RADIO PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 19 January 1938, Page 7

RADIO PROGRAMMES

DOMINION AND OVERSEAS. The following radio programmes will bo heard this evening and to-morrow - morning from the Dominion National, Australian, Empire and European stations. Except for Australia all schedules are New Zealand time, for Australia add 2 hours to the time given. IYA AUCKLAND (461 metres; 650 kilocycles).— 5.0: Children’s session. -6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Isolde Menges (violin), Harold Samuel (piano), “Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major.” 8.20: Gwenda Weir (soprano), “Author Of All My Joys,” “Pose Softly Blooming,” “As A Sunbeam At Morn.” 8.29: . Quartet, “String Sextet in G Major, Op. 56.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Sascha Berliner’s Continental Ensemble, “Bessarabia,” “Tango Argentino,” “Zigeuner,” “Paso Doble Espagnole,” “Rumanian Dance,” “From the Gipsy Forest.” 9.50: Serenadors, “Blackbirds,” “Follow Through.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close.

IYX AUCKLAND (340.7 metres; 880 kilocycles).—s.o: Selected musical programme. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinner programme. 10.30: Close. 2YA WELLINGTON (526.0 metres; 570 kilocycles).—s.o : Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Orchestra. “From the Welsh Hills.” 8.8: Barbara Lane (soprano), “One Morning, Oh 1 So Early,” “Weathers,” “The Fairies’ Dance,” “Song of the Open.” 8.20: Orchestra, “Wedgewood Blue.” 8.20: Cuthbert Matthews (baritone), “I Hear An Army,” “Johneon,” “Full Fathom Five,” “Nanny.” 8.36: Orchestra, “Tho Clock and the , Dresden Figures.” 8.40: Talk, Dr. Guy 11. Scholefield. “World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Play, “Mrs ’Arris Says Farewell.” 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close.

2YC WELLINGTON (356.9 metres; 840 kilocycles).—s.o: Light music. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Classical programme. 9.0: Concerto programme. 10 0: “In Merry Mood.” 10.30: Close. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (416.4 metres; 720 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8:0: Orchestra, “Praeludium,” “Berceuse.” 8.9: John McCormack (tenor), “Dreams,” “Sleeping Child Jesus.” 8.16: Eileen Joyce (piano), “Caprice Espagriol,” “Waldearauschen,” “Novelette No. 2 in D Major.” 8.29: Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), “Tho Little Sandman,” “Hark ! Hark ! The Lark.” 8.35: Orchestra, “Symphony in G Major.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Frederick Thurston (clarinet), “Largo and Allegro Giocoso.” 9.24: A celebrity concert by famous artists, past and present. 9.46: Orchestra, “Hungarian Rhapsody No, 1 in F.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close.

3YL CHRISTCHURCH (250 metres; 1200 kilocycles).—s.o: Selected recordings 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Alternative concert programme. 10.30: Close.

4YA DUNEDIN (379.5 metres; 790 kilocycles).—s.o; Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Band, “Out of the Bottle.” 8.10: “These Three” (vocal). 8.17: Piano Symphonists, “Chorus of the Clocks.” 8.20: Bunk House Boys, “Bunk House Dances.” 8.26: Orchestra, “The Dashing White Sergeant,” “What’s a the Steers,” “Sherramuir.” 8.29: “These Three.” 8.37: Reginald Foort (organ), “Keep Smiling.” 8.42: Talk, Mr Jyeon Got/., “Leavos From a Planter’s Note Beck.” 9.0: Weather, 9.5: Theme pro gramme, “More Fun in Music.” 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: Close. 4YO DUNEDIN (272 metres; 1140 kilocycles).—s.o: Selected recordings. 6.0: Close. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Alternative concert programme. 10.30: Close.

AUSTRALIAN STATIONS. 2FC SYDNEY (492 metres; 610 kilo cycles).—6.7: Dinner music. 8.0: Lionel Limn and Chandra Parkes, “The Secrets of a Secretary.” 8.15: Interlude. 3.20: Jim Davidson’s A.B.C. Dance Band. 8.50' Interlude, 9.0: Late news. 9.15.:. .“.Street Singer,’” Dick Bentley -and Betly Ramsay. 9.30: Interlude. 9.35: The Radio Roundsman interviews personalities in the news. 9.55: Interlude, 10.0: Loaves of Memory, Ellis Price, assisted by Patricia Minchin. 10.15: Interlude. 10.30: Close. 2BL SYDNEY (405 metres; 740 kiloNational news bulletin. ,7.35: Music. 7.40: National talk, “How to Play Cricket, the Men Who Knew,” M. A. Noble. 7.55: Item. 8.0: “The Touch of Silk,” a play of Australian life. 9.0: A.B.C. (Melbourne) Concert Orchestra. 10.0: Wireless Chorus. 10.20: Dance music. 11.30: Close.

