WHAT’S ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 313, 19 December 1936, Page 8

WHAT’S ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

RADIO PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE. Saturday, December 19, 1936. 1 YA—AUCKLAND. 650 kc. 461.3 m. 4.30 p.m.: Sports results. 4.45: Childrens hour. 5.30: Rebroadcast of play in cricket Test at Sydney. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.30: Talk, The Gardening Expert. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Rebroadcast o f play in cricket Test. 8 p.m: “The Messiah.” Handel’s oratorio presented by the Auckland Choral Society. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music from Peter Pan Cabaret. 1 1.15: Close <lown. 1 YX—AUCKLAND. 880k.c. 340.7 m. 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Light popular programme. 9.0: Resume of day’s play in the second cricket Test 9.10: “Humorists on Parade." A programme featuring popular comedians. 9.28: Rebroadcast commentary by C. B. Fry on day’s play in the second cricket Test. 10.10: Humour and light music. 10.30: Close down. 2 YA—WELLINGTON. 570 kc. 526 m. 4.45 p.m.: Childrens’ hour. 5.30: Play in second cricket Test at Sydney. 6 p.m.: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 730: Time signals. Play in second cricket Test. 8.0: Chimes. Popular programme. The 2YA Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leon de Mauny. 8.6: Hildegarde (light vocal). 8.12':; F. J. Wodham (mouth-organ). 8.17: Ivy St. Helier, entertainer at the piano 8.23: The Orchestra. 8.28: The Rocky Mountaineers (vocal), with novelty accompaniment. 8.31: Thomas Bennett (English concertina). 8.36: Mae Questal, the Betty Boop Girl. 8.39: Mr. F. J. Woodham (mouth-organ). 8.41: Al and Bob Harvey (comedy duettists), at their pianos. 8-47: Thomas Bennett (English concertina). 8 .52: Les Allen and his Canadian Bachelors (light vocal with novelty accompaniment). 8..55: The Orchestra. 9;0: Resume of play in the second cricket Test match. 9.10: Weather; station notices. 9.15: Danlpe music (relayed from St. Francis Hall, Hill Street). 9.38: Commentary by C. B. Fry on play in the second cricket Test match. 10.0: Sports summary. IQ.|O: Recorded dance programme from the studio. 10.30: FurthfeTdance music by Jack Cowdrey and his Dance Band. 11.15 (appro*.): Closp down. 2YC—WELLINGTON. 840k.c. 356.9 m.

s.o> Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: 'Afteirdinpcr music. 8.0: Classical recital programme. 9.0: Variety and vaudeville programme. 10.0: Thirty minutes of humour and light music. 10.30: Close down. .■■ ; I 3 YA—CHRISTCHURCH. 720 kc. 416.4 m. - • { - •’•. ' 1 1 : .Children’s session. 5;3O: Ball by ball commentary on •efe&tid ..cricket Test. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Play ip cricket Test. 8.0: Chimes. Recordings. 8.0: Richards (Crooks) tenor). 8.14: Kurt Engel (xylophone). 8.20: 8 -. 28: Claphanl and Dwyer (Humorous sketch). Ol Alfred Campoli and his Orchestra. 8.40: Joan Cross (so--8.46: Sandy Powell and Co. 8.52: New Mayfair Orchestra. 9.0: Resume of day’s play in second cricket Test match. 9.10: Weather; station notices. 9.15: Mjpdern dance programme BaiJcy-Marstqn Dance Orchestra (relayed from the Winter Garden). 9.38: Commentary on second cricket Test match by C. B. Fry. J 0.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Resumption of modern dance programme from the Winter Gardens. 1 1.30 Close down. 4 YA—DUNEDIN. 79Qkc. 379.5 m. M<?\-4.45: Children’s hour, conducted by Aunt Anita and Cousin Molly- 5,0: Description second cricket Test match. 7.0: News •nd reports. 7.30: Description of in the cricket Test match. 8.0: Chimes. A light orchestral and ballad concert. 8.10: John Leech (tpnor). 8.16: The Orchestra. 8.24: Anne White (soprano). Bft 3: The Orchestra. 8.43: John T. Leech (tenor). 8.491 The Orchestra. 9.0: Resume of days’ play in second cricket Test match 9.10: Weather; station notices. 9.15: Dance music. 9.38: A commentary on the second day’s play of the cricket Test match by C. B. Fry. 9.55: Sports summary. 10.5: Dance music. 11J5: Close down ’ 4 Y.O.—DUNEDIN. 1140 kc. 263.1 m. , ( 2.0-4.30: The Mayoress’s Christmas Cheer entertainment f or children.

