OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1938, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT'S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G.O: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 8.0: “Ports of Call: A Visit to Finland." 8.32: “The Life of Emile Zola.” 9.0: New Year greetings to the people of New Zealand by his Excellency the Governor-General, Viscount Galway. 9.5: Weather. Station notices. 9.10: Dan Foley (Irish tenor), “Popular Songs of the Day.” 9.25: Andre Koselanetz, "Revenge With Music.” 9.33: Elsie and Doris Waters (humorous sketch), “Darts With Gert and Daisy” (Waters). 9.36: Mario Lorenzi (harp) and his Orchestra, “Waltz Time and a Harp.” 9.42: Jessie Matthews with Jay Wilbur and his Orchestra, “Jessie Matthews Memories.” 9.50: Toralf Tollefsen (accordion), “The Sweetest Song in the World” (Parr, Davies); “Meet Me Down in Sunset Valley” (Gilbert). 9.56: Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony, “The Blind Mousekeeters.” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.50: "A New Year’s Party” (Kinniburgh), sung by Tom Kinniburgh and “Freens.” 11.55: Relay from the Post Office Square of New Year celebrations. 12.5 (approx.): Close down.

2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c.

5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Light and popular classics. 9.0: “Band Concert of the Air.” 10.0: Merry and bright. 10.30: Close down.

2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c.

7.0: Listeners’ own session. 8.0: Dance music, interrupted at 8.40 for the Trailer. 9.20: “Mittens.” 9.35: Dance music. 10.0: Close down.

IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c.

5.0: Children's session. 0.0: Dinner session. 7.0: News. 8.0: “Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.” 9.0: New Year greetings to the people of New Zealand by his Excellency the Governor-General, Viscount Galway. 9.5: Weather. Station notices. 9.10: Debroy Somers Band, “Ballads We Love.” 9.18: Muriel Brunskill (contralto), “Caller Herrin’ ” (Gow); “Annie Laurie.” 9.26: The Kneale Kelley Quartet, “Killarney” (Balfe). 9.39: Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes” (Calcott); “Believe Me If AU Those Endearing Young Charms” (Moore). 9.45: New Mayfair Orchestra, “Ballad Memories.” 9.53: Sheffield Orpheus Male Voice Choir, “Home, Sweet Home” (Bishop); “Auld Lang Syne.” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Hans Busch Orchestra, “To Love is Playing With Fire” (Kirchstein). 10.13: “Columbia on Parade.” 10.21: Frank Victor and Harry Volpe (guitar “Easy xLike" (Victor); “Sweet Strings” (Volpe). 10.27: Gracie Fields, “Do I Remember” (Donaldson); “Ring Down the Curtain” (Ilda). 10.33: Barnabas von Gaczy and his Orchestra, “Monika” (Kotscher). 10.36: Sandy Powell and Company (comedy sketch), “Sandy’s Happy Home” (Powell, Thomson). .10.42: Hans Busch Orchestra, “I Am in Love With Life” (Kirchstein). 10.45: Humoresk melodies (vocal quintet), “I Need Love” (Raymond); “I Wish I Were a Hen” (Beckman). 10.51: Barnabas von Geczy and his Orchestra, “Cara Mari” (Zalden). 11.0: Dance music. 12.0: Broadcast of celebrations and description of street scenes, relayed from Ferry Buildings, Queen Street. 12.10: Close down.

BYA, Christchurch. 720 k.c.