VLR LYNDHURST, VICTORIA 31.34

6.30 p.m.: “At Home and Abroad,” “The Watchman.” 6.45: Sporting. 7.C: News. 7.25: Commentary on overseas news. 7.40: Talk on Australian history. 7.55: Musical interlude. 8.0: Light opera, “Tho Gipsy Baron,” with Dino Borgioli and tho A.B.C. (Sydney) Wireless Chorus and Orchestra. 9.15: Talk on World Affairs, from the Empire Station. 9.30: A.B.C. (Sydney) Concert Orchestra, 10.30: News. 10.50: Recorded music. 11.20: News brevities. 11.30: Close.

THE EMPIRE TRANSMITTER

8.15 p.m.; Big Ben. “Take Your Choice.” 8.45: “A Theme and a Song.” 8.55: Military band concert. 9.45: British Industries Fair, an introductory talk. 10.0: News, and announcements. 10.25 : Close.

WIXAL BOSTON, UNITED STATES'

The-following programme by the World Wide Broadcasting Federation will be heard to-morrow:

7.30-8.0 a.m. : The Monitor views the news (19.6 m., 15,250 k.c.). 8.30-9.15: University Series, talk (same wave). Noon--12.30: Dinner music (49.6 m., 6040 k.c.). 12.30-2 p.m.: Instructional (same wave). OLR, PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA OLR3A t. 31.41 m., 9j550 k.c. 5.55 a.m. : Call - letters . and news in Czech. Concert session. 9 a.m. : News in English. 9.30: News in French. 9.40: Close. GERMAN STATION, BERLIN. DJA 31.38 m., 9,560 k.c. DJB 19.74 m., 15,200 k.c. DJE 16.89 m., 17,760 k.c. pjN 31.45 m., 9,540 k.c. 5.5 p.m.: Call (German, English). German folk song. 5.10: Music. 6.0: News in German. 6.15: Music. 6.50: Greetings. 7.0: News in English. 7.15: To-day ' in Germany. 7.30: Paul Grummor, ’cellist. 8.0: Operetta. 9.0: Music. 9.30: News in German. 9.45: Press review, Editor-in-Chief Hans Fritzsche. 10.0: Dance music. Midnight: News, in English. 12.15: Music. 12.50 : Greetings to listeners in British India. 1.0: News in German. 1.15: Music 2.0: News in English and Dutch, 2.15: Meditative comments. 2.45: Music. 3.15: An aid to mankind, the X-ray. 3.45: Press'review. - 4.0: Close. 2RO RADIO ROMA, ROME. Wave from 10 p.m 25.4 m., 11,810 k.c. Wave from 5.30 a.m. ... 31.13 m., 9635 k.c. 10 p.m.—News in Italian and concert programme. 11 p.m. : News in English, concert with frequent Italian lessons. 12 20 a m.: For listeners abroad. 3.0 : News in Italian, band or orchestral concert, news in English. 4.20: Italian news, light music. 5.20 a.m.— Wave change. 5.30: Arabic session. 6.11: Tourist topics in foreign languages. : .7.40: News in English. 8.0: Programme relayed from the home stations. 12.35 p.m.; News in English and concert, 8 p.m. : Close.

RADIO COLONIALE, PARIS

4.0: News in French. 4.30: News in English. 4.45: Classical music. 5.45: News in German. 6.0: Close. On 25.24 metres. —7.0: News in French. 7.20: Records. 9.0: News in French. 9.30: News in English. 9.50: Records. 10.0: Close. On 19.68 metres. —11.0 : Records. Midnight : News in English. 12.15 >a.m. : Concert from the provinces. 12.45: Records or address. 1.0: Concert on relay. 2.0: Address on current affalrr 2 20- R*"’«rd". 2.30: Light music or a play. 4.0: Close.

