RADIO PROGRAMMES BITS ABOUT BROADCASTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 26 January 1938, Page 6

RADIO PROGRAMMES

BITS ABOUT BROADCASTS.

DOMINION AND OVERSEAS. The following radio programmes will be heard this evening and to-morrow morning from the Dominion National, Australian, Empire and European stations. Except for Australia all schedules are Now Zealand time; for Australia add 2 hours to the time given. IYA AUCKLAND (461 metres; 650 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’— -ession. 6.0: 'Dinner music. 8.0: Quartet, “Quartet in , G Major, Op. 77 No. 1.” 8.26: Molly Atkinson (mezzo-soprano), “Close Thine Eyes and Sleep Secure,” “Oh! That It Wore So.” “The Eand of Heart’s Desire,” “The Nightingale.” 8.38: Wind instruments and in E Flat.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Sydney Mac Ewan (tenor). 9.33: Orchestra, “Merry Vienna. 19.36: Cicely Courtneidge (comedienne), “If I I Had Napoleon’s Hat,” “We’ll All Go I Riding on a Rainbow.” 9.42: Reginald Foort (organ), “The King Steps Out.” 9.48: Cowboys (vocal), “Going Home,” “That Old Wooden Rocker.” 9.54: Orchestra, “Folly to bo Wise.” 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, “The Tales of Hoffman.” 8.18: Richard Crooks (tenor), “Garden of Happiness,” “Arise, O Sun,” “Thora,” “Open Your Window to tho Morn.” 8.31: Orchestra, "Air dc Ballet,” “Frauenliebe.” 8.40: Talk, Dr. Guy 11. Scholefiold, “World Affairs.” 9.0: Wen- ' ther. 9.5: “Hay Fever,” a play. 10.20: Danco music. 11.20: Close. 2YC WELLINGTON (356,9 metros; 840 kilocycles).—s.o : Light music. 6.0 : Close. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Classical programme. 9.0: Concerto programme. 10.0: “Music and Humour.” 10.30: Close. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (416.4 metres; 720 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 8.0: Orchestra, “Car-nt-val.” 8.10: Heinrich Sohnusnus (baritone). “A Wondrous Thing’t Must Re,” “In tho Rhine the Beautiful River.” 8.16: Madame Betts-Vinccnt (pianoforte), "Etude in E Flat,” “Etude in G Flat,” “Mazurka in C,” “Scherzo in E.” 8.34: Orchestra, “Huingariaai Rhapsody No. 3.” 8,40: Dorothy Turnbull (mezzo-soprano), “Serenade,” “Who is Sylvia?”, “Silent Woods,” “Songs My Mother Taught Me.” 8.52: Orchestra, “Invitation to the Waltz.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5: Talk, Major F. 11. Dampen, “The Eye-witness, Stragglers of 1857.” 9 20: Yehudi Menuhin (violin), with orchestra, “Concerto No. 7 in D Major.” 9 48: M. Charles Rousseliere (tenor), “Consolation.” 9.51: Orchestra, “Serenade, Op. 63,” “Flight of the Bumblo Bee,” “Marche Militnire.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melodv. 11.0: Close. 3YL CHRISTCHURCH (250 metros; 1200 kilocycles).—s.o: Selected recordings. 6.C : Close. 7.0: After-dinner music. 80: Alternative concert programme. 10.30: Close

4YA DUNEDIN (379.5 metres; 790 kilocycles).—s.o: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner musio. 8.0: Quintet, “Tho Label Braid.” "Canadian Capers,” “By tho Campfire.” 8.11: Comedy Harmonists, “Tell Me To-night,” “It Rains on tho Road.” 8.17: Len Green (piano), “Melodies of tho Month.’.’ 8.23 : June Carr (humour), “Mrs Alf Higgins and Mrs Hannah McPherson.” 8.26: Roy Smock and Hawaiian Scrennders, “Blue Hawaii.” 8.29: Happiness Boys (comedy), “Who Cares, Anyhow?” 8.32: Quintet, “Calico Rag.” “Sunset Land,” “The Mosquitoes Parade.”

