OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.10: An appeal to the Dairy Industry by Mr W. E. Hale, chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board. 7.28: Time signals. 7.40: Winter course talk. 8.0: “Faust.” il.0: Close of normal programme. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0 to 0.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Variety programme. 9.0: Weather reports and station notices. 9.10: Ringside description of the wrestling match (relayed from the Town Hall). 10.0 (approx.l: Dance music. 11.0 (approx.): Close down.

2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c.

7.0: Rhapsodies in rhythm. 7.35: Personal column. 7.45: “Sing As We Go." 3.15: “The Adventures of Marco Polo." 8.28: Musical odds and ends. 9.3: “His Last Plunge.” 9.15: Black and white studies. 9.30: The Old-time The-ayter. 9.42: Music of South America. 10.0: Close down.

IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 0.15 (approx.): Dinner music. G. 55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.40: Farmers’ session. 8.0: “Out of the Silence.” 9.30: “Thrills.” 8.45: “Ravenshoe.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Ringside commentary on professional wrestling match (relayed from Auckland Town Hall). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme.

3YA, Christchurch 720 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.35: Talk by the 3YA garden expert, “Potatoes.” 8.0: Band of H.M. Welsh Guards, “The Britisher” March (Chandler); “H.M.S. Pinafore” Selection (Sullivan). 3.12: Harold Williams (baritone), “With a Song” (May); “My Shepherd and I” (Thayer). 8.18: Luton Band and Wood Green Excelsior Silver Prize Band. "Running Through the Years”; “Beer Barrel Polka” (Brown). 8.27: Men About Town with Zora Layman, “Hear Those Darkies Singing” (Foster). 8.37: Arthur Pryor's Band, “The Force in the Forest” (Michaelis); “Anvil Chorus” from “11 Trovatore” (Verdi). 8.44: Richard Crooks (tenor), “Springtime Reminds Me of You” Jurman); “My Sunshine is You” Stolz). 8.50: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, “Marching With the Grenadiers.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Hephzibah and Yehudi Menuhin (piano and violin), Sonata in A Major (Cecar Franck). 9.47: Mark Raphael (baritone), “Night’s Magic,” “Give Praise to Him,” “In Springtime” (Wolf). 9.53: Lener String Quartet. “Italian Serenade in G Major” (Wolf). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. G. 15: Dinner music. G. 55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.30: Talk, “The World’s Most Famous Fish: Nelson's ‘Pelorus Jack’.” 8.0: Returned Soldiers’ Choir. “Hallelujah, Power- and Glory” (Beethoven): “In This Hour of Softened Splendour” (Pinsuti). 8.11: Albert Sandler Trio, “Le Canari” (Poliakin); “Faery Song” (Boughton'. 8.17: The Choir, “The Song ol the Jolly Roger” (Candish); “The Deathless Army” (Trotere). 8.25: Percy Grainger (piano), “Shepherd’s Hey” (Grainger); “Cradle Song” (Brahms-Grainger). 8.31: “Crossing the Plain” (Price); “An Evening Pastoral” (Shaw); “In the Gloaming” (Harrison, arr. Borrow). 8.43: Albert Sandler Trio,

“Czardas” (Monti); “Chanson” (Friml). 8.49: The Choir, “The Martyrs of the Arena” (de Rille). 8.55: Henri Temianka with the Temianka Chamber Orchestra, “Humoresque” (Sibelius). 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “The Shadow of the Swastika.” 10.0: “Night Club.” 11.0: Close of normal programme. Empire Broadcasts. The National Broadcasting Service will rebroadcast Daventry news-or use recordings of Daventry news at the following New Zealand times:—G.O a.m., 7.0 a.m., 8.20 a.m. (summary), 9.15 a.m.; 12.30 p.m., 1.15 p.m. (main items of previous news), 545 p.m., 9 p.m., 11.0 p.m. On Sundays the noon transmission will be recorded from Daventry and rebroadcast at 1.10 p.m. Transmission 1 from Daventry, directed to Australia, New Zealand and the Far East, begins at 4.25 p.m., and closes down at 7.45 p.m. New Zealand time. Transmitters in operation arc: GSB (31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s); GSD (25.53 m.. 11.75 mc/s); GSI (19.66 m.. 15.2 G mc/s); GSP (19.G0 m„ 15.31 mc/s); GSI (19.GG m.. 15.2 G mc/s. A full news bulletin ?.4 given at 5.45 p.m., and a news summary at 7.30 p.m.

Additional news bulletins and summaries are broadcast from Daventry during the day, most being receivable in New Zealand. For the convenience of readers who possess shortwave receivers a list of the times and most favourable frequencies for reception follow (New Zealand Standard Time):— 12.45 a.m (GSF, 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.) 3.30 a.m iGSB, 31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s.) 5.30 a.m (GSD, 25.53 m.. 11.75 mc/s.) 8.20 a.m (GSC. 31.82 m., 9.58 mc/s.) 9.15 a.m (GSF. 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.) Noon (GSE. 25.28 m.. 11.86 mc/s.) 2.15 p.m (GSB, 31.55 m„ 9.51 mc/s.) 3.30 p.m IGSB, 31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s.) 31.0 p.m (GSF. 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.)