OVER THE AIR

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 4

OVER THE AIR

WIRELESS PROGRAMMES. BROADCASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following programmes will be broadcast from the New Zealand national stations to-dayz— IYA, Auckland.—4, Special weather report for farmers; 4.30, sports re—sults; 5.0, children’s hour, with, at 5.45, the special feature, “Richard the Lionheart”; 6.0, dinner music; 7.0, news and reports; 7.30, book review; 8.0, concert programme, the String Orchestra; 8.10, recording, “Eb and Zeb," the country storekeepers, in another humorous episode; 8.20, “The Easy Chair," a memory programme of songs and melodies of days gone by; 8.35, ”The Best Man," a further episode in the lives of a Japanese houseboy and his employer; 8.50, the String Orchestra; 9.0, weather, station notices; 9.6, talk, Lily Krug, “The Historic Rhineland”; 9.20, dance music; 11.0, close down.

ZYA, Wellington—3.3o, Tirfie signals from the Dominion Observatory, special weather forecast for farmers; 4.0, sports results; 5.0, children’s hour; 7.0, news and reports; 7.30, time signals from the Dominion Observatory; 7.40, talk by Major J. Abel, “Florence Nightingale”; 8.0, chimes, the Wellington Symphony Orchestra presents the first concert of the 1936 season (conductor Mr Leon de Mauny), solos (organ) Mr W. Lawrence Haggitt F.T.C.L. L.A.B. (first performance in New Zealand); 9.0, from studio, weather, station notices; 9.5, Petite Suite d'Orchestra, Madame Annie Laurie Trewman, songs with orchestra; 10.0 (approx.), music, mirth and melody; 11.0 (approx), close down. 3YA, Christchurch—4.o, special weather forecast; 4.2, light musical programme; 4.30, sports results; 5.0, children’s hour, with, at 5.30 p.ln., recording, “Alice in Orchestralia”; 6.0, dinner music; 7.0, news and reports; 7.30, time signal from the Dominion Observatory; 7.35, talk, Mr George Manning, organiser of the Workers’ Educational Association “Adult Education in Canterbury"; 8.0, chimes, “‘London Pride,” 3 popular continuity} ,programme, introducing snapshots of‘ lLondon, Elsie and Doris Waters, com-i 'mediennes, Raie da Costa, piano, Stan—i ley Holloway, humorous monologue, Malcolm McEachern, bass; Commodore Gran-d Orchestra, Mavis Bennett, so—prano, Marek Weber and his Orches‘ tra, Peter Dawson, baritone, band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, the Victorian Quartet, Peter Dawson, baritone, Alfredo Campoli and his Salon Orchestra, Patricia Rossborough, piano; 9.0, weather, station notices; 9.5, talk, Mr L. F. de Berry, M.A., “Great Voyages in Open Ships” (first talk); 9.20, recording, Zonophone Scottish Players; 9.23, “Another Heart Affair,” a further episode in the lives of a Japanese houseboy and his employer; 9.35, “Music at Your Fires Fireside; 9.53, “The Voice of the People—Peter the Great‘” (Part VI.), one of a series of short plays dealing with the rulers of the Russian people from the time of Peter the Great—presented by George Edwards and company; 10.0, dance music; 11.0, close down.

4YA, Dunedin.——4.o, Weather fore-l cast for farmers; 4.30, light musicall programme; 4.45, sports results; 5.0, children’s hour, featuring at 5.30 pm. the pantomime, “Aladdin and His; Wonderful Lamp” (No. 3); 6.0, dinner music; 7.0, news and reports; 7.25, talk, C. W. Postgate, “Health and Strength”; 7.35, talk, “Florence Nightingale”; 8.0, chimes, programme of recordings, the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; 8.10, Miliza Korjus (so—prano); 8.14, Stanley Holloway (humour); 8.22, Carpi Trio; 8.28, Jack Daly (tenor); 8.31, new Light Symphony Orchestra; 8.40, talk, Dr. E. N. Mer—rington, “Studies in National Types of Characters (ED—lrish Character”; 9.0, weather, station notices; 95, concert by Continental Bands with vocal interludes; 9.17, E. Bond (bass); 9.23, Band of the Garde Republicaine of France; 9.31, Jean McLay (contralto); 9.40, Polydor Military Band; 9.46, E. Bond (bass); 9.52, Royal Netherlands Military Band; 10.0, music mirth and melody; 11.0, close down. ‘ m l