OVER THE AIR

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20125, 22 February 1937, Page 4

OVER THE AIR

RADIO PROGRAMMES. BROADCASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following programmes will be broadcast by the New Zealand national stations til's evening;— IYA, Auckland.—7.o, News and reports; 8.0, concert programme—“The Clairvoyant” (Rex Bretnall), a radio play; 8.35, recordings, Andre Chariot, Gwen Farrar, Norah Bianey and Edward Cooper; 8.45, W. P. Lipscomb and Michael Hogan, assisted by Mary Newland, dramatic sketches; 8.54, Phil. Baker and ,Sid Silvers; 9.0, weather, station notices; 9.5, reserved; 9.20, the orchestra, conducted by Harold Baxter; 9.28, Mrs H. Reffell (soprano); 9.37, the orchestra; 9.42, W. Brough (baritone); 9.51, the orchestra; 10.0, music, mirth and melody; 11.0, close down.

2YA, Wellington.—7.o, News and reports; 7.30, time signals from the Dominion Observatory; 7.45, rebroadcast from League of Nations shortwave station, Geneva; 8.0, chimes, a Brahms chamber music and art song programme, featuring the Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Isolde Menges (violin) and Harold Samuel (piano); 7.20, Elena Gerhardt (mez-zo-soprano), with piano accompaniment by Coenraad V. Bos; 8.32, Eileen Joyce (piano); 8.40, talk, the Hollywood Talker, “From Scenario to Screen —How Talking Pictures are Made” (2); 9.0, weather, station notices; 9.5, “Jazz Virtuosi”—a programme of modern rhythm by British artists; 9.48, twelve minutes of vocal rhythm with Les Allen and his Canadian Bachelors; 10.0, dance programme, “Faster and Faster”—a programme showing the differences in the speed of dance records; 11.0, close down.

3YA, Christchurch.—7.o, News and reports; 8.30, time signals from the Dominion Observatory; 7.35, talk, our garden expert, “The Narcissus— Flowers for the Spring Time”; 8.0, chimes, recordings, Wingates Temperance Band; 8.13, Moana Lawrence (soprano); 8.19, recording, Australian Commonwealth Band; 8.30, “Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers, in another humorous episode; 8.39, recording, St. Hilda Professional Band; 8.48, Moana Lawrence (soprano); 8.54, recording, Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band; 9.0, weather, station notices; 9.5, discussion by Messrs Denis Glover and Allen Curnow,

“Should School Prizes be Given?”; 9.20, recordings, Pro Arte Quartet; 9.38, Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone); 9.44, Lener String Quartet; 10.0, music, mirth and melody; 11.0, close down.

4YA, Dunedin.—7.o, News and reports; 8.0, chimes—recordings, Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio; 8.11, Madame Margherita Zelanda (New Zealand soprano); 8.22, Raie da Costa (piano); 8.31, Jules Bledsoe (bass); 8.40, talk, J. T. Paul, “World Affairs”; 9.0, weather, station notices; 9.5, “Bill and ’Erb” in a humorous topical dialogue; 9.20, recording, The Inter-., national Novelty Quartet; 9.23, the Opportune Players present, “It Happened in Port Said,” a play by Rex Bretnall; .53, recording, Bransby Williams (humour); 10.0, dance music; 11.0, close down.