ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 14

ON THE AIR

The New Zealand breadcasting stations transmit as follows: TO-DAY IYA, Auckland—--333 metres: 500 watts. 3 p.m., to 4.30 p.m., Afternoon session; 7.15 p.m., to 7.45 p.m., news and information; 8 p.m., relay from Prince Edward Theatre; contralto. Miss R. Chellburg, (a) “Beloved, Sleep,” (b) “The Nightingale”; violin, Mr. N. Watson, “Orientale,” baritone, Mr. C. Williams, “The Floral Dance ’ flute, Mr. V. Bedford, “Paraphrase”; soprano, Mr. C. Towsey, “With Thee is Peace”; piano, Mr. C. Towsey, “Holberg Suite”; 1# p.m., weather report; contralto. Miss R. Chellburg, “Yonder”; violin, Mr. N. Watson, “Ballet Music”; baritone, Mr. C. Williams, (a) “Stonecracker John,” (b) “For the Green” (Rohr); flute, Mr. V. Bedford, “Song Without Words”; soprano, Mrs. C. Towsey, “O, Divine Redeemer” (Gounod); piano, Mr. C. Towsey, “Devotion” (Schumann); whistling solo, Mr. R. Bell, “Three O’clock in the Morning. * * * 2YA, Wellington—--420 metres; 5,000 watts. Silent Day. • • • 3YA Christchurch--306 metres; 500 watts. 3 p.m.. Afternoon concert session; 6 r».m., children’s session, by Uncle Jack; 7.15 p.n:., Addington stock market reports; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Everybody’s Theatre; 8.15 p.m., Beckenham Quartet, (a) “An Evening Lullaby,” (b) “Little Tommy Went a Fishing”; euphonium. Mr. Hughes, “The Broken Melodv”; mezzo-soprano, Mrs. Bull, “By he Waters of Minnetonka”; mezzosoprano, Miss Clarke, “Lullaby”; brass instrumental quartet, Woolston Band, •Lohengrin”; Beckenham Quartet; pianoforte, Miss Hayward. “Cappriccio in B Minor’’; cornet. Mr. Creagh, “Peristyle Polka”; 0 p.m., talk. Mr. Les Hayward, ‘A Round Trip Thro’ the Southern Lakes and Mount Cook District”; euphonium, Mr. Hughes. “II Bacio”: mezzo-soprano, Mr. Bull. “Lament of Isis”: mezzo-so-prano, Miss Clarke, “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”; Beckenham Quartet, (a) “Every Rustling Tree.” (b) “A Catastrophe”: Woolston Band Quartet, “Passing Clouds”; mezzo-soprano, Mrs. Bull, “The Lass With the Delicate Air.” • * • TO-MORROW IYA, Auckland--333 metres, 500 watts 3 p.m., to 4.30 p.m.. Selected studio: 7.15 p.m., news and information; 7.30 p.m., to 7.45 p.m., :alk on "The Garden.” by Mr. E. H. Skeates; 8 p.m., Aeolian Orchestra, “Entry of the Gladi-

ators”; orchestra, “Poet and Peasant” (Suppe); contralto, Miss P. Gribben, “The Lost Chord”; orchestra, “Entracte No. 2”; orchestra, “Blue Danube”; baritone, Mr. F. Baker, “Oberon in Fairyland”; orchestra, “Turkish Patrol”; 9 p.m., orchestra, “Ballet Music”; contralto, Miss P. Gribben, (a) “The Inquirer,” (b) “St. Nicholas Day in the Morning”; orchestra, (a) “Andante,” (b) “Allegro di Molto”; orchestra, 4 Valse des Fleurs” (Tsehaikowski); baritone, Mr. F. Baker, (a) “Young Tom ■of Devon,” (b) “The Wheel-tapper’s Song”; orchestra, “In the Soudan”; Aeolian Orchestra, incidental music to “The; Merchant of Venice.” • • • 2YA Wellington.