RADIO AND ITS RECEIVERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 16

RADIO AND ITS RECEIVERS

Conducted for THE SUN by

R. F. HAYCOCK.

ON THE AIR THIS WEEK j IYA AND 2YA FEATURES TONIGHT Mr. Norman Kerr will talk again on j i physical culture at 7.40 tonight from I IT A, <tnd a fine concert programme ; ; will follow. A combination new to j the evening session will perform. | ; Many listeners will remember the en-1 ' joyable programme given at a recent I i children’s session by the Tudor | Orchestra, led by Mr. Reginald Mor-I j gan, which will provide all the instru- j ' mental section of the programme, j Their items will include gems from i popular as well as classical music. The New Zealand Pour will also sing : further numbers from their extensive repertoire. TOMORROW 1 Recently at IYA, a novelty proj gramme was heard, entitled, “What ! Did You Do in the Great War, Daddy?” | and .in response to many requests, a j somewhat similar entertainment will l be given by the same combination toI morrow evening, under the title of j “Not Quite on the Western Front.” j Listeners are assured of a night of j humour, together with some of the j old songs of the Great War. The representative of the Hutt Vali ley Horticultural Society, Mr. A. J. ! Nicholis, will deliver another of his I series of talks on “Gardening” from j 2YA. The Wellington Artillery Band, ; under the conductorship of Captain j Herd, will provide the major portion ! of the programme for the concert ses- | sion. The assisting artists will be I Mrs. Eric Ewart (mezzo-soprano), Mr. iL. M. Assheton Harbovd (baritone), j Miss Ivy Stanton (contralto), and the | D.I.C. Male Voice Choir. Miss Grade Kerr, a well-known Wellington elocutionist, will recite humorous numbers In her usual inimitable style. The band items comprise a selection from the opera “La Traviata,” a Nautical Fantasia (repeated by request), a selection, “Beauties of Scotland,” and several marches and waltzes. Bandsman G. A. Garry will play the cornet solo, “The Cornet King.” FRIDAY There will be two talks on Friday evening, one at 7 p.m. by Mr. Frank Sutherland, on Rugby Football, and the other at 7.40, on Esperanto, by Mr. W. G. E. Wheeler. During the evening session another enjoyable relay of the concert to be given by Messrs. Lewis Eady, Ltd., will be heard, and j will be followed by a studio proI gramme which will include pianoforte J solos and duets by Miss Kathleen 1 O’Leary and Mr. Eric Bell, a ’cello solo j by Miss Mollie Wright, and items by j the Studio Trio. A singer new to IYA will make her appearance in the person of Miss Aimee Clapham (contralto), who, besides singing solos, will be associated with the Madame Mary Towsey Quartet. Vocal solos and duets will be sung by Madame Mary Towsey, Mr. John Bree and Mr. John McDougall. j From 2YA Mr. Walter F. Dudson, a well-known physical culturist, will give a lecturette on a subject we are all bound to be Interested in sooner or later, viz., “Influenza —Its Cause and Cure.” Friday being operatic night at 2YA, a programme, featuring gems from grand and comic opera and musical comedy will be presented. The orchestra will play as an overture, a fantasia of Weber’s opera, “Der Freisehutz.” the “Liebeslied and Liebesfreud” from “Tristan and Isolde,” and selections from “Mignon” and “The Student Prince.” The vocalists will be Mrs. Arnold Downer, late of Sydney, Mr. S. E. Rodger, Miss Lily Hambly, and Mr. Charles Edwards. Mrs. Downer, who is now residing in Wellington, has sung for several of the Australian "A” class stations, and has also done a large amount of concert work in and around Sydney. For her items, Mrs. Downer has chosen a solo from Offenbach’s opera “La Grand Duchesse” and Siebele’s aria from “Faust,” “When All Was Young.” Mr. Rodger will sing the “Prologue” from "I Pagliacci,” and ! Valentine’s aria from “Faust,” “Lovi ing Smile of Sister Kind,” “Ombra Mai Fiu,” or as it is sometimes called, “Handel’s Largo,” and “Che Faro,” from Gluck’s "Orfeo ed Eurydic” will be Miss Hambley’s solos. Mr. Charles Edwards, whose work in the recent broadcast of “The Tales of Hoffman” is no doubt still in the minds of quite a number of listeners, on this occasion will sing a number from Lohr’s “Garden of Kama” and the “Cobbler’s Song” from “Chu Chin Chow.” The dramatic recital, “The Highwayman,’ by Alfred Noyes, one of England’s leading poets, will receive at the hands of Mr. Albert Davey sympathetic treatment. Mr. Davey will also relate some original humorous stories. SATURDAY On Saturday afternoon IYA will rebroadcast 2YA’s running description of the inter-island Rugby football match to be played at Wellington . At 7.40, Mr. G. D. Rutter will give another of his instructive talks on gladioli. The evening session will consist of items by the Studio Orchestra, the Bohemian Duo, Ingall’s Hawaiians, and the ever-popular Asquiths. From 2YA a bright and entertaining programme will be presented. The orchestral items will include the overture to “Chu Chin Chow,” two novelty orchestral numbers, “Haunting Humoresque,” “Mailu,” a violin solo, “Mighty Lak’ a Rose,” by Mr. W. Haydock. a flute and clarionet duet by Messrs. Brown and Langtry, “Flower of Mexico,” and several dance novelties. The Melodie Four will provide the vocal portion of the programme, their items comprising quartets and solos, among which will be four request numbers, “When Love Comes Calling” (a tenor solo, with violin ob- 1 bligato, to be sung by Mr. Frank Bryant), “The Irish Orchestra” (to be sung by Mr. R. S. Allwright), “Just a Cottage Small” (by Mr. Sam Duncan), and “Laugh, Clown Laugh” (by Mr. W. W. Marshall). Humour will be provided by “Ajax” of “Ajax and Bejax,” who will relate some experiences of his Hebrew friend "Cohen,” of telephone fame. Novelty instrumental items will be given by Mr. L. Beavis on his steel guitar.

PERTH CHANGES WAVELENGTH 6WF ON BROADCAST BAND Station CWF Perth, Western Australia, up to the present has broadcast on the dual wave-lengths of 1,250 and 104.5 metres, but from September 1 was to change over to a wavelength of 435 metres. This will probably necessitate a change in the wave-length of station 2FC, which at present broadcasts on 442 metres. It may also interfere somewhat with the reception of 2YA Wellington in Australia, this New Zealand station being close to Perth’s new wavelength. Auckland listeners have heard a station operating recently just below Wellington’s wave-length. Probably this will be 6WF. 4ZM, DUNEDIN Station 4ZM, Dunedin, has now been taken over by Messrs. C. Begg and Company. The transmitter has been removed to their warehouse in Princes Street, and the new owners are only awaiting the granting of a licence before they commence transmitting. Permission to broadcast every morning between 10 o’clock and midday, every Tuesday and Wednesday evening, and on Sundays has been applied for. Station 4ZM broadcasts on 277.8 metres, and. last Sunday evening Auckland listeners heard the station testing. Reception was clear, modulation excellent and volume good. PCJ’S SCHEDULE Station PCJ, Hilversum, Holland, transmitting on 31.4 metres, is observing the following schedule at present: Every Friday: 5.30 a.m. till 7.30 a.m.; 9.30 a.m. till 3.30 p.m. Every Saturday: 5.30 a.m. till 7.30 a.m.; 11.30 a.m. till 3.30 p.m.t 3.30 p.m. till 5.30 p.m, The last scheduled time shown on Saturday is the special transmission dedicated to Australia and New Zealand short-wave listeners. The times shown are all New Zealand standard time.