OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 December 1940, Page 8

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. I 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. • 7.15: “Britain Speaks.” 7.28: Time signals. | 7.30: Reserved. 5 7.45: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. « 7.58: Vladimir Horowitz (pianist). 8.4: Miliza Korjus (soprano). 8.12: The Orchestra. 2 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. ] 9.25: The Queen’s Hall Orchestra. 9.29: Richard Crooks (tenor). 9.37: Irene Scharrer (pianist), 5 9.40: Oscar Natzke (bass). 9.44: Yehudi Menuhin (contralto). 10.0: “Hollywood Makes History.” , 10.21: Music, Mirth and Melody. 11.30: Chrismtas Eve variety. , 12.0: Midnight Mass (relayed from St. Gerard’s Redemptorist Church). 1.0 a.m. (approx.): 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: Ballads by the baritones. 8.30: Let’s have a laugh. 8.45: Excerpts from “Pinocchio.” 9.0: Variety up-to-date. 10.0: A Christmas bouquet. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. • 7.0 p.m.: Ragtime marches on. 7.35: “A Gentleman Rider.” 7.47: Grade at the theatre. 8.10 :“Marie Antoinette.” 8.35: Songs without words. 8.50: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.2: The Passing Show. 9.17: Ports of Call: “Arabia.” 9.47: Fanfare. ( 10.0: Close down. ■ j IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. ; 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.10: Talk by IYA Gardening Expert. 7.30: The Hillingdon Orchestra. 7.38: “One Good Deed a Day.” 7.51: Frank . Luther and the Lynn Murray Quartet. 8.3: - Old tunes and new laughs. 8.16: Harry . Owens and his Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra, 8.22: Mary Lou Williams (piano). 8.28: “The E First Great Churchill.” 8.53: Victor Sylves- a ter's Harmony Music. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. s 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Albert (J Sandler Trio. 9.30: Dance music. 11.30: "Let's j Have a Party!” 12.0: Midnight Mass, relayed from St. Patrick’s Cathedral. 1.0 a.m. (approx.): Close down.

3YA, Christchurch, 720 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.30: London Palladium Orchestra. 7.39: “Dad and Dave from Snake 7.39: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 7.51: “Peter Dawson’s Christmas Party.” 8.0: Herman Darewski and his band. 8.6: Louis Levy and his Orchestra. 8.12: Decca Light Orchestra. 8.17: “A Gentleman Rider.” 8.30: Vera Martin (contralto). 8.42: “The Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture.” 8.57: Station noticeis. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: “Words ami Music.” 10.0: Dance music. 11.30: English variety. 12.0: Devotional. 12.0: Midnight Mass (relayed from St. Michael’s Anglican Church). 1.0 a.m. (approx.): Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local service. 7.12: Recorded talk by Douglas Cresswell, “The Original New Zealanders.” 7.30: Band programme, with interludes by Ivan Rixon Glee Singers, Roy Smeck and his Hawaiian Serenaders, Harry Tate and Company, Walter Preston and Evelyn MacGregor, and Bert Mars and his Rocky Mountain Boys. The 8.8. C. Military Band. 7.47: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 8.5: Grand Massed Brass Bands. 8.22: Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. 8.36: The Band of the Ist Battalion Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. 8.48: Band of the H.M. Grenadier Guards. 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.28: “Coronets of England: The Life of Henry VIII.” 9.54: "Do You Know Why?” by Autolvcus. 10.0: An hour of variety. 11.30: Christmas Carols by the Dunedin Madrigal Chib. 12.0: Close down. Empire Drcaucasts. 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) 0.00 a.m. GSI (15.26 mc/s) * and ** 7 a.in. 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) 4.30 p.m. GSC ( 9.51 mc/s) G. 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 (19.6 G m., 15.26 mc/s) to 8.0 p.m., GSP (19.60 m„ 15.31 mc/s) I'ro.m 7.45 p.m., and GSV (16.84 m., 17.81 mc/s) from 8.30 p.m.

