OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. G. 55: Weather reports. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 7.0: A National Service Talk, by Mr Roberts, M.P. 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. A ramble in the news, by “Coranto.” 7.40: Talk on the races at Trentham tomorrow by S. V. McEwen. 8.0: “Every Friday Night at Eight." A musical absurdity. 8.32: The Master Singers. Toscha Seidel (violinist), Thomas L. Thomas (baritone), the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “Blaze Away” (Holtzmann); “Zampa Overture” (Herald). “Homing” (Del Riego); “In My Garden” (Firestpne). 9.26: Mrs Fred Potter (mezzo-soprano), 9.32: Band, “H.M.S. Pinafore” (Sullivan); “Post Horn Galop” (Koenig); “Parade of the Puppets” (Kuhn). 9.44: Mrs Fred Potter (mezzo-soprano), “The Hills of Donegal” (Sanderson); “Who Knows?” (Ball). 9.50: Band, “Country Gardens,” “Shepherd’s Hey” (Grainger); “Invercargill March” (Lithgow). 10.0: “Rhythm on Record." 11.0: Close of normal programme. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0-6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Musical instruments. 9.0: “Sonata in D Major" (Handel), played by Josef Szigeti (violin). 9.34: “Sonata in C Minor, Op. Ill” (Beethoven), played by Egon Petri (piano). 10.0: In lighter vein. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: Showmen of syncopation. 7.35: “People in Pictures.” 8.5: . Musical Digest. 8.28: Carson Robison and his Buckaroos. 8.45: “Thaddeus Brown: Retired.” 9.15: Medliana. 9.45: Tattoo. 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: Sports talk by Gordon Hutter. 8.0: The British Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, “The Wreckers” Overture (Dame Ethel Smyth). 8.10: “The Shadow of the Swastika.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Violin Recital by Nanette Tyrer, accompanied by Andersen Tyrer. “Old English Boree” (with four doubles); “Red Petticoat” (1707); “Sweete Ann” (Slow Ayre and Gavot, 1707]; “The Farmer’s Wedding”; “Ayre and Cebell,” and “Admiral’s Gaillard” (all Granom, arr. Moffatt). 9.35: Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) and Inez Ferraris (soprano), “Dance Duet” (Humperdinck). 9.43: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, “Gymnopedie No. 1” (Satie). 9.48: Oscar Natzke (bass), “La Calunnia” (Rossini). 9.53: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, “Minuet in A Major” (Brahms) (from “Serenade for Orchestra"). 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. 8.0: Studio performance by the Christchurch Liedertafel. Conductor: Victor C. Peters. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: New Light Symphony Orchestra, "Three English Dances”. (Quilter). 9.24: Beryl Gough (soprano), “A May Morning” (Denza); "Who'll Buy My Lavender?” (German): “Love's Echo” (Newton); “A Bird Song in the Rain” (Haydn Wood). 9.35: Orchestra. “Air de Ballet,” “Al Fresco,” “Badinage” (Herbert). 9.43: John McCormack (tenor). 9.51: Orchestra, "Hearts and Flowers” (Intermezzo) (Tobani); “The Glow Worm” idyll (Lincke). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (aprox.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. , 7.30: Professor Arnold Wall, “The Meaning of ' Words.” 7.50: “Do You Know Why?” by “Autolycus.” 8.0: “Dad and Dave.” 8.15: “The Kingsmen.” 8.28: “The. Circle of Shiva.” 8.41: Featuring H. Robinson Cleaver (organ) and Patricia Rossborough (piano), Walter Preston and Evelyn MacGregor, and Lew Stone and his Band. 9.10: Weather reports, station notices. 9.14: Columbia Light Opera Company. “A Fantasie of Sleep” (arr. Murray). 9.22: The Berlin Symphony Orchestra, “Iphigenia in Aulis” Overture (Gluck). ' 9.30: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams, with musica lintcrludes. 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close of normal programme. . I Empire Broadcasts. The National Broadcasting Service will rebroadcast Daventry news or use recordings of Daventry news at the following New Zealand ' times:—6.o a.m., 7.0 a.m., 8.20 a.m. (sum- ' mary), 9.15 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 1.15 p.m. (main ' items of previous news), 5.45 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.); GSF (19.82 m. 15.14 mc/s.); GSI (19.66 m.. 15.26 mc/s.): GSP (19.60 m., 15.31 mc/s.). A full news bul- - letin 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 of readers who possess shortwave receivers a list of the times and most favourable frequencies for reception follow (New Zealand Standard Time): — 12.30 a.m (GSF, 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.) 3.30 a.m (GSF. 19.82 m., 15.14 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.) 11.15 a.m (GSE, 25.28 m., 11.86 mc/s.) 12.30 p.m (GSE, 25.28 m., 11.86 mc/s.) 2 p.m (GSB, 31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s.) 11.0 p.m (GSF, 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.)