ON the AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 287, 24 February 1928, Page 14

ON the AIR

Fare for Listeners-In New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session: 6.0, children’s hour—Nod: 7.15. talk on “Motoring,” Mr. Geo. Campbell; 7.30, news; S.O, relay -rom Rialto Theatre: duet. Miss McGruer and Miss Smith. “My Thoughts Are Swallows”; cornet, Mr. Tregilgas, “Diploma Polka”; vocal and piano, Mr. Howley, (a) “Waiting for Ships that Never Come In,” (b) “Jazz Waltz Medley”; contralto, Miss Smith, “Hills of Donegal”; trio, Allegro and Andante; recital, Mr. Montague, “Thanatopsis—A View of Death”; Bohemian Trio, (a) “Popular Hawaiian Melodies,” (b) “Popular Maori Melodies”; cornet, Mr. Tregilgas, “Less Than The Dust”; soprano, Miss McGruer, (a) “Pipes of Pan,” (b) “Love’s a Merchant”; weather forecast; relay from Rialto Theatre: piano, Mr. Howley, (a) “Broken-hearted,” (b) “Fox-trot Medley”; trio, “Spanish Dances”; duets, Miss McGruer and Miss Smith, (a) “Just Aweary in’ for You,” (b) “When Song is Sweet”; recitals, Mr. Montague, (a) “A Group of Short Poems,” (b) “The House by the Side of the Road”; cornet, Mr. Tregilgas, “The Holy City”; violin and piano, Miss Bosworth and Mr. Cyril Towsey, “Sonata in F Major”; Bohemian Trio, latest selections. • * S 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 2.30, relay of Anthony Wilding Shield tennis match; 6.0, children’s hour—Uncle Ernest; 7.0, news; S.O, overture, “La Boheme”; Celeste Quartette, “A Fox Hunt”; humour, Mr. Gardiner, “The Paddy Room”; bass, Mr. Boardman, “The Vagabond”; trio, “Theme and Variations”; duet, “Venetian Song”; Italian mandolin, Mr. Haywood, “At Sundown”; musical novelty, the Two Boiled Owls, “The Disorderly Room”; soprano, Miss Sawyer, “The Nightingale and the Rose”; piano, Mr. Short, “Reflections in the Water”; tenor, Mr. Swain, “Fuchsia Tree”; lecturette, Editor-Announcer, “Imperial Affairs”; trio, “Scherzo and Finale”; humour, Mr. Gardiner, “The Yard Dog”; duet, “Still as the Night”; Italian mandolin, Mr. Haywood, “Charmine”; contralto, Mi'ss Dyer, “A Request ; Two Boiled Owls, “The Radio Fan’s Dream ; quartette, “Good Advice.” 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.in., afternoon concert; 6.0, children’s hour—Big Brother and Aunt Pat; 7.15, news; 8.0, relay from Crystal Palace Theatre; Melodious Four, “Welcome to May”; violin, Miss Morris, “Serenade”; tenor, Mr. Sumner, “Carita”; recital, Miss Hooper, “Cargoes”; contralto, Miss Renaut, “Slumber Song of the Madonna”; trio, “Allegro Appassionata”; soprano, Miss Hamerton, “The New Umbrella”; baritone, Mr. Williams, “Route Marching”; weather report; saxophone, Mr. Christie, “O Sole Mio”; tenor, Mr. Sumner, “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal”; violin, Miss Morris, “Midnight Bells; contralto, Miss Renaut. “Damon”; trio, “Gavotte”; soprano, Miss Hamerton, “Sanctuary”; saxophone, Mr. Christie, “Me and My baritone, Mr. Williams, “Because of You”; humour, Miss Hooper, “Water”; duet, “The Battle Eve”; quartette, “Sleep, Gentle Lady.” * *. * 4VA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s session;. 7.15, news; 7.30, book review; S p.m., studio concert. