OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 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. 7.15: Talk by Dr. Butchers, “The Aim of the Correspondence School.” 7.28: Time signals. 7.45: “A Year at War.” Radio cameo of the first 12 months of the war. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Ringside description of wrestling match (relayed from the Wellington Town Hall). 10.0: Lauri Paddi and his Ballroom Orchestra. •11.0: News and recordings. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0-6.0: Recordings. 6.35: Signal preparation for Air Force. 7.0: After-dinner music. 7.40: Winter Course Talk, “Background of N.Z.: The Small Farmer,” by L. R. Palmer and T. G. Hislop. 8.0: Band programme. 9.0: Musical comedy. 9.40: “The Circle of Shiva.” 10.0: Recordings. 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-Ayter. 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. 7.45: “A Year at War.” Radio cemeo of the first 12 months of the war. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Ringside commentary on professional wrestling match (relayed from the Auckland Town Hall). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News and recordings.

3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. G. 15 (approx.): Dinner music. G. 55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.45: “A Year at War.” Radio cameo o£ the first 12 months of the war. 9.5: Weather reports and station notices. 9.10: Chamber music from the 17th and 18th Centuries: Ernest Jenner (piano) and Valmai Moffatt (’cello), from the studio. 9.20: Songs by Arne. 9.33: Ernest Jenner (piano) and Valmai Moffatt I’cello). 9.43: Marcel Moyse' (flute). 9.47: Songs by Purcell. 9.52: Licco Amar and Gunther Ramin (violin and cembalo). 10.0: Music. mirth and melody. 11.0: News and recordings.

4YA, Dunedin 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. G. 15 (approx.): Dinner music. G. 55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.45: "A Year at War.” Radio cameo of the first 12 months of the war. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: Eight Symphony Orchestra. 9.19: "War in the Ether: The World Hears London.” 9.49: The Dagenham Girl Pipers. 9.52: The Gay ’Nineties Singers. 9.58: Harry Horlick and his Orchestra. 10.0: Ted Weems and his Orchestra. 11.0: News and recordings.

Empire Broadcasts.

News bulletins and news summaries are broadcast daily from Daventry transmitters at the following times, most being receivable in New Zealand. (Those marked with an asterisk are rebroadcast by the National Broadcasting Service at the time of transmission ,and those with two asterisks are recorded and broadcast at the time stated.) 12.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) 3.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) •• 5.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) “G & 7 a.m. 8.22 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) * 9.15 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/sj * 11.00 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) 12.30 p.m. (GSE. 11.8 G mc/s.) • & »* 1.15 p.m. 2.00 p.m. (GSB, 9.51 mc/s.) 4.00 p.m. (GSB, 9.51 mc/s.) 5.45 p.m. (GSD, 11.8 G mc/s.) » 7.30 p.m. (GSD, lI.BG mc/s.) ** 9.0 p.m. 11.30 p.m. (GSF, 1514 mc/s.) * (On Sundays the 12.30 p.m. news is not rebroadcast at the time of transmission, but a recording is broadcast at 1.10 p.m.) The transmission from Daventry, directed specially toward New Zealand, Oceania and Australia, begins at. 4.27 p.m.. and continues till the close of the news summary given at 7.30 p.m. Transmitters in operation are:—GSß (31.55 m., 9.5 mc/s.), GSD (25.53 m„ 11.8 G mc/s.), GSF (19.82 m„ 15.14 mc/s.), GSI (19.6 G m„ 15.2 G mc/s.), and (from 5.45 p.m.) GSP (19.60 m., 15.31 mc/s.).