8.42: Talk, Mr Leon Gotz, “Leaves From a Planter’s Notebook.” 9.0: Weather. 9.5 : A theme programme, “British Sea Dogs.” 1C.0: Dance music 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 metros; 610 kilocycles).—6.2: Dinner musio. 8.0: Lionel I.unn and Chandra Parkes in “The Secrets of a Secretary.” 8.15: Interlude. 8,20: Alfred Wilmore’s Saxophone Band. 8.50: Interlude. 9.0: Late news. 9.15: Interlude. 9.20: Radio Roundsman interviews personalities in the news. 9.40: Zigeuner Trio. 10.0: Country scones. 10.30: Close.

2BL SYDNEY (405 metros; 740 kilocycles).—7.2o: National news bulletin. 7.25: News commentary. 7.45: Short-wave broadcast, Rt. Hon. S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia in England, Australia Day Message. 8.0: Orchestral music. 9.0: Special programme, arrnngod by the Australian .Natives’ Association, 9.45: Australian Ballads, by Irene Bennett, 60prano; Frederio Collier, baritone; and the Master Four Quartet. 10.15: Recital by Australian artists. 10.35: Recording of tho highlights of Anniversary Day in Sydney. 11.35: Close.

VLR LYNDHURST, VICTORIA 31.34 metres9sßo kilocycles.

6.30 p.m. : “At Homo and Abroad,” “The Watchman.” 6.45: Sporting. 7.0: News. 7.25: Commentary on overseas news. 7.40: Talk, Australian history. 7.55: Australia Day programme, works by Australian composers. 8.0: Orchestra] hour. 9.0: Special programme, arranged by tho Australian Natives’ Association. 9.45: Ballad concert. 10.15: News. 10.35: Australian artists and composers. 11.20: News. 11.30: Close. . .

THE EMPIRE TRANSMITTER.

8.15 p.m. .- Big Ben. “Stars of Australia.” 8.45: 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra, and an Australian artist. 9.45: Australia Day Message from Rt. Hon. S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia. 10.0: News and announcements. 10.25: Close.

WIXAL BOSTON, UNITED STATES

Tho following programme by the World Wide Broadcasting Federation will bo heard to-morrow: 7.30-8.0 a.m.: Tho Monitor views the news (19.6 m., 15,250 k.e.). 8.30-9.15: University Series (same wave). 12.0-12.30 p.m. : Dinner music (49.6 tn., 6040 k.c.). 12.30-2.0: Instructional (samp wave).

OLR, PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

OLR3A 31.42 m., 9,550 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. RJA 31.38 m., 9,560 k.c. DJB 19.74 m., 15,200 k.c. DJE 16.89 m., 17,760 k.c. DJN 31.45 nm 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: For tho youngest opes end their mothers. 7.45: Chamber music. 8.30: “Tannhauser,” part 1. 9.30: News in German. 9.45: Press review, Editor-in-Chief I Ilans Fritzscho. 10.0 : Music. _ Midnight: | News in English. 12.15: Music. 12.55: Greetings to listeners in British India. 1.0: News in German. 1.15: Edith von Voigtlande, violin. 1.45: New books. 2.0: News in English and Dutch. 2.15: “Tannhauser,” part 2. 3.45: Dress review. 4.0: Sign off.

2RO RADIO ROMA, ROME

Wave from 10 p.m 25.4 m., 11,810 k.c. Wave from 530a.m. ... 31.13 m., 963 ff 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 seusion. 6.11: Tourist topics in foreign languages. 7.40: News in English. 8.0: Programmo relayed from the home stations. 12.35 p.m. : News in English and concert. 2 p.m.: Close. ■ RADIO COLONIALE, PARIS.

On 25.60 metres. —3 p.m.: Records.

