ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 173, 12 October 1927, Page 18

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting 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., news and reports; 7.30 p.m., to 7.45 p.m., talk on “Physical Culture,” by Norman Kerr; 8 p.m., relay from Strand Theatre; baritone, Mr. Brough, “Five-and-Twenty Sailormen”; Mr. Dan Flood, humour at the piano: violin. Miss McMurtrie, (a) “Imagination,” (b) “Minuet”; contralto, Miss Thompson, " ’Tis the Hour of Farewell”; cornet, Mr. Tregilgas, (a) “Wendowrie,” (b) “Lost Chord”; tenor, Mr. Ripley, “Ailsa Mine”; Griffiths Duo, humorous sketch; soprano, D. Campbell, “Sing Me a Song of the Morning,” (b) “Isla McLean”; 9.5 p.m., baritone, Mr. Brough, (a) “Fishermen of England,” (b) “Life and Death”; humour, Mr. Flood; violin, Miss McMurtrie, “Rcndino”; contralto, Miss Thompson, “When the Swallows Homeward Fly”; cornet, Mr. Tregilgas, “Lizzie Polka”: tenor, Mr. Ripley, “The Minstrel Boy”; relay from Strand Theatre; Griffiths Duo, humour; soprano, Master Campbell, “The Fairy’s Lullaby.” • • * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. Silent Day. 3YA Christchurch—--306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s session, by' Uncle Sam; 7.15 p.m., Addington reports; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Crystal Palace Theatre; mezzosoprano, Miss Graham, “The Kerry Dance”; pianofrte, Miss Suckling, “La

[Regatta Venetians”; tenor, Mr. Suckling, “Life is a Caravan”; Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, “Miniature Trio”; mezzo* s;oprano, Miss Graham, "Waltz Song”; I Habgood’s. Quartet, “American Emblem”; l pianoforte. Miss Suckling. “Spinnerlied”; tenor, Mr Suckling, “Sally Horner”; 9 p.m., relay from Theatre; 9.15 p.m., talk, Mr. Leo. Hayward, fourth series, “A Round Trip Through the Southern Lakes District”; 9.30 p.m.. Trio, “Serenade”; quartet, “Meet Me at Twilight”: mezzo-soprano, Miss Graham. “When All Was Young”; tenor, Mr. Suckling, “Serenade”; Trio, “Mignon.” • • • 4YA Dunedin:—463 metres, 250 watts Silent. Day. TO-MORROW 1 1YA, Auckland—--333 metres; 500 watts. 3 p m., to 4.30 p.m.. Afternoon uession; 7.15 p.m., to 7.45 p.m., news and market reports; 8 p.m. relay from Rialto Theatre; tenor, Mr. Harris, (a) “Give Me tie Open Road,” (b) “I Pitch My Lonely Caravan at Night”; flute, Mr. Poore, "Dj Du”; mezzo-contralto, Miss Duffin, “Break o’ Day”;. contralto, Mrs. Jellard, (a.) “I’m Alone,” (b) “When All Was Young”; tenor, Mr. Harris, “For You a Rose, For Me a Memory”: flute, Mr. Poore, “Romance and Tarantelle”; mezzo-contralto, Miss Duffin, (a) “Happy Song,” (b) “Tiptoe”; contralto, Mrs. Jellard, “A Little Coon’s Prayer”; 9.4 p.m., weather report; ilems by Mr. Stan. Pritchard, baritone; Miss Elsie Bentley, soprano: Mr. C. Duncan, saxophonist; r. A. Coney, ’cellist. see 2YA, Wellington—--420 metres; 6,000 watts. 3 p.m., to 5 p.m., Gramophone recital; 7 p.m., news session; 7.35 p.m., leotuette, Mr. King, “Esperanto”; 8 p.m. relay from Paramount Theatre; Ist Battalion, Wellington Regiment Band, “Steadfast and True”; baritone, Mr. H. Matthew, ‘Tally Ho”; band, “Maritana”; soprano, Miss Bennett, “Love’s Echo”; band, ‘ Wyoming”: elocution, Miss F. Kutner, “Just Smile”: band, “Le Cirque”; contralto, Miss Wilson, “All Joy Be Thine”; 9.1 p.m., lecturette, Mr. A. Bell. M.P., “The Winterless North”; 9.12 p.m., band, “Russe”; baritoncj, Mr. Matthew, “Linden Lea”; band, “Entry of the Gladiators”: soprano, Miss Bennett, “None So Pretty”; band, “Ghu Chin Chow,” and “Yancowinna.” '» « * 3YA Christchurch—--306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m. children’s session, Uncle Jack; 7.15 p.m., news and reports; 8 p.m., relay from Everybody’s Theatre; studio concert in eluding pianoforte. Miss Warren, “Vals« Caprice”; Broadcasting Trio, “Tempo di Minuetto”; 8.33 p.m., talk, Rev. B. Dudley, “Astronomy”; 8.56 p.m., contralto Miss Belle Renant, “A Song Remembered”; tenor, Mr. Sumner, “Lo"e Beneath the Moon.” * • • 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 7 p.m.. Request gramophne concert; 8 p.m., studio concert; 8.45 p.m., address, “Travels in China.” ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follow; 0 TO-DAY 2BL Sydney:— 353 metres; 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., Children’s scission; 8.3 D p.m., news; 9.30 p.m., studio concert, including items by Broadcasters' Topical Chorus; vocal, orchestral and dance music * * * 2FC Sydney: 442 metres; 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., Talks to childen by “Hello Man”; 8.30 p.m., news; 9.30 p.m., studio concert, including relay of “The Chocolate

Soldier”: items by Win and Windie; Tore instrumental and dance music. • • • 3LO Melbourne:— 371 metres; 5,000 watts. 7 p.m., Children’s session; 8.30 tun news; 8.45 p.m., talk on “Marketter Methods”; 9.15 p.m., talk on “Books"; 9.30 p.m., studio concert, including selections fom “The Merry Widow”; vocal, tostumental and dance music. • • • 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres: 5,000 watts. 8 p.m.. Children’s session; 8.30 jun, news; 9.15 p.m., talk on “Crop Rotations’; 9.30 p.m., studio concert, including selections by studio orchestra; vocal items ani dance music. NOTES Mr. Roy Keith, of station IZQ, staus that he has ordered apparatus of a wellknown American make for his new 19watt station which is to be erectei shortly. The essential parts are wur on the water and are expected to arrive within a month. It has not yet tan decided whether the plant will be erects I on the site of the present 50-watt statin in Mount Albert, or in the city, wfesr* the studio will be situated. Mr. Kelt) intends to make vocal and other personal items the larger part of his programmes and to reduce the present number of gramophone selections to about one-third. IZQ has been heard as hr south as Dunedin and in all parts *i New Zealand. The children’s sesakws bring large numbers of letters from c»mren throughout the Dominion, and pMk* grahps of Uncle Q are in great demand.