— 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m,. Gramophone recital; 7.30 p.m., lecturette, Mr. W. King, “Esperanto”; 3 p.m., First Battalion Regiment Band, inarch, “Ravenswood”; baritone, Mr. W. Davies, ‘lnvictus”: trombone, Bandsman W. Matson, “Out on the Deep”; contralto, Miss E. Wells, “Keep on Hopin’ ”; band, “Smile”; mezzo-soprano, Miss M. Castle, “When Daisies Pied”; and “Passing of the Moon”; cornet, Lieutenant Shardlow, “The Nightingale”; band; 9.7 p.m., weather report; 9.8 p.m., lecturette, Mr. Johannes Andersen, of the Turnbull Library, “Native Birds”; 9.28 p.m., baritone Mr. W. Davies, “The Wheel-tapper’s Song”; trombone, Bandsman Matson, “Handel’s Largo”: contralto, Miss Wells, “Passing By”; band. “Indian Love Lyrics,” “Less than the Dust,” “Kashmiri Song,” “Till I Wake”: mezzo-soprano, Miss Castle, “Fiddle and I”; 10.6 p.m., band, “Simplicity.” •* • • 3YA. Christchurch:— 306 metres; 500 watts. 3 p.m.. Afternoon concert session; 3.45 p.m., talk by Mr. Wood, “Fashions”; 7 15 p.m , news and reports; 8 p.m., relay from Crystal Palace Picture Theatre; soprano. Miss T. Ayres, (a) “Waiata Maori,” (b) “Early One Morning”; baritone, Mr. Thomas, "The Cobbler’s Song”; violin, Miss Morris, (a) “Meditation,” (b) “Rondino”; contralto. Miss Lowe, (al “Red Rose of England,” (b) “Japanese Love Song”; Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, “Trio in B Minor”; tenor, Mr. E. Rogers, “The Sailor’s Grave”; 9.5 p.m., relay from theatre; soprano, Miss Ayres,. “The Night Wind”; baritone, Mr. Thomas. “Ban.lo Song”; cello, Mr. Beck, “Hungarian Rhapsody”; contralto, Miss Lowe, “When You Come Home”; trio, (a) “Adantino,” (b) “Menuett”; tenor, Mr Rogers, (a) “Angels Guard Thee,” (b) “A Request”; baritone. Mr. Thomas, “Blow. Blow Thou Winter Wind.” • • • 4YA, Dunedin: 463 metres; 250 watts. 3 p.m., to 4.30 p.m., Afternoon concert; request gramophone concert: 8 p.m., studio concert by the Band of the Ist Battalion, Otago Regiment, under Mr. Lew O. Austen. ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY 2BL, Sydney: 353 metres: 5.000 watts. 7.15 p.m.. Children’s session; 8.45 p.m., news; 9.30 p.m., studio programme, including items by Broadcasters' Topical Chorus; selections by Canterbury District Band; Mr. Allen, elocutionist; The Leone Vocal Trio: Mr. McKenzie, violinist; Mr. Herberte, entertainer; Miss Sullivan, soprano; Broadcasters’ all-sports expert on ‘•Boxing, Golf and Sporting News”; and a relay of Cec. Morrison and his Gloomchasers broadcast from the ballroom of the Bondi Casino. • * • 2FC Sydney: 442 metres; 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m.. Talks to children by “Hello Man”; 8.30 p.m., news; 9 p.m., studio programme, including relay of recital by a music club; address by the president of the Musical Association of New South Wales; vocal, instrumental and dance music. * * * 3LO Melbourne: — » 371 metres; 5,000 watts. 