5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news. 7.20: Review of day’s play in the Plunket Shield cricket match. 8.0: “Homestead on the Rise.’ 8.15: “The Fourth Form at St Percy’s.” 8.28: The London Chamber Orchestra, “Sally in Our Alley”; “Cherry Ripe.” 8.35: “Coronets of England.” 9.0: New Year greetings to the people of New Zealand by his Excellency the Governor-General, Viscount Galway. 9.5: Weather. Station notices. 9.10 (approx.): Viola Morris and Victoria Anderson (vocalists), solos and duets. 9.40: Harry Karr (saxophone), “Estilian Caprice” (Paul). 9.43: Sandy Powell and Company (sketch), “Sandy’s Happy Home” (Powell, Thomson). 9.50: Mario Lorenzi (harp), “Harping in the Highlands.” 9.54: Nelson Keys and Ivy St Helier, “Our Friends the Stars.” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 11.50: Archer Gibson (grand organ), “Londonderry Air” (old Irish air); .“The Bells of St Mary’s” (Adams). 11.55: Cathedral bells. 12.2: Devotional. 12.5: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: The Merrymakers. “The Merrymakers Carnival’’ (Haenschen). 8.11: Primo Scala’s Accordion Band, “Six Hits of the Day” (No 16). 8.17: Harry Tate and Company, “Motoring” (Tate). 8.25: Arthur Young and his Youngsters, “Any Old Rags.” 8.31: Max Bacon, “Even a Crooner Must Eat” (Phillips); “Beigels” (Connor). 8.37: The Cafe Collette Orchestra, “C’est Une Jolie Qui Monte Monte” (Misraki). 8.43: Horace Kenny and Franklin Davies, “A Music Hall Trial Turn” (Kenny). 8.51: Kurt Engel, “Laughing Xylophone” (Engel). 8.54: The Humoresk Melodies, “I Wish I were a Hen” (Kreuder). 8.57: Albert Brau (saxophone with orchestra), "Simply Laughable” (Brau). 9.0: New Year greetings to the people of New Zealand by his Excellency the GovernorGeneral, Viscount Galway (from 2YA). 9.5: Weather. Station notices. 9.10: “Who’s Hooper?” 10.8: Sports summary. 10.18: The Oleanders Negro Quartet, “Workin’ on the Railroad”; “Watermelon Smilin’ on the Vine”; “Uncle Joe”; "Do You Call That Religion?”; “Is That Corn Bread Done, Dinah?” 10.32: The Lang-Worth Gauchos, “Negro Quiroda”; "Lonely Star”; “Faraway Memories”; “Waltz Antillianne” (Sorey). 10.46: Bobby Comber, Robert Tredinnick, Fabia Drake and Alec McGill, “A Fruity Melodrama: Only a Mill Girl’ ’(Melluish Bros.). 10.54: Casani Club Orchestra, “Anything Goes.” 11.0: Comedy sketch, “A Happy New Year" (Wallace). 11.3: Dunedin Highland Pipe Band Quartet, “Mrs Hutchens"; “Murray’s Welcome”; “The Braes o’ Mar”; “ Duntroon Reel" (trad). 11.11: Gwynn Williams and the Welsh Singers, “New Year’s Eve”—Welsh air (arr Williams). 11.14: Roderick Gray (violin). “Lord Lyndoch”—Strathspey; “The East Neuk o’ Fife”—Reel (arr Murdoch). 11.17: The Pipe Quartet, "Blue Bonnets” march; “Phrob Mohr” waltz; “Jack Hutton’s Farewell” march; “Captain Jack Murray” strathspey; “Miss McLeod” reel. 11.25: Charles Coburn in the Chair. “An Old-time Sing-song.” 11.33: Pipe duet, “Green Hills of Tyrol”; “Hunting Tower”; “Scotland the Brave”; “The Road to the Isles” (Kennedy Fraser). 11.40: Harry Gordon, “The Lassie That Im Courting Noo” (Glen); “Drambuie Blues” (Gordon). 11.46: The Pipe Quartet, “Cameron Men” march; “The Old Rustic Bridge”; “Cock o’ the North” march; “Happy We’ve Been a Together.” 11.54: The Auld Lang Syners. “A New Year’s Eve Sing-song.” 12.0: Close down, ether.” RlALOn;gews-t/dcLfei;KNhs:npaOp Empire Programme. GSD. 25.53 m.; GSE, 25.29 m.; GSF. 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 8.0 p.m.: Big Ben. “Cards on the Table.” 8.20: “Christmas Picture Book.” Memories of pantomime. 9.5: “The Year's Poetry.” A reading of poems published during 1938. 9.25: Balad recital by Alan Coad (Australian baritone). 9.40: “London Log.” 9.50: News and announcements. 10.15: Close down.

