OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES.

2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 6.25: Dinner music. ,6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. 7.40: Winter course talk. 8.0: Mozart, (a) The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, “Andante” (from “Symphony in F”; (to) Rene Le Roy, Andre Mangeat, Frank Howard and Herbert Withers, "Quartet in D Major for Flute, Violin. Viola and ’Cello.” 8.23: Dorothy Buckingham (soprano), “Gipsy Songs” (Brahms). Claude Tanner (’Cellist),) and Ernest Jenner (pianist), Sonata in B Flat (Dohnanyi). 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “Variety in Miniature.” The Swingtime Harmonists, “F.D.R. Jones” (Rome); “Giannina Mia” (Friml); “Tears On My Pillow” (Nesbitt); “When You Wish Upon a Star” (Harline). 9.27: “The Hand of Fate.”

9.37: The Swingtime Harmonists, “Is That the Way to Treat a Sweetheart?” (Tobias); “Start the Day Right” (Spitalmy); “Twelfth Street Rag” (Bourman); “White Sails” (Kenny). 9.50: “Music of Dreamy Hawaii.” 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close or normal programme. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0-6.0 p.m.: Recordings. 6.35: Signal preparation for Air Force. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Band programme, with spoken interludes. 9.0: Musical comedy. 9.40: “The Circle of Shiva.” 10.0: Howard Jacobs (saxophone), Paul Robeson (bass). Alfredo Campoli and his orchestra. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: Rhapsodies in rhythm. 7.35: Greyburn of the Salween. 7.47: Sing as we go. 8.15: The Adventures of Marco Polo. 8.28: Musical odds and ends. 9.3: “His Last Plunge.” 9.15: Piano personalities. 9.30: The Old-Time The-Aytcr. 9.42: South American music. 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. 7.40: Farmers’ session. 8.0: “Singapore Spy.” 8.30: “Thrills.” 8.45: “Ravenshoe.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Commentary on professional wrestling match (relayed from the 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, “Seed-saving Tips.” 8.0: Massed Brass Bands, “The Arcadians” Overture (Monckton) “;Gleneagle” March (Hawley). 8.11: Jean Scrimshaw (soprano), “Destiny” (Baynes) “Violin Song” (Rubens). 8.18: The Bands: “At the Portals, of the Palace” (Sellars); “The Blue Danube” (Strauss). 8.28: The Minstrel Singers, “Minstrel Memories.” 8.36: The Bands, “Golden Spurs” (Rhodes); “Crown and Commonwealth” (Adams). 8.42: Jean Scrimshaw (soprano), “The Valley of Laughter” (Sanderson); “Sympathy” (Friml). 8.49: The Bands, “Festivalia” Fantasia (arr. Winter); “Empire Medley.” 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Harriet Cohen (piano) and the Stratton String Quartet, Quintet in A Minor (Op. 84) (Elgar). 9.51: Walter’ Gieseking (pianoforte), “Scarbo” (Ravel). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close ot normal programme.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.15 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.35: Talk by James Bertram, “A Journalist in China.” 8.0: The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, "Slavonic Scherzo” (Sistek); “Moto Perpetuo” (Lotter). 8.10: The Russian Cathedral Choir, “The Red Sarafan” (Varlamofl); “Little Night” (Rubinstein): “Under the Yoke.” 8.19: Eileen Joyce (piano), “Rhapsodie in C Major” (Dohnanyi); “Andante in A” (Schubert); “Scherzo” (d’Albert). 8.31: Oscar Natzke (bass), “Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves” (Handel); “Myself When Young” (Lehmann); “The Song of Hybrias the Cretan” (Elliott). 8.43: Leon Goossens and the International String Quartet, Quintet for Oboe and Strings (Bax). 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “War in the Ether.” 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:—6.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 4.26 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. ; (25.23 m., 11.75 mc/s.); GSF (19.82 m.. 15.14 mc/s.); GSI (19.66 m., 12.26 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 aft 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., Q.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 (GSD. 31.55 m., 9 51 mc/s.) 11.0 p.m (GSF. 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.)