PROGRAMMES FROM AUSTRALIA. 2 FC—SYDNEY. 610 kc. 491.6 m. As for 3LO, Melbourne. 2 B.L.—SYDNEY. 740 kc. 405.4 m. ji i • r, 9.0: Wednesday’s weights by the A.B.C. Racing Commentator. 10,10: Interlude (r). The New Mayfair Orchestra. 10.15: R®dio Roundsman 10.35: Recital by Stella Power, soprano: Vera Bradford, pianist; Stanley Baines, flautist. 1 1.5: A Humorous Jnterhide by the Western Brothers. 1 1.0: Let’s Dance to Jim A.B.C. Dance Band, supported by favourite radio artista. 3 L.O.—MELBOURNE. 770 kc. 389.6 m. 1Q.0: Programme from Sydney, “The SergeantNfaior,” a pielodrama for broadcasting by Vai Geilgud Production, Lawrence H. Cecil. 10.55: Interlude (r.). 1 1.0: An Orchestral' Concert, by the A.B.C. (Sydney) Concere Orchestra. 3 A.R.—MELBOURNE. 580 kc. 516.9 m. 10.0: Unit one: “The Week-end Magazine.” 1 0.25 : ‘ Interlude (r.). 10.30: Unit two: John Robertson, trumpet solos, and William E. Clarkson, baritone. 1 1.0: Unit three: “Dancing Time” with National Dance Orchestra, conducted by A. Hammett, and supporting artists.

EMPIRE SHORT WAVE STATIONS. ®-0 p.m.: Big Ben. “Turn Round.” A day in the life of a l|nar> Devised by S. E. Reynods and Pascoe Thornton. 8.30: The ' ■ t second cricket Test match, Australia v. England. An account of the

second day’s play by Alan Kippax. 8.45: Variety. 9.0: Talk. “Scientists at Work.” 9.20: Harold Ramsay at the organ of the Regal Cinema, Kingston-on-Thames. 9.40: The news and announcements. Grenewich time signal at 9.45. 10.0: Close down.

Sunday, December 20. I i ■■ i 1 Y.A.—AUCKLAND. 650k.c. 461.3 m. 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Morning service relayed from St. Mark’s Anglican Church. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Quintet for Oboe and Strings. 3.46: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service. 7.0: Evening service, relayed from the Ponsby Road Church of Christ. 8.30: Concert by the Auckland Municipal Band, relayed from Albert Park. 1 Y.X.—AUCKLAND, 880k.c. 340.7 m. 6.0: Light musical programme. 8.30: French symphonic programme. 10.0: Close down. i 2 Y.A.—-WELLINGTON. 570k.c. 526 m. 9.0: Recordings. 1 1.0: Relay of morning service from Cambridge Terrace Congregational Church. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner programme. 2.0: Boston Symphony Orchestra. 2.26: Recordings. 4.0: Time signals. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service. 7.0: Relay of evening service from St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Preacher: Canon Percival James. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: A programme of French and German opera, featuring Jose Beckmans. 8.43: Arnold Goldesy (’cello). 8.46: Charles Sybil Phillips (soprano). 8.39: Recordings: M. Kaisin and M. Hackett (tenor). 8.50: The Orchestra; “Werther” Selection. 9.0: Weather; station notices. 9.5: An operatic recital by Sybil Phillips (soprano), with orchestral accompaniment. 9.19: The Orchestra. 9.27: Recordings. 9.31: G. Thalben Ball (organ). 9.35; Chorus and Orchestra of State Opera, Berlin. 9.43: Pablo Casals (’cello). 9.47: Frederick Schorr (baritone). 9.51 s : The Orchestra; “Tannhauser.” 10.1 (approx.): Close down. 2YC—WELLINGTON. 340k.c. 356.9 m. 6.0-8.30: Recordings. 8.30: Band programme with instrumental and dramatic interludes. 1.30: Close down. 3 Y.A.—CHRISTCHURCH. 720 kc. 416.4 m. 9.0: Recordings. 1 1.0: Relay of morning service from Church of Christ, Moorhouse Avenue. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 4.0: Time signals. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service, conducted by Rev. A McNeur, assisted by children from St. George’s Sunday School. 6.15: Recordings. 7.0: Relay of evening service from Ct. Mary’s Anglican Church. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: Recording: The 8.8. C. Symphony Orchestra. ’Clelo and pianoforte recital by Hamilton Dickson and Decima Hughson. 9.0: Weather; station notices. 9.5: Recording; The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. 9.19: Lillian Hanham. 9.29: Recording: London Symphony Orchestra. 10.0: Close down.

