ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 269, 3 February 1928, Page 14

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s hour—Nod; 7.15 p.m., Talk on “Motoring.” Mr. Campbell; 7.30 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Princess Theatre, Waiata Quartet, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”; cornet, Mr. Bowes, “Zelda”; baritone solo, Mr. Wrathall, “Harlequin”; trio, Allegro Moderato”; mezzo-soprano, Mrs. Towsey, “Elegie”; one-act play. Miss Murphy and Mr. J. F. Montague, “A Change of Mind”; tenor solo, Mr. Simpson, “Where’er You Walk”; weather forcast; relay from Princess Theatre; humorous, Miss Murphy; trio, (a) “Children’s Song,” (b) “Rigaudon,” baritone, Mr. Wrathall, “If You Would Love Me”; cornet, Mr. Bowes, (a) “Dream of Love”; (b) “The Lost Chord”; duet, Miss .Solomon and Mrs. Towsey, “Quis est Homo”; trio, Andante and Rondo Presto”; recital, Mr. J, F. Montague, (a) “The Soldier’s Cards”; (b) “Not Understood”; tenor, Mr. Simpson, “A Memory”; mezzo-so-prano, Mrs. Towsey, “WTien All Was Young”; Waiata Quartet, “The Long Day Closes.” * * • 2YA Wellington:— 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s hour—Uncle Ernest; 7 p.m., news; 7.40 p.m., lecturette, Mr. Paris, “Athletics”; 8 p.m., overture, “The Rose”; Ariel Singers, “The Cruiskeen Lawn”; recital, Mr. North, “In Praise of the Horse”; soprano, Miss Briggs, (a) “Blackbird’s Song,” (b) “The Robin”; trio, “Allegro and Andante”; duet, “Home to Our Mountains”; 8.37, fifteen-minute entertainment, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bailey; piano, Mr. Short. “Polonaise in E”; quartet, Ariel Singers, “Serenade”; lecturette, editorannouncer, “Imperial Affairs”: tenor, Mr. Hill, “The Roadside Fire”; trio, “Capriocio and Finale”; duet, “Morning”; humour, Mr. North, “A. Lament”: bass, Mr. Caldwell, “A Rollicking Rolling Stone”; mezzo-contralto, Miss Coster, “The Little Damozel.” • • • 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s session—Big Brother; 7.15, news; 7.30 p.m., talk, Mr. Drummond, “New Zealand’s Strangest Bird —the Kiwi”; 8 p.m., relay from theatre; banjolin, Mr. Marshall, “When the Red, Red Robin”; quartet, Melodious Four, “The Fruits of Love”; tenor, Mr. Sumner, “Glorious Devon”; recital, Miss Juriss, “How I Became Engaged”: duet. “Dream Pedlary”; soprano. Miss Hamerton, “The Garden Wind”; recital, Miss Juriss, “The Face Upon the Floor”; contralto, Miss Renaut, “The Dustman”; weather forecast: baritone, Mr. Williams, “The Wanderer”; Lyndon Christie’s Dance Orchestra, “I Can’t Get Over a Girl Like You”: soprano, Miss Hamerton, “Pretty Ring Time”; dance orchestra, “Muddy Waters”; tenor, Mr. Sumner, “Bonny Mary of Argyie”; baritone, Mr. Williams, “O Ruddier than the Cherry”; dance music, “Just Once Again”; contralto, Miss Renaut, “The Monkey’s Carol”: jazz, “Russian Lullaby”; quartet, “You Swear to be Good and true”; jazz, “Hello! Swanee, Hello!'’

