ON THE AIR
New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follows: TO-DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 3.30, lecturette on “Electric Cooking”; 3.45, selected studio items; sports results; 6.0, children’s session—Uncle George; 7.15, news and reports; 8.0, relay from the Majestic Theatre; tenor, Mr. Ripley, “Duna”; Bosworth-Hemus-Towsey trio, “Trio in D Minor—Scherzo”; contralto, Madame Ainsley, “O Don Fatale”; baritone, Mr. Brough, “Pagan”; piano, Mr. Towsey, “Ballade in A Flat”: soprano, Miss Hanna, “O, Lovely Night”; relay from the Majestic Theatre; lecturette, Mr. Jackson, “League of Nations—What It Is and What It Does”; contralto, Madame Ainsley, “The Lost Chord”; Bosworth-Hemus-Towsey Trio, “Tannhauser”; operatic scene and excerpts from “Cavalleria Rusticana,” under the direction of Madame Ainsley. Cast: Santuzza, Miss Hanna; Turiddu, Mr. Ripley; Lola, Miss Hamilton; Alflo, Mr. Brough. o 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., selected gramophone items; sports results; 6.0, children’s session— Uncle Jasper; 7.0, news session, market reports and sports results; lecturette by a representative of the Agricultural Department, “For the Man on the Land”; 8.0, Overture, “Under the Double Eagle”; The Orpheus Quartette, “Hail to the Chief”; Italian mandolin, Mr. Haywood, “Bonny Mary of Argyle”; baritone, Mr. Barnes, “The Wanderer”; Symons-Ell-wood-Short Trio, “Trio in G Major”; duet, Mrs. Harris and Mr. Coe, “Come to Arcadia”; 'cello, Mr. Ellwood, “Cantabile”; recital, Mr. Stark, “The 11.69 Express”; clarionet, Mr. Wright, “Andante and Polacca"; contralto. Miss Robinson, “Easter Hymn’’; trombone, Mr. Matson, “The Boatman of the Volga”; The Orpheus Quartette, “That Little World is Mine”; Italian mandolin, Mr. Haywood, “Love is Just a Little Bit of Heaven”; duet, Mrs. Harris and Mr. Barnes, “Over There and Over There”; Studio Trio, “Romance in E Flat”; tenor, Mr. Coe, “My Heart a Ship at Anchor Lies”; 'cello, Mr. Ellwood, “Larghetto”; soprano, Mrs. Harris, “Enchanted Forest”; clarionet, Mr. Wright, “Intermezzo”; baritone, Mr. Barnes, “We Swav Along”; humour, Mr. Stark, “It’s Nice When You Love a Wee Lassie”; trombone, Mr. Matson, “Led Me Your Aid”; sketch, Messrs, and Barnes, “Would You Believe It.”; The Orpheus Quartette, “Jovial Man of Kent.” * * * 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 11.30 a.m., relay description of Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting at Riccarton Racecourse, interspersed with musical —eras from the studio.