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.o: 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.—ll.o: Records. Midnight: Nows 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 affairs. 2.20: Records. 2.30: Light musio or a play. 4.0: Close. On 25.24 metres. —5.15 a.m.: Nows 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.—ll.ls a.m. : Records. 12.15 p.m. : Nows in French, Spanish and Portuguese. 1.0- Talk in English or records. 1.15: Close.

AUSTRALIAN WAVE CHANGES. (By “Microphone.”) Listeners operating receivers with the positions of the Australian broadcast band transmitters on the dials will have had brought home to them the number of changes in the past in the wave-lengths of the Commonwealth stations, made necessary by the increase in the number being assigned frequencies. Every month the l’ost-mastcr-Gencral’s Department at Melbourne issues a list of amendments, and almost without exception alterations are made in the waves of the B or National transmitters. The latest advice records another half-dozen changes as follow :

are now sharing the same wave, which is likely to cause heterodyning in the Dominion. It is also stated that 2CA Canberra has had its power increased from 500 to 2000 watts, not reduced to 200 watts as advised previously. Excellent reception is available to listeners from these Australian stations at the present time, it being unusually good for mid-summer. The dinner music session from 2FC from 8 till 10 is an excellent uninterrupted musical treat; it will have been observed that, under the reorganised system of relays, 2BL carries the principal National service. From the B stations volume is excellent, also, with the coming celebrations providing the predominant theme. Recently details were published in

this column of the light opera season being conducted by the A.B.C. Amendments hav© been made to the programme and the new' list is as follows: —From Sydney: January 27 and 28, “Don Pasquaie”; February 2 and 3, “Maritana”; 9 and 10, “Madame Pompadour”; 16 and 17, “Gipsy Baron.” From Melbourne: February 23 and 24, “The Barber of Seville” ; March 2 and 3, “Fledermaus” ; 9 and 10, “The Bohemian Girl”; 16 and 17, “The Bartered Bride” ; 23 and 24, “Daughter of the Regiment” ; 30 and 31, “Land of Smiles” ; April 6 and 7, “La Tosca.”

BROADCASTS FROM THE JUNGLE. Listeners have reported hearing the call sign on 20 metres ot VP3THE—tho writer has also heard the station at weak strength—broadcasting from British Guiana. Not a great deal appears to have been made known about the transmitter or tho expedition to which it is allied, but recent information received for this column from overseas throws some interesting light on the subject. The leader of the expedition is Dr William Hall Holden, tho party having sailed last August from New York for British Guiana, the original plans being to describe the progress of tho explorers once or twice a week, depending on technical conditions, relays to be taken direct from the jungle to the North American network. In addition to Dr Holden, who is chief surgeon of the American Museum of Natural History, tho party includes Dr A. C. Smith of the New York Botanical Gardens, Robert Snedigar of the Museum of Natural History; William Hassler, photographer; Neil MacMillan, field assistant, _ and Orison W. Hungerford, radio engineer. The sector to be explored is tlio remote, inaccessible and scantily known Sierra Akarai range of mountains in tho southernmost portion of British Guiana along and within the Brazilian border. The journey is taking about six months, with the explorers remaining in the jungle for approximately half that time. From Georgetown, British Guiana, the party travelled far into tho interior to establish a base camp about 600 miles from the coast. At this camp Mr Hungerford installed the main radio equipment. Consisting of a 200-watt transmitter supplied with a speech amplifier of 18 watts, a receiver, loud-speakers and other equipment, all of which has been constructed to allow lor the humidity and high temperatures of the region, tho radio station, for that is what it is, is powerful enough to oast its signals many hundreds of miles. Two gasoline motors generate tho power supply for tho transmitter, and a dia-mond-shaped directional antenna is used to maintain direct communication with Long Island, New York. In addition to the base camp radio equipment, the party have a portable radio set with a transceiver consisting of a crystal control transmitter and a shortwave receiver, tho set operating on power provided by a hand-driven field generator. By means of the portable set, Dr Holden, operating in the field, maintains two-way contact with the base station and so can relay broadcasts to the outside world. The important role of this portable set, however, is that of charting the bearings of Dr Holden’s outpost party as it goes out into the deepest part of the jungle. Using the same principle of triangulation by which a radio-marine direction finder functions, Dr Holden endeavours to find his position in the jungle by maintaining communication on the one hand with the base camp and on other with the radio station at Georgetown. The route of the party from Georgetown lies for 300 miles up tho Essequibo River and 150 more miles up the Rupunnuni River.

