RADIO NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 8

RADIO NOTES

TUT COLTMAN Tut Colt man an.'] his Band will he a. regular feature at :SYA f»r aboutsix months, playing on Saturday nights, Mr Coltman told the "Record's" Christchurch reporter the othcr dav that his dance combination was brought from Australia at tIK behest of Fred Cnrr, of Wellington. It has just completed a tour of New Zealand and has settled in at the New Fraseati Cabaret, Christchurch. In this band, which proposes to show Christchurch something about "swing'' as well as ordinary dancetime and rhythm, there are six members, along with a vocalist. Station 3YA dates pencilled arc April 22 iuul 29 and May 6 and 13. Tut and his men are well known to Bay of Plenty dancers. & # * THE COMEDY HARMONISTS Radio listeners have been somewhat mystified of late through a change in name of the Comedy Harmonists. As long ago as June of > 9 st year it was announced that recent happenings had had the effect of splitting the famous Comedy Har-< monists into two groups. The new group contains three of the original ''Harmonists'' and is called "The Meistersestet."' Both groups Avill continue to record for HMV. One thing Msteners do know, and that is "by nnv other name, even three of the original Comedy Harmonists would .sing as sweetly.'' IYA listeners Avill hear the Meistersestet on Sunday afternoon. SCIENCE FOR LOW BROWS About to commence from 2YA Wellington. is the station's usual winter coursn of lectures, which will start off this year with a series of six talks by an industrial chemist,. Subjects treated will be approached from the attitude of the intelligent inquiring layman, who will put to the chemist the sort of questions intelligent laymen usually ask. There are more intriguing and interesting sidelights in industrial chemistry than most people imagine. Secret inks, explosives, poison gas, synthetic sausage skins are *ust a few topics. « # # JS THE ROARING AURORA All shortwave listeners in New Zealand were nonplussed last week when their sets brought in nothing but a crash, n roar and a crackle. Thev learned the foMowing day that the Anro'a Australia, commonly known as thy Southern Lights. Avas the cause. This celestial phenomenon Avas recognised first by a reddish colour, ; ng in the sky, and having the peculiarity. of waxing and waning. It was seen by observers at it 3 best between 8 and 8.30 o'clock. Many peoolc left their sets to take n look at the heavens, mindful of an approaching thunderstorm, and were treated to a pyi'o.leehnicnl shnw par excellence. For Aisual purposes, street lighting and neon signs completely ruined the spectacle Tor city dwellers. There were occasion;;! streamers, but th" aurora "obliging. Iv conformed to the type usually seen in this latitude. More of these gratuitous disolavs. a Cantcrbnrv scientist said, may be nx-nected again in May and September . TELEVISION What i c going to happen to sport when television comes in? So successfnl AA r as the tcleA'ising of a recent rhamnionship boxing bout in London 1 hpt cinema syndicates and fight pro. immediately saw in it pvoip'ce o" ivofil. On reflection, howe\*er, there was •-•nmrf'-.jn'? of "> change of mind in o"n mini ter. Eight promoter* real is. Ed that the Association Foot ha!*, League l-;id banned the broadcasting of rnetehes bcansr it affected the gates at g->mes all over the countyy, sj^ori;d 1 y "n c->!d and wet Aveather . Aftc;. their ('"'St bursts of enth-.is-•nv.'r thr> new idea, snorts pro. r, mte v -, for-'-aw fights, football mat. fhes and other forms of snort being 'right out of their hands by the i res. Outer-*- beca""'-> Jniuloi*. Then S B'-i'ish Box'n' f F<»n-*d of Contro 1 step->->of- fr> norm it a !-f) b'> f"'e^' r Sof| or (V :rTibe(] fIV" ' r 's it takes |>lace, without it--apnroA'al. TeleA'i«son 's eom'nr? nenrov and hei'Tg n and 'in 1 "'ir" in X'mv . So it looks V'ke he-idaf.hes t*»<» nromot ers of Avr'sflinc? Houts in tho Dominion: if not this AAinter, perhaps next or the next. ;