ON THE AIR
New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO- DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m., children’s hour, Uncle Tom; 7.15 p.m., talk on “Physical Culture,” Mr. N. Kerr; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., march, Auckland Artillery Band, “Simplicity”; and “If I Were King”; baritone, Mr. Bree, “Wind on the Heath”; band, “Der Freischutz”; and “Scenes in Maoriland”; soprano, Miss Walker, “Mother, You Know the Story”; cornet duo, “Ida and Dot”; weather forecast; band, “Abyssinian Expedition”; 9.11 p.m., talk, Mr. Sellar, “The Mutiny of the Bounty”; baritone, Mr. Bree, (a) “The Ringers.” (b) “Had I But Known”; band, “Maid of the Mountains”; soprano, Miss Walker, (a) “Devotion,” (b) “Happy Song”; band, excerpts from “The Gondoliers”; and “The Mad Major.” • * * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 6,000 watts. Silent Day. • • • 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s hour, Uncle Peter and Mother Hubbard; 7.15 p.m., market report; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Grand Theatre; tenor, Mr. Bradshaw, “For You Alone”; recital, Miss Braisher, (a) “Matilda,” (b) “Having It Out”: contralto, Miss Lowe, (a) “Angus MacDonald,” (b) “Husheen”; zither banjo, Mr. Oxley, (a) “The More We Are Together,” (b) “Ukulele Dream Girl”; tenor, Mr. Bradshaw, “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes”; recital, Miss Braisher, “At the Seaside”; contralto, Miss Lowe, “O, Lovely Night”; zither banjo, Mr. Oxley, fa) “Sunflower Dance,” (b) “Schaeffer’s Barn Dance”; relav from Christchurch Orchestral Society’s concert; tenor, air. Bradshaw, “Tom Bowling.’*
TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 600 watts. 3 p.m., Afternoon session; 6 p.m., children s hour, Uncle Joe; 7.15 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Rialto Theatre; contralto, Miss Smith, “To a Miniature”; The Asquiths, “Thirty Minutes’ Drawingroom Entertainment”; relay from Rialto Theatre; contralto, Miss Smith, (a) "At Dawning,” (b> “Thinking of You”weather forecast; 9.2 p.m., Walter Smith’s Click-Clack Radio Band, latest numbers and novelty items. 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 6,000 watts. 8 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6 p.m., children’s hour, Uncle Sandy; 7 p.m., news’ 7.40 p.m., lecturette, Mr. King, "Esperanto ; 8 p.m., Wellington Municipal Tramways Band, “Militaria”; tenor, Mr Howe, “Passing By”; band, “Bohemian , I Lyric Quartet, “Thuringian Volksleid ; cornet duet, “Forest Warblers”bass, Mr. Brown, “Big Ben”; band, “Un Bailo in Maschera”; mezzo-soprano, Madame Fraser, “Dedication”; quartet, (a) “Doctor Foster,” (b) “Humpty Dumpty ; euphonium, Mr. Claydon, Jenny Jones”; tenor, Mr. Phipps, “The Secret ; band, “Ding, Dong, Bell”weather forecast; 9.1 p.m., lecturette, Mr' Sando, The Romance of the Press”; 9.16 p.m., band, “Labour and Love”; duet Love and War”; band, (a) “Rustic HoIU day ; (b) “In the Cornfields”; mezzosoprano, Madame Fraser, “None but the Weary Heart”; baritone, Mr. Goudie. “Old Barty ; band, “Rosen”; quartet, “They Kissed ’; band, “Punchinello.” 3YA Christchurch: 206 metres. 500 watts. 3 p.m.. Afternoon session; 6 p.m , children s hour, Chuckle and Chook; 7.15 p.m., 7-30p.m., talk by Mr. Moloney on Athletics ; 8 p.m., relay from Everv. n?, S, theatre; contralto. Miss Russe'll, My Dear Soul"; tenor, Mr. Sumner, ”My
Gentle Child”; piano, Miss Warren, “Polka de la Reine”; soprano. Miss Hamerton, “The Enchanted Forest”; quartet, “When the Birds Begin to Sing”; trio, “Nocturne”; recital, Miss Hooper, “A Fallen Star”; bass, Mr. Williams, “A Chip or the Old Block”; 9.15 p.m., contralto, Miss Russell,' “Under the Deodar”; piano, Miss Warren, “Berceuse”; soprano. Miss Hamerton, “La Cloche”; bass, Mr. Williams, “Song of Flight”; trio, “Vivace”; humour, Miss Hooper. • • • 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 7 p.m.. News; 7.30' p.m., request gramophone items; 8 p.m., recital of chamber music by the Chamber Music Club; 8.45 p.m., address, Dr. E. X. Merrington, I* s ' fiuence of the League of Nations in international Affairs and or. States Outsiae the League.” ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follows: TO-DAY 2BL Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 8.15 p.m., Children’s session: 9 studio concert; 9.45 p.m., news; 10.30 studio concert of items by Broadcasters Topical Chorus; Miss Kinnaird, contrail . Mr. Hanlon, piano; Mr. Graham, comedian; the Canterbury District Band an dance music. • • • 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 8.15 p.m., Children’s session, “JJ® 1 Man”; 9.30 p.m., news: 10.30 p.m., studio concert, including vocal and instruraen items and dance music. • • • 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts. 8 p.m., Children’s session, “MajT 1 talks on “Marketing Methods” “Books” (10.15); items by the Military Band: English music arrane by Miss Campbell and dance music. 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 6,000 watts. 5.30 p.m., news; 10 p.m., childrens ’ “Little Miss Brisbane”; concert b> _iw Silkstone Apollo Club and the I Trio*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 221, 7 December 1927, Page 14
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743ON THE AIR Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 221, 7 December 1927, Page 14
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