ON THE AIR
New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follows: TO-DAY IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session. 4.25 p.m., sports results. 6 p.m., children’s session, Peter Pan. 7.15 p.m., news and reports, book review. 8 p.m., orchestral overture, -“Magic Flute” (Mozart); vocal, quartet, “Take Care, Take Care”; baritone, Mr. Clinton Williams; instrumental, Bosworth-Hemus-Towsy Trio, “Trio in B Flat, Second Movement”; contralto, Miss M. Williamson, “Lie There, My Lute”; tenor, Mr. S. Duncan, “I Hear You Calling Me”; violin, Miss I. Eosworth, “Ave Maria”; soprano, Miss L. Solomon, (a) “The Moon is My Fairy Godmother.” (b) "Thoughts Have Wings.” 8.52 p.m., lecturette by the announcer, “Great Authors.” 5.9 p.m., baritone, Mr. Williams; the Asquiths, 30 minutes’ dawing room entertainment; instrumental trio, “Three Fours”; contralto, Mr. Williamson, “My Ships”; tenor. Mr. Duncan, “Angels Guard Thee’’; quartet, “Slavonic Cradle Song.” • * • 2YA Wellington: 420 metres. 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., gramophone items. 4.55 p.m., sports results. 6 p.m., children’s session, Uncle Sandy. 8 p.m., March, First Battalion Wellington Regimental Band, “The Bullfighters”; vocal, Clarion Quartet, “Four Jolly Sailormen”: serenade, band, “La Paloma”; bass, Mr. J. Cooke, “A Dream”; selection, band, “Dinorah”; tenor, Mr. F. Skinner, “Nora”; cornet duet, Bandsmen W. Barke and N. Peeze, “Ida and Dot”; baritone and quartet, Air. R. Kemp and quartet, “The Lead Strikes English Ground”; selection, band, “Maritana”; tenor, Mr. W. Hancock, “Bird Songs at Eventide”: humour, Mr. North, “The Unfolded Problem”; fantasia, band, “Crimson Stars”: vocal, Clarion Quartet, Banjos Down in Dixie”; intermezzo, band, "In a Persian Market”; bass, Mr. Cooke, “Off to Philadelphia”; polka, band. “The Golden Magnet”; vocal, Messrs. Skinner and Hancock, “Serenade”; humour, Mr. North, “Yes, I Think So”; selection, band, “Chu Chin Chow”; baritone. Mr. Kemp, “When Britain Really Ruled the Waves”; vocal. Clarion Quartet, “Barbara”; march, band. “Sons of the Wild.” 3VA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon concert. 4.25 p.m., sports results. 6 p.m., children’s hour, conducted by “Chuckle” and Aunt Pat. 7.15 p.m., news. 7.30 p.m., talk, Mr. H. 'V. Beck, “Practical Culling for Backyard Flocks.” S p.m., soprano and tenor, Madame Gower-Burns and Mr. Prescott, “Go, Pretty Rose”; contralto, Mrs. Harper, (a) “Lilacs.” (b) "Leaves in the Wind”; cello, Miss Porter. “Abenlied”: baritone, Mr. Rennell. (a) “He Are Tome,” (b) “The Blind Ploughman” r instrumental, Misses Ward, Porter, and Warren, “Andante Melodique”: soprano, Madame Gower-Burns, (a) “Were I a Moth,” (b) “Cradle Song”; piano, Miss R arren, “Nocturne”; tenor, Mr. Prescott, Ritournelle”; humour, Mr. Instone; baritone. Mr. Rennell. “Cloze Props”; cello, Miss Ward, “Menuet”; soprano, /x^. me ower ’Burns, (a) “11 Bacio,” , *T ou Are My Darling"; instrumental trio, “Waltz”; tenor and baritone, Messrs. Prescott and Rennell, “Trust Her £\°t”: humour, Mr. Instone, “Mr. Cohen Rings His Landlord”: contralto, Mrs. Harper, (a) “Friend of Mine,” (b) Who’ll Buy My Lavender?”; tenor, Mr. Prescott, “My Pretty Jane”; piano, Miss '*aiTen, “Cuban Dances”; soprano and baritone, Madame Gower-Burns and Mr. Rennell, “Barcarolle,” from “Tales of Hoffman.”