4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m., gramophone recital; social notes and news; 4.0, address on “The Domestic Uses of Electricity,” by Mr. Butcher; sports results; 6.0, children’s session; 7.15, news session; 7.30, address on “Popular Tourist Resorts,” by Mr. Marshall; S.O, march, St. Kilda Band, “The Conqueror”; waltz, Band, “Always Peaceful”; contralto solo. Miss Skinner, “Three Fishers Went Sailing”; recital, Mr. McConnell, “Jimmy's Boots”; selection, Band, “H.M.S. Pinafore”; baritone, Mr. Richards, “So Fair a Flower”; recital, Miss Winkel, “Billy”; cornet, Mr. Christie, “Because”; bass, Mr. Cooper, “The Last Call”; selection, Band, hymns; contralto, Miss Dorothy Skinner, “Break, Break, Break”; recitals, Mr. McConnell, “Organist A’Playing”; fox-trot, Band, “At Sunrise”; baritone, Mr. Richards, “A Chain of Roses”; trombone fantasia, Band, “Firefly”; bass, Mr. Cooper, “Drinking Song”; recital, Miss Winkel, “Hallo, What Are You Doing There?”; march, Band, “Great Little Army.” TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session; 4.23 p.m., sports results; 6 p.m., children’s session, Uncle Tom; 7.15 p.m., news; 7.45 pan., lecturette, Mr. N. Kerr, “Physical Culture”; 8 p.m., relay of municipal organ recital from the Town Hall (organist, Mr. J. Maughan Barnett); vocal, HazellSutherland Duo, (a) “Won’t You Buy,” (b) “Dear Love of Mine”; contralto, Miss P. Hazell, (a) “He Was Despised,” (b) “Little Holes in Heaven”; baritone, Mr. F. Sutherland, (a) “The Lute Player,” (b) “The Blue Dragoons”; soubrettes, Miss L. Murphy, (a) “Special Messenger,” (b) “If You Knew Muvver.” 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. Silent day. 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 11.30 a.m., relay description of Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Easter meeting at Addington; 6 p.m., children's hour, Uncle Peter and Mother Hubbard; 7.15 p.m., news; 8 p.m., mixed vocal, Aeolian Quartet, “From Oberon in Fairyland”; bass, Mr. Richards, “Old King Cole”; violin, Mr. Beck, “Second Romance”; soprano and tenor, Mrs. Shaw and Mr. Russell, “Where the Bee Sucks”; contralto, Miss Russell, “The Last Rose of Summer”; instrumental trio, (a) “Un Peu D’Amour”; (b) selection from opera “Joseph”; Aeolian Quartet, “Who Will O’er the Downs”; soprano, Mrs. Shaw, "Robin Adair”; humour, Mr. Lester, “Pat a Cake”; tenor and bass, Mr. Russell and
Mr. Richards, “Huntsmen’s Chorus’’; vocal, Mrs. Shaw, Miss Russell and Mr. Richards, “In a Garden Fair’’; tenor, Mr. Russell, “Bois Epais’’; Aeolian Quartet, “He That Hath a Pleasant Face”; soprano and contralto, Mrs. Shaw and Miss Russell, “I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Grows’’; bass, Mr. Richards, “Kirconnel Lea”; instrumental trios, (a) “Petite Bolero,” (b) Andante from Sonata,” (c) “Valse des Fleures”; soprano, Mrs. Shaw, “The Lass with the Delicate Air”; vocal, Miss Russell and Messrs. Russell and Richards, “O Blessed Night”; coster character sketch, Mr. Lester, “An the Curtings Still Dahn”; tenor, Mr. Russell, “The Minstrel Boy”; contralto, Miss Russell, “I Know My Love”; ’cello, Miss Ellwood, “Orientale”; Aeolian Quartet, (a) “There Were Three Merry Travellers,” (b) “Come, Lassies and Lads.” 4VA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. Sillent day. ACROSS THE TASMAN TODAY Australian broadcasting stations transmit as Hollows; 2SL Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., children’s session; 8 p.m., country session and news service; 9.30 p.m., concert programme, including items by Broadcasters’ Topical Chorus, and light orchestra, Shakespearean programme by Mr. Wright (tenor), Miss Clague (contralto), Mr. Sutherland (basso), Miss Charlton (piano), and Miss Stewart (soprano). # • m 2FC Sydney: 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., children’s session, Hello Man; 8 p.m., dinner music; 8.30 p.m., news and market reports; 9.30 p.m., programme of instrumental and vocal items and dance music. • • * 3LQ Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., children’s session; 5.30 p.m., news and market reports; 9.30 p.m., studio concert of vocal and instrumental music. * * * 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 6,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., news; 7.40 p.m., dinner music; 8 p.m., children’s session; 9.15 p.m., talk on “Agriculture”; 9.30 p.m., programme by Studio Orpheans.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 325, 10 April 1928, Page 3
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