OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 December 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.15: “Britain Speaks.’’ 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Talk by our Gardening Expert. 7.45: The London Palladium Orchestra and Webster Booth (tenor;. A 8.27: Entertainment from the studio by N.Z. artists. 7.58: “Bundles.” 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. news commentary by George Slocombe. 9.25: Evening Prayer. 9.30: “The First Great Churchill.” 9.55: New Light Symphony Orchestra. 10.0: Radio despatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5: Abe Lyman and his Californians. 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. 6.0: Musical menu. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Orchestral masterpieces. 9.30: Highlights from the operas. 10.0-10.25: Signal preparation lor Air Force. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0 p.m.: Cocktails. 7.35: “Billy Bunter of Greyfriars.” 7.47: Musical digest. 8.15: “The Hunchback of Ben Ali.” 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. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.15: Book Review. 7.30: Albert Sammons (violin) and William Murdoch (piano). 7.58: Studio recital by Winifred Hill (soprano). 8.12: Studio recital by Ina Bosworth (violin), Lois Walls (viola), Mollie Wright (’cello) and Maud Lysaght (piano). 8.33: Charles Panzera (baritone). 8.39: The Boyd Neel String Orchestra. 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. news commentary by George Slocombe. 9.25: Evening Prayer. 9.30: “Martin's Corner.” 10.0: Radio despatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5: Music, Mirth and Melody. 11.0: News from London, 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. 7.10: “The Quest for Health,” by a dentist. 7.20: Addington stock market report. 7.30: Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 7.42: Readings by O. -L. Simmance. 8.2: Concert by the Royal Christchurch Musical Society (conductor: F. A. Bullock). 8.57: Weather reports and station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. news commentary by George Slocombe. 9.25: Evening Prayer. 9.30: Emil Sayer (piano) and the Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. 10.0: Radio despatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. G. 55: Weather. 7.0: Local news. 7.10: Burnside Stock Market report. 7.15: Book talk. 7.30: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 7.38: Corinee Rider-Kelsey (soprano). 7.46: Anton van der Horst (organ). 7.52: Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.0: The Combined Choirs of the Dunedin Choral Society, Oamaru Choral Society, Royal Dunedin Male Choir and Returned Soldiers’ Choir, with Orchestra, present: “The Messiah” (Handel). Soloists: Madame Winnie Fraser (soprano), Joyce Ashton (contralto), Grahame McKinlay (tenor), Russell Laurenson (bass). Conductor: Alfred Walmsley. (Relay from the Town Hall). 10.0 (approx.): Hal Kemp and his Orchestra. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down. * Empire Broadcasts. News and news commentaries often followed by topical talks, will be broadcast from Daventry transmitters as specified in the following list.

(Those marked with one asterisk will be relayed by the principal stations of the National Broadcasting Service at the time of transmission, and those with two asterisks will be recorded and rebroadcast at the time stated after the asterisks.) The list is correct to New Zealand Summer Time. . 1.00 am. GSV (17.81 mc/s) 4.00 a.m. GSB (9.51 mc/s) 0.00 am. GSI (15.20 mc/s) • and •• 7 a.m. 8.45 a.m. GSI (15.20 mc/s) • 11.00 a.m. GSF (15.14 mc/s) 1.00 p.m. GSF (15.14 mc/s) •• 1.15 p.m. 1.45 p.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s) 3.30 p.m. GSC (9.58 mc/s) 4.30 p.m. GSC (9.58 mc/s) 0.15 p.m. GSE (11.80 mc/s) ♦ 8.30 p m. GSE (11.80 mc/s) •* 9 p.m. 9.45 p.m. GSE (11.86 mc/s) 11.00 p.m. GSV (17.81 mc/s) • The Pacific transmission now extends from 6.10 a.m. to 10.0 p.m. and will be receivable on the following transmitters: GSB (31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s) till 8.45 p.m., GSD (25.53 m., 11.75 mc/s), GSF (19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s) from 8.15 p.m., GSI (19.66 m., 15.20 mc/s) to 8 p.m., GSP (19.00 m., 15.31 mc/s) from 7.45 p.m., and GSV (16.84 m., 17.81 mc/s) from 8.30 p.m. Items of interest in today’s programme are: "Calling New Zealand,” at 7.30 p.m.; “News Commentary,” by Geo. Slocombe, at 8.30 p.m.; and "Here Lies the Nazi,” by Col. M. G. Christie, at 9.0 p.m.