ON the AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 95, 13 July 1927, Page 14

ON the AIR

Fare for Listeners-In

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 7.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., news and reports, etc.; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; relay of overture from Prince Edward Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Geo. Poore; vocal quartettes, ifa) “We’ve Come to Sing,” (b) “Little Spanish Town,” Messrs. Lewis, Pitkin, Bennett and Crutcher; elocutionary, “Tragedy in One Act,” Mr. I-I. Sharp; soprano solo, “When Song is Sweet,” Miss S. Thompson; humorous, “Well, Not Exactly,” Mr. Les. East; vocal trio, “Did 1 Do That?” Messrs. Lewis, Pitkin, Bennett and Crutcher; baritone solo, “The Storm Fiend,” Mr. Phil Lewis; quartettes, (a) “Cottage by the Sea,” (b) “Comrades in Arms,” Messrs. Lewis, Pitkin, Bennett

and Crutcher; weather report and interval; relay from Prince Edward Theatre; vocal trio, “Muddled Riddles,” Messrs. Lewis, Pitkin and Bennett; elocutionary, selected, Mr. H. Sharp; baritone solo, “Good Company,” Mr. P. Lewis; quartettes, (a) "British Favourites,” (b) “Roses,” Messrs. Lewis, Pitkin, Bennett and Crutcher; humorous, “A Few Minutes of Mirth,” Mr. Les. East; vocal duet, •Harold and Reggie," Messrs. Pitkin and Bennett; quartettes. (a) “Four Song Medley,” (b) “Operatic Finale,” Messrs. Lewis, Pitkin., Bennett and Crutcher. 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m., children’s session, Uncles Jack and Sam. 7.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., Addington Stock Market report and news and reports; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; relay of orchestral selections from Crystal Palace Picture Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Mr. A. J. Bunz; baritone solo, “The Charmed Cup” (Roeckel), Mr. Laurence Campbell; soprano solos, (a) “I’ve Been Roaming” (Horn), (b) “I Couldn't, Could I” (Roeckel), Miss Mabel Eaglesonie; pianoforte solos, “Polonaise Op. 46,” (MacDowell), Miss Ivy Evans; tenor solos, (a) “Annie Laurie” (Lehmann), (b) selected, Mr. David McGill; mandolin guitar solos, (a) “Intermezzo, Cavalleria Rusticana” (Leoncavello), (b) “Rigoletto” (Verdi), Miss Gwen Webster; bass solos, (a) “I Am Fate” (Hamblyn), (b) “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind” (Sargeant), Mr. Edward Mann; violin solos, (a) “Meditation” from “Thais” (Massenet), (b) “Minuet and Trio” (Mozart), Miss Dorothy Lund; talk on “Rugby Football” by Mr. J. K. Maloney; baritone solo, “Bedouin Love Song” (Pinsuti), Mr. Laurence Campbell: soprano solos, (a) “Smiling Thro’ ” (Penn), (b) “A Thought” (Johnson). Miss Mabel Eaglesome; pianoforte solo. “Rhapsodie TTongrolse, No. 12” (Liszt), Miss Ivy Elvans; bass solo, “Life” (Blumenthal), Mr. Edward Mann; violin solo, “Legendo.” (Wieniawski). Miss Dorothy Lund: tenor solos, (a) “First They Mode a Garden” (Nicholis), (b) selected. Mr. David McGill: baritone solo, “Mountain Lovers” (Wilson). Mr. Laurence Campbell; mandolin guitar solo, “Mother Machree,” Miss Gwen Webster. • • * 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres. 750 watts. Silent day. * • m 2YK Wellington: 295 metres, 120 watts. 7.45 p.m., market reports and announcements; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., relay of Paramount Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Robt. R. Caulton and studio concert. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 7.