Items of interest in today’s programmes are:— “Calling Australia,” at 8.15 p.m., and "Matters of the Moment,” at 9 p.m. An item of interest in tomorrow’s programmes is:— ‘Calling New Zealand,” at 7.30 p.m. TOMORROW’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 6.0: News and recordings. i 7.30 (approx.): Breakfast session. 9.0: Morning variety. 10.0: United Service from Cambridge Terrace Church. I. Music by popular composers. 10.28: Time signals. 11. Variety on the air. 1.0 p.m.: Dinner session. 2.0: A Reputation for Benevolence": A Christmas play by Richard Matthews. 2.25: Christmas Day Matinee. (Progress reports of play in the representative cricket match, Wellington v. Auckland, will be broadcast at approx. 2.45. 3.15, 3.45, 4.45 and 6.0 p.m.). 3.28: Time signals. 5.0: Special children’s song service. 5.45: Melodious memories. 6.45: Summary of play in the representative cricket match. 7.0: 8.8. C. talks, including at 7.15, “Britain Speaks.” 7.28: Time signals. 7.45: Alfredo Campoli’s Orchestra. Paul Robeson. 8.4: “Bundles.” 8.34: Heddle Nash (English tenor). 8.49: Marek Weber and his Orchestra. 8.57: Station notices. , 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. | 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Evening prayer, by the Rev. L. A. North, of the Baptist Church. 9.30: “The First Great Churchill.” 9.55: Debroy Somers Band. 10.0: Radio despatch from New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5: Billy Cotton and his Band. 11.0: News. Meditation music. 11.30: Close down. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 6.0 p.m.: Musical menu! 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Orchestral masterpieces. 9.30: Highlights from the operas. 10.0: Close down.

2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 5 7.0 p.m.: Sylvester-Bradley tempos. : 7.35: “Billy Bunter of Greyfriars.” ’ 7.47: Band Waggon. ■ 3.15: “The Hunchback of Ben AH.” ; 8.28: Solo artists’ spotlight. 8.45: Stars of the musical firmament. 9.0: “The Life of Cleopatra.” 1 9.30: Night club. ’ 10.0: Close down. ■ IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 6.0 a.m.: News and recordings. 9.0: “Players and Singers.” 10.0:. Combined Service, relayed from St. James’s Presbyterian Church. 11.0: Anglican Service, relayed from St. Mary’s Cathedral. 12.15 p.m.: “Musical Musings.” 1.0: Dinner music. 2.0: “An Afi ternoon at the Proms.” 5.0: Children’s Song I Service. 5.45: “As the Day Declines.” 7.0: “Harmonic Interlude.” 7.30: Budapest. String ' Quartet. 8.4: Nativity Play: “He That Should Come,” by Dorothy Sayers. 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Evening Prayer. 9.30: “Martin’s Corner: The Story of a Family.” 10.0: Radio dispatch from the New Zealand troops in the Middle East. 10.5: Louis Levy and his Gaumont British Symphony. 10.11: “Forty Minutes of Unusual Musical Comedy.” 10.51: Debroy Somers Band. 11.0: News. Meditation music. 11.30: Close down.

3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 6.0 a.m.: News and recordings. 7.30 (approx.): Breakfast session. 9.0: Morning programme. 10.30: Devotional Service. 11.0: Music for all. 1.0 p.m.: Dinner music. 2.0: Favourite entertainers. 2.30: Ballads we love. 3.0: Classical hour. 4.0: Christmas Fantasy. 4.30: Band programme. 5.0: Children’s songservice. 5.45: Evening reverie. 7.0: Carol Service. 8.0: Readings by O. L. Simmance. 8.20: Ignaz Friedman (piano). 8.28: Dora Labette and Hubert Eisdell. 8.31: The London Palladium Orchestra. 8.40: Beniamino Gigli (tenor). 8.4 G: Marcel Mule (saxophone). 8.49: Tossy Spivakovsky (violin). Stationnotices.. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Evening Prayer. 9.30: Olga Coelho, Brazilian soprano. 10.0: Radio dispatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5: Favourites, old and new. 11.0: News. Meditation music. 11.20: Close down.

Dunedin. 790 k.c.

6.0: News and recordings. 9.0: Morning music. 10.10: Musical silhouettes. 10.40: Duos, trios and quartettes. 11.0: Ante-Com-munion Service, relayed from St. Paul’s Cathedral. 12.0: Recordings. 2.0: At the London Palladium. 2.35: “A Christmas Carol.” 3.30: Classical music. 4.30: Music in a cafe. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.45: Recordings. 7.30: “The Shadow”: A play for Christmas, by Richard Matthews. 7.57: The 8.8. C. Theatre Orchestra. 8.5: John Charles Thomas (baritone). 8.14: Fritz Kreisler (violin). 8.20: The Boston Promenade Orchestra. 8.27: The Kentucky Minstrels. 8.35: Ignace Paderewski (piano). 8.41: Gladys Moncrief!' (soprano). 8.47: The New Light Symphony Orchestra. 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Evening Prayer. 9.33: “The Life of Cleopatra.” 10.0: Radio dispatch from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East. 10.5: Jay Wilbur and his Band. 11.0: News, meditation music. ’ 11.30: Close down.