ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 14

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting station* transmit aa follow: TO-DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s hour, Uncle Leo; 7.15 p.m., talk on “Elements Required to Maintain Growth of Plant Life,” by Mr. Edwards; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Majestic Theatre; baritone, Mr. De Montalk, “Two Grenadiers”; the Morton Duo, “Jazz Medley; soprano, Miss Fair, (a) “To a Miniature,” (b) “A Birthday”; trio, “Allegro Molto”; tenor, Mr. Peter, “Red Devon by the Sea”; violin, Ina Bosworth, “Legende”; contralto, Madame Ainsley, “Gavotte”; 8.52 p.m., talk on “The League of Nations,” by Dr. Belshaw; weather forecast; trio, “Serenade to the Moon”; baritone, Mr. De Montalk, “Yeomen of England”; Morton Duo, “Popular Selection; tenor, Mr. Peter, “Afton Water”; trio, “Adagio Molto e Mesto”; Garden Scene from “Faust,” by Gounod, including the following vocal numbers:— Madame Ainsley, “The Flower Song”; Mr. Peter, “All Hail Thou Dwelling”; Miss Fair, “The Jewel Song”; Mr. De Montalk, “Invocation”; duet. Miss Fair and Mr. Peter, “The Hour Is Late.” * * • 2YA, Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watte. 6 p.m., children’s hour, Uncle Jasper; 7 p.m., news; 7.40 p.m., lecturette, “Books: Grave and Gay,” Mr. South; overture, “Plantation Songs Fantasia”; tenor, Mr. Coe, “Mignonette”; Orpheus Quartet, “Stars of the Summer Night”; trio, “Adagio”; recital, Miss Wilson, “Death of Minnehaha”; Hawaiian guitars, Berthold and Bent, “Drifting and Dreaming”; contralto. Miss Mackie, “Maidens Beware Ye”; trio, “Pure Ray of Light”; cello, Mr. Ellwood, “Andante”; quartet, “Down By Dat Ribber”; weather forecast; 8.58 p.m., lecturette, Mr. Dry, “The Financial Results of Whaling in New Zealand”; 9.12 p.m., organ recital, Mr. Temple White, “Allegro Pomposo"; soprano, Mrs. Harris, “Japanese Love Song”; trio, “Scherzo and Finale”; humour, Miss Wilson, “Intensely Utter”; duet, “Paradise for Two”; Berthold and Bent, (a), “Honolulu Dreams"; (b) “Let Us Waltz.” • e e 3YA Christchurch:— 306 metres, 500 watts. Silent day. * » • 4YA Dunedin:— 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s session, Big Brother Bill; 7.15 p.m., news; 8 p.m., studio concert by the Kaikorai Band. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland:333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s hour. Uncle Tom, Pip and Squeak; 7.15 p.m., news; 7.45 p.m., talk on “Physical Culture,” by Mr. Kerr; 8 p m., relay of Municipal Band concert from Albert Park; the Hazell-Sutherland Duo will intersperse the band programme with the following items:—contralto, Miss Hazell, (a) “Heartsease”; <b) “Feast of Lanterns”; baritone, Mr. Sutherland fa) “Ship of Golden Dreams”; (b) “King Charles”; duets, (a) “In Springtime”; (b) “I Did Not Know.” ♦ * * 2YA Wellington:— 420 metres, 5,000 watt*. Silent day. m m m 3YA Christchurch:306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6.0 p.m., children’s hour—Uncle Peter and Mother Hubbard; 7.15 p.m., market reports; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Grand Theatre; duet, “Awake”; soprano, Miss