TOMORROW’S PROGRAMMES.

2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c.

9.0: Recordings. 10.0: Weather report. 10.28: Time signals. 11.0: Salvation Army service from the Citadel, Vivian Street. 1.0: Weather report. Dinner session. 2.0: “Modern Composers Series” —Serge Prokofieff, Concerto No 3 in C Major, played by Serge Prokofieff (pianist) and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Piero Coppola. 2.24: Recordings. 3.0: A Tribute to Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian Dramatist. 3.28: Time signals. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song service. 7.0: Presbyterian Church service from St John’s Presbyterian Church. 8.15 (approx.): Recordings. 8.30: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter, “Academic Festival” Overture (Brahms). 8.38: St Thomas’s Choir, Leipzig, “In the Calm Night"; “The Little Sandman” (Brahms). 8.44: Bronislaw Hubermam (violin), “La Capricieuse” (Elgar), 8.48: John McCormack (tenor), “Is She Not Passing Fair” (Elgar); “Automne” (Faure). 8.54: Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Prelude in A Minor (Debussy). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: A recital by Clement Q. Williams (Australian baritone), “Romance” (Debussy); “Le Marriage des Roses” (Franck); “le Heure Exquise” (Hahn); “Jeune Fillette” (arr Weckerlin); “Dawn Shall Over Lethe Break” (Hageman); “When I Bring You Coloured Toys” (Carpenter); “The Tent Song” (Crews); “The Opium Smoker” (Lipton). 9.25: The Boyd Neel String Orchestra; conductor, Boyd Neel; leader, Frederick Grinke, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (Bengamins,. Britten). 9.49: Dorothy Helmrich (soprano), “Les Deux Enfants de Roi , “Clover” (d’Arba). 9.53: London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Collingwood. “Triumphal March” (from “Caractacus”) (Elgar). 10.1: Close down.

2YC, Wellington 840 k.c.

6.0 to 7.30: Recordings. 7.30: Judith Anne and her Uncle John discuss “Art for Art’s Sake.” 8.30: “Popular Vocal Ensembles.” 10.0: Close down.

2YD, Wellington, 990 k.c.

7.0: Rhapsodies in rhythm. 7.35: Pinto Pete in Arizona. 8,0: In the 2YD Sports Club. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: Brightest and best. 9.0: “Here’s a Queer Thing.” 9.30: Rosalie and her Romances. 10.0: Close down.

IYA, Auckland, 650 k.c.

9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Presbyterian service. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: “Thus Spake Zarathustra” — a tone poem by Richard Strauss. 4.8: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 6.0: Children’s song Service. 7.0: Anglican service .from St Matthew’s Church. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: The Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra, “The Little Minister” Overture (Sir A. C. Mackenzie). 8.40: Elsa Illiard (soprano) and Hans Fidesser (tenor) with orchestra, “Musical Memories. of Franz Lehar.” 8.46: The State Opera Orchestra, Potpourri from “The Cousin from Dingsdaa” (Kunneke). 8.52: The Maestros Vocal Quintet, with orchestra, “English Medley.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Play, “Semi-Detached”—a radio adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse’s novel, “Sam the Sudden.” 10.0: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch 720 k.c.

