ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 123, 15 August 1927, Page 14

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY’S PROGRAMME IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. Silent day. * * * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., afternoon session; 7.15 p.m., news session and market reports; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., instrumental, studio orchestra, “Reconciliation”; drawing room concert by Miss Gwen Shepherd and party, including: Piano duet, Miss G. Shepherd and Mrs. Claude Moss, “Pastoral Symphony” (Beethoven); baritone, Mr. Claude Moss, “In a Monastery Garden”; soprano, Miss Jeanette Briggs, “The Hills of Donegal”; ’cello, Mr. Wynne Watkins, “Gavotte”; monologue, Miss G. Shepherd, “What is a Gentleman?”; baritone, Mr. Sydney Allwright, “Two Grenadiers”; contralto, Miss Hilda Chudley, ‘•Forever and a Day”; chorus, the company, “Funiculi Funicula”; instrumental studio orchestra, “Soiree”; elocutionary, Mr. Clement Hay, studies from Dickens; instrumental, studio orchestra, “Sarabande”; recitation, Mr. W. McKeon; ’cello, Mr. Wynne Watkins, “Priere”; baritone, Mr. Claude Moss, “Ka Mati”; soprano, Miss J. Brings, “Pur Dicesti”; chorus, the company, “Good Night”; instrumental, studio orchestra, “Valsette.” * * * 3Y A Christchurch; 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 6.30 p.m., children’s session, by Uncle Sam; 7.15 p.m., news and reports; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., studio concert by Band of First Canterbury Regiment, under Lieutenant C. H. Hoskin, nnd vocalists; march, Band, “Listen to the Band”; boy soprano, Master Frank Robinson, “A Song of Holiday”; fantasia, Band, “Country Life”; mezzo-soprano, Miss Freida Davison; tenor, Mr. Leonard Neil, “Two Eyes of Grey”; overture, Band, “Elfin Revels”; mezzo-soprano, Miss Doris Irvine, “Elf and Fairy”; Band, “Bostonian; talk, sports announcer, “Cricket, in Relation to New Zealand Cricket Team in England”; fantasia, Band, “Nursery Ditties”; mezzosoprano, Miss Freida Davison, “The Dawn Has a Song”; Band, “Comrades in Arms”; tenor, Mr. Leonard Neil, “O Sole Mio”; selection, Band, “Pirates of Penzance” (Sußivan); selection, Band, “The Geisha” (Jones); tenor, Mr. Leonard Neil, “Somewhere a Voice is Calling.” * * * 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 750 watts. Silent day. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland:— , 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 6.30 p.m., children’s session, Aunt Betty; 7.15 p.m., news and information session; 7.30 p.m., talk on “A Burmese Public Library,” by Mr. Stanley Bull; 8 to 10 p.m., special Scotch evening; relay of overture from Majestic Theatre, Mr. J. Whitford-Waugh, conductor; bass, Mr. Duncan Black, “Scots Wha Hae”; soprano, Miss E. Bentley, “Angus McDonald”; quartet, Orpheus Quartet, “Ye Banks and Braes”; tenor, Mr. J. Simpson, “Cameron Men”; contralto, Miss B. Smith, “Hame"; duet, Miss Bentley and Mr. Black, “Turn Ye to Me”; quartet, Orpheus Quartet; weather report; relay from Majestic Theatre; bass, Mr. D. Black, “Melville Castle”; duet, Miss Smith and Mr. Simpson; soprano, Miss E. Bentley, “Cornin’ Thro’ the Rye”; tenor, Mr. J. Simpson, “Mary of Argyle”; contralto, Miss B. Smith, “My Ain Folk”; quartet, Orpheus Quartet, “There Was a Lad”; duet, Simpson. 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., afternoon session; 7.15 p.m., news and market reports; 8 p.m., relay of orchestral concert for school children from the Town Hall; Savage Club Orchestra, overture, “William Tell” (Rossini), “Praeludium” (Jarnefeldt), “Grasshoppers’ Dance” (Bucalossi), “Adante,” from Haydn’s “Symphony,” “Poupee Valsante,” march, “Old Comrades”; 9.1