3YL—CHRISTCHURCH. 1200 kc. 250 m. 3.0: Rotary Club’s massed bands’ concert. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Musical programme. 8.30: A programme by British bands (military and industrial), with vocal and instrumental interludes. 10.0: Close down. 4 Y.A.—DUNEDIN. 790k.c. 379.5 m. 9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Relay of service from Knox Presbyterian Church. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: Arthur Schnabel (piano) 2.54: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 6.30: Relay of evening service from Methodist Central Mission. 7.45: Recordings. 8.30: Complete recorded presentation of ‘‘ll Trovatore,” an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. 10.30: Close down. 4YO—DUNEDIN. 1140 kc. 263.1 m. 6.0: Recordings. 8.30: Light musical recital, introducing Ana Hato (soprano), Ania Dorfman (pianist), John McCormack (tenor) and Gaspar Cassado (’cellist). 10.0: Close down.

PROGRAMMES FROM AUSTRALIA. 2 BL—SYDNEY. 740 kc. 405.4 m. 10.30: From the studio: This week’s good cause, “The Legacy Club.” A talk by the president, Mr A. E. Church. 10.35: Recital by Stella Power (soprano), Vera Bradford (pianist) and Stanley Baines (flautist). 11.15: Interlude. 11.10: A film broadcast, presenting Richard Tauber, Diana Napier, June Clyde, Jimmy Durante and Derek de Marney, in “Land Without Music.” SYDNEY. 610 kc. 491.8 m. As for 3LO, Melbourne. 3 AR—MELBOURNE. 580 kc. 516.9 m. 10.30: Unit one: A recital by John Robertson (trumpet), assisted by Charles Lomas, baritone. 11.0: Interlude. 11.5: Unit two: “The Story of the Fish Jubilee Singers.” Told by Pressy Preston, with Negro Spirituals sung by “The Sundowners” Quartet. 3 LO—MELBOURNE. 770 kc. 389.6 m. 9.20: Optional programme from Melbourne. Chamber music by Jascha Spivakovsky (piano) and Tossy Spivakovsky (violin). 9.50: Poetry reading by Ida Osbourne and Harry Traynor. 10.0: Recital by Hilda Gill (mezzo-soprano). A group of leider by Brahms. 10.20: Gems from oratorio: “The Seasons”, presented by A.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. 10.50: National programme from Melbourne: “International Affairs,” Dr. G. L. Wood. 11.10: “Bethlehem.” A nativity play. EMPIRE SHORT-WAVE STATIONS. i * 8.0: Big Ben. The 8.8. C. Military Band. 9.0: Weekly newsletter, sports summary and announcements. Greenwich time signal at 9.15. 9.25: Bells ,and anfEmpire service, from St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. 10.15: Close down.