OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 December 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 6.45: Summary of the clay's play in the cricket match. 7.0: Local news. 7.15: “Britain Speaks.” I 7.28: Time signals. 7.30: Reserved. 7.45: The Four Kings o£ Rhythm. 8.1: “A Marriage Has Been Disarranged.” 8.31: Rainbow Melody with the Swingtime Harmonists and Noel Habgood (saxophone) . 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: “The Yeomen o£ the Guard.” 11.0: News. 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: Chamber music hour. 9.0: “Three Magic Words.” 9.13: “The Tune Detective.” 9.25: The best o£ the latest. 10.0: Light and bright. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0 p.m.: Premiere. 7.30: “A Gentleman Rider.’ 7.45: “The Four Kings of Rhythm.” 8.0: 2YD Sports Club. 8.20: The 2YD Singers. 8.40: “Dad and Dave.” 8.52: “Consolc-ation.” 9.5: Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. 9.30: Youth must have its swing. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c, 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.30: London Palladium Orchestra. 7.40: “An English Christmas.” 7.48: Deanna Durbin (soprano). 7.54: Hastings Municipal Orchestra. 8.6: “Hard Cash.” 8.18: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 8.45: "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Music by British bands (interlude, 9.31, “Dad and Dave”). 10.0: Old-time dance programme. 11.0: News; meditation music. 11.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.30: Barnabas von Geczy and his orchestra. 7.33: “The Adventures of Marco Polo.” 7.46: Debroy Somers Band with male quartet. 7.54: “The Mystery of Darrington Hall.” 8.7: Irene Macdonald (contralto). 8.20: Louis Levy and his orchestra. 8.27: “Those We Love.” 8.54: Barnabas von Geczy and his orchestra. 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Dance music. 11.0: News; meditaiton music. 11.30: Close down.

4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c.

5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. 7.0: Local news. 7.30: Dame Ethel Smythe and the British Symphony Orchestra. 7.40: Thomas L. Thomas (baritone). 7.46: Walter Gieseking (piano). 7.54: Eugene Goessens and the London Symphony Orchestra. 8.0: “Good-bye, Mr Chips.” 8.57: Station notices. 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Anton Dorati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9.41: Dora Labbette (soprano). 9.48: Yell d’Aranyi (violin). 9.54: Selmar Meyrowitz and the Paris Symphony Orchestra. 10.0: Variety. 11.0: News; 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 o£ 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) 4.30 p.m. GSC ( 9.51 mc/s) 0.15 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:—GSC (31.32 m„ 9.58 mc/s), GSB, (31.55 m„ 9.51 mc/s) till 8.45 p.m., GSD (25.53 m„ 11.75 mc/s), GSE (25.29 m„ 11.86 mc/s), GSF (19.82 m„ 15.14 mc/s), from 9 p.m., and GSV (16.84 m., 17.81 mc/s) from 8 p.m. Items o£ interest in today’s programmes are:— “Calling Australia,” by Sir Alfred Zimmern, at 8.15 p.m. and “Speaking for Britain,” at 9.0 p.m.