4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 7 p.m., gramophone concert; 7.40 p.m., ’ ews; 8 p.m., studio concert. TO-MORROW IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session. 4.25 p.m., sports results. G p.m., children’s session, Nod. 7.15 p.m., lecture, Mr. Geo. Campbell, “Motoring.” 7.30 p.m., news and reports. S p.m., relay from Rialto Theatre; vocal, Madame Mary Towsey’s Quartet, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”; baritone, Mr. Bree, "When Spring Comes”; instrumental, Bosworth-Hemus-Towsey Trio, “Trio in B Flat— Finale”; vocal, Madame Towsey and Miss Evans, “Love is Meant to Make Us Glad”; elocution, Mr. J. F. Montague, “Honesty is the Best Policy”; tenor, Mr. Newbury, “Carissimo”; relay from Rialto Theatre; contralto, Miss Evans, “Harvest Night Song”; vocal, Snappy Three, (a) “My Sighing Siamese,” (b) “Diane,” (c) piano medley; cello, Miss Hemus, “Melodie”; soprano, Madame Towsey, “Love’s a Merchant”; recitals, Mr. Montague, (a) group of children’s poems, (b) a Dickens sketch, “Fagin”;. vocal, Messrs. Bree and Newbury, “Battle Eve”; contralto, Miss Evans, “Songs My Mother Taught Me”; Snappv Three, (a) “You Don’t Like It, Not Much”; (b) “There’s a Trick in Pickin’ a Chicken To-day”: instrumental trio, “Flying Dutchman”: vocal, Madame Towsey’s Quartet, “Softly Falls the Shades of Evening.” * * • 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon session. 7 p.m., news. 7.40 p.m., talk on “Dog Showing.” 8 p.m., overture, “Second to None March”; quartet, Apollo Singers, “Allan Water”; piano, Miss Gray, “Second Movement Concerto, Op. 23” (Tschaikowsky); tenor, Mr. Robbins, “Nirvana”: Symons-Ellwood-Short Trio, “Second and Third Movements Trio in F”; contralto, Miss Chudley, (a) “Trees,” (b) “Hush-a-Bye”; saxophone, Mr. Rudolph, “Valse Jeanne”; humour. Two Boiled Owls, “Under the Moon”; soprano, Miss Goodwill, “The Flower Song”; concertina, Mr. Stratmore, medley of Scotch airs: lecturette, editor-announcer, “Imperial Affairs”; duet, Miss Chudley and Mr. Robbins, “Autumn”; piano, Miss Gray, “Third Movement Concerto, Op. 23” (Tschaikowsky); baritone, Mr. Rodger, “T Did Not Know”; Studio Trio, (a) “Romance.” (b) “Chanson Triste”; soprano. Miss Goodwill, “A Farewell”; saxophone, Mr. Rudolnh, “Chanson Serenade”: humour. Two Boiled Owls, “Two Hoots”: concertina, Mr. Stratmore, medley of popular airs; quartet, Apollo Singers, “Good-night, Beloved.” * • . * 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 3 p.m., afternoon concert. 4.25 p.m., sports results. 6 p.m., children’s hour, Peterkin. 7.15 p.m., news session; vocal, Melodious Four, “The Barley Mow”; tenor and chorus, Mr. Sumner and Melodious Four, “West Country Lad”; violin, Miss M. Ward, “Scherzo”; soprano, Miss Hamerton, “To-day, My Spinet”; vocal, Misses Hamerton, Renaut, and Sumner,
“Wisdom Says—Festina Lente”; banjo, Mr. Dunn (a), “Blue Skies”; (b) “Telling the Birds, Telling the Bees”; Melodious Four, “Here’s a Paradox for Lovers”; vocal, Miss Hamerton and Mr. Sumner, “For Aye, My Love”; instrumental trio. Misses Ward, Porter, and Warren, “First Movement from Trio in D Minor”: bass and chorus, Mr. Williams and Melodious Four, “A Person of Parts”; humour, Mr. Laurenson, “I’ve Found the Tobermory Treasure”; Melodious Four, “Hurry, Bustle”; contralto, Miss Renaut,
“As All the Maids”; soprano, Miss Hamerton, “Dream o’ Day Jill”; cello, Miss Porter, “La Cinquantaine”; vocal, Miss Renaut, Messrs. Sumner and Williams, “You Have a Pretty Wit”; tenor and chorus, Mr. Sumner and Melodious Pour, “A Soldier’s Scarlet Coat”; banjo Mr. Dunn, (a) “Thinking of You,” (b) “Ukulele Dream Girl”; soprano and chorus, Miss Hamerton and Melodious Trio, “Love Maketh the Heart a Garden Fair”; Melodious Four, “Gavotte”; instrumental trios, (a) “Moment Musical,” (b) “Spanish Dance”: soprano, Miss Hamerton, “Beguile, Beguile With Music Sweet”; vocal trio, “Says a Well-worn Saw”; humour, Mr. Laurenson, “How We Saved the Barge”; Melodious Four, “Hark, the Merry Marriage Bells.” 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 p.m., studio concert. 4.25 p.m., sports results. 6 p.m., children's hour. 7.15 p.m., news. 7.30 p.m., book review. S p.m., studio concert. D. 20 p.m., dance music.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 327, 12 April 1928, Page 3
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