OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

I TONIGHT'S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 1 5.0: Children's session. 6.30: Dinner music. ’ 6.55: Weather. ’ 7.0: News and reports. • 7.28: Time signals. ' 7.40: Talk by the Gardening Expert: “For the ! Home Gardener.” ‘ 8.0: This week—the tenors. (Next week: The ' baritones). 8.25: Music by the Victor Salon Orchestra. ' 8.34: “Aboard the Windjammer.”—Sea chanties. 8.42: Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony.” 8.50: Vocal duets. 9.5 (approx.): Evening Prayer. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “The First Great Churchill." ’ 9.40: Melodies from “Hide and Seek.” ‘ 9.46: “The Woman in Black” (episode 10). 10.0: Dance programme. 11.0: News and recordings. 2YC, Wellington. 5.0-6.0 p.m.: Tunes for the tea table. 6.35: Signal preparation for Air Force. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Recitals by famous artists. 3.40: Orchestral masterpieces. 10.0: Let’s have a laugh. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 7.0 p.m.: Cocktails. 7.35: Here’s a Queer Thing. 7.45: Musical digest. 8.15: The Adventures of Marco Polo. I 8.28: Solo artists’ spotlight. 8.45: Stars of the musical firmament. 9.0: “The Life of Cleopatra.” 9.30: Night Club. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 6.30: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Book review. 8.0: Lener String Quartet. 8.33: Studio recital by Doris Sullivan (mezzosoprano), in modern English art songs. 8.43: Studio recital by Owen Jensen (piano). 9.5 (approx.): Evening Prayer. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “Martin’s Corner”: The story of a family. 9.40: The 8.8. C. Theatre Orchestra. 9.48: Lawrence Tibbett (baritone). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News and recordings. 3YA, Christchurch, 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.30: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.20: Addington Stock Market report. 7.32: “Things as Seen by a Printer,” by D. Glover and Leo Bensemann. 8.0: Readings by O. L. Simmance. 8.21: John McCormack (tenor). 8.27: Organ recital by Dr. J. C. Bradshaw. 8.47: “A Breath of Sea Air,” Peter Dawson (bass-baritone). 9.5 (approx.): Evening Prayer. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “Coppelia” (Delibes). 9.37: Programme of compositions by Liszt. 9.41: Theodore Scheidl (baritone). 9.50: Eugene Ormandy and S the Philadelphia Orchestra. 10.5: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News and recordings. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.30: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Book talk. 8.0: “The Buccaneers.” 8.15: “Ravenshoe,” dramatic version of Kingsley’s story. 8.28: “Live, Love and Laugh.” Dobrinski’s Lyric Ensemble. 8.41: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.53: Louis Levy and the Gaumont British Symphony. 9.5 (ap sprox.): Evening Prayer. 9.10: Weather reports and station notices. 9.15: “It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day” (Sharpies). 9.18: “Soldier of Fortune.” 9.44: “Skye Boat Song” (Lawson). 9.47: Stanley Holloway (humour). 9.55: The Ambassadors’ Quartet and Orchestra. 10.0: Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye. 11.0: News and recordings. Empire Broadcasts. 5.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) * ♦ 6& 7 a.m. 8.22 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) • 9.15 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) • 11.00 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) 12.30 p.m. (GSE, 11.86 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, 11.86 mc/s.) • 7.30 p.m. (GSD, 11.86 mc/s.) •• 9.0 p.m. 11.30 p.m. (GSI, 15.26 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:— GSB (31.55 m„ 9.51 mc/s.), GSD (25.53 m„ 11.86 mc/s.), GSF (19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.), GSI (19.66 m., 15.26 mc/s.), and (from 5.45 p.m.) GSP (19.60 m., 15.31 mc/s.). 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. (GSI, 15.26 mc/s.) 3.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) Items of interest in today’s programme are: "Captain Cook” at 6.30 p.m., and “Week by Week," talk by Clemence ' Dane, at 7.15 p.m.