9.0: Recordings. 11.0: Anglican service from Christchurch Cathedral. 12.15 (approx.); Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: “The Fire-Bird” Suite (Stravinsky). 3.20: Recordings. .4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 7.0: Baptist service from Oxford Terrace Church. 8.15: Recordings. 8.30: Bruno Walter, conducting the British Symphony Orchestra, “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture (Mozart). 8.34: Viola Morris and Victoria Anderson (vocalists). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: First Act from Mozart’s opera, “Don Giovanni.” 10.0 (approx.): Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

9.0: Recordings. Congregational service from Moray Place Congregational Church. 12.15: Close down. 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 2.30: Thom Denijs (baritone), presents Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” (“The Poet’s Love”). 2.54: Recordings. 4.30: Close down. 5.30: Children’s song service. 6.15: Recordings. 6.30: Presbyterian service from St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. 7.45: Recordings. 8.30: The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Slavonic Dance No 12 in D Flat (Dvorak). 8.34: The Sorokin Russian Choir, “Peasants Chorus” (“Prince Igor”) (Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov); “Russian Cherubic Hymn” (Vorotnlkoff). 8.40: Ignaz Friedman (piano). Songs Without Words (Mendelssohn). 8.46: Romance of Sacred Songs, ‘ Onward, Christian Soldiers.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Diary for 1936”-a chronicle of the events in a year outstanding in the history of the British Empire. 10.0: Close down.

Empire Programme. GSD, 25.53 m.; GSE, 25.29 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 8.0 p.m.: Big Ben. “For What We Have Received.” 8.30: Recital by John Simons (Australian pianist). 8.50: Sunday news, weekly newsletter, sports summary, Saturday sport and announcements. 9.25: Religious service from St George’s Congregational Church, Middlesbrough. 10.15: Close down. MONDAY’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 6.50: Weather - report. 7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Weather report. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.25: Recordings. 10.28: Time signals. 10.45: Talk by Margaret. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather report. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Sports results. 3.28: Time signals. Weather and frost forecast. 4.0: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 8.0: The 8.8. C. Variety Orchestra, “Seville” (Haydn Wood). 8.5: The Hill-billies (vocal), with novelty accompaniment, “Waltzing Matilda” (an Australian, song) (Paterson, Cowen) ; “A Shanty in a One Horse Town” (Hillbillies). 8.11: Harry Roy’s Tiger Ragamuffins (instrumental), “Ragging the A.C.E. (Strainforth); “Sarawak!” (Gordon). 8.17: A recital by Julie Werry (New Zealand soprano). 8.32: Ray Ventura and hiS Collegians, “Roses of Picardy” (Haydn Wood). 8.36: ‘Presenting All Stars.” 8.44: Toralf Tollefsen (accordion), “Dizzy Accordion” (Frosini). 8.47: Cecil Johnson (humorous monologue), “Good Health” (Johnson). 8.50: Geraldo and his Romance-in-Rhythm Orchestra. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Heart of England.” 9.35: “Tales of the Silver Greyhound”—The Romany Road.” 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: Close down.

2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. “

5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Sonata hour, featuring excerpts from Brahms’s sonatas. 9.0: Musical comedy gems. 10.0: Thirty bright minutes. 10.30: Close down.

2YD, Wellington 990 k.c.

7.0: “Swinging the Traditional.” 7.35: Coronets of England. 8.0: Tit-bits of Today: Hits of Yesterday. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: “Dad and Dave.” 9.0: Play. "The Twelve Labours of Hercules”—the prologue. 9.45: Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 10.0: Close down.

IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c.

7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Recordings. 11.0: Talk to women by Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 12.0: Running commentary on the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting. 2.0: Recordings. 3.15 to 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: “Exploits of the Black Moth” (episode 91. 8.32: The Old Time The-Ayter” (episode 7). 8.45; “John Halifax, Gentleman” (episode 7).

9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Debroy Somers Band, “Ice Rink” selection. 9.11: "Humour by Winkle and Wisdom: The Girl with the Thousand Pounds.” 9.19: Eddie Cantor (comedian), accompanied by Ambrose and his Orchestra, “Lambeth Walk” (Furber); “Says My Heart” (Loesser); “Little Lady Make-Believe” (Simon). 9.25: Thomas L. Thomas (Metropolitan Opera baritone), and Nat Shilkret and his Orchestra, with the popular Male Quartet, “The Melodeers,” present “Melody Time.” 9.40: The Mississippi Minstrels, “An Old Time Minstrel Show.” 9.56: “Music From the Movies.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch 720 k.c.

