WORLD SHORT WAVE PROGRAMMES

Evening Star, Issue 22442, 12 September 1936, Page 4

WORLD SHORT WAVE PROGRAMMES

(All New Zealand standard.) TO-DAY 5 p.m.: DJB, * Music for the Weekend.' 5.20: 3LR, from the studio, sporting results to hand. Interlude. 5.30; DJB, news in German. SLR, description by Mel. Morris and Wallace Sharland of the first semi-final League football match, from the Melbourne Cricket Ground (continued). 5.45 = DJB, ‘ Music for the Week-end ’ (continued). 6.25: DJB, ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners.’ 6.30: DJB, news and economic review in English. 6.45: ‘ Today in Germany ’; sound pictures. 7: DJB, women’s hour; ‘ All Sorts of Things By and About Women.’ 7.30: DJB, Reich Party Day, 1930. 8; 3LR, countryman’s session. 8.20: ‘ Women’s Sporting Activities,’ by Miss M. Beckingsale. 8.30: SLR, sporting session, conducted by Wallace Sharland. 8.55; National news bulletin. 9.5: 3LR, ‘ Topics in the Air,’ 9.23: Victorian news bulletin. 9.30= VK3ME, ‘Around the World With the Dance Bands.’ 3LR, national programme from the Sydney Town Hall; the first celebrity symphony concert, conducted by Dr Malcolm Sargent, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (lasting two and a-half hours). 10: VPD2, variety programme for one and a-half hours. 10.25: DJB, German folk song. 10.30: VK3ME, news bulletin and sporting results. DJB, concert of light music. 10.45; VK3ME, Australian programme. 11.30: DJB, news and economic review in German. 11,45: ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners in the Near East.’ 11.50: Concert 'of light music (continued) 12: 3LR, ‘ Australia Looks On the World,’ a review of world events during the past week as seen through the eyes of an Australian, Colonel R. S. Ryan, formerly Deputy-British High Commissioner of the Rhineland. 12.12: Special news service. 12,15: Old-time dance music, Mac Duff Williams’s Orchestra; master of ceremonies, Robert H. Spaven; Mrs Campbell at the piano j an Irish night. SUNDAY 6.35 a.m.: 2RO, more than three hours’ varied programme from Italian stations. 9.45: 2RO, news in English. 10: HBL (also HBP, 38.47 metres), current news about the League of Nations. 10.30: 2RO, news in English, for listeners in North America. 10.50: A programme for listeners in Latin America; news in Italian. Opera, ‘La Traviata,’ by G. Verdi (second act). ‘Olympiad Results:-Italians in Football,’ a talk by Consul-General Vaccaro. Vocal concert, Spanish songs, sung by Matilde Reyna (soprano). News in Spanish and Portuguese. .12: DJB, * Gala Dance Evening.’ 12.45; DJB, news and review of the week in English (DJN and DJQ, ‘To-day in Germany,’ sound pictures.) 1: DJB, ‘ Gala Dance Evening’ (continued). 1.30: DJB, news and feconomio review in German. 1.45: ‘Variety Evening.’ 2.40: GSC, ‘Dixie Land Whar’ I Was Born In,’ memories of the cotton fields, in negro songs and spirituals, with John Payne and his Jubilee Singers. 3: DJB,' news and economic review in Spanish. 3.10: GSG, the news and announcements. (Greenwich time signal at 3.15.) 3.15: DJB, ‘Greetings to Our Listeners.’ 3.30: WBXK, Lou Bring’s Orchestra. W2XAF, Eddy Duchin’s Orchestra. 3.30: WBXK, ■Henry King’s Orchestra. W2XAF, Charles Stenross’s Orchestra. ' 4.35: DJB, German folk song. * Outstanding Broadcasts of the Week.’ 4.40; A Sunday concert. 5: VK2ME, programme for the first session, beginning and ending with the kookaburra call. 5.30: DJB, news in German. 5.45; A Sunday concert (continued). 6.25: DJB, ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners.’ 6.30: DJB. news and review of the week in English. 6.45: Hitler youth programme, ‘Books for the Young Folk.’ 7: DJB, ‘ O wusst ich doch den Weg zuruck ’; songs by Johannes Brahms, sung by Erna Westenberger. 7.15: ‘Shortwave Amateurs’ Hour.’ 7.30: DJB, Reich Party Day, 1936. 3LR, four and a-half hours’ relayed programme from one of the Melbourne national stations. 7.55: National news bulletin. 8.5: 3LR, musical reproductions 9: VK2ME, programme for the second and third sessions, beginning and ending with the kookaburra call. 10: VPD2, variety programme for one and a-half hours. 10.25: DJB, German folk song. ‘ Outstanding Broadcasts of the Week.’ 10.30: RNE, review of the week. Listeners’ questions and answers. News bulletin. DJB, concert of light music. 11.30: DJB, news and review of the week in German. 11.45: ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners.’ 11.50; Concert of light music (continued).

MONDAY 5.50 a.m.: 2RO, more than four hours’ varied programme from Italian stations. 8.30; RWS9, a repetition of the programme given at 10.30 p.m. Sunday from RNE. 12: DJB, ‘Seven Under an Apple Tree,’ a play of love, apples, and wine, by Heinz Oskar Wuttig. 1: DJB, news in English. (DJN and DJQ, sports review. 1.15: DJB. ‘ The Declaration of Love,’ a sketch by • Paul Blume. 1.30: DJB, news in German, 1.45; Orchestral concert. DJB, news in Spanish. 3.15: ‘ Greetings to Our Listeners.’ ‘ Highlights of the Week’s Programme.’ 3.30: W2XAF, Otto Thurn’s Orchestra. 4: W2XAF, Charles Stenross’s Orchestra, 4.35: DJB. German folk song. 4.40: ‘ A, Merry Potpourri.’ Prograramese given for DJB will also be broadcast from 4.35 to 8.15 p.m. by DJA and DJN; from 10.25 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. by DJE, and from midday to 3.30 p.m. by DJA, DJD, DJN, and DJQ.

According to an American census run by advertisers and broadcasters. 73.8 per cent, of American homes, or 22.869,000 homes, own one or more radio receivers. In Holland, if you are speaking over the phone to someone in another country, you can ask beforehand for a record to bo made of the conversation; they make two records, and send one to the subscriber and keep the other record on file.

Call. Location Metr. Kcs. Watts. 2RO, Rome ... 25.40 11,810 20,000 11BL, Geneva 31.2" 9.595 18.'"" UJR, Berlin ... 19.74 15,200 40,000 GSU, Daventry 31.32 9,580 ' W8XK. Pittsburp;h 48.83 6,140 40,000 W2XAF. Schenectady 31.48 9.530 25 000 VK2ME, Sydney 31.28 9,590 20,000 T'JS JLvndburst 31.34 9,580 1,000 ;/ Pl>2 Suva ... 31.45 9,540 — Moscow 25.00 12.000 20.00' 1 RW59, Moscow 50.00 6,000 20,000 VK3MK. Melbourne 31.55 9,510 1,500