OVER THE AIR.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 3

OVER THE AIR.

RADIO PROGRAMMES. TO-NIGHT’S BROADCASTS. The following programmes will be broadcast by the New Zealand nationa. 1 stations mis evening:— IYA Auckland. —7.0, News and reports; 7.30, sports talk, Gordon Hutter; 8.0, concert programme; an hour of reading and music; reading of prose and verse by Mr D’Arcy Cresswell, with apropriate music; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, recordings, Grand Symphony Orchestra, Paris; 9.30, Constance Piper (soprano) ; 9.42, recording, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Arturo Toscanini; 10.0, music, mirth and melody; 11.0, close down. 2YA Wellington.—7.o, News and reports; 7.30, times signals; 7.40, talk, “ Wirihana,” “ Know Your Own Country”; 8.0, chimes; “ The Mystery of the Seven Cafes,” a Secret Service ‘melodrama, written for broadcasting by Sydney Holder, and produced by George Swan; Chapter 4, “Death Over Moscow 8.4 5, recorded talk, Professor F. \V. Hart, University of California, “ Men, Machines and Education”; 9.2 (approx.), weather; station notices; 9.5, “ Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers, in a further humorous episode; 9.15, the Grand Opera Contest (competitors 22 to 28) of the Wellington Competitions Society’s 1937 Festival (relayed from the Town Hall); 9.55 (approx.), recording, Les Allen and his Canadian Bachelors (vocal); 10.1, dance programme of new recordings, with special swing session; 11.1, close down. 3YA Christchurch.—7.o, News and reports; 7.30, time signals; 8.0, chimes; recording, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Franz Schalk; 8.15, T. Edmund Ponds (baritone) ; 8.’36, Gordon Anderson (pianoforte recital; 8.40, Ce’cily Audlbert (soprano); 8.52, recording. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, talk, Allen Curnow, “How Does Beauty Happen?'"; 9.20, recording, Albert Sandler and his Orchestra; 9.29, Rita ’Jamieson (mezzocontralto) ; 9.40, recording, SuperCinema Orchestra; 9.44. Richard Crooks (tenor); 9.51, Debroy Somers Band; 10.0, music, mirth and melody; 11.0, close down. 4YA Dunedin. —7.0, News and reports; 8.0, chimes; quarter of an hour with “ The Kingsmen,” radio’s Royal Quartet; 8.16, “Assault on BachelorHood”; 8.29, “The Empress Josephine,” a dramatic serial dealing with the life of the famous Empress of France (chapter 5) ; 8.43, Jimmy Taylor, English entertainer and comedian; 8.55, talk, Tom. L. Mills, “Praying With General Booth”; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, a chamber music concert by the Budapest String Quartet; 9.40, Mary Pratt (contralto); 10.0, dance music by the Savoy Dance Band (relay from the Savoy Restaurant); H.O, close down.