ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 213, 28 November 1927, Page 14

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. Silent day. . • * * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Studio concert; 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., children’s session; 7.0, news; 7.40, lecturette, Mr. Stewart, “Freight on the Rails”; 8.4. relay of Mr. A. Warwick’s j recita 1 from Town 1 laii, in.■hiding quartet, “In This Hour of Softened Splen- 1 dour”; recital, Mr. North, "Years and Years,” and “The Yard Dog”; studio trio, | “Allegro and Adagio”; contralto, Miss' Arnold, (a) “Husheen,” (b) “O Golden Sun”; recital, Mr. Gardiner, (a) "Admiral's Orders,” (b) “That Cat”; quartet, “Sweet and Low”; violin, Miss Symons, “Midnight Bells”; soprano, Miss Stark, “Serenata”; recital, Mr. Dorrian, “Queen Sigrid”; humour, Mr. Dorrian, “Spring”; trio, “Scherzo and Finale”; weather forecast; recital, Miss Wilson, “The Story of a Miniature”; character sketch, Mr. Warwick, “Mr. Tigg Meets Mi-. Pinch”; oneact comedy, “A Quiet Little Dinner.” 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres. 500 watts. 3 p.m.. Afternoon session; 6.0., children’s hour, Uncle Jack and Aunt Edna; 1 7.15, news; 8.0, relay from Strand Theatre; First Canterbury Infantry Regiment Band, “Listen to the Band”; baritone, Mr. Thomas, “La Paloma”; Band, “Golden Valley”; mezzo-soprano, Mrs. Puddley, “Melisande in the Wood”; Band, “Summer Glory”; cornet, Bandsman McKay, “Bostonian”; humour, Mr. Darragh “When Tosti Raised His Bowler Hat”; Band, “Yearning”; baritone, Mr. Thomas, (a) “Cobbler’s Song,” (b) “Tally Ho”; Band, “Elfin Revels”; mezzo-soprano, Mrs. Puddey, (a) “Sweet, Early Violets,” (b) “The Dancing Lesson”; Band, “Scenes of Beauty”; soprano, Miss Stewart, (a) “The Leaves and the Wind”; (b) “Pluck This Little Flower”; Band, “La Belle Francaise”; Band, “The Geisha”; soprano, Miss Stewart, “The Sunshine of Your Smile”; Band, “The Old Regiment.” 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. Silent day. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 to 4.30 p.m., afternoon session; 6 to 7 p.m., children’s session, Uncle Leo; 7.15, news; 8 p.m., the company, “Hello, How Are You?”; soprano, Miss Youd, “She Wore a Wreath of Roses”; baritone, Mr. Wrathall, (a) “The Village Blacksmith, (b) “All Through the Night”; contralto, Miss Willamson, “Juanita”; relay from Majestic Theatre; humour, company, “Animals”; piano, Mr. Coney, “March of the Israelites”; mezzo-soprano. Miss Duncan, “The Heart Bowed Down”; duet, “Down the Vale”; contralto, Miss Williamson, “Castles in the Air”; soprano, .Miss Youd, (a) “Bid Me Discourse,” (b) Last Rose of Summer”; sketch, Mr. Coney, “A Tale of a Terrace”; mezzosoprano, Miss Duncan, “Scenes That Are Brightest”; humour, “Give Me a Man”; relay from Majestic Theatre: contralto! Miss Wililamson, “I Cannot Sing the Old i Hongs”; baritone, Mr. Wrathall, “The | Harp That Once”; piano, Mr. Coney, “A Lomp ; mezzo-soprano, Miss Duncan, “Silver Threads Among the Gold”; the company, “Annie Laurie.” * * * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 to 5 p.m., afternoon concert; 6 to 7 p.m., children’s session; 7 p.m., news; 7.30, lecturette, Mr. Bradshaw, “History of Transport”; overture, “Fantasia on Scottish Airs”; Captain Nimmo, Chief of Dominion Caledonian Societies, “A Scottish Talk”; quartet, “Hail to the Chief”; trio, “Allegro”; contralto, Miss Mackie, “Coming Home Alone”; humour, Mr Stark, “Inverary”; ’cello, Mr. Ellwood, “Kol Nedrei”; soprano, Mrs. Stark, “Cornin’ Thro’ the Rye”; bagpipes, Piper Small, (a) “Highland Wedding”; lecturette, “Scottish Authors”; quartet, “Blue Bells of Scotland”; trio, “Scherzo and Finale”; soprano, Mrs. Harris, “Angus MacDonald”; humour, Mr. Stark, “A Lass in Ohio”; duet, “O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast?”; baritone, Mr. Barnes,

“Be Kind to Old Grannie”; soprano, Mrs. Stark, “My Ain Wee Hoose”; quartet, “Will Ye Xo Come Back Again?” 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. Silent day. • • * 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 7 p.m., children's hour, Big Brother Bill; S p.m., studio concert. ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follows: TO-DAY 2B_ Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 5.15 p.m., children’s session; 9 p.m., studio concert; 9.45 p.m., news; 10.30 p.m., studio concert, including items by Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus; an hour’s programme by Lindeman’s Wines, Here's banjo troupe, Miss Stuart (contralto), Mr. Turner (entertainer), Mr. de Lisae (violin), and dance music. * * * 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 8.15 p.m., children’s sesstion, “Hello Man”; 8.30 p.m., news; 10.30 p.m., studio concert, including orchestral music; vocal items; dance music by Cyril Coy’s band. 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts. 8 p.m., children’s session, talks on “Scouting” (9.45), “School Life and Sport” (10), “Potato Growing” (10.15); 10.30 p.m., studio concert of items by the Coburg City Band; Mr. Moon, coon songs; Williamstown Old-Time Christy Minstrels and dance music. * * * 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 6,000 watts. 8.30 p.m., news; 9 p.m., children’s session; 10.30 p.m., recital by the students of .Miss M. Knight-Corkran; 11.30 p.m., relay of Brisbane Excelsior Band; 12 p.m., studio items. * * * NOTES The first relay of its kind in New Zealand will be attempted to-day by the local station. IYA intends to broadcast the speeches made at the presentation of the cups won on Saturday. Two horses came in a dead heat at the finish of the Takapuna Plate and the single cup competed for could not be presented. Two smaller cups are being presented to-day. Broadcasts of this type are fairly regular in Australia, where the novelty field has been more fully explored. A humorous playlet, entitled “A Quiet Little Dinner,” will be broadcast from 2YA this evening as the final item of the evening’s transmission. It is to be hoped that the radio drama will soon begin to make a regular appearance on the local programmes. The difficulty of securing a suitable play is great, but not by any means insurmountable. A competition, such as held recently by 3LO, the enterprising Melbourne station, should bring several good and suitable plots forward and encourage local writers to try their skill at writing this new type of dialogue. A radio drama every now and then would form a welcome addition to the present round of solos, band items, and picture theatre relays. A few nights ago an amusing dialogue was broadcast during the children’s session conducted by “Cinderella,” and shows what can be made out of the simplest of plots.