4YA Dunedin: 463 metres. 250 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session: 6 p.m., children’s hour—Big Brother Bill; 7.15 p.m., news; 7.30 p.m., talk on the “League of Nations and a Warless World,” Mr. H. E. Bellhouse; 8 p.m., studio concert. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session: 6 p.m., children’s hour, Cinderella; 7.15 p.m., news; 8 p.m., relay from Rialto Theatre, Lyric Trio and Miss McGruer, “The Way of the World,’; bass, Mr. Thomas, “Stone Cracker John”; Ingall’s Hawaiian Instrumentalists, (a) “Colonel Bogey March”; (b) “Drifting and Dreaming”; soprano, Miss McGruer, “Mussetta’s Song”; duet, Messrs. Richards and Thomas, “The Ballad Singers”; Hawaiian Instrumentalists, “Wildflower”; elocution, Mr. McElwain, “Merry Moments’;; tenor, Mr. Richards, “Castilian Lament”; Hawaiian Instrumentalists, (a) “Pua Carnation” (b) “Sweet Hawaiian Girl of Mine”; weather forecast; relay from Rialto Theatre; soprano, Miss McGruer, “Sometime in Summer”; Lyric Trio and Miss McGruer, “Curly-headed Baby”; 9.26, relay from Dixieland Cabaret. * * • 2YA, Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s session, Aunts Gwen and Dot; 7 p.m., news; overture, “Wine, Women, and Song Waltz”; quartet, Melodie Four, Lovely Night”; humour, “Monty on Empire Spirit’”; baritone, Mr. Allwright, “Song of the Clock”; trio, “First and Second Movements”; tenor, Mr. ‘P a^, can ’ The Lass With the Delicate ; s?, n S at Piano, Mr. Hart, “Russian Lullaby ; humorous, Mr. "Walpole, “Non- • a ?, d Fa ture”; Melodie Four, Blue Skies”; trio, “Finale”; tenor, M r - Bryant, ‘There’s a Song Down Every Roadway ; song at piano, Mr. Hart, “Me and My Shadow”; weather forecast; duet, The Fishermen”; 9.5, selected dance and jazz items. * * * 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. „ rn 'I children’s session—Uncle Sam and Aunt May; 7.15 p.m., news; 7.30 p.m., ’ 8 pm ” rela y from Liberty n“ aatr ®' 8 - 1 f P 1 !*” contralto, Miss Green, un, No, John ; piano novelties, Mr. “ Lovel y Maid in the Moonlight : trio, “A Major Trio”; song Mlsse ,® Johns and Johnston, Swanee ; baritone, Mr. RishLiI Z” ; elocution, Mr. DarSh ’ i ° f a F*og’ ’; tenor, Mr. McGill, Angels Guard Thee”; trio, “Salut ,f ont r aU °. Miss Green, “The w If 5 ,n * ; p * ano ’ Mr. Perrin, “MedThnm a f°-? ar Numbers”; soprano, Miss Thomas, Spargi d’Amaro Pianto”; trio, Air • baritone, Mr. Rishworth, “Lady 5* in ® ’ ~s ons at Piano, “Me and Mv £ had °y tenor ’ McGill, “E Lucevaii i? ; soprano ’ Miss Thomas, “Kathla Jh 1 docution, Mr. I)arragh, Cohen Rings His Tailor”- 10 15 donikn" Hail. ° f danCe mUSic from Caie ‘

4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 7 p.m., news; 7.30 p.m., “Interior Decoration,” Miss M. Puechgud; 8 p.m., studio concert. ACROSS THE TASMAN TO-DAY Australian broadcasting stauoui transmit as follows: 2BL Sydney;— 353 metres, 6,000 watts. 8.15 p.m., children's session; 9 P-®j studio concert; 9.45 p.m., news; 10** p.m., studio concert, including items by Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus; special dance programme by 2BL dance orchestra, studio items by’ Miss Nancarro* (elocution) and Mr. Watson (comedian. * » • 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts 8.15 p.m., children’s session—ft* Man; 9.30 p.m., news; 10 p.m., stuflio concert, including relay' of flrs^® ,ct J!. musical comedy, “The Girl Fn enC ,' vocal items by Signor Übaldo Russo, dance music. m 9 • 3LO Melbourne:— 371 metres, 6,000 watts 8.30 p.m., children’s session; talks on “Hints to Citrus Growers” (10 P-tn.) “Technicalities” (10.30 p.m.), studio concert by the Collingwood Citizens Mr. MacMurrav (tenor). Miss Ligbu<x> (banjo), Miss Castles (soprano). 4QG Brisbane:— 385 metres, 6,000 watts 9 p.m., children’s session: P-g* news; 10.0 p.m., studio concert of orcn*= tral and vocal items. ♦ NOTES An entertaining one-act radio entitled “A Change of Mind,” is 10 . broadcast from IYA to-night by well-known elocutionist, Mr. J- .* Montague, and Miss Lynda Murpbyis full time that the radio drama regular appearance on the broadcast gramme. This ty'pe of e n ter tain men v proving exceedingly popular in and the United States. It is more acting than the stage drama since actors have not the help of scenerj • actions, and so a different style of merit is necessary. However, ta**® a number of good radio plays, could quite easily be broadcast t>y players. . ■orJJ. The Dutch short-wave station, Jpy-g is to be on the air to-morrow irora - to 10.30 a.m., according to advice ceived recently. PCJJ will tra again on Sunday between 2.30 ana • j a.m., the wave-length used be ng metres in each instance. •