BROADCASTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 255, 9 August 1937, Page 7

BROADCASTING

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. The ’wireless programmes to be broadcast to-night are:— IYA, AUCKLAND (650 k). 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Agricultural talk: Mr E. B. Glanville, Department of Agriculture, Whangarei, “Grassing the Gumland.” 8.0: Presentation of the prize-winnig play, “The Time Factor,” a radio play in eight episodes, by W. Graeme-Holder. Produced by Zoe Bartley-Baxter 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Ringside commentary on professional wrestling match relayed from the Town Hall. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 2YA. WELLINGTON (526m~570k.) 7.0: News and reports 7.25 ': Rebroadcast from League of Nations shortwave station at Geneva. 7.30: Time signals. “This Changing World, The Progress of Man, Pasteur and the Revolution of Modern Medicine,” by a member of the B.M.A. 8.0: Recordings, the Italian Trio “Trio from the Musical Offering” (Bach, an*. Casella). 8.18: Art song recital by J. Newton Goodson (baritone) “The Wondrous Month of May”; “Thou’rt So Like a Flower” (Schumann); “Impatience” (Schubert); “To the Children” “Spring Waters” (Rachmaninoff).' 8.20: Recording Leff Pouishnoff (piano), Prelude in B Flat; “Polichinelle” (Rachmaninoff). 8.40: Duscussion, “The Shadow of British Suicide,” a discussion on population, by Mr C. A. L. Treadwell and Mr J- Cormick. ’ 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Ringside commentary on professional wrestling match (relayed from the Town Hall). Announcer, Mr A. Pope. 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: Close down. 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (416m—720k.) 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: lime signals, 7.35: Talk, Our Garden Expert, “Our Question Evening.” 8.0: Woolston Brass Band, conducted by R. J. Estall (a) “Mephistoplieles” March (Douglas); (b) “William Tell” Overture (an*. 'Dimmer). 8.14: Recording, Paul Robeson (bass), “Paul Robeson Medley.” 8.22: Band (a) “Jesu, Lover of Mv Soul” Hymn (Dykes); (b) ‘ Rose of'My Heart”; “Waiata Poi” (arr. Gladstone Hill). 8.31: “Eb and Zeb.” 8.50: Recordings, Frank Titterton (tenor), (a) “Songs That Live Forever” (Lonestaffe); (b) “Oh! No, John.” 8.40: Band, “Boulder City” March (Old Hume). 8.44: Talk, Mr F. C Thomas, “Some Early Grand National 1 Reminiscences.” 9.0: Weather. Station

notices. 9.20: Recording: Lener String Quartet, Quartet in G Major, K 387 (Mozart). 9.52: Recordings, Lotte Lehmann (soprano), (a) “To Cliloe”; (b) “Secrecy” (Mozart) 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. 4YA, DUNEDIN (790 kilocycles). 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Talk by a representative of the New Zealand Lighting Service Bureau “Better Light —Better Sight.” 8.0: Louise Tonkin (piano), Three Preludes (Chopin); “Reflets dans l’Eau” (Debussy); “Arabesque” (Schumann). 8.19: Recordings, Dorothy Helmri'ch (mezzo-soprano), “Falls the Snow” (Cimara); “On the River Boat” (Brahms). 8.25: Elivira Wycherley (’cello) “Sicilienne” (Fauro) “Meditation on a Norwegian Folk Tune Fragment” (arr. Ahvyn); “Czardas” (Fishcher). 8.40: Talk by Mr J. T. Paul, “World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Mill and ’Erb,” in another humorous topical dialogue. 9.20: Recordings, Alleyno and Leonhardt (piano), “Die Fledermaus” Waltzes (Strauss). 9.23: “Murder in the Silo,” a dramatic play by Edmund Barclay, presented by the Academy Players. 9.48: Recording, Prima Seala’s Accordion Band, “The Sunset Trail” (Carr). 9.51: Bobby Comber, Robert Tredinnick, Fabia Drake, Fred Douglas, and Alec McGill, “A Fruity Melodrama: Only a Mill Girl” (Melluish Bros). 10.0: An hour with Billy Cottoh and his Band. 11.0: Close down.