p."m., lecturette, Douglas Tayler, “Music and Work”; 9.16 p.m. to 10.8 p.m., contralto, Miss Audrey Bevan, “Where Corals Lie”; tenor, Mr. Egerton Pegg, “Love’s Pleading”; piano, Miss Gwen Shepherd, “Hexentanz”; baritone, Mr. Val. Jones, “Friend” (Novello David); soprano, Mrs. A. Harris, “Unmindful of the Roses”; piano, Miss Gwen Shepherd, “Rustle of Spring”; contralto, Miss Audrey Bevan, “Drumadoon”; tenor, Mr. Egerton Pegg, “Good Night, Beloved”; studio orchestra, ““Characteristic Dance, No. 1”; soprano, Mrs. A. Harris, “The Enchanted Forest”; baritone, Mr. Val. Jones, “Pagan” (Lohr): studio orchestra, “Sous la Feuillec,” “La Belle Pierette.” 3YA Christchurch 3Q6 metres, 500 watts. Silent day. * * * 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 7 p.m., children’s session, Aunt Diana’s sister; 7.30 p.m., news; address by Pastor W. D. More, “A New Chum’s Adventures in the Back of Beyond”; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., relay from the Training College Auditorium of concert by the Dunedin Teachers’ Training College students, and dance orchestra, arranged by Miss Molly Vickers. ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY 2BL, Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.25 p.m., clock and chimes; Unce Bass and the kiddies; 8.10 p.m., studio programme; 8.55 p.m., “Sun” news; 9.10 p.m., talk on tennis; 9.40 p.m., broadcasters’ topical chorus. An hour’s programme presented by Lindeman’s Wines; the Porphyry Banjo Band; Miss Grace Quine, descriptive artist; relay of the Newtown Band; Mr. Bernard Roberts, entertainer at the piano; Miss Pauline Harford-Fos-ter, soprano; Mr. Ronnie Reade, the radio jester; Miss Hilda Lane, soubrette; relay of Cec. Morrison and his Gloomchasers broadcast from the ballroom of the Bondi Casino; broadcasters’ all-sports expert will talk on general sporting; Mr. Harry Leech, baritone. ,4.

4QG, Brisbane: 385 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., news; 7.45 p.m., lecturette, “Stories of Shopkeeping,” by Mr. E. J. Hanlon, M.L.A. (for the Queensland Preference League); S p.m., the children’s session—stories by “The Sandman; 9.15 p.m., the children's music corner conducted by “The Music Man”; 9.30 p.m., concert, including pianoforte solos—“ Romance,” “Pastoral with Variations,” Mr. John; tenor solo, Mr. Williamson; contralto solo, “Dream Boat,” Miss Burns; tenor solo, “The Cheated World,” Mr. Williamson; contralto solo, “Little Brown Cottage,” Miss Burns; overture,“Queen of the Nile,” the Studio Orchestra; contralto solo, “You’re a Million Miles from Nowhere,” Miss Berg; fox-trots—(a) “Oh Marie,” (b) “The Far Away Bells,” the Studio Orchestra; soprano solo, “When Love Peeps in at the Window,” Miss Ward; tenor solo. “At Dawning,” Mr. Williamson; serenade, “The Wooing dour,” the Studio Orchestra; soprano solo, “Beyond the Hills,” Mrs. R. W. Chadwick; tenor solo, “Serenade,” Mr. Williamson; march, the Studio Orchestra. * * * 2FC, Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.25 p.m., talks to children by “Hello Man”; dinner music; 8.40 p.m., news service; 9.40 p.m., concert programme, including vocal and instrumental items; orchestral music, dance music. * * * 3LO, Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., entertainment for children; 8.30 p.m., news service; 9.15 p.m., talk on “Central Australia,” by Mr. J. J. Waldron, under auspices Develop Australia League; 9.30 p.m., talk on “School Life and School Sport,” by Mr. E. C. H. Taylor; 9.45 p.m., talk on “Cultivating and Transplanting Tobacco,” by Mr. R. A. J. Smith, under auspices Department of Agriculture; 10 p.m., concert programme, including items by Studio Orchestra; selections by a vocal quartette; relay propramme from the Melbourne University conservatorium; vocal and instrumental items; dance music. TO-MORROW 2BL, Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.25 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Uncle Bass and the kiddies; 8.10 p.m., musical programme from the studio; 8.55 p.m., country news from the “Sun”; 9.10 p.m., talk on “The Motor,” by Mr. Martin; 9.40 p.m., broadcasters’ topical chorus'; an hour’s programme presented by Cossor Valves’ Broadcasters’ Light Orchestra; Mr. Stanley R. Catlett, tenor; Mr. Gerald Walenn, violinist; Miss Leonore Gotsch, soprano; Mr. Lawrence Campbell, elocutionist; Miss Heather Kinnaird, contralto; Mr. Herbert Hinchcliffe, baritone; and relay of Ambassador’s Jazz Band, wjth “Sun” news in the intervals. ♦ * * 4QG, Brisbane: 385 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., news and announcements; 7.45 p.m., lecturette, “This World of Ours and Esperanto,” Mr. Maurice Hyde; 8 p.m., the children’s session—stories by “Uncle Jim”; 8.30 p.m., news; 9.15 p.m., lecturette, “Correct Lubrication Talk,” No. 10, by “Gargoyle”; 9.30 p.m., organ recital; 10 p.m., “Little Boy,” Anglo Male Quartette; overture, “Lustspiel,” Mrs. Matthews’s Cadenza Plectral Club; soprano solo, “There’s a Song Down Every Roadway,” Miss D. Burgess; tenor, “I Will Await Thee,” Mr. C. R. Kolb; violin, “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,” Miss Matthews; contralto, “I Think,” Mrs. M. Spanjer; waltz, “Revel of the Roses,” the Cadenza Plectral Club; soprano, “O Flower Divine,” Miss E. Heagerty; 10.30 p.m., banjo selections—(a) “Banjo Blues,” (b) “Return of the Regiment,” Mr. Munro and Mr. Richard; monologue, “The Kid,” Miss E. McLennan; tenor solo, “The Hawk,” Mr. C. R. Kolb; “Home, Sweet, Home,” the Anglo Male Quartette; mandolin trio, “Chimney Corner,” Miss C. Matthews, Miss I. Heckenberg and Mrs. L. Hunter; bass solo,

