OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 May 1939, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 1 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 4.30: Special Empire programme, arranged by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to commemorate the visit of. their Majesties the King and Queen to Canada and the U.S.A., including speech by the King. Broadcasting organisations throughout the Empire will contribute items to the programme. 5.45: Recordings. G.O: Dinner music. G. 45: Commentary on running of “The Derby.” (Rebroadcast from the Empire station). 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: A ramble in the news by “Coranto.” 7.40: Talk, Mr E. Philpot Crowther, “Stamps of Western Australia.” 8.0: New Mayfair Orchestra, “Balalaika” Selection (Posford). 8.10: “The Rich Uncle from Fiji” (episodes 47 and 48). 8.22: Dudley Beaven (organ), “Sing You Sinners” Selection (Monaco-Burke); “Carefree” Selection (Berlin). 8.28: Vicki Miller and Bill Rowbottom (vocal duet), accompanied by Berkeley Fase and Tom Shannon on two pianos, and the Unity Theatre Chorus, “Affiliate With Me” (Parsons, Fase). 8.31: Lani Mclntire and his Hawaiians (instrumental), “Sweet Hawaiian Chimes” (Mclntire). 8.34: Brian Lawrence (light vocal), “Penny Serenade” (Weersma). 8.37: Joe Green (xylophone) and Milt Hertli (organ), “Xylophonia” (Green). 8.40: “Just a Job of Work,” a talk by a wireless operator at sea. 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Recordings. 9.10: Relay from the Town Hall, Wellington, of the Second Half of the Richard Crooks Concert. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 10.28: Time signals. 11.0: Close down.

2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music, introducing, at 8.0, Sonata for Violin and Cembalo in C Minor (Bach), played by Licco Amar (violin) and Gunther Ramin (cembalo) and, at 8.46, Trio in G Major (Haydn), played by Alfred Cortot (piano), Jacques Thibaud (violin) and Pablo Casals (’cello). 9.5: A programme by the Tudor Singers. Conductor, H. Temple White. Accompanist: Audrey Gibson-Foster. 9.15: Bronislaw Hubermann (violin), La Capricieuse (Elgar); Waltz in C Sharp Minor (Chopin). 9.28: The Tudor Singers. 9.35: Edward Kilenyi (piano), “The Mare and the Foal’; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15; “Venezia e Napoli—No. 1 Gondoliers (from “Annees de Pelerinage” (Liszt). 9.43: The Tudor Singers. 9,51: Eugene Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, “Scherzo Appricci-. oso” (Dvorak). 10.0: Presenting Mario Lorenzi (harpist), Gordon Littie (baritone) and the Plaza Theatre Orchestra. 10.30: Close down.

2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: Rhythm Pie. 7.35: “Here’s a Queer Thing.” 8.0: Dancing time—a session of dance music played in correct tempo. , 8.20: Harmony by the 2YD Singers. 8.40: Trailer. 8.45: “Khyber and Beyond: Catching a Tartar” (chapter 5). 9.10: Broadcast of second portion of Richard Crooks’s farewell concert.

IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 4.30: Special Empire programme. 5.45: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.45: Commentary on rurihing of “The Derby.” 7.0: News. 7.30: Winter course talk, “Some Significant Trends in the World Today.” 8.0: “Westward Ho!” 8.15: “Wandering With the West Wind” (episode 68). 8.45: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s” (episode 37). 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: Reserved. 9.20: 8.8. C. Wireless Military Band, Hungarian Dance (Moszkowski); “La Reve Passe” (Helmer). 9.28: Harold Williams (baritone), “Fire in My Heart” (Youmans). 9.31: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 9.44: The Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, “Dominion Medley.” 9.50: Bandmaster T. Giles (cornet), with band accompaniment, “Tucker” (Leidzen). 9.56: Band of H.M. Welsh Guards, “London Bridge” (Contes). 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch. ' 720 k.'c. 4.30: Special Empire programme. 5.45: Recordings. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.45: Commentary on running of "The Derby.”; 7.0: News. 7.35:' Dialogue under the auspices of Canterbury Agricultural College, “Winter Feeding of Pigs.” 7.50: Sheep survey. 8.0: “The Woman in White.” 8.14: Major Bowes’s Capitol Theatre Trio, “Valse Bleue” (Margis). 8.17: “Night Nurse”—drama in a great hospital. 8.30: Major Bowes's Capitol Theatre Trio, “By the Waters of Minnetonka” (Lieurance). 8.33: Dramatic feature, “Thrills.” 8.45: Major Bowes’s Capitol Theatre Trio, “Ta a Wild Rose” (Macdowell). 8.48: “Personal Column.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 5.5: Talk, Mr Leicester Webb, "World Affairs.” 9.20: Dance music. 11.0: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 4.30: Special Empire programme. 5.45: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner .music. 6.45: Commentary on running of “The Derby.” 7.0: News. 7.25: Talk by Mr C. W. Postgate, “Health and Strength.” 7.35: Gardening talk. 8.0: Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty, “Overture to a Picaresque Comedy” (Arnold Bax). 8.10: Herbert Janssen (baritone), “All Souls’ Day,” “Devotion.” “The Night” (Richard Strauss). 8.19: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, “Eventyr” (“Once Upon a Time”), (Delius). 8.35: “Man Through the Ages.” 9.0: Weather. Station notices. 9.5: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, “The Tempest” incidental music (Sibelius). 9.17: Rauta Waara (soprano), "The First Kiss,” "The Maiden Coming From the Rendezvous” (Sibelius). 9.23: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Landon Ronald, “Coronation” March (Elgar). 9.31: Music from the theatre. “Memories of the Ballet” (No. 1). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close down. Empire Programme. GSD, 25.52 m.; GSB. 31.55 m.; GSF, 19.82 m.; GSO, 19.76 m.; GSI, 19.66 m. 4.30 p.m.: Recital. 4.45: “Round the Empire." A message by his Majesty the King, from Winnipeg. 5.45: "World Affairs,” talk by H. Wickham Steed. 6.0: News. 6.15: 8.8. C. Empire Orchestra; leader, Leonard Hirsch; conducted by Clifton Heliwell. 6.45: The Derby. The 156th renewal of the Derby Stakes. 7.0: (till close down): Sports news. Market notes.