orchestra, “Song of the Volga Boatmen ” (Russian folk song). 6.45: Jack Hylton’s Orchestra, “Old-time Songs”; Wurlitzer organ solos, Reginald Foort, “ Leave Me Alone,” " Songs my Mother Taught me ” (Dvorak). 7.0: News session. 7.40: Lecturette, “For the Man on the Land.” 8.1: 2YA Salon Orchestra, “Slavonic Rhapsody” (Friedman). 8.9: Entertainments by “ The Strollers ” Radio Party —Tenor solo. “ A Love Nest for Two ”; soubrette, “He Did”; pianoforte medley of the latest musical comedy numbers; humour, "Richard I.”; soprano solo, “When Daisies Pied.” 8.24: Instrumental trios, Messrs W. Haydock, Chapman and M. Dixon, " Poupee Vaisante ” (Poldini), “ Wiegenlied ” (Burmeister). 8.34 : “ The Strollers ”—Soprano solo, “Cigarette”; humorous duo, “ Bridget O’Flynn ”; latest popular pianoforte numbers; tenor solo, “The Little White House”; patter. 8.55: 2YA Salon Orchestra, “ Pastoral Sketches ” (Mayerl). 9.3: Weather report. 9.5; “ The Strollers ” —Soubrette, “ You Always Have to Pay a Little More”; vocal duet, “Very Own Pierrot”; humour, “I Need Love”; further popular pianoforte numbers: finale, “Going Up”; 2YA Salon Orchestra, “The Student Prince.” 9.30: Dance programme—Fox trots, “ He’s a Good Man to Have Around,” “ Someone’s Falling in Love,” “ Shoo Shoo Bogey Boo,'' “If you Want Lovin’ ” 9.42: Vocal duet. “Tile Inspiration Boys,” “On the Alamo”; fox trots “There’s Sugar Cane Around my Door”’ “Finding the Long Way Home”’ “ Waltzes, “ Mistakes,” “ Three O’clock in the Morning.” 9.57: Organ and xylophone, Lew White, “You were Meant for Me”; fox trots, “The Land of Sleepy Water,” “ That's What .1 Call Sweet M usic,” “Alice Blue Gown,”

“ Now I'm in Love.” 10.12: Comedienne, June Pursell, “ I’m Walking Around in a Dream”; fox trots, “Don’t Hang your Dreams on a Rainbow,” “ Or What Have You?” “Song of the Moonbeams,” “I’ve Made a Habit Out of You”; waltz,. “ If We should Never Meet Again.” 10.30: organ with xylophone, Lew White, “Wedding of the Painted Doll”; fox trots, “An Old Italian Love Song,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Why Did You?” “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody.” 10.45: Vocal duet, “ The Inspiration Boys,” “The Moonlight March”; fox trots, "Every Moon’s a Honeymoon,” “Bashful Baby,” “An Eye-full of You”; waltz, “ That Naughty Waltz.” 11.0: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. Silent day. 3ZC, Christchurch (250m.—1200k.) 6.0; Children’s session. 7.0: Wireless chat and Morse. Evening concert: “Wedding of the Fairies” and “Tristesse,” Reed Orchestra. “Love, Here is My Heart”, Reed Miller (tenor); “March of the Mannikins” and “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”, Ray Perkins (piano). 5.20 (from the studio), Master Charlie Munro, saxophone solos, “Serenade d’Amour” (von Blon) and “Tourbillon” (A. Krautz); “Habanera” (“Carmen”), Margaret Keyes (contralto); “Evening Song” (Dessam), William Willeke Cceilo); “La Spagnola”, Guido Ciccolina (tenor) ; “The Palms” (Faure), Thomas Chalmers (baritone); “Monte Cristo”, Instrumental Quartet: “Artist’s Life Waltz”, American SymphorSy Orchestra; “Largo” (Handel}, Merle Alcock (contralto) ; “Improvistion on Old Songs”, Victor Young (piano); “Pirates of Penzance”, New York Opera Company; “Triumphal March”, Sodero’s Band. 9.15: Dance music played by Walton’s Dance Orchestra. 10.15: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin (461 m 1.30: Relgy.from Invercargill of opening ceremony of New Zealand Royal Show. ‘ ,5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner • session—Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, “Song of Morning” (Elgar), “ Song of Night ” (Elgar); ’cello. Gaspar Cassado, “ Menuett ” (Haydn). 