“The Wreck,” Mr. R. Pike; vocal duet, “Flow Gentle Deva,” Mr. C. R. Kolb and Mr. R. Pike; march, “The Black Prince” (Weidt). the Cadenza Plectral Club: baritone, “When the Sergeant-Major’s on Parade,” Mr. A. F. Stoddart; soprano, “Sing Again that Song to Me,” Mrs. L. Hunter; “Stars of the Summer Night,” the Anglo Male Quartette. NOTE.—Times given are all approximately correct for New Zealand. NOTES Station IYA, Auckland, broadcast news from THE SUN sports edition last Saturday during the news session. An Auckland radio fan reports that on Saturday afternoon he was listening to 2YA. During a quiet moment he was astonished to hear music from another station coming in at fair loud speaker strength on 430 metres. Thinking he was in touch with some American station, he listened intently for the call sign, only to discover that it was IYA breaking through nearly 100 metres off it correct wavelength. Although no advance information about the Australian and New Zealand broadcast of PCJJ was received here, the station was picked up by several local listeners. In another column we give an account of the transmission as received by a Takapuna enthusiast. (J.S.A. BROADCAST STATIONS A number of listeners are turning their attention to American broadcasts. The following larger stations will therefore prove of Interest:— KDKA.—East Pittsburg, Po., 309.1 metres, variable high power. KFAB.—-Lincoln. Neb.. 340.7 metres, 1.000 watts. K FI. Los Angeles. Calif.. 468.5 metres. 4.000 watts. KFKX.—Hastings. 288.3 metres. 5.000 watts. KGO.—Oakland. Calif., 361 2 metres. 4.000 watts. KM OX.—Kirkwood, Mo.. 280.2 metres. 1.500 watts. / KOA.—Denver. Colo., 332.4 metres. 5.000 watts. KY W.—Chicago, 535.4 metres, 3,500 • ■

WBAL.— Baltimore. 246 metres. S.OOO watts. WBAP.—Texas, 476 metres, 1,500 watts. WBZ.—Springfield. 331 metres. 2,000 watts. WCBD.—Zion, 344.6 metres, 6,000 watts WCCD —Minn., 416.4 metres. 5.000 watts. WCX.—Pontiac. 516.9 metres. 5.000 watts. WEAP.—New York, 491.5 metres. 5.000 watts. WEBH.—Chicago, 370 metres. 2.000 watts. WGEP,—Detroit, 270 metres, 1.500 watts.