On 25.24 metres. —5.15 a.m.: News in French. 5.45: News in Arabic. 6.0: Concert on relay from the provinces. 6.50: Address on current affairs. 7.30: News in French. 8.10: News in English. 8.20: News in Italian. 8.30: Concert relay. 11.0 : Close.

On 25.60 metres. —11.15* a.m. : Records. 12.15 p.m. : News in French, Spanish and Portuguese. 1.0: Talk in English or recoids. 1,15: Close.

BITS ABOUT BROADCASTS. THE EMPIRE SERVICE. CHANGES AT DAVENTRY. (By “Microphone.”) To short-wave listeners the British Empire Station at Daventry continues to afford excellent entertainment nightly on a wide choice of wavelengths, volume and clarity well-nigh approaching the the ideal. For 2J hours from 8.15 o’clock excellent programmes ' are being transmitted, reflecting the efforts of the 11.8. C. to produce a more attractive concert session to meet the challenge of Continental stations. A new series of talks commenced with the New Year; these include a group in which two speakers will discuss current topics of interest to New Zealand and Australia. Mr J. E. Lovelock being one of this Dominion’s representatives. “The Way of Peace,” “Over the Farm Gate,” “Do We Understand English?” and “All Kinds of People” are all new series to which such eminent authorities as Mr Wickham Steed, Mr L. C. M. S. Ainery, Lord Cecil, Lord Ponsonbv, and Lord Davies will contribute. It will already have been noted that the news bulletin in Transmission 1 has been changed to take its place at the end of the session, allowing for greater flexibility and the broadcasting of longer features in the concert section. The gap between Transmissions 2 and 3 has been entirely eliminated by the extension of the latter, and .Transmission C commences a quarter of an hour later than previously. The following are the new times of operation of the various transmissions, in summer time:

Transmission I (New Zealand and Australia). —8.15 p.m. to 10.25 p.m. on GSG, GSO, GSD, GSJ3. Transmission II (India and Far East). —10.45 p.m. to 1.55 a.m. on GSJ, GSH, GSG, GSO. Transmission 111 (India and Burma) —-1.55 a.m. to 5 a.m. on GSH, GSG, GSF, GSJ (to 3.30 a.m.), GSD (from 3.45 a.m.). Transmission IV (Africa and Near East). —From 5.20 to 8.45 a.m.: GSG, GSP (from 6.45 a.m.), GST., GSD, GSB. From 9to 11 a.m.: GSO, GSD, GSB.

Transmission V (Canada and Australia). —From 11.20 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. on GSD, GSC, GSB. Transmission \ r l (North America). From 2.15 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. on GSD, GSC, GSB. The following are the positions on which the stations operate:

NEW AUSTRALIAN STATION. As indicated recently in these notes, another addition has been made to the Australian National chain, 413. R, .1311sbane having come on the air a few weeks ago. This station operates as the second National transmitter in the northern capital, providing National programme No. 1 in the same way as SAN (Adelaide), 211 L and 3Alt. 4QG (Brisbane) will radiate the Queensland alternative programme (National No. 4) serving Brisbane and Queensland in the same way as 2FG serves Sydney and New South Wales. 4BR is of comparatively low'power, and transmits on a frequency of 940 kilocycles per second (319 metres), the channel between 3UZ (Melbourne) and 2UE (Sydney). Similar stations are being provided at Hobart and Perth. 2KA Katoomba, which recently increased its power from 100 to 500 watts on 258.5 metres, 1160 kilocycles, has 'now established a studio in Sydney, the programme being conveyed by landline to the transmitter at the Blue Mountains, where another studio is also being maintained. New lattice steel masts 185 ft high have also been erected in a new position at Wentworth Falls.

WIXAI INCREASES POWER. Listeners report that WIXAL, Boston, lias not been heard recently in the city, conditions at present militating against good signal strength from this particular transmitter. It would appear, however, that this educational station will • be heard in the Dominion with greater satisfaction, advice to this column from the authorities stating that during the recent holiday period additional equipment was installed, giving a further increase in the modulation power to improve reception in the 20 different countries in which it is heard. The rating in the past has been 20,000 watts, but it is not known what is the new output. Plans have also been completed for a further extension of the service more than eight hours a day. “Though,” it is stated, “other hours may lie utilised for experimental transmissions with its new additional equipment,” the following are the piesent hours of closing in summer time: At 9 a.m., at 11.30 a.m., and 2 p.m. Test transmissions are also radiated at various hours on 11.79, 15.25, and 21.46 m.c. - VALE ZL2JO. With the passing last week of Mr James Parsons, who was widely known throughout the Dominion and Australia as the licensee of ZL2JO Ormond, on the 80-metre amateur band, widespread regret would be felt bj. fellow amateurs and short-wave listeners to whom 2JO had become something of an institution. Mr Parsons, who was only 20 years of age, and was affectionately known as “Cousin Jimmy, had for 15 years been totally paralysed and for the past three years also blind. For some time he had gamed his greatest happiness from listening to the various amateur operators throughout the Dominion and, from his correspondence with these stations he established many friendships among men who took an interest in him, so that two years and two months ago successful overtures were made to the authorities to enable him to operate a station himself. It meant creating a