GENEVA EXCELLENT. In the welter 6f nationalistic transmissions on short-waves it is a most interesting experience to hear the weekly broadcasts from tho headquarters at Geneva of the League of Nations. Operated by and for the League, the powerful transmitter works on a set schedule —it was recently published in these notes —with a weekly session for New Zealand. Atmospheric conditions arc at present conducive to excellent reception, Geneva (Radionations) excelling for clarity and volume anything else on the air. Designed to provide a news bulletin for recording and rcbroadcast in this Dominion and Australia, the transmissions last for approximately 10 minutes and provide excellent material at first-hand. A schedule, which it has been stated will be retained till February 28, when a change will probably be mado to suit conditions brought about by the autumn, is observed on Monday ovenings from 8 p.m. through liBO, which operates on 26.31 metres, 11,402 kilocycles, at such volume as to be easily picked up. At 8.30 a change is made to tlio 20-metre band, when HBJ is brought into operation on 20.64 metres, 14,545 kilocycles. Reports on the technical aspect of these transmissions are welcomed by the information section of the League Secretariat, giving comparisons between the respective transmitters and also from week to week, including fading characteristics.

THROUGH THE MICROPHONE. European broadcasters are nothing if not courteous at the festive season; delayed mails bring an attractive engraved card from Radio Roma and a most artistically tinted memento from Radio Praha, Czechoslovakia. In the realm of QSL cards probably the Japanese are the most courteous — J2JK has in one case forwarded four cards in reply to a single report. On the other hand, it is doubtful if one will be obtained from Hawaii. Mr P. 0. (“Bill”) Phillips, whose fino commentaries on the Springbok and other football matches in Australia last season will bo remembered, has resigned his position as sporting editor of the Australian Broadcasting Commission and is now with 2UE Sydney; he will bo heard during tho Empire Games. Should the call VK9WF he heard on the amateur bands it will belong to‘the patrol vessel Eros, which is stationed at Rabaul, New Guinea, the operator being Mr W. A. D. Forman. VK4HN Papua has been heard on 20 metres on phone at good volume. The last hundred thousand of the million licenses now in force in Australia were added in the space of eight months. This rapid rate of growth has never been exceeded, and only once been equalled, between July, 1934, and March, 1935. The slowest growth was when the fourth hundred thousand was added in November, 1932. The third hundred thousand was reached three years and five months before. The average tune per 100,000 has been 16 months. The gross annual revenue for the national service is now at a rate in excess of £1,000.000 per annum, of which the Broadcasting Commission receives £600,000 for programmes and the Post Office £450,000 for operating the stations, studios, and land line.

GSG k.c. gso 15,180 k.c. GSF 15,140 k.c. GSD 11,750 k.c. GSB 31.55m., 9,510 k.c.

TPA3 TPA4 19.68m., 25.24m., 25.60m., 15,243 k.c 11,885 k.c 11.720 k.c

Old No !\V Call. Wave. K.c. Wavo K.c. 2AD Armidalo .... .. 278 '1080 265 1130 2KA Katoomba .... .. 259 1160 385 780 4BU Bundaberg .. 203 1480 226 1330 4MK Mackay ... 278 1080 216 1390 4R0 Rockhampton 226 1330 278 1080 4TO Townsvillo .... .. 259 1160 385 780 It will be noted thnt SKA and 4TO