WIRELESS BROADCASTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 2

WIRELESS BROADCASTING

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES All YA Stations.—Dav«ntry news: 6 a.m., 7, 8.20, 8.15, 12.30 p.m., 1.15, 5.45, 9, and 11. Weather reports: 6.50 a.m.. 10, 1 p.m., 4, 6.55, and 9.10. Official news: 7 p.m. Devotional exercises in the morning, breakfast, lunch, and dinner music, and children's sessions in the evening are regular daily features. Stations open at 6 a.m. and close down at midnight. 4YA, Dunedin (790 k.c.). —8.30 a.m.: Correspondence School educational session. 10.50: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 3.35 p.m.: Classical music. 4.30: Light music. 7.30: Talk by Dr K. J. Sheen, " Horace and the Augustan Age." 8: Concert by the Kaikorai Band (conductor, R. Keevers), with studio recital by Jean McLay, contralto. 9.13: "Coronets of England: The Life of Henry VIII." 9.39: "The Theatre Box": Screen scene from " The School for Scandal." 9.55: Selection from " Snow White." 10: "Music, Mirth, and Melody." 4YO, Dunedin (1140 • k.c.).—B p.m.: Sonata hour. 9: Chamber music. 10: George Boulanger and his orchestra, Marie Burke (soprano), and Jules Ruben (piano). 4YZ, Invercargill (680 k.c.).—8.30 a.m.: Correspondence School educational session. 5.15 p.m.: Light entertainment. 6.30: "The Adventures of Marco Polo." 6.45: Tuneful melodies in rhythm. 8: Talk for the man on the land: " Questions Affecting War Production." 8.15: "Listeners' Own." 9.5: Chamber music. 9.40; Schlusnus, baritone. 9.52: Sonata in E flat major (Dittersdorf), for viola and piano. 3YA, Christchurch (720 k.c.).—8.30 a.m.: Correspondence School educational session. 11: Talk by Nelle.Scanlan. 11.15: Fashion talk by Ethel Early. 3 p.m.: Classical music. 4.15: Light music. 7.20: Talk, " Personalities and Places in the News." 7.35: Talk under the auspices of the Manufacturers' Association. 8: New Light Symphony Orchestra. 8.9: " Silas Marner." 8.22: Bracket of waltzes and ballads, introducing a studio recital by Irene Macdonald. contralto. 8.46: The Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture. 9.10: "The Shadow of the Swastika." 10: Abe Lyman and his Californians. 2YA. Wellington (570 k.c.).—8.30 am.: Correspondence School educational session. 10.45: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 11.30: Talk by a representative of the St. John Ambulance Association. .2 p.m.: Classical hour. 7.40: Talk by motoring expert. 8: Concert by the N.B.S. String Orchestra (conductor, Maurice Clare). 9.10: Studio recital by Winifred Bourke, pianist. 9.23: Songs by Handel: Malcolm McEachern, bass. 9.31: Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Symphony Orchestra. 9.43: Miliza Korjus, soprano. 9.51: Boston Promenade Orchestra. 10: " Music, Mirth, and Melody." IYA, Auckland (650 k.c.). —8.30 a.m.: Correspondence School educational session. 11: Talk by Nelle Scanlan. 1.25 p.m.: Educational session. 2.35: Classical hour. 3.35: Light music. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8: Alfredo Campoli and his orchestra 8.5: "One Good Deed a Day." 8.17: " Evergreens of Jazz." 8.30: " Nitrht Nurse." 8.43: "Nigger Minstrels." 8.56: Alfredo Campoli and his Salon Orchestra. 9.10: Dance music. Daventry.—War news will be broadcast from Daventry at the following New Zealand times:—s.3o a.m., 8.20 a.m. (summary), 9.15 a.m., 11 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 4 p.m., (summarv), 5.45 p.m.. 7.30 p.m. fsummary), 11 p.m. 3 p.m.: "An American Looks at Britain," talk by Warren Irvin. 3.15: R.A.F. Central Band. 3.45: "Britain Speaks," talk by Leslie Howard. 4.27: "Top of the Bill," Sam Browne. 5: Feature. "Made in Lancashire." 5.20: Eddie Carroll Orchestra in " Syncopation Piece." 6.30: "Story of Pasteur,".play by Sacha Guitry. 7.15: "An American Looks at Britain," talk by Warren Irvin. 10.10: Clifford Curzon, pianist. 11.45: Sidney Lipton Band. Overseas Short-wave Stations The following is a list of overseas shortwave stations which broadcast news 1 bulletins In English and may be picked up locally at fair to good strength, the | New Zealand times at which they may ' best be received and the wavelengths in I metres and megacycles also being given;— VLR, Melbourne, 8.30 p.m., 31.32 m. (9.58

m.c). WPIT, Pittsburg, (11.87m.c). 4.15 p.m.. 25.27m WGEA ,, Schenectady (9.55m.c). . 2.30 p.m.. 31.41m WRCA .. New York, (9.66m. c). 5.30 p.m., 31.02m WBOS ., New York, (9.57m.c.). San Francisco, 5.30—6 p.m., 31.36m KGEI. , 5.30 p.m., 11.55 p.m. 31.48m. (9.53m.c). RADIO SAIGON, 10.15 p.m., 25.46m (11.79m.c).