precedent, but through the good offices of 2AE (Mr J. J. Patty, Gisborne) a special license was granted 2JO and amateurs in both islands subscribed and supplied the apparatus, which was installed by 2AE and 2MT (Mr W. Taylor, Napier). Mr Parsons, being totally incapacitated, the transmitter was operated by liis mother (“Aunt Myrtle”) and, as it was essential that the utmost care be taken, it was crystal-controlled to operate only on 3700 k.c., with three switches, the whole being behind glass. Thus 2JO came on the air as the only station of its kind in New Zealand, and until a few days before Mr Parsons passed away from heart trouble nightly contacts were made, including 2AX Palmerston North and IFI Te Puke.

At the funeral of Mr Parsons 25 amateur operators were present, including three from • Palmerston North and three from Auckland. Wreaths were also received from individual amateurs and from their organisations.

THROUGH THE MICROPHONE. While conditions for the reception of American amateur stations on the 20-metre band are at present far from satisfactory—a seasonal position—the 80-metre hand is not to be ignored for excellent reception of Hawaiian (KO) amateurs. Operating in the 75-metre group, these achieve remarkable volume, despite the high noise level recently experienced. During the summer months especi-

ally, when static-free reception is usually at a premium, it is wise to ascertain that all lead-in and aerial connections are faultless, the least looseness or corroded contacts rendering a surprising difference to signal strength, even on the most efficient receiver. It is also essential to tune “dead” on the signal—it is a simple matter with receivers employing the cathode ray tube; there are still in the city receivers improperly controlled and spoiling reception for other listeners. It is reported that in future no American stations on 550 kilocycles will be permitted. to operate with a power exceeding 10,000 watts at night or 50,000 watts in daytime, owing to interference with naval and shipping communications.

Up-to-date ambulance equipment li.as been installed at the Central District Ambulance Service, Sydney, the headquarters transmitter of -200 watts operating on 189 metres. Twenty cars are equipped with transmitters operating on 89 metres with a power of 10 watts. All transmitters are crystalcontrolled and subsidiary receiving stations are installed in three suburbs. The Auckland Power Board last year equipped its trucks with similar apparatus. KDKA Pittsburgh, which operates or, 306 metres, 980 kilocycles, with 50,000 watts, has been on the air for 17 years, having been the first commercial station in the United States. It celebrated the occasion by using a new vertical antenna 718 ft high.

WHAM New York plans to radiate on a new 450 feet vertical antenna and WFBR Baltimore now lias a 500watt mobile broadcast transmitter, these two stations operating on 1150 kilocycles, with 50.000 watts, and 1270 kilocycles, with 500 watts respectively.

GSG 17,790 k.c. GSO 19.76m., 15,180 k.c. GSF 19.82m., 15,140 k.c. GS1> 11,750 k.c. GSB 31.55m., 9,510 k.c.

TPA2 19.63m., 15,243 k.c. TPA3 25.24m., 11,885 k.c. TPA4 25.60m., 11,720 k.c. On 25.60 melr«s. —3 p.m.: Records

M.C. Metres GSA • 6.05 49.59 GSI5 ... 9.51 31.55 GSG 9.58 30.52 GSD 11.75 25.53 GSE ■ A. ... 11.86 25.29 GSE ... ... A. 15.14 19.82 GSG ... ... ... 17.79 16.86 GSH 21.47 13.97 GSL 15.26 19.66 GSJ 21.53 13.93 GSK 26.10 11.49 GSL 6.11 49.10 GSN ... 12.82 25.38 GSO GSE 15.18 15.31 19.76 19.60 GST . ... 21.55 13.92