7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings. 11.0: A talk to women by Margaret. 11.10: Recordings. 11.30: Progress reports on Plunket Shield cricket match, Wellington versus Canterbury, and throughout the day. Recordings. 12.0 (approx.): Relay from Addington of Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting. Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. Progress reports from Wilding Park of New Zealand tennis championships. 3.30: Sports results. 4.0: Frost and weather forecast. Light musical programme. 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 7.20: Review of day’s play in the Plunket Shield match. 8.0: Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, “Pique Dame” Overture (Suppe); “Parade of the Puppets” (Kuhn); “Wee MacGregor Patrol” (Amers). 8.11: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone), “O Sing to Me an Irish Song”; “Auld Songs o’ Hame” (Geehl).< 8.19: Band of H.M, Royal Air Force, “Serenade” (Heykens); “The Geisha” (Jones). 8.30: “Eb and Zeb,” 8.39: Band of Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, “The Lightning Switch” (Alford). 8.44: The Maestros (vocal quintet), “Auld Scots Songs” (arr Francis). 8.52: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, “Hyde Park” Suite (Jalowicz). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Thomas E. West (tenor), “The World is Mine Tonight” (Posford); “Giannina Mia” (Friml); “Ay, Ay, Ay” (Friere); "Santa Lucia” (Marziale). 9.17: New Mayfair Orchestra, ‘Gilbert and Sullivan” selection (Sullivan). 9.25: Gladys Moncrief! (soprano), “Under the Deodar” (Monckton); “Rackety Coo” (Friml). 9.31: Stanelli, Norman Long, Trevor Watkins, Al and Bob Harvey, Mario de Pietro, “Stanelli’s Stag Party.” 9.45: Jules Ruben Trio (instrumental), “Old and New Girl Friends.” 9.51:

“Stars Calling” (compered by Ronald Frankau). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin 790 k.c.

7.0: Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.15: Devotional service. 10..50: Talk to women by Margaret. 11.0: And at intervals, commentaries on play in the Plunket Shield match. Otago v Auckland. 12.0: Lunch music. 1.0: Weather forecast. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. 4.0: Weather and frost forecast. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News. 8.0: The New Mayfair Orchestra. “Sons o' Guns" Selection. 8.10: The Radio Rogues, "A Radio Party.” 8.18: Billy Reid and his Accordion Band, “South American Joe” (Caesar). 8 21: Norman Long (comedian), “Anything Can Happen Nowadays”; “Wot For?” (Long). Bert Hirsch’s Novelty Dance Orchestra. “Volga Boatmen Song” (trad); "Flight of the Bumble Bee” (Rimsky Korsakov); “Caminito’ ’(Filiberto): "Bubbling Over with Happiness” (Zelda); “La Golondrina” (Serradelll. 8.40: Nelson Keyes and Ivy St Hellier (comedy sketch), “Our Friends The Stars.” 8.46: Peter Kreuder (piano), “Ralph Benatzky” Selection (Benatszky),. 8.52: Ambrose, Jessie Matthews, Geraldo, Kunz, Lew Stone, Greta. Josephine Bradlay, “The Street Singers”: “Presenting All Stars!” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: “Coronets of England: The Life of Charles II.” 9.34: .“Khyber” (story of the North-West Frontier). 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close down. Empire Programme. GSD, 25.53 m.; GSE, 25.29 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 8.0 p.m.: Big Ben. “In Town Tonight.” 8.30: Organ recital by Eric Thiman. 8.50: Theatre composers, Sidney Jones, the man and his music. 9.50: News and announcements. 10.15: Close down.