WHAT’S ON THE AIR TO-DAY?

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 339, 21 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 session, conducted by Aunt Dorothea. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: Concert programme. Theme programme: "The Legend of the Bells.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: Band music, with Vera Moginie (soprano). 9.24: Garde Republicaine Band of France, conduted by Pierre Dupont. 9.34: Vera Moginie (soprano). 9.41: 8.8. C. Military Band. 9.51: Vera Moginie (soprano). 9.57: Massed Bands, conducted by Colonel G. Fuller. 10.0: “Best Sellers.” A programme of popular dance numbers. 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: Record ings. 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: After-dinner music. 8.0: Light musical programme, featuring Frank Titterton (tenor), Patricia Rossborough (pianist), Heritza (contralto) and Fred Hartley’s Quintet. '9.0: Chamber music hour. 10.0: Thirty minutes of music and humour. 10.30: Close down.

2 YA—WELLINGTON. 570 kc. 526 m. 5.0: Children’s session, conducted by Uncle Tony. 6.0: Dinner session. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Time signals. 8.0: Chimes. Popular programme. 8.6: A further incident in the lives of the Japanese houseboy and his employer, “Mexico After All.” 8.20: Carrie Moore, famous musical comedy star. 8.36: Alfredo Campoli an dthe Dorchester Hotel Orchestra. 8.40: Talk, Madame Betts-Vincent, “More Reminiscences.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Michael Head, famous English composer-pianist, in a recital of vocal and pianoforte excerpts from his repertoire. 9.35: Yehudi Menuhin (violinist). 9.49: A recital by Walter Clynne (tenor). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: 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 description of the events of the second day of the Wellington Racing Club’s summer meeting. (Relayed from Trentham). Interspersed with selected recordings from the studio. (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: Chamber music hour. 9.0: Variety and vaudeville entertainment. 10.0: Light recital programme, featuring Billy Mayer (piano), Dora Labette and Hubert Eisdell (vocal duettists), and Will Kalinka (vibraphone). 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. 7.30: Time signals. 8.0: Chimes. Cedric Sharpe Sextet. 8.6: Jack Hobbs, Lewis Casson, Jane Comfort and Sybil Thorndike. 8.15: Ania Dorfman (pianoforte). '8.19: Gillie Potter (humorous monologue). 8.25: Edgar Wallace in a thriller, The Man in the Ditch.” 8.31 : Terence Casey (organ). 8.34: Wish Wynne (comedienne). 8.44: Fritz Kreisler (violin). 8.46: Clapham and Dwyer (sketch). 8.51: CecilyCourtneidge and Company. 8.55: International Novelty Quartet. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Talk, Mr Leicester Webb, “World Affairs.” 9.20: Dance music. 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: Talk, Mrs W. F. Kent-Johnston, "Everyday Meals.” 11.17: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Time signals. 4.2: Frost and special 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: "Tit-bits from Musical Comedies.” 9.0: An hour of varied music by contemporary British composers. 10.0: Thirty minutes in comedyland. 10.30: Close down. 4 YA—DUNEDIN. 790 kc. 379.5 m. 5.0: Children's session, conducted by Big Brother Bill. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8.0: Chimes. A concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Dawn Hunt (soprano). 8.10: Andre Gaudin (baritone). 8.16: Jascha Heifetz (violinist), with the Orchestra, conducted by John Barbirolli. 8.40: Reserved. 9.0: AVeather. Station notices. 9.5: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty. "9.21: Dawn Hunt (soprano) in a Brahms recital. 9.36: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty. 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. 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. 1140 kc. 263.1 m. 5.0: Recordings. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Variety and vaudeville programme. 10.0: Light musical recital, introducing the International Singers (male quartet), Paul mania (organist), and the Paul Godwin Instrumental Quartet. 10.30: Close down.

PROGRAMMES FROM AUSTRALIA.

2 BL—-SYDNEY. 740 kc. 405.4 m. 1.0: “Cafe Casserole.” Jim Davidson's A.B.C. Dance Band, present favourite radio artists. Thirty minutes i nthe Cave Casserole.” 10.30: Interlude (a). 10.35: The Roy M. Smedley Mandolin Ensemble, in association with Paul Kain (tenor). 11.5: Interlude (a). 11.10: A radio satire by Spike Hughes. Produced by Max Kester. 2 F.C.—SYDNEY. 610 kc. 491.8 m. 9.40: As for 3LO, Melbourne. 10.50: State programme from Sydney studio. 3 L.O.—MELBOURNE. 770 kc. 389.6 m. 9.40: The Wireless Chorus, conducted by John Antill. 10.0: The A. B .C. (Sydney) Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Percy Code. 10.50: State programme from Melbourne. Interlude (a). 11.0: "At Vauxhall in the Morning,” with String Ensemble, Frederic Earle at the electric organ ,Joy Badenoch (contralto), and Colin Crane (baritone). 3 AR—MELBOURNE. 580 kc. 516.9 m. 10.0: A programme arranged by George Findlay. 10.40: Interlude (a). 10.45: “My Fiddle and I." A violin entr’acte by Phil Cohen. I 1.0: The National Dance Orchestra, conducted by Al. Hammett, in a programme of the latest and popular dance successes, with supporting artists. EMPIRE SHORT-WAVE STATIONS. 8.0: Big Ben. A programme of marches. 8.36: Willie Kemp: (in humorous Scots songs) and Dufton Scott (in S'cots character sketches). 9.0: Three short talks on matters of topical interest. I 9.20: Dance music. 9.40: The news and announcements. 9.45: Greenwich time signals. 10.0: Close down.