SATURDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 11, 8 September 1939, Page 39

SATURDAY

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WY AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 280. 0 Devotional Service, conducted by Rev. H. Bond James 10.15 Selected recordings 11. O Talk to women by " Margaret " 11.10 Selected recordings 12. 0 Running commentary on the Avondale Jockey Club’s meeting, relayed from Avondale Racecourse (last two races to be broadcast by 1ZM) 1. Op.m. District week-end weather forecast 2. O Selected recordings | 3. 0 Running commentary on rep-. resentative Rugby football match: Auckland vy. Wellington, relayed from Eden Bark. 3.15, 4.80. Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by " Cinderella " | 6.0 DINNER MUSIC: 1 "Light Cavalry" Overture (Suppe); | "Apple Blossom’ (Siede); "A Liebestraum | Fantasy" (Lisst); "March of the Toys" | (Herbert); "Si Petite’ (Claret); "Johann | Strauss Potpourri’ (arr. Rixner); ‘"Made- | noiselle’ (Nesbit); "Madelon’’ Dream | Waltz (Nikisch): "My Heart is Always | Calling You" (Marischka); ‘Melody in Fk’ (Rubinstein); ‘Nell Gw ynn Dance, Ne. ? (German): ‘My Dream’ (Waldte | "Melodie Caprice" (Squire); ‘Tell Me Again | (Grosz); "Serenade" (Romberg). 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED | BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S | DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRE- | LESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 8.0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Featuring the Auckland. Choral Society conducted by | Colin Muston, in a studio pre- | sentation Recording: The BBC Symphony Orchestra "Overture: ‘Ruy Blas’" Mendelssohn 8.10 The Auckland Choral Society, conducted by Colin Muston, Excerpts from "Hymn of 2. |. Sere ee Mendelssohn Excerpts from "Songs from SK the Bavarian Highlands " vw Elgar 8.40 Aileen Warren (piano), "March of the Dwarfs" Grieg "In a Woodland Glen," "Sea Mew’s Flight" Edgar Barratt "Murmuring Breezes" : Jensen "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" Bach-Hess 8.52 Recording: Orchestra Raymonde, "Cavaleade of Strauss Waltzes" ...... arr. Walter

9. 0 9. 5 9.13 9.19 9.25 9.31 9.37 9.44 10.10 11.15 Weather report and _ station notices The Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra, "Crazy Days" Selection Mayer! The Melody Maids, "Sleepy People" Car... uel "Ten Pretty Girls" Kennedy Vernon Geyer (electri¢e organ) "Giannini Mia" .... Friml "The Sweetheart of Sigma Rane b eka es vege Vernor Jane Carr (impressionist), "The Singing Lesson" . Carr UN EGEDIN GS Sos oes. Carr Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Five, "12th Street Rag" . Sumner " Faseinating Rhythm " Gershwin The Melody Maids, "Blue Skies are Round the RIOTHOR eS iS Charles "Penny Serenade" Weersma "The Chocolate’ Soldier’s Davehter 2. 25¢ 2455 Carr London Piano Accordion Band, "I Shall Always Remember Fou Smiling 3 Charles "If Ever a Heart was in the Right Place" ...2.... Woods Light Opera Company, Gems from "The Girl from Ufah 24> Fis weris Kern Gems from "Very Good Me? 50s Sch ces Kern 10. 0 Sports summary Dance music by Johnny Madden and his Swing Kings, relayed from the " Peter Pan" Cabaret CLOSE DOWN YX Bea 5. 0-6.0 p.m, Light music 7. 0 8. 0 8.30 8.45 9. 0 9.30 10, 0 10.30 After dinner music Prelude "The Woman in White" Intermezzo "The Life of Emile Zola" Finale Variety Close down All programmnog in this issue are copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without permission.

Ni WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28t010.30 Time signals from the Dominion Observatory 10.45 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. O Lunch music 1. Opm. Weather report for aviators, week-end weather forecast and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago Selected recordings Running description of the Representative Rugby Football Match, Wellington Rep. _B. Team versus Wairarapa (relayed from Athletic Park) 3.82 to3.30 Time signals 4.45 Selected recordings 5. O Children’s session | 6. 0 DINNER SESSION: "La Traviata’ (Verdi); "Metropoliana" (Brinkman); "Minuet" (Finck); "Blumenlied, Op. 39" (Lange); "Andante Netigioso’ A (Thome): "Manon Ballet Music" (Masse net); "The ‘Irish Organist" (arr, Casey); "La Boheme’ Selection" (Puccini); ‘Summer Days Suite’ (Coates); "Memories of Devon" (Evans). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE. ISSUED BY THE+PRIME | MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH. OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS | on oo

| 7.140 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals | 740 "Let the People Sing": An unpublished book by J. B. Priestley. The second instalment of 12 serial readings rebroadcast from the Empire | Station) | 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recordings: Louis Levy and the Gaumont British Symphony, "Music from the Movies" MASON) cia x Ges cuter es Levy 8 5 "The Crew of the Maude ) Woodlock." A radio comedy written by W. Graeme-Holder and produced by the National Broadcasting Service : "The Breath of Fortune" 9. 0 Weather report and station notices 9.5 DANCE PROGRAMME | 10. 0 Sports summary 10.10 Continuation of dance pro- | gramme 10.28to10.30 Time signals a 15 CLOSE DOWN 2 y 840 k.c, 357m. | Op.m. Selected recordings .45 Close down Light musical programme Close down After dinner music Music of To-day. A programme of concerted and solo vocal items with instrumental interludes 9.0 Variety and Revue. An hour of light entertainment 10. 0 In lighter vein 10.30 Close down oooo

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SATURDAY

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SV CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416 m. 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. 0 Talk to women by " Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 1. Op.m. Week-