OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1941, Page 8

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT'S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 5.0: Children’s session, , 5.45: Dinner music. , 7.0: OlTicial News. 7.15: “Britain Speaks.’’ 7.28: Time signals. ■ 8.1: Concert by the N.B.S. String Orchestra ' (conductor. Leon de Manny; vocalist. Ray Trewern, tenor). . 8.58: Station "notices. I 9.0: N.B.S. Newsreel. . 9.15: 8.8. C. News Commentary. 9.25: Studio recital by Haagen Holenbergh (pianist). 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. G. 35: Signal preparation for the Air Force. 8.15: Keyboard kings. 8.30: “The Masked Masqueraders.” 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0 p.m.: Ragtime. 7.20: “The Channings.” 8.10: “Ernest Maltravcrs.” 8.48: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 7.10: Talk by the gardening expert. 8.17: “Krnzy Kapers.” 11.30: Close down. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 7.15: “The Place of the Y.W.C.A. in the Community.” talk by Miss P. Hindlc. 7.30: “Dad and Dave." 8.13: “A Gentleman Rider.” 8.42: ’’The Buccaneers of the Pirate Ship Vulture.” 11.30: Close down. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 7.13: “Discovering Our Country": “The Cawthron Institute,” talk by Douglas Cresswell. 7.35: “Modern Movements in Thought and Action: Pareto, the Philosopher of Fascism,” by Professor J. N. Findlay. 8.0: Band programme with studio recital by Jean McLay (contralto. 9.28: “Coronets of England”: “The Life of Queen Elizabeth.” 11.30: Close down. Empire Broadcasts. News and news commentaries, often followed by topical talks, will be broadcast from Daventry transmitters today as specified in the following list. (Those marked with one asterisk will be relayed by the principal station of the National Broadcasting Service at the time of transmission and those with two asterisks will be recorded and rebroadcast nt the time stated after the asterisks.) The list is correct to New Zealand summer time. 1.00 a.m. GSI 115.26 mc/s) 4.00 a.m. GRU ( 9.45 mc/s) G.OO a.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s) * and ** 7 a.m. 8.45 a.m.' GSD (11.75 mc/s) * 10.45 a.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s) 12.00 noon GSD (11.75 mc/s) ’* 12.15 p.m. 12.45 p.m. GSD (11.75 mc/s) * !1 1.15 p.m. 3.30 p.m. GSC ( 9.58 mc/s) 4.30 p.m. GSC ( 9.58 mc/s) G. 15 p.m. GSB ( 9.51 mc/s) * 7.00 p.m. GSB ( 9.51 mc/s) 8.00 p.m. GSB ( 9.51 mc/s) “ 9.0 p.m. GSL ( G.U mc/s) 11.00 p.m. GSI (15.26 mc/s) ’ The Pacific transmission opens at 4.57 p.m., and closes down at 3.15 p.m. In the earlier part of the transmission it will be heard best on transmitters GSB (31.55 m.. 9.51 mc/s), and GSD (25.53 m„ 11.75 mc/s). As the transmission progresses. GSF (19.82 m.. 15.14 mc/s) and GSI (19.66 m., 15.2 mc/s) will give better reception. Items of interest in today’s Pacific transmission are: C.O p.m.: Talk: “Matters of Moment.” 7.30: “Calling Australia”: Professor Harold Laski. 8.0: News and Commentary, by Robert Fraser.