BROADCASTING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 47, 25 February 1939, Page 13

BROADCASTING

TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES Following are the programmes of Empire and New Zealand stations scheduled for to-day:— IYA, AUCKLAND. (650 Kilocycles). 7.0; Breakfast session. 0.0: Close down. 10.10: Devotional service. 10.16: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.15 and 4.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News service; also British official wireless news. 7.10: Neww and reports. 8.0: International Singers. 8.13: Rosamond Caradus (piano). 8.25: Marie Bremner (soprano). 8.34: Haydn Murray (violin). 8.47: Walter Brough (baritone). 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Orchestra and chorus. 9.13: and hia Band o’ Banjos. 9.19: Renee’Houston and Pat Aherne (comedy duo). 9.25: Reginald Foort (organ). 9.31: Comedy Harmonists (vocal quintet). 9.37: Charlie Kunz (piano). 9.43: Carroll Gibbons and Guests. 9.51: Andre Kostelanetz presents “Revenge

with Music.” LO.O: Sports summary. .0.10: Dance music. LI. 15: Close down. IZM. AUCKLAND (1250 Kilocycles). 5.0: Light orchestral selections. 5.20: Light vocal selections. 5.40: Light popular selections. 6 45: News, announcements and birthdays 1.0: Sporting results and comments. i. 30: Orchestral stlectione. <0: Dance session. 12.0: Close down. 2YA, WELLINGTON. (570 Kilocycles). 6.50: Weather for aviators. 7.0: Chimes. Breakfast session. 9.0: Ciose down. 10.45: Talk to women. 12.0: Lunch music. I. Weather for aviators. Dinner music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.0: Sports results. 4.0: Time signals. Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music session. 7.0: Official news service; also British Official wireless news. 7.10: News and reports. 7.28: Time signals. 8.0: Chimes. “Ports of Call—A Visit to Germany.” 8.10: “Coronets of England—The Life of Queen Elizabeth.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Dance programme. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Continuation of dance programme. 11. Close down. 2YC, WELLINGTON. (840 Kilocycles). 5.0: Light musical programme. 6.0: Close down. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Popular classics. 9.0: Brightest and Best. 10.0: Fun for all. 2ZB. WELLINGTON. (1130 Kilocycles). 5.0: Children’s session. 5.15: Recordings. 6.0: Sports resume. 6.45: Tarzan. 7.15: Lure of the Trail. 7.22: Anne Stewart talks on interior decorating. 7.45: Slaps and claps. 8.30: Variety. 9.0: Radio Pie. 9.30: Traffic Troubles. 9.45: Wide-range programme. 10.30: Sports session. 11.0: Dance music. 12.0: Lights out. 3YA. CHRISTCHURCH. (720 Kilocycles). 7.0; Breakfast session. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 10.45: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and rtports. 7.20: Review of play in the cricket match— Sir Julien Cahn's KI v. Canterbury. 8.0: Chimes. A pleasant quarter-hour in the “Homestead on the Rise.” 8.15: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 8.28: The London Orchestra. 8.35: “Coronets of England—The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.” 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Raymond Beatty (bass-baritone). Raymond Beatty (bass-baritone) and Heather Kinnaird (contralto). 9.20: Plaza Theatre Orchestra. 9.28: Reginald Dixon (organ). 9.34: Heather Kinnaird (contralto). Duet with Raymond Btatty. 9.49: The Two Octaves (piano duet). 9.52: Light Opera Company. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.15: Dance music. 11.15 : Close down. 4YA. DUNEDIN. (790 Kilocycles). 7.0: Chime". Breakfast cession. 9.0: Close down. 10.0: Recordings. 12.0: Lunch music. I. Weather report and station notices. 2.0: Recordings. 3.30: Sports results. Classic music. 4.30: Light music. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: Government and overseas news (from 2YA). 7.10: News and reports. 8.0: Chimes. The Dajos Bela Orchestra. 8.10: Valda McCurdy (soprano). 8.16: Beinhard Levitow’s Salon Orchestra. 8.30: Waiter Mitchell (baritone). 8.39: The New Mayfair Orchestra. 8.47: Valda McCurdy (soprano). 8.52: Tht Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: An old-time dance programme. 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Old-time dance programme continued. 11. Close down. AUSTRALIAN PROGRAMMES 2BL. SYDNEY. (740 Kilocycles). 8.7: Dinner music. 9.32: The after-dinner show 10.0: “Music Hall Memories.” 10.42: Spanish guitar and piano-accordion. 11.0: The Radio Roundsman interviews personalities in the news. 11.30: “To-night We Dance,” with Jim Davidson's ABC Dance Band. 2bC. SYDNEY. (610 Kilocycles). 8.45: Sporting session. 9.35: Jim Gerald’s after-dinner show. 10.0: Symphony hour with the ABS (Sydney) Symphony Orchestra. 11.0: Recital by the National Military Band 11.30: Talk. 11.45: Ballad recital by Zena Moller (/oprano) and Norman Hestelow (bass-baritone), with Ernest Llewellyn (violinist). 12.15: The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. 12.30 :A special rebroadcast from the Empire station. 1.0: Meditation music.

SHORT-WAVE SCHEDULE 8.8. C. EMPIRE BROADCAST GSB (31.55 metres). 8 p.m.: Big Ben. “Night in a Lambing Hut.” Recorded impression at Tibberton Manor. 8.20: “Tht O’Brien Murder Case" —play. 8.50: “Cards on the Table.” 9.10: Harold Ramsay at BBC theatre organ. 9.40: “London Log.” 9.50: News and announcements. 10.15: Close down. PCJ, HOLLAND. PCJ, Hilversum, Holland, haa been redesigned and it now the highest-powered shortwave station in the world, and transmits a special programme to N.R. every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on 19.21 metres.