ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 185, 26 October 1927, Page 14

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follows: TODAY IYA, Auckland—--333 metres; 500 watts. 3 p.m., to 4.30 p.m., Afternoon session; 7.15 p.m., news; 7.30 p.m., talk on “Physical Culture,” Mr. N. Kerr, and a talk on “Incidents of the Great War,” by Bombardier A. G. Jenkins; 8 p.m., relay from Strand Theatre; St. Andrew’s Quartet, “Come to the Show”; cello, Miss Moore, “Harlequinade”; soprano, Miss Taylor, “A Woodland Madrigal”; trio, “Shall a Clown?”; piano, Mr. Colledge, “Fruhlingslied”; bass, Mr. Colledge, “Honour and Arms”; quartet, “Evening and Morning”; 9 p.m., weather report; tenor, Mr. Peter, “Beloved, It Is Morn”; cello, Miss Moore, “Serenade”; soprano, Miss Taylor, “Thoughts Have Wings”; quartet, “Wake With a Smile”; contralto, Miss Gribben, “O, Love from Thy Power”; 9.32 p.m., relay from Strand Theatre; duet, “Army and Navy”; piano, Mr. Colledge, “Wanderstunder.”; quartet, “A Roundelay.” 2YA, Wellington—--420 metres; 5,000 watts. Silent Day. 3YA Christchurch—--306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m., children’s session, Uncle Sam; 7.15 p.m., market reports; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Grand Theatre; tenor, Mr. Russell, “African Love Song”; contralto, Miss Russell, “A Litany”; humour, Mr. Dey, “Mary Had a Little Lamb”; cello, Mr. Beck, “Barcarolle”; tenor, Mr. Russell, “Pleading”; contralto. Miss Russell,

“Thou Art Risen, My Beloved”; Broadcasting Trio, “Adagio and Allegretto”; cello, Mr. Beck, “Minuetto”; 9 p.m., relay from Grand Theatre; 9.15 p.m., talk, Mr. Leo. Hayward, “World’s Tourist Fishermen I Have Met in New Zealand”; 9.35 p.m., tenor, Mr. Russell, “Where the Abana Flows”; trio, “March”; contralto,

Miss Russell, “Yesterday and To-day”; duet, “Somewhere a Voice is Calling.” 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. Silent Day. TO-MORROW 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 reports; 8 p.m., relay from Rialto Theatre; 8.9 p.m., contralto, Miss Lingard, (a) “Soul of Mine,” (b) “Dry Those Tears”; piano, Mrs. Morton, “Fox Trot Medley”; baritone, Mr. Brough, (a) “Inter Nos,” (b) “Border Ballad”; violin, Mr. Rogers, “Liebestraume”; soprano, Miss Cutting, “The Little Brown Owl”; Bohemian Duo, popular numbers; tenor, Mr. Barnes, “An Evening Song”; 9 p.m., weather report; talk on “Flower Legends,” by Mr. Leonard Griffiths; contralto, Miss Lingard, “The Long Avenue”; piano, Mrs. Morton, “Hextenanz”; baritone, Mr. Brough, “Will o’ the Wisp”; soprano, Miss Cutting, “Ave Maria”; Bohemian Duo, popular numbers; tenor, Mr. Barnes, “Only the River Running By.” 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., Gramophone recital; 7 p.m., news session; 7.40 p.m., Mr. King, “Esperanto”; 8 p.m., relay from Pageant of Industry, Town Hall; address, Mr. W. Veitch, M.P.; 8.11 p.m., band, Salvation Army, “Valour Crown”; soprano, Mdme. Lun, “Ah! fore de lui”;. band, “Over Jordan”; tenor, Mr. Renshaw, “Onaway, Awake, Beloved”; band, “English Melodies”; contralto, Miss Greene, “What the Chimney Sang”; band, “Boston”; soprano, Mdme Lund, “Ernani involami”; cornet, Bandsman Goffin, “Happy Day”; band,

“My Homeward Journey”; tenor, Mr. Renshaw, “Ma Little Banjo”; band, “Songs of Scotland”; contralto, Miss Greene, “Before You Came”; band, “Active Services.”

3YA Christchurch — 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m., child- ' ren's session. Uncle Jack: 7.15 p.m., news; 7.30 p.m., talk, Mr. Robinson, “Rules of the Road and Motor Control”; 8 p.m., relay from Everybody's Theatre; S. 19 p.m., 1 baritone. Mr. Hawker, “King Charles”; j soprano. Miss Marshall, “Advice piano, forte, Miss Warren, “A.D. 1620”: talk. ; Rev. Dudley. “The Polar Lights and Their Meaning”; trio, “Minuet”; baritone, Mr. Hawker, “Kings of the Road”; soprano.; Miss Marshall, “In the Dusk": 9.15 p.m.. ! baritone, Mr. Hawker, “Bedouin Love i Song”; 9.23 p.m.. soprano. Miss Marshall, j “That Hour With You”: pianoforte, Miss Warren, “Vaises Piquant”; baritone, Mr. Hawker, “The Song of Hybrias”: soprano. Miss Marshall, “By the Waters of Minnetonka”; trio, “Nocturne in E Flat”; 9.44 p.m., dancing lessons. Mr. Cyril Poulton. • • • 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts 7 p.m., Request gramophone concert; 7.45 p.m.. address by Mr. Fleming. “Humour of School Life”; 8 p.m., studio concert and relay of presentation of awards to Boy Scouts for acts of bravery. 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 p.m.. studio concert; 9.30 p.m., studio concert; including items by Broadcasters* Topicai Chorus and light orchestra; vocal items and dance music. * * * 2FC Sydney: 442 metres; 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., Children’s session, “Hello Man”; 8.30 p.m., news; 9 p.m., studio concert, including selections by the Metropolitan Band; Jack Lumsdaine at the piano; relay of annual concert at the Home of Incurables; vocal, instrumental and dance music. * * * 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres; 5,000 watts. 7 p.m., Children’s session; 8 p.m., news; 8.45 p.m., talk on “Marketing Methods"; 9 p.m., talk on “The Engineer and the Community”; 9.30 p.m., studio concert: including relay of opera “Fidelio”; dance music.

4QG Brisbane: 355 metres: 5.000 watts. S p.m.. Children’s session: 9 p. ni 9.30 p.m.. studio concert, including oi4h~ music: vocal items and dance nuii NOTES Bombardier A. G. Jenkins, of E filters', Royal Horse Artillerv, who fired o first shot from British artillerv in ,w! Great \Var will speak on “Incidents of Z Great War.” from IYA at 7.50 to-nteV Air. is now farming at Te There is a great deal of dissaUsfactinbeing expresed at the Morse i lterferww on 2FC and other high wave station* Last evening the announcements froir 2FC at about 9 o’clock were quite blottel out by a prolonged burst of these signals The Government stations and ships within 100 miles of Xew Zealand are by the regulations to transmit from « . p.m., to 10.30 p.m., but, judging bv tv. interference experienced, these are not*r. ' forced very strictly. Mr. A. R. Allardyce, the official spor■ing announcer of the Broadcasting Coe. I pany will officiate at the microphone durmg the seven day's racing in Auckland at Christmas. | A Devonport listener reports that the short wave station at Caterham. England, 2ME, was on the air last night with a special transmission for America This was received rather faintly. 2ME cjjw several stations including WLW and i stated there would be another test on Thursday, followed by a third test on FrI day. The fourth and fin* 1 test will be on | Sunday. It is not known at what time • these transmission are to be expected I | was further reported that the Siherir. I station, RFX, was coming through w"-' i fair strength as usual.