OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 July 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. 7.28: Time signals. A ramble in the news by "Coranto.” 8.0: “Every Friday Night at Eight.” a musical absurdity. 8.20 (approx.): “I Pulled Out a Plum.” by “Gramofan.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Band of lI.M. Welsh Guards. "God Defend New Zealand” (Wood I; “Rustieanella” (Cortopassi): "The Gondoliers” Selection (Sullivan); “Merry Hunting Day” (Partridge); "Coronation Bells” (Partridge) . 9.24: Lawrence Tibbett, popular American baritone. 9.45: “Classics on Brass.” Grand Massed Brass Bands. “1812 Overture” (Tschaikovskyl; “Soldiers’ Chorus" (from "Faust”) (Gounod). Fred Myers (trombone solo), “On With the Motley” (Leoncavallo) (from “Pagliacci”). Grand Massed Brass Bands; “Grand Coronation March” (Meyerbeer), (from “Le Prophete”). 10.0: Rhythm on record. New dance record-

ings. 11.0: Close of normal programme.

2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0 to 6.0: Recordings. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: “The Children Entertain.” 8.30: Recital by the Boston Promenade Orchestra, assisted by Richard Crooks (tenor). 9.0: Sonata hour, featuring at 9.15, Hephzibah and Yehudi Menuhin, playing “Sonata for Violin and Piano” (Franck). 10.0: Light and bright. 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 Buekaroos.” 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: London Symphony Orchestra, “King Lear” Overture (Berlioz). 8.14: “The Shadow of the Swastika.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Stuart Robertson (baritone), “Myself When Young” (Lehmann); “Silent Noon” (Vaughan Williams). 9.21: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, “Suite for Strings” (Purcell). 9.37: Nancy Evans (contralto), “Blaweary,” “You Are My Sky,” “Latmian Shepherd” (Ivor Gurney). 9.45: Conservatoire Orchestra, “Thamar” (Balakirev). 10.0: Music, mirth i and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 3YA, Christchurch. , 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G. 15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.35: “Youth Centre Talks to Parents.” 8.0: Monarchs of Light Opera. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: 3YA Orchestra (conductor, Will Hutchens, Mus.Bac.), “Carnaval Overture” (Suppe). 9.22: Studio recital by Nellie Lowe (contralto), “Four 1 Indian Love-Lyrics” (Woodforde-Finden). 9.31: 3YA Orchestra, ‘‘Victoria the Great” Suite (Collins). 9.44: Stuart Robertson (bass baritone), "Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron,” “Bobby Shaftoe,” “Farmer's Boy,” “I Married a Wife” (arr. Hely Hutchinson). 9.50: 3YA Orchestra, “Squire’s Songs” Selection (Baynes). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports.' 7.0: News. 7.30: “The Meaning of Words,” by Professor Arnold Wall. 7.50: “Do You Know Why?” by Autolycus. 8.0: “Dad and Dave From Snake Gully.” 8.15: The Kingsmen. 8.28: “The Circle of Shiva.” 8.41: Andy lona and his Islanders.” 8.47: The Hilltop Harmonizers. 8.53: New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Seville Orchestra, “Night in the Gardens of Spain.” 9.30: Readings by Professor T. D. Adams, with musical interludes. “Don Quixote” (Cervantes). 10.0: Dance music. 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), 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 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 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.)