6.15: La Scala Orchestra, “ S-ong of the Nightingale ” (Napravnik); instrumental trio, Kreisler, Kreisler and Raucheisen, “ L’Arlesienne—lntermezzo ” (Bizet, arranged Kreisler); male choir, Sheffield Orpheus Choir, “ Hymn before Action ” (Kfpling-Walter Davies). 6.30: Halle Orchestra, “ Rosamunde Ballet Music ” (Schubert); ’cello, Gaspar Cassado, “ Chanson Villageoise No. 2 ” (Popper). 6.45: Instrumental trio, Kreisler, Kreisler and Rauchiesen, “Sanctissima” (Corelli, arranged Kreisler) ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, “The Flatterer” (Chaminade); male choir, Sheffield Orpheus Choir, “ The Long Day Closes ” (Chorley). 7.0: News session. 8.0: Chimes; studio concert by the St Kilda Band and assisting artists. S.l: Band, “Entry of the Gladiators” (Finck). 8.8: Bass, Mr Neil Black, “ Young Tom o’ Devon.” 8.12: Novelty, Norman Long, “Overture 1929.” 8.15: Mezzo-soprano, Miss Winnie Collier, “ Dream o’ Day Jill,” “ Somewhere a Voice is Calling.” 5.22: Band. “Crown of Love” (Tipping). 8.29: Male choruses, Prudhoe Gleemen, “ Soldier’s Farewell,” “ Border Ballad. 8.35: Band, “Unfinished Symphony, First Movement” (Schubert). 8.46: Recitals. Miss Mary Jolly, “Comfort,” “The Woman at the Wheel.” 8.63: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, " Gipsy ” (Gilbert). 9.0: Weather report. 9.2: Band, “Gems of Irish Melody” (Hume). 9.14: Bass, Mr Neil Black, “The Grey North Sea,” “ The Mountains o’ Mourne.” 9.21: Mandolin Band, “ Stephanie Gavotte ” (Czibulka). 9.24: Mez-zo-soprano, Miss Winnie Collier, “ A Summer Night.” 9.28: Band, “Was it a Dream?” (Coslow). 9.35: Recital, Miss Mary Jolly, Extract frqm “ Romeo and Juliet.” 9.42: Band, Musical Fragments” (Rimmer). 9.52; Humour, Norman Long, “What did the Village Blacksmith Say?’’ 9.55; Band, “The Crusader” (Anderson). 10.0; Close down.. 4QO f Brisbane (385nu—780k.) 10 p.m. to midnight: Studio concert—--10.0: Studio Orchestra; Clare Matthews (violin), “ Midnight !Hells ”; Elsie Hoopert (soprano) > “ Bird of Love Divine.” 10.20: Ruth Tregurtha in a selection of poems; Studio Orchestra; J. P. Cornwell (bass), “The Friend for Me.” 10.42: Clare Matthews, “ Serenade ” (Schubert); Alice Raven (contralto), “A Summer Night ”; • Claude Walker in selections from Henry Lawson’s works. 11.0: Weather; Studio Orchestra; Ruth Tregurtha in a selection of Drinkwater’s poems; Elsie Hoopert, “Beyond the Dawn.’; 11.16: H. Jackson, cornet solo; J. P. Cornwell, “Where the Great Ships Ride”; dance music; records; news, etc. TOM WEDNESDAY. 3ZC, Christchurch (250m.—1200k.) 10.0 a.m.: Women’s session; Overture, "Casse Noisette Suite,” American Symphony Orchestra. 10.8: Household hints and tested recipes: Summer Stew, Koll » Yorkshire Sandwich Cake. 10.25: “The Two Larks,” Andre Benoist (piano); “Gentle Flowers in the Dew,” (Faust) Marie Morrissey (contralto); “Humoreske,” (Dvorak) Vasa Prihoda (violin); “Dance of the Toy Regiment,” Joe Green (xylophone); “Singing to You,” Karl John (tenor). 10.46: Mr A. J. M’Eldowney will discuss “More Boy Problems,” “Norma Overture,” (Bellini). Edison Concert Band; “Prelude Arabesque,” (Rogers), “Butterfly,” (Grieg), Andre* Benoist (piano).; “Dost Thou Know that Sweet Land??* Marie Morrisey (contralto); “Jota de Pablo,” (Sarasat.e), Vasa Prihoda (violin); “Dancing stars,” Joe Green (xylophone); “La Zingarella, “Virginia Rea (soprano); “Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor,” Sodero’s Band. 11.30, close down. 12.0: to 1.30: News and luncheon music session.