OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 December 1940, Page 3

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMME. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. When Parliament is being broadcast, this programme will be transmitted by 2YC. Usual hours of Parliament: 2.30 to 5.30 and 7.30 to 10.30 p.m. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 0.55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.15: “Britain Speaks.” 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Reserved. 7.45: The Choir of St. Mary’s School. Bridgnorth. 7.52: Keith Falkner (baritone). 8.0: A concert by the N.B.S. String Orchestra. (Conductor: Maurice Clare.) Soloists: Molly Atkinson (contralto). Tessa Birnie (pianist). 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. news commentary, by Vernon Bartlett. M.P. 9.25: Music by the Grand Symphony Orchestra.

I 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0 p.m.: Tunes for the tea table, 0.0: Musical menu. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Keyboard variety. 8.15: Ballads by the baritones. 8.0: Let’s have a laugh. 8.45: Excerpts from “Pinocchio.” 9.0: Variety up-to-date. 10.0-10.25: Signal preparation for Air Force. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0 p.m.: Ragtime marches on. 7.35: ‘A Gentleman Rider.” 7.47: Musical melange. 8.10: “Marie Antoinette.” 8.35: Soft lights and sweet music. 8.50: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.2: The Kingsmen. 9.15: Ports of Call: England. 9.45: Fanfare. 10.0: Close down.

IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. G. 55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.10: Tall: by the gardening expert. 7.30: Philharmonic Orchestra. 7.40: Olga Haley ( mezzo-soprano). 7.48: London Symphony Orchestra. 8.0: A public performance by Ignaz Friedman, world-famous Polish pianist (relayed from Auckland Town Hall). 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. news commentary by Vernon Bartlett. M.P. 9.25: Ignaz Friedman, “Cracovienne Fantastique” (Paderewski), “Campanella’ (Lisztl. 10.0 (approx.l: Dance music. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.15: Book review by Miss G. M. Glanville. 7.30: Roy Fox and his Orchestra. “Hit Tunes of the Years 1928-1937.” 7.39: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 7.51: From the studio: The Bessie Pollard String Ensemble, with recorded interludes by Denis Noble (baritone). 8.17: ‘A Gentleman Rider," by Nat Gould. 8:30: A studio recital by Ernest Rogers (tenor). 8.42: “The Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture.” 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary, by Vernon Bartlett, M.P. 9.25: Musical comedy memories. 10.0: Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye. 11.0: News, folowed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.14: Recorded talk by Prof. Arnold Wall: "Beginnings.” 7.30: Albert Sandler and his Orchestra. 7.40: Richard Tauber (tenor). 7.45: Arthur Young and Reginald Forsythe (piano). 7.54: The Hill-Billies. 8.0: A Concert by the St. Kilda Band, conducted by L. Francis, with interludes by the Norsemen, a Concert Party, and Charlie Kunz. 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary, by Vernon Bartlett. M.P. 9.29: “Coronets of England": “The Life of Henry VIII.” 9.54: ‘Do You Know Why?” by Autolycus. 10.9: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down. Empire Broadcasts. Items of interest in today’s programme are: "Calling Australia,” at 8.15 p.m.; "News Commentary," by Vernon Bartlett: Tak by the Rt. Hon. M.acolm MacDonald, at 9.0 p.m;