7 p.m., Children’s session; 8 p.:m. t news; 5.45 p.m., “Hints on Vine Growing,” by Mr. F. de Castella; 9.15 p.m., talk on “Books,” by Captain Peters; 9.30 p.m., studio programme, including relay of 80th anniversary concert: from St. Giles Church, Geelong; selections by Melbourne string quartet; vocal, instrumental and dance music. TO-MORROW 2BL Sydney: 353 metres; 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., clock and chimes; children’s session; 7.30 p.m., the pupils of Miss .Monica. Scully; 8 p.m., studio programme; 9 p.m., “Sun” news; 9.30 p.m., studio concert, including items by Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus; the Versatile Two, in piano and saxophone novelties; Miss Gotsch, soprano; relay of the Marriekville Salvation Army Band; Miss Quine, descriptive artist; Mr. Mountain, light and 3AU on 33.5 metres. Mr, Walding

comedian;; and a rela.y of Cec. Morrison and his Gloomchasers’ Jazz Band. 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres; 5,000 watts. 8 p.m., Children’s session; 9 p.m., news; 9.30 p.m., studio programme, including vocal, instrumental and orchestral music. NOTES In reply to the note in yesterday’s SUN asking for information as to the transmission packed up by a Devonport amateur, Mr. N. Walding states that two Rangiora stations, 3AJ and 3AU were on the air at the time. 3AJ is on 32.5 metres, and AU on 33.5 metres. Mr. Walding would be glad to know the particulars of station HZAI, FW and HJG which he has heard. U.S.A. BROADCASTING STATIONS Many of the American broadcasting stations within range have recently altered their wave-lengths. The following list has been brought up to date, according to our latest Information:— KDKA.—East Pittsburgh, Pa., 309 metres, variable high power. KFAB.—Lincoln. Neb.. ’341 metres. 1.000 watts. KFi.—Los Angeles, Calif.. 468.5 metres, 5.000 watts. KFKX. —Hastings, Neb., 288 metres, 6.000 watts. KFOA. —Seattle. Wash., 454 metres, 1.000 watte. WCBD.—Zion, 344.5 metres, 5,000 watts. WCCO. —Minn., 416.4 metres, 5,000 WCX.—Pontiac, 616.9 metres, 5,000 KFON.—Long Beach. Calif., 468 metres. 750 watts. KHQ. —Spokane. Wash., 370 metres. 1.000 watts. KGO.—Oakland. Calif., 384 metres, 5.000 KMOX, —Kirkwood. Mo.. 280 metres, 1.500 watts. KOA.—Denver. Colo.. 322 metres, 5,000 K.P.O.—San Francisco, 422 metres. 1.000 watts. KPSN.—Pasadena, Calif.. 316 metres. 1.000 watts. KSL. —Salt Lake City, 300 metres, 1,000 KTAB.—Oakland. Calif.. 240 metres, 1.000 watts. KYA.—San Francisco, 309 metres, 1,000 KTW. —Chicago, 535 metres, 3,500 watts WBAL.—Baltimore. 246 metres. 1.000 WBAP.—Texas, 476 metres, 1,000 watts. WBBM.-Chicago. 111., 255.4 metres. 10.000 watts WEAF.—New York, 491.5 metres. 5,000 WEBH.—Chicago. 370 metres, 2,000 watts. WEMC.— Berrien Springs. Mich.. 315.6 metres, 4,000 watts. KFNF Shenandoah. lowa, 461.3 metres. 1,000 watts. KRQB —Fort Worth. Texas. 508.2 metres, 1,000 watts. WGHP —Detroit. 270 metres. 1.500 watts. WGY.—Schenectady. N.Y.. 379.5 metres. 5.000 watts. WHO.—lowa, 526 metres. 5,000 watts. WHT. —Deerfield. 238 metres. 3.500 watts. WJAZ.—Mount Prospect, 330 metres, 1.500 watts. WJR.—Pontiac. 516.9 metres. 5,000 WJZ—New York. N.Y.. 454.3 metres. 40,000 watts WKRC.—Cincinnati, Ohio, 422 metres. 1.000 v/atts. WLIB —Elgin 111.. 302.8 metres. 4.000 watts.