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., news and reports, etc.; 7.30 p.m., talk by Mr. E. H. Skeates on “Preparing Soil for Planting;” S p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; relay of overture from Rialto Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Mr. C. E. Engel; flute solo, •‘Andante” from “La Babillarde” (Terschak), Mr. V. Bedford; entertainment, “30 Minutes Drawing-Room Entertainment,” the Asquiths; flute solos, (a) “Andante in F” (Molique), (b) selected, Mr. V. Bedford; weather report and interval; orchestral selections, selected songs, dance numbers, etc., Mr. Walter Smith’s Radio Orchestra. * * * 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3-p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 7.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., news and reports, etc.; 7.30 p.m., talk to farmers on “Shelter for Stock and Crops” by Mr. C. H. Reece of the Forestry Department, arranged by the Canterbury Progress League; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; relay of orchestral selections from Grand Picture Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Black; tenor solos, (a) “Serenata” with violin obbligato (Tosselli), (b) “Mattinata” (Leoncavallo), Mr. Percy Nicholis; pianoforte solo, “Scherzo No. 8, Op. 39” (Chopin), Mrs. P. H. Davey; contralto solo, “Ye Powers That Dwell Below” from “Alceste” (Gluck), Miss Hilda Nicholis; instrumental trios, (a) “Waltz in D Major,” (b) “Allegretto” (Beethoven), (c) “Minuet in A” (Boccherini, Christchurch Instrumental Trio; tenor solo, “Sperito Gentil” from “La Favorita” (Donizetti), Mr. Percy Nichols; ’cello solo, “Slumber Song” (Squire), Mr. Reginald Jones; soprano solo, “Louise” (Charpentier), Miss Rinetta Rings; violin solos, (a) “March of the Toy Soldiers” (Kreisler), (b) “Liebesleid,” (c) “Obertas” (Wieniawski), Mr. Bernard Barker: contralto solo, “Dido’s Song” from “Dido and Aeneas” (Purcell), Miss Hilda Nicholis; 'cello solo, “Minuet” (Lebcll), Mr. Reginald Jones; operatic duet, “Miserere” from “11 Trovatore” (Verdi), Miss Leila Denby and Mr. Percy Nicholis; instrumental trio, “Brandenburg Concerto” (Bach), Christchurch Instrumental Trio; pianoforte solos. (a) “Minuet” (Handel-Wolsten-holme), (b) “Romance. Op. 24, No. 9” (Sibelius), Mrs. P. H. Davey: mezzo soprano solo, “One Fine Day” from “Madame Butterfly” (Puccini), Miss Rinetta Rings; violin solo, “Yankee Doodle,” Mr. Bernard Barker; tenor solos, (a) “Mi par Dudor Ancora” from “Pescatori de Perle” (Bizet), (b) “T,a Donna e Mobile” from “Rigoletto” (Verdi), Mr. Percy Nicholis; instrumental trio. “Quasi Allego” and “Prestissimo in C Minor” (Beethoven), Christchurch Instrumental Trio. m m m 4YA Dunedin:— 463 metres, 750 watts. 7 p.m., Town Hall chimes; request gramophone concert; 7.45 p.m., address, “Products of Petroleum and Their Uses,” by “Gargoyle;” 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Town Hall chimes; relay from His Majesty’s Theatre of Otago University Students’ capping concert. 2YK Wellington: 295 metres, 120 watts. Silent day. ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAV 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 5,000 watts. 6.30 p.m., “Daily Standard” news; 6.15 p.m., “Celotex and Wealth from Waste,” by Mr. Taylor, for the Queensland Preference League; 6.30 p.m., the children’s hour, stories by “Little Miss Brisbane;” 7.30 p.m., announcements: 7.45 p.m., lee-

