BROADCASTING

Southland Times, Issue 24244, 30 September 1940, Page 7

BROADCASTING

TODAY’S PROGRAMMES

4YZ INVERCARGILL (680 Kilocycles) 7.30-9.0 (approx): Breakfast session. 11.0: Recordings. 12.0-2.0: Lunch music. 5.0: Children’s session: Juvenile artists. Mr Announcer and Cousin Anne. 5.15: Tea dance. 5.55: “National Patriotic Fund’’: Talk by W. Grieve/ 6.0: "Dad and Dave." 6.45: “Mittens.” 7.0: After-dinner music.

7.30: Book talk by H. B. Famall, City Librarian 7.45: Operatic Programme. 8.15: “Hard Cash.” 8.30: "Curtain Up I” A modem variety show. 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news. 9.20: Supper dance, to music of Casa Loma Orchestra, and Bob Crosby’s Orchestra. interlude by Ink Spots. ICT: Close down. IYA AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles) 7.38: "Singapore Spy": A drama of the world’s greatest fortress. 8.4: Dajos Bela Orchestra. 8.13: ‘Thrills”: A recorded dramatic presentation. 8.27: Quentin McLean

(organ). 8.35: “Ravenshoe": A dramatization of the famous novel by Henry Kinsley. 8.48: Ray Ventura and his Collegians, “Operas of Yesterday.” 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports, and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news. 9.20: Ringside commentary on Professional Wrestling Match, relayed from Auckland Town Hall. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.30: Close down. 2YA WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 6.50: Weather report for aviators. 7.30 (approx): District weather report, followed by breakfast session. 9.0: “Music by Fred Hartley’s Quintet.” 9.15: “With a Smile and a Song.” 9.45: “Tunes from the Early Talkies.” 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 1.0: Weather report for aviators. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: A.C.E. Talk: “Spring Treat-

ments for the Home.” 3.15: “Two-by-Two.” 3.28 to 3.30: Time signals. Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago. 3.45: “Music of the Stage.” 4.0: Sports results. “Voices in Harmony.” 4.13: “Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra." 4.23: "Variety.” 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news service. 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. 7.30: “Three Dances by Percy Grainger.” 7.40: Winter Course Talk: "Refrigeration and its Effects,” prepared by F. Lingard. 8.0: Chamber music. Myra Hess (pianist), Yelly D’Aranyi (violinist), Gaspar Cassado (’cellist). 8.31: A modern French miscellany. from the studio. 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports, and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel: A digest of the day's news. 9.20: “Five Quid Pro Quo”: A comedy of simple finance. Produced by the N.B.S. 9.48: “.Voices in Harmony.” 10.0: Dance

music by Lauri Paddi’s Ballroom Orchestra, featuring Mavis Edmonds ( relayed from the Majestic). 11.30: Close down. 3YA CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 7.30 (approx): Breakfast session. 9.0: “Morning Melodies.” 10.0: Classical programme. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: “Hall of Fame.” 11.0: Talk to women by “Margaret.” 11.10: Light orchestral session. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Film music with a touch of humour. 2.30: A.C.E. Talk: "Spring Treatments for the Home.” 2.45: “Piano rhythm.” 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and special weather forecast. 4.5: “Melody and Rhythm.” 4.30: Sports results. “Popular Entertainers.” 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news

service. 7.10: Talk by the Garden Expert: “On putting things right.” 7.30: “Hail Variety.” 8.0: Programme by the New Brighton Municipal Band and Jean Scrimshal (soprano), from the studio. 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports, and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news. 9.20: Alfredo Casella and the Pro Arte Quartet. 9.53: Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone). 9.57: The Boyd Neel String Orchestra. 10.10: Music, mirth and melody. 4YA DUNEDIN (790 Kilocycles) 6.50: Weathet report for aviators. 7.30 (approx): Breakfast session. 10.0: Weather report for aviators. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.50: Talk to women by "Margaret.” 11.0: From the talkies. 11.38: Favourite ballads. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report (including for avia-

tors). 2.0: "Operetta.” 2.30: “Village Sketches.” .3.0: “Light and Bright.” 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4.0: Weather report and special frost forecast for farmers. 4.45: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session: Nature Night. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news service. 7.15: Thlk by J. J. Hinchcliff, S.P.C.A. Inspector, “Animal Welfare Week.” 7.30: "Theatre Memories”: The Gaiety. 7.38: Ninon Vallin (soprano). 7.46: Moriz Rosenthal (piano). 7.54: Harold Williams and the 8.8. C. Male Chorus.

8.0: Masterpieces of Music, with thematic illustrations and comment by Prof. V. E. Galway, Mus.D. 8.42: The International Singers (male quartet). 8.51: Light Symphony Orchestra. 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel: A digest of the day's news. 9.20: "A Cavalcade of Martial Tunes.” 9.23:

“The Twelve Labours of Hercules”: “The Lernean Hydra.” 9.57: “The Pick of the Bunch." 10.0: Night Club: The Cabaret on relay, featuring Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra. 11.30: Close down.