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 5.0, children’s hour—Cinderella; 7.30 p.m., news; relay from Strand Theatre; Lyric Foui’, “The Jolly Roger”; tenor, Mr. Richards, “A Border Ballad”; humour, Mr. McElwain, “Setting a Hen”; Lyric Four, “The Pilgrims’ Chorus”; relay from Strand Theatre; bass, Mr. Thomas, “The Sword of Ferrara”; humour, Mr. McElwain, “The Vicar’s Presentation”; tenor, Mr. Ripley, “Oft in X.e Stilly Night”; Lyric Four, “Night Wi/ls Gently Flow”; weather forecast; relay from Dixieland Cabaret. * * * 2YA Wellington:420 metres, 6.000 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 6 p.m., children’s hour—Aunts Gwen and Dot; 7 p.m., news; 8 p.m., Melodie Four, “They Kissed”; Hawaiian Trio, “Palekilo Blues”; tenor, Mr. Bryant, “I Don’t Suppose”; trio, “First Movement”; Melodie Four, “Lay My Head Beneath a Rose”; Hawaiian Trio, “Hilo March”; tenor, Mr. Duncan, “Oft in the Stilly Night”; baritone, Mr. Allwright, “Mother o’ Mine”; ’cello and pianoforte duet, “Andante”; quartet, “Drifting and Dreaming”; weather forecast; relay from the Columbian Cabaret. * * * 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 6 p.m., children’s hour—Uncle Sam and Aunt May; 7.15, news; 7.30, sports results; 8.0, relay from Liberty Theatre; Banjo Band, “Minstrel Melodies”; song at piano, Mr. Sargent, “Glorious Spring”; Banjo Band, “Fun and Frolic”; soprano, Miss Thomas, Jewel Song from “Faust”; trio, “Finale”; humour, Mr. Comfort. “Sydney Speaks to Himself”; tenor, Mr. McGill, “Doloroso”; weather forecast; relay from Liberty Theatre; Banjo Band, “What Good is Good Morning”; song at piano, Mr. Sargent, “Two Little Irish Songs”; trio, “To a Fairy Boat”; Banjo Band, “Minstrel Melodies”; soprano. Miss Thomas, “I Passed by Your Window”; trio, “Reverie”; humour, Mr. Comfort, “Sydney Again Speaks to Himself”; Banjo Band, “Merry-Go-Round”; tenor, Mr. McGill, “Heart of Gold”; Banjo Band, “Bonnie Scotland”; 10.11, dance music until 11 p.m. * * * 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres. 250 watts. 7.15 p.m., news; 7.30, talk on “Interior Decoration”; 8.0, studio concert, including orchestral music. 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., country session and news service; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, including selections by Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus and the 2BL dance orchestra, Mr. Webber (piano), Mr. Ryan (entertainer), and dance music. * * * 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 6,000 watts. 8.30 p.m., news: 5.40, talk on Constitutional Law; 9, children’s session; 10.30, a programme of popular music by the Studio Orpheans and the Studio Orchestra. NOTES A listener in Remuera reports his reception of two stations on about 400 metres at 10.20 p.m. yesterday. Both operators were talking in a foreign language. It is believed these were two of the Norwegian whaling boats now at Stewart Island, which are all installed with radio transmitting apparatus. This same listener has heard 73 short wave stations, 11 of which are outside Australasia, all on a two valves. This can be recognised as a remarkable achievement which few in New Zealand can equal. Shortly after 1.30 this morning 2FC was heard on a special test transmission. This was a relay of the famous London station 2LO. The first ten minutes’ relay was not a success, and the station switched over to the Ambassador’s ballroom. At 1.50 a band item, “Rule Britannia,” came through with good strength. This was followed by a dance number and a male quartet. The test ended at 2 a.m. The band item and the singing came through plaintly, but the announcer’s voice was indistinct. A similar test is to be held to-morrow morning at the same time. Through the short wave station, 2ME, trails were broadcast to America*