Shaw, “The Camel’s Hump”; trio, “Allegro and Moderate”; contralto. Miss Lowe, “Still as the Night”; recitals, Mr. Wilkinson, “The Thousandth Man”; tenor, Mr. Rogers, “Soft and Pure”; violin, Miss Morris, “Meditation”; baritone, Mr. Thompson, ‘‘The Lute Player”; weather forecast; duet, “Arise, O Sun!”; tenor, Mr, Rogers, “I Hear You Calling Me”; trio, “Minuet”; soprano, Miss Shaw, “Spring Sorrow”; recital, Mr. Wilkinson, “The 'Geebung Polo Club”; baritone, Mr. Thompson, “I Know of Two Bright Eyes”; contralto, Miss Nellie Lowe, “Danny Boy”; violin, Miss Morris, “Tandstick”; chorus, Happy and Light.” 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. Silent day. ACROSS THE TASMAN TO-DAY Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follows: 2BL Sydney: — 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 8.15 p.m., children’s session; 9 p.m.. studio concert; 9.45 p.m., news; 10.30 p.m., studio concert, including items bv Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus and light orchestra, an hour’s programme of comic opera. Miss A. McDowell (contralto), Mr. Carter (’cello), Mr. Lewis (baritone), Mr. Catlett (tenor), and dance music. * • * 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts 8.15 p.m.j children’s session, Hello Man: 9.30, p.m., news; 10 p.m., studio concert by Bondi Beach Concert Band, and dance music. • • mm 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts 8.30 p.m., children’s session—Mary Gumleaf; talks on “The Arab and His Horse” “Circumnavigating Tasmania” (10.10 p.m.), and “Bowls” (10.30 p.m.). Studio concert, including relay of second d £ h \ rd acts of “The Student Prince,” the Kalima Duo, Miss Castles (soprano), Miss Fortune (piano), and dance music. 4Q.G Brisbane:,— 385 metres, 6,000 watts. r>A^'?A’^ ft children ’ s session; 9.30 p.m., o^ s -’ P-ni., studio concert of vocal and instrumental items. NOTES The garden scene from “Faust” bv Gounod, which is to be broadcast by IYA takes place in the third act of t|s°Sen T^e S b C eT e co o^S^t h Ma fl r o^^ Q > Uet -.- Marsuerit e enters? th nicSlr of stranger she has “ft °n the gems, she bright stones ’ sparkle “nd* ulr otri Irl? S F h a e n r st°Mr t0 Rob S e t t phelei, Mr J D v'S" ■ MephistoMiss Marjory Fa ir ■ t fv lk i*v. Marg t‘ erite ’ Irene Ainsley. d Martha, Madame ELECTRIC light L!ght carelessly. Ask ror Mazda and ensure good NATIONAX electrical and engineering co„ ltd.

U.S.A. BROADCASTING STAHORS

Many of the American broadcast!* stations within range have rersotf altered their wave-lengths. The fr,iknr. ing list has been brought up to flite. according to our latest informatSoo:—^ I.o^°wa^ eattle ' WaSh ” 454 WCBD.—Zion, 344.6 metres, 5,006 watts wa^s CO Minn., 416.4 metres. MM vv BBM.—Chicago, IK, 256 4 10,000 watts. wa ™.—New York, 491.5 metres, MM watt? BH ' —Chicago. 370 metres, 1M T EM< y;r ßerrien Springs, Mich., metres, 4,000 watts. KFXF. Shenandoah, lowa, 4441 metres, 1,000 watts. KRQB.”—Fort Worth, Texas, MU metres, 1,000 watts. WGHP.—Detroit, *7O metres, UM watts. _ . —Schenectady, N.T., *7».5 metro, 5,000 watts. WHT.-Deerfiela, 2*6 metres. MM watts. KHQ. —Spokane, Wash., 17® metref, 1,000 watts. WBAP.—Texas, 478 metres, 1,000 watt. KGO.—Oakland, Calif., 384 metres* M* watts. KM OX.—Kirkwood, Mo., 290 metre*. 1,500 watts. WJAZ.—Mount Prospect, *3O mens. 1,500 watts. WJR.—Pontiac, 514.9 metres, it** watts. WJZ—New York, N.Y., 454. S 40,000 watts. WKRC. —Cincinnati, Ohio, 423 n«tt 1,000 watts. WLlß.—Elgin, HI , 30*.* metres, 10 watts. WCX.—Pontiac, 516.9 metres, M* watts. KFON. —Long Beach, 500 watts. KLKA.—East Pittsburgh. Pik. ** metres, variable high power. KFAB.—Lincoln, Neb., 341 me Wes. U* watts. KFI. —Los Angeles, Calif., 468.6 5,000 watts. KFKX.—Hastings, Neb., 2W me* l * 5,000 watts. WLS.—Crete, 111.. 344.6 metres, watts. WLW. —Harrison, Ohio, 4*2.1 mstte* 5,000 watts. WLWL.-New York, N.Y., 394.4 me**** 5,000 watts. WOAI.—San Antonio, Tex^ metres, 2,000 watts. WOC.—Davenport, lowa, 49W.9 5,000 watts. . WORD. —Batavia, IR-, *** 5,000 watts. WSAl.—Norwood, 0_ 3*s^ 5,000 watts. WSBS.—Chicago, I*-, 396«« 1,000 watt a. lmi KOA. —Denver, Colo., *•* metres, -• po—San Franclso©., 639 me*** 1,000 watts. KPSN. —Pasadena, Oaiif , 1,000 watts.