WHATS ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 330, 11 January 1937, Page 8

WHATS ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

RADIO PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE. 1 Y.A.—AUCKLAND. 650 k.c. 461.3 m. 5.0: Children’s session, conducted by Uncle Rex. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: Concert programme. “The Importance of a Perfume.” A detective play by Maurice Chapman. 8.25: “The Village Wedding” Novelty. 8.32: Those Four Chaps (humour). 8.39: Stan Cater and Jack Rawling, sketch. 8.45: Parlophone Sketch Company. 8.51: “St. Patrick's Night," talking and vocal. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: The Orchestra, conducted by Harold Baxter, "The Doll’s House” Suite. 9.32: Hinemoa Rosieur (soprano). Old English group. 9.49: The Orchestra, Three Dale Dances. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 1 1.0: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Selected recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 2.30: Classical hour. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Light musical programme. 4.0: Special weather report for fanners. 4.30: Sports results. 1 Y.X.—AUCKLAND, 880k.c. 340.7 m. 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Popular excerpts from light opera and musical comedy. 9.0: Highlights from grand operas. 10.0: Light recital programme, featuring Quentin M. Maclean (organ), Evelyn Laye /soprano), and the Rudy Star Three (xylophone). 10.30: Close down.

2Y. A.—WELLINGTON. 570k.c. 526 m.

5.0: Children's session, conducted by Andy Man. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 8.0: Chimes. Chamber music and art song programme featuring Elgar’s Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, and a lieder recital by Mrs G. B. Hooper. 8.25: A lieder recital by Mrs G. B. Hooper (soprano), A.R.C.O. 8.36: Frederic Lamond (piano). 8.40: Talk: Mr W Begg, “The Minor Poets of Scotland. ’ 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Continuity hour. “Potted Revue” No. 2. 9.35: Twenty-five minutes of Continental musical comedy. 9.43: Edith Lorand and her Viennese Orchestra, “Ball at the Savoy” selection. 9.49: Jeanette MacDonald (soprano). 9.55: Alfredo Campoli and his Salon Orchestra. 10.0: Dance programme. I 1.0: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close-down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 1 1.0: Time signals. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Classical hour. 3.0: Sports results. 4.0: Time signals. Sports results. t £-■ 2YC—WELLINGTON. 840 kc. 356.9 m. 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Band programme, with spoken interludes. 9.0: Light orchestral and ballad recital, featuring, at 9 p.m., “London Again" Suite (Eric Coates), played by the Symphony Orchestra, conducted .by the composer. 10.0: Thirty minutes of variety. 10.30: Close down.

3 Y.A.—CHRISTCHURCH. 720k.c. 416.4 m. 5.0: Children’s hour, conducted by Skipper. 6.0: Dinner music. 7;0: News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 7.35: Our Garden Expert, "January in the Garden.” 8.0: Chimes. Recording: Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards. 8.15: H. J. Francis (tenor). 8.21: Foden's Motor Works Band. 8.27: “Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers. 8.36: Massed Brass Bands. 8.42: H. J. Francis (tenor). 8.48: Mann and Felton’s Works Band. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk, Famous British Trials, “The Tichborne Case.” 9.20: F. Poulenc (piano), M. Lamorlette (oboe) and G. Dherin (bassoon). 9.36: Ninon Vallin (soprano). 9.48: Marcel Moyse (flute). Louise Moyse at the piano. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. I 1.0: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Selected recordings. 1 1.0: Time signals from the Dominion Observatory. 11.2: Selected recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme. 4.30: Close down. 3YL—CHRISTCHURCH. 1200 kc. 250 m. 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: A classical recital of compositions by Chopin, Bach, Paganini and Wolf. 9.0: “Rhythm and Rhetoric" A popular programme. 10.0: Light recitals. 10.30: Close down.

4 Y.A.—DUNEDIN. 790k.c. 379.5 m. 5.0: Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Shelia. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: “Concert Hall of the Air,’ a programme of light orchestral music and songs. 8.40: Talk, Mr J. T. Paul, “World Affairs.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: A 8.8. C. recorded programme, “It Was in the Papers," by John Watt and Henrik Ege, with music by Harry S. Pepper. 10.5: “More Fun," a programme of further comedy numbers. I 1.0: Close down. TQ-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.30: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classical music. 4.0: Weather report and frost forecast. 4.30: Light musical programme. 4YO—DUNEDIN. Il4okc. 263.1 m. 5.0 to 6.0: recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Variety and vaudeville programme. 9.0: Seven short light recitals, introducing Karol Szreter (pianist), Paul Robeson (bass), Fritz Kreisler (violinist), Muriel Brunskill (contralto), Andres Segovia (guitar), The Maestros (male voice quintet) and the De Groot Instrumental Trio. 10.0: Comedy and light music. 10.30: Close down.

PROGRAMMES FROM AUSTRALIA.

2FC—SYDNEY. 610 kc. 491.8 m. 9.40: Optional programme from the Sydney studio: The National Military Band, conducted by Stephen Yorke. 10.0: National programme. 10.30: Jim Davidson and the A B.C. Dance Band. 1 1.0: State programme from the Sydney studio. 2BL—SYDNEY. 740 kc. 405.4 m. 10.0: The A.B.C. (Sydney) String Quartet, in association with Hilda Gill (mezzo). 3 L.O—MELBOURNE. 770 kc. 389.6 m. 9.40: See 2FC, Sydney. 1 1.0: State programme from Melbourne. A musical adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” 3 A.R.-—MELBOURNE. 580 kc. 516.9 m. 10.0: Cricket, detailed scores of to-day's play. 10.2: Unit one: The A.B.C. (Melbourne) Concert Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Post, with Thea Philips, soprano, and Lionello Cecil, tenor, in a programme of love duets with orchestral accompaniment. 10.45: A programme ,of International Celebrities, with special annotations. EMPIRE SHORT-WAVE STATIONS. 8.0: Big Ben. “A Dog’s Life.” A visit to some kennels near London. Arranged by Pascoe Thornton. 8.20: “This is England.” Talks by representative English people: (1) Dan Combes, of-Wiltshire (farmer). Introduced by Anthony Weymouth. 8.35: B B.C. Empire Orchestra; leader, Daniel Melsa; conducted by Clifton Helliwell. 9.20: “Music and the Ordinary Listener 8. A talk by Sir Walford Davies. 9.40: The nows and announcements. Greenwich time signal at 9.45. 10.0: Close down.