turette supplied by the Queensland Agricultural High School and College; 8 p.m., a novelty programme. “An Evening Off 10 p.m., “Daily Mail” news; close down. • 2FC Sydney:— 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., talks to children by •‘Hello Man;” serial story; dinner music; 8.30 p.m., news service; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including orchestral relay; vocal and instrumental items: lecture on the Mawson expedition to the South Pole by Captain Frank Hurley; dance music. 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5.000 watts. 7 p.m., entertainment for children; 8 p.m., news service; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including vocal and instrumental items; relay dance music. » * * 2BL, Sydney.— 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 5.45 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Uncle Bass and the kiddies; 6.30 p.m., musical programme from the studio; 7.15 p.m., country news from the “Sun;” 7.30 p.m., talk by a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade; 8 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus; 8.3 p.m., the Versatile Two in piano and saxophone novelties; 8.13 p.m., Miss Grace Quine (popular ballads); 8.20 p.m., the Canterbury District Band (bandmaster Mr. Stan. Nicholis) broadcast from Baker’s Hall, Campsie; 8.40 p.m., Ward Lear and Will Kenny in a singing, whistling and laughing act; 9 p.m., G. clock and chimes; resume of following day’s programme; weather report and forecast by courtesy of Mr. C. J. Mares, Government meteorologist; 9.6 p.m., Broadcasters' Trio; 9.13 p.m., Miss Hazel McGilvray (soprano); 9.20 p.m., Broadcasters’ all sports expert will talk on “Boxing;” 9.35 p.m., the Canterbury District Band; 9.55 p.m., Miss Grace Quine; 10.2 p.m., Broadcasters’ Trio; 10.9 p.m., Miss Hazel McGilvray; 19.16 p.m., Cec Morrison and his Gloomchasers broadcast from the ballroom of the Bondi Casino; during intervals between dances “Sun” news will be broadcast; 11 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; National Anthem. TO-MORROW 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 5,000 watts. 6 p.m., “Daily Standard” news; announcements; 6.30 p.m., the children’s session, stories by “The Sandman;” 7.30 p.m., announcements; 7.45 p.m., lecturette, “Our Meat Supply Inspection,” Mr. H. G. Cheeseman (Senior Inspector of Slaughtering); 8 p.m., pianoforte solo, “First Movement Waldstein Sonata” (Beethoven), Miss Beryl Pratten; mezzo solo, “Un Peu D’Amour” (Silsen), Miss Naomi Beasley; violin and pianoforte, “Concertino” (Strube), Mr. Eric Hayne and Mr. Arthur Sharman; elocutionary, “The Serial Story,” Miss Jean Trundle; soprano solos, group of Russian songs, (a) “The Soldier’s Bride” (Rachmaninoff), (b) “My Native Land” (Gretclianinoff), (e) “The Wonderful Birch” (Gretchaninoff), (d) “By % the Window” (Tchaikowsky), Miss Ivy Plane; pianoforte solos, group of classical numbers, (a) “Three Waltzes,” Nos. 1,2 and 15 (Brahms), (b) “Ecossaises” (BeethovenBusoni), (c) “Capriceio B Minor” (Brahms), (d) “Bohemian Dance” (Sultana), Mr. Arthur Sharman; baritone solo, “King Charles” (White), Mr. Bryth Evans; 9 p.m., Metropolitan weather forecast; violin solos, (a) “Chant Indoue” (Rimsky-Korsakoff-Kreisler), (b) “Song of the Desert” (Gerald Walenn), Mr. Eric Hayne; pianoforte solos, (a) “Country Gardens” (Grainger), (b) “Nocturne in A Flat” (Chopin), Miss Beryl Pratten; elocutionary, “An Old Soldier’s Reminiscences (Anon.), Miss Jean Trundle; mezzo solo, “The Fairy Pipers” (Brewer), Miss Naomi Beasley; pianoforte solos, Chopin group, (a) “Valse A Flat Major,” (b) “Nocturne E. Flat,” (c) “Etude G Flat,” Mr. Arthur Sharman; baritone solo, “Oh to be a Gypsy,” Mr. Bryth Evans; soprano solos, (a) “The Star” (Rogers), (b) “The Bitterness of Love” (Dunn), (c) “The Wind in the Corn” (ConingsbyClarke), Miss Ivy Plane; 10.15 p.m., lecturette, “The Bastille and its Martyrs,” the Comte de Tournouer; 10.45 p.m., “Daily Mail” news; weather news; close down. • * ♦ 2BL Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 5.45 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Uncle George and the kiddies; 6.30 p.rn., musical programme from the studio by the pupils of Miss Scully; 7.15 p.m., country news from the “Sun;” weekly traffic bulletin; 7.30 p.m., talk on “The History of St. Mary’s Cathedral” by Mr. Markham, 8.E.; 8 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus; 8.3 p.m., the Marrickville Salvation Army (bandmaster Mr. N. H. Knight); 8.23 p.m., Miss Beryl Scott (songs at the piano); 8.30 p.m., Mr. Sydney Hollister (comedian); 8.37 p.m., Googs Hanlon (novelty jazz pianist); 8.44 p.m., Mr. Ronnie Reade (the radio jester); 8.51 p.m., Mr. David Smith (baritone); 8.58 p.m., weather report and forecast by courtesy of Mr. C. J. Mares, Government meteorologist; 9 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; resume of following day’s programme; 9.4 p.m., Dorothy Manning and Harry Graham in song and story; 9.19 p.m., the Marrickville Salvation Army Band; 9.39 p.m., Miss Beryl Scott; 9.45 p.m., Mr. Sydney Hollister; 9.53 p.m., Googs Hanlin; 10 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; 10.1 p.m.. Mr. Ronnie Reade; 10.8 p.m., Mr. David Smith; 10.15 p.m., Cec Morrison and his Gloomchasers broadcast from the ballroom of the Bondi Casino; during intervals between dances “Sun” news will be broadcast: 11 p.m.. G.P.O. clock and chimes; National Anthem. NOTES The programme to be broadcast from station 4QG to-night will be in the form of a special radio novelty. Publication of the details wiuld result in its value as a novelty being destroyed. To fully appreciate the programme listeners should be sure to tune in shortly before eight o’clock, and listen carefully for the opening portion of the programme. Those who miss the opening portion will be quite unable to appreciate the transmission.