OVER THE WIRE.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRE.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMI 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (approx. I: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. Topical talk from the i 8.8. C. 7.45: A talk by Mr E. P. Crowther, "Austra- . lian New Issue and Pacific Airmail.” 8.0: Jay Wilbur and his Band (with soloists and choir). "Gulliver’s Travels Selection (Robin-Rainger). 8.8: Nelson Eddy (baritone). “At the Balalaika" (Wright-Poslord); "The Magic ot Your Love" (Hahn-Grey-Stothart). 8.14: The Bijou Quartet (instrumental), in a group of Irish Melodies. 8.26: Ross Parker and Hugh Charles (vocal duet with two pianos), “Song Writers on Parade. No. 1” (Parker-Charles). 8.32: Arthur Young playing the novachord, with Fela Sowande at the Theatre Organ. "In an 18th Century Drawing-room” (Scott); “Moon Love” (Davis-Kostelan-ctz). 8.38: Tommy Handley (comedy vocal), “We Don't Want to be Jiggered About” (Bur-naby-North) . 8.41: Plcnal Brothers (harmonica duet), with guitar and bass. "Vanda Polka” (Stole). 8.44: Jack Doyle and Movita (vocal duet with organ) .“Romance in Rio" (Porter-Lange). 8.47: Viv Middleton and his Harmowaiians (instrumental), “Sophisticated Hula” (Bright); "La Rosita" (Stuart); “SweetI heart Bay,” “Ten Tiny Toes” (Schuster). 9.10: Weather reports and station, notices. 9.15: The BBC Theatre Orchestra, “Yeoman of the Guard” Selection (Sullivan). 9.25: Gilbert and Sullivan O’.era, “The Sorcerer.” 10.10 (approx.): Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0-6.0 p.m.: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music hour, featuring at 8.24. “Quintet in B Minor” (Brahms), played by the Lener String Quartet, and Charles Draper (clarinet). 9.0: Merry and bright. 10.0: Quentin Maclean (organ), Gladys Swarthout (mezzo-soprano), Victor Olaf Sextet. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0 p.m.: Premiere. 7.35: “The Crimson Trail.” 7.46: Ensembl". 8.7: “Thrills.” 8.20: 2YD Singers. 8.40: “Dad and Dave.” 3.52: Console-ation: The organist's point of view. 9.5: "Stories by Edgar Allan Poe.” 9.30: Youth Must Have Its Swing. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.30: Winter Course Talk (5). 8.0: “Hard Cash.” 8.15: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 8.45: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Massed Bands, “There’ll Always Be An England” (Charles); “Lords of the Air” (North). 9.21: Jack Mackintosh (cornet), with brass band accompaniment, “Fascination” (Hawkins). 9.24: The Famous St. Hilda’s Band, “Stealing Through the Classics” Oratorios (arr. Somers). 9.30: "Dad and Dave.” 9.43: Jack Mackintosh (cornet) with brass band accompaniment. “Mary of Argyle” (Hawkins). 9.46: The Iva Rixon Glee Singers. “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise” (Seitz); “The Umbrella Man” (arr. Ryder). 0.52: Munn and Felton’s Works Band. “Slavonic Rhapsody” (Friedmann). 9.57: Massed Bands. “Wings Over the Navy” (Mercer). 10.0: Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights. 11.0: Close ot normal programme. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 0.15 (approx.): Dinner musci. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.35: Review of the Journal of Agriculture. 8.0: “The Adventures of Marco Polo.” 8.15: “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” 8.30: “The Marshalls.” 9.15: Dance music. 9.40: Talk by A. L. Leghorn, “Modern Ballroom Dancing.” 10.0: Studio presentation by Noel Hobgood’s Dance Orchestra. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.30: Gardening talk. 8.0: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, “Semiramide” Overture (Rossini). 8.15: Mischa Levitzki (piano), “La Campanella” (Paganini-Liszt); "Staccato Etude" (Rubenstein). 8.23: The Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, “Variations on a Theme of Haydn” (St. Anthony's Chorale) (Brahms). 8.39: Ailcen Young (soprano). Four Eighteenth Century Songs, “No Flower That Blows" (Linley); “I Have a Silent Sorrow” (Georgina Duchess of Devonshire) “Tell Me Lovely Shepherd” (Boyce); “Arise, Sweet Messenger of Love” (Arne). 8.47: The Orchestra, conducted by Willem Mengelberg, “Alcina Suite” (Handel). 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: The Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, “La Traviata” Prelude to Act 3 (Verdi). 9.19: John Charles Thomas (baritone), “Requien du Coeur” (Pessard); “Au Pays” (Holmes). 9.27: ■ The Orchestra, conducted by John Barbiroli, Symphony No. 4 in C Minor (Tragic) (Schu- ! bert). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: ' Close of normal programme. Empire Broadcasts. The National Broadcasting Service will I rebroadcast Daventry news or use recordings i of Daventry news at the following New Zealand times:—6.o a.m.. 7.0 a.m., 8.20 a.m. (sum■lmary), 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 are: GSB (31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s); GSD (25.53 m., 11.75 mc/s); GSI (19.66 m.. 1 15.26 mc/s); GSP (19.60 m.. 15.31 mc/s); GSI > (19.66 m.. 15.26 mc/s. A full news bulletin is • 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 ot 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 (GSB. 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.) 1 2.15 p.m. . (GSB, 31.55 m„ 9.51 mc/s.) ' 3.30 p.m (GSB, 31.55 m„ 9.51 mc/s.) ; 11.0 p.m (GSF, 19.82 in., 15.14 mc/s.)