OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.30: Dinner music by the N.B.S. String Orchestra (conductor: Maurice Clare). 6.55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.10: Talk by Mrs T. C. A. Hislop, Mayoress of Wellington, ‘‘The Silver Thimble.” 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Topical War Talks from the 8.8. C. 8.0: “Home Town Variety.” 8.35: “Evergreens of Jazz.” 8.48: Harold Ramsay (organist). 9.5 (approx.): Weather reports and station notices. 9.10: The Bijou Quartet, from the Studio. “A Selection of Hebridean Airs.” 9.20: Songs by Peter Dawson. 9.36: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. 10.0: Music, Mirth and Melody. 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: Chamber music hour. 9.0: Treasury of song, featuring Gilbert and Sullivan highlights. 10.0: Featuring the Buccaneers. 10.30: Close down. z 2YD, Wellington. 840 k.c. 7.0: Premiere. 7.35: “A Gentleman Rider.” 7.45: Ensemble. 8.7: Thrills. 8.20: 2YD Singers. 8.40: “Dad and Dave.” 8.52: Console-ation. 9.5: Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. 9.30: Youth must have its swing. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. G5O k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G. 30: Dinner music. G. 55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: “The School and Vocation,” by A. B. Thompson and Miss M. E. Adams. 8.0: “Hard Cash.” A dramatic presentation. 9.15: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 8.45: ‘The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.5 (approx.): Weather reports and station notices. 9.10: Music by British Bands. 9.30: Interlude. “Dad and Dave.” 10.0: Abe Lyman and his Californians. 11.0: News and recordings. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G. 30: Dinner music. G. 55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.35: “Improvement of Dairy Cattle,” Professor C. P. McMeekan anl Colin Howe. 8.0: “The Adventures of Marco Polo.” 8.12: Strings in the Morgan Manner. 8.15: “The Mystery of Darrington Hall.” 8.30: The Marshalls. 8.54: Orchestra Mascotte. 9.5 (approx.): Weather reports and station notices. 9.10: Dance music. 11.0: News and recordings.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. G. 30: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: News and reports. 7.30: Gardening Talk. 8.0: Orchestral Concert, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty. 8.16: Marion Anderson (contralto). 8.42: The Swedish Male Choir. 9.5 (approx.): Weather reports and station notices. 9.10: “Symphony No. 4 in A Major’’ (Italian) (Mendelssohn). 9.43: Alexander Kipnis (bass). 9.44: “Royal Fireworks Music” (Handel). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News and recordings. Empire Broadcasts., 5.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) ♦ ♦ 6& 7 a.m. 8.22 a.rn. (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.) J 4.00 p.m. '(GSB, 9.51 mc/s.) 1 5.45 p.m. (GSD, 11.86 mc/s.) • 7.30 p.m. (GSD, 11.8 G mc/s.) •• 9.0 p.m. 11.30 p.m. (GSI, 15.2 G 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 staled). 12.30 a.m. (GSI, 15.26 mc/s.) 3.30 a.m. (GSF, 15.14 mc/s.) An item of interest in today’s programme Is:— “Matters of Moment,” talk at 7.15 p.m.