THE RADIO WORLD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 April 1938, Page 10

THE RADIO WORLD

NATIONAL BROADCASTS. NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAMMES IN REVIEW. (By “Listener-In.”) All types of entertainment will be presented from the National stations next week. Following is a review of the scheduled programmes:— The Auckland Municipal Band will present a concert from IYA on Sunday night from 8.30 to 10 o'clock. At 9.5 p.m. from 2YA, Cora Hall, L.R.S.M., the fifteen-year-old New Zealand pianist will give a recital, and the evening’s broadcast will conclude with miscellaneous recordings. From 3YA at 8.30 there will be a recorded presentation of the opera “Rosenkavalier” (“The Knight and the Rose”) with the music by Richard Strauss. A symphonic programme by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with vocal and instrumental interludes will be featured at 4YA.

The recorded play “U 97 by C. Forester will open lYA’s Monday evening programme and at 9.23 there will be a ringside commentary on the professional wrestling match at the Town Hall, followed by music, mirth and melody until 11 o’clock. 2YA will feature at 8 o’clock a chamber music programme, and at 9.5 there will be a wrestling broadcast from the Town Hall. Dance music will follow until 11 o’clock. The Ashburton Silver Band and David McGill will entertain at 3YA, and at 9.20 Merle Cunningham (pianist) will be heard in a Bach recital. The Vertuoso String Quartet, the International Singers (male quartet) and Lionel Tertis (viola) will provide the first part of 4YA’s evening programme. At 9.5 p.m. “And Now Goodbye” a radio play adapted from the novel by James Hilton will be broadcast and from 10 o’clock there will be an hour of dance music.

A variety hour will open lYA’s Tuesday night programme, and dance music from 9.20 to 11 o’clock will complete the evening’s entertainment. Two famous composers will be featured from 2YA —at 8 o’clock a Brahms programme and at 9 the compositions of Frederick Delius. The popular serial feature, “Westward Ho!” will be presented from 3YA together with a selection of bright recordings until 10 o’clock, when there will be an hour of dance music by Edgar Hayes and his Orchestra and Andy Kink and his Clouds of Joy. From 4YA there will be an hour of miscellaneous recordings followed at 9.5 by a concert by the St. Kilda band and at 10 o'clock music, mirth and melody.

On Wednesday night, IYA will open their programme with a classical hour, followed at 9.5 with a popular feature “Cononets of England,” and bright recordings. Music, mirth and melody will conclude the evening’s broadcast. A light orchestral and ballad programme, with selections by the 2YA Concert Orchestra will be presented from 2YA until 9 o’clock, when the radio play “Quartet in Four Movements” by Cedric Williams will be broadcast. Dance music by Tut Coltman’s Swing Stars, relayed from the New Majestic Cabaret will follow until 11 o’clock. The 3YA Orchestra will be on the air at 3YA until 9 o’clock, when classical recordings will follow. An hour of music, mirth and melody will conclude the evening’s broadcast Variety will be the keynote from 4YA from 8 to 9 o’clock. At 9.5 there will be a theme programme, “Familiar Songs and Their Story” and dance music by Dick Colvin and his Band will follow until 11 o’clock.

The recorded serial, “Westward Ho!” and a continuity programme, “Close Harmony” will be helrd from. IYA on Thursday evening. At 9.28 there will be a band programme, with vocal interludes by Fred Frean (baritone) and an hour of dance music by the orchestras of Kostenlanetz, Hal Kemp and Wayne King. The Four Kings of Rhythm, Japanese houseboy, and “The Adventures of Mr Penny” will form the first part of 2YA.’s programme. At 9.5 there will be a ringside description of boxing match, Jarvis v. Sharpe, relayed from the Town Hall, and from 10.0 to 11.0 music, mirth, and melody will be broadcast. A studio presentation of John van Druten’s play, “London Wall” will open 3YA’s programme and from 9.20 to 11.0 there will be dance music. 4YA will present a symphonic concert, introducing at 9.20 p.m. “Masterpiece of Music,” conducted by Dr. V. E. Galway.

The usual Friday night readings by Mr. D’Arcy Cress well, interspersed with music will be presented on Friday from IYA. At 9.20 the Studio Orchestra will entertain, and from 10.0 to 11.0 there will be music, mirth and melody. Light recordings will be played from 8.0 to 9.0 at 3YA, and at 9.20 the Port Nicholson Silver Band will be on the air. The evening's entertainment will conclude with a dance programme of new recordings. Featured in 3YA’s recital programme from 8.0 to 10.0 p.m. will be Vera Yager (pianist), Marie Campbell (mezzo-soprano), and A. G. Thompson (baritone). Music, mirth and melody will conclude the broadcast. From 8.0 to 9.0 p.m. at 4YA, there will be bright recordings. Dance music by the Savoy Dance Band will follow the classical recordings from 9 to 10.

The Berkeley Trio and other artists will be featured in the first part of lYA’s Saturday night programme. From 9 to 10 there will be bright recordings and modern dance music by Lauri Paddi's band will fill the last hour. 2YA will present a popular programme from 8 to 9.0, followed by an old-time dance programme by the 2YA Old-Time Dance Orchestra, conducted by Frank Crowther. Another episode of “Westward Ho!” will be featured in 3YA’s light recorded programme from 8 to 10. Following the sports summary, there will be dance music until 11.15. From 4YA there will be a light orchestral and ballad concert, featuring the 4YA Concert Orchestra until 9.0, when dance music will follow until 11.0. PERSONALITIES ON THE AIR. The Flying Organist. The popular organist, Harold -Ramsay, whose records are heard frequently over the air, is an Englishman, who went as a boy to America. At the McGill University he took a degree in music, and then faced up to

the world with a living to make. For some time, he met with little success, but eventually his talents began to receive recognition. He rose to be a star organist at Paramount's principal luxury cinemas. New York, Boston, Buffalo, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, applauded him. He became so popular with Paramount audiences that demands for his services required him to be in two places at once. So he bought an aeroplane and flew from city to city to keep his engagements. In this way he became known as “the flying organist.” After many years in America, he returned to his native England, where he became organist at Granada, Tooting. He later formed the Rhythm Symphony Orchestra. One of the artists in the new orchestra's first broadcast was a pretty American blonde, Mary Fern, whom he later married. His famous song, “Her Name is Mary” is dedicated to her.

A Garden Lover. Among the many famous entertainers, whose hobby is gardening, is Ernest Butcher, whose tuneful and amusing ditties both solo and with the versatile Muriel George, are favourite numbers on the records. He has a great variety of plants in his garden. He is especially fond of oldfashioned flowers, the beautiful heavily- scented Mrs. Sinkins pink, with its large white flowers, being a favourite, as well as lilies of the valley and rhododendrons. He is justifably proud of an old grape vine which climbs over the verandah. He admits cheerfully that the grapes are quite uneatable, but it looks very decorative and. unusual and the leaves are pretty. They have an orchard that includes many morella cherry trees and from this fruit Muriel George makes cherry brandy. Ernest Butcher will be heard from 4YA at 9.47 on Tuesday evening.