OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 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: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news esrvice. 7.15: “Britain Speaks.” 7.28 to 7.30: Time signals. 7.30: Talk by Mr E. M. Ojala, of the Department of Agriculture, Wellington. “Dairyfarming as a Career for Young Men." 7.45: Music by Massenet. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, from “Scenes Pittoresque.” 7.52: Charles Rousseliere (tenor). 8.0: A concert by the N.B.S. String Orchestra (Conductor, Maurice Clare); Soloist, Lawrence A. North (baritone). 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports, station notices. 9.0: A digest of the day’s news. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Yvonne Webb-Jones (soprano), in an operatic recital. 9.35: Benno Moisewitch (pianist) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 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. 6.0: Musical menu. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Keyboard variety. 8.15: The tenors entertain. 8.30: Let’s laugh. 8.45: Programme by the Buccaneers Male Octet. 9.0: Variety. 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: China. 9.45: Fanfare. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music, 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news. 7.10: Talk by the IYA Gardening Expert. 7.30: London Piano-accordion Band. 7.38: “One Good Deed a Day." 7.51: Geraldo and his orchestra. 8.0: Mae Questal (light vocal). 8.3: “Evergreens of Jazz.” 8.16: Gracie Fields and her Family. 8.24: “The First Great Churchill.” 8.49: Wilfrid Thomas, Noreena Feist, Emmie Joyce and Cecil Harrington. 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports, station notices. 9.9: A digest of the day’s news. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Tino Rossi (tenor). 9.30: Dance music. 11.0: News, followed by meditation music. 11.30: Close down.

3YA, Christchurcn. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news. 7.15: Book Review. 7.30: Dajos Bela Orchestra. 7.38: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 7.51: The Rhythmic Quintet. 8.14: “A Gentleman Rider.” 8.28: Interlude by the Ray Heatherton Orchestra. 8.42: “The Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture.” 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports station notices. 9.0: A digest of the day’s news. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Musical comedy memories. 10.0: Jan Savitt and his Orchestra. 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. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: Local news. 7.10: Talk by C. R. Allen. “Browning Today.” 7.30: The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 7.40: Sandy McFarlane (baritone). 7.46: Raie da Costa (piano). 7.54: The Big Four. 8.0: The Dunedin Highland Pipe Band, with interludes by Kathleen Roddy (soprano), the Mastersingers, and Kenneth Macrae (tenor). 8.57: Dominion and district weather reports. Station notices. 9.0: A digest of the day’s news. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.28: “Coronets df England: The Life of Henry VIII.” 9.54: “Do You Know Why?” by Autolycus. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 1.0: 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 a.m. GSF (15.14 mc/s) 4.00 a.m. GSB ( 9.51 mc/s) 6.00 a.m. GSI (15.26 mc/s) * and ** 7 a.m. 8.45 a.m. GSI (15.26 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 ( 9.51 mc/s) j 4.30 p.m. GSC ( 9.51 mc/s) 6.15 p.m. GSE (11.86 mc/s) * 8.30 p.m. GSE (11.86 mc/s) *♦ 9 p.m. 9.45 p.m. (GSE (11.86 mc/s) 11.00 p.m. GSF (15.14 mc/s) * The Pacific transmission new extends from 6.10 p.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„ 15.26 mc/s) to 8.0 p.m.. GSP (19.60 in.. 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 Australia,” a talk by Sir Alfred Zimmerman, at 8.15 .p.m.; “Matters of Moment,” a talk by H. E. M. August Zaleski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, at 9 p.m.