WHAT’S ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 337, 19 January 1937, Page 8

WHAT’S ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

RADIO PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE. 1 Y.A.—AUCKLAND. 650 k,c. 461.3 m. 5.0: Children’s hour, conducted by Uncle Dave. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Book review. 8.0: Concert programme. Orchestre Raymonde. 8.8: Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers. 8.20: Leslie Sarony (comedian), with orchestra. ' 8.26: Harry Roy’s Tiger-Ragamuffins on two pianos, with string ! bass, drums and Hawaiian guitar. 8.32: Jean MacFarlane (con- 1 tralto). 8.46: “An Artistic Soul." Being a further episode of a Japanese houseboy and his employer. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Dance programme. 11.0: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: Classical hour. 3.15: Sports results. 3.30: Light musical programme. 4.0: Special weather report for farmers. 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: A Berlioz symphonic programme, featuring at 8 p.m., “Symphonic Fantastique,” played by the Symphony Orchestra. 9.0: A programme of ballet music by French, Russian and Spanish composers. 10.0: “Popular Potpourri,” a light variety programme. 10.30: Close down. 2 YA—WELLINGTON. 570 kc. 526 m. 5.0: Children’s session, conducted by Jumbo and Jumuna. 6.0: Dinner session. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 7.40: Talk, Our Motoring Expert, "The Carburetor." 8.0: Chimes. A programme by the Metropolitan String Orchestra. 8.10: Pavlova Frijsch (soprano). 8.13: Arthur de Greef (piano). 8.17: Frank Titterton (tenor). 8.20: The Metropolitan String Orchestra. 8.40: Talk, Mr J. H. Luxford. S.M., "Law for the Layman—Libel and Slander and Several Other Legal Subjects.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Michael Head, famous English composer-pianist, in a recital of vocal and pianoforte excerpts from his repertoire. 9.25: The Metropolitan String Orchestra. 9.35: Philharmonic Choir, conducted by C. Kennedy Scott. 9.43: The Metropolitan String Orchestra. 10.3: Music, mirth and melody. 11.3: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 11.0: Time signals. 12.0: Running commentary of the events of the first day of the Wellington Racing Club’s summer meeting. (Relayed from Trentham racecourse). Interspersed with selected recordings from th estudio. (Announcer: Mr D. Guiney). 2YC—-WELLINGTON. 840k.c. 356.9 m. 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: “Harmony and Humour," two hours of bright entertainment. 10.0: Light recital programme, featuring Stuart Robertson (bass-baritone). 10.30: Close down. 3 YA—CHRISTCHURCH. 720 kc. 416.4 m. 5.0: Children’s hour, conducted by Skipper. 6.0:- Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.20: Talk, Mr G. H. Battersby, “New Zealand Gladioli Society." 7.30: Time signals. 7.35: Talk, under the auspices of the Sunlight League. 8.0: Chimes. Theme programme: “From Waterloo to Wipers.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Recorded talk, Mr W. W. Bird, late Superintendent of Native Education, "Songs of the Maori.” 9.20: International Novelty Orchestra. 9.23: “It Isn’t Cricket," a further episode in the lives of a Japanese houseboy and his employer. 9.38: Debroy Somers Band. 9.46: The Western Brothers (humour). 9.54: Frank W'estfield’s Orchestra. 10.0: An hour with Edd Duchin and his Orchestra. 1 1.0: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service 10.15: Recordings. 11.0: Time signals. 11.2: Recordings. I 1.30: Talk by a food expert on "Diet." 1 1.50: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Time signals. 4.2: Weather forecast and light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 3YL—CHRISTCHURCH. 1200 kc. 250 m. 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music hour, featuring at 8.12 p.m. Schubert's German Dances; and at 8.34 Haydn's Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5, played by the Lener String Quartet. 9.0: Sonata hour. 10.0: Variety entertainment. 10.30: Close down. 4 YA—DUNEDIN. 790 kc. 379.5 m. 5.0: Children's hour, conducted by Aunt Leonore. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: Chimes. A programme of miscellaneous recordings. Geraldo and his Romance in Rhythm Orchestra. 8.10: Heyn’s Singers (male quartet). 8.16: Horst Schimmelpfennig (organ). 8.19: Balalaika Orchestra Sokoloff. 8.25: MimLThoma (contralto). 8.28: Porschmann and Dompke (bandoneons), and Kurt Engel (xylophone). 8.31 : Louis Graveure (tenor). 8.34: Georg Freundorfer (zither, with yodelling by Mirzi Draher). 8.37: London Piano Accordion Band. 8.40: Reserved. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: A concert by the St. Kilda Band, conducted by L. Francis, with vocal and humorous interludes. The Band. 9.16: Dorothy Mackay (soprano). 9.22: The Band. 9.32: “Eb and Zeb," the country storekeepers, in another humorous episode. 9.41: The Band. 9.51: Dorothy Mackay (soprano). 9.57: The Band. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 1 1.0: Close down. TO-MORROW. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10.30: Recordings. 10.45: Talk by Mrs Barrington, “Cooking by Electricity." 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. 4.45: Sports results. 4YO—DUNEDIN. 114Ckc. 263.1 m. 50: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music 8.0: A Cesar Franck-Purcell programme, comprising instrumenta and vocal works by two famous organist-composers—Cesar Franc! (1822-1890) and Henry Purcell 9.0: Chambei music redital. 10.0: Light musical recital, introducing Jesse Craw ford (organist), the Tahiwis (Maori trio) and John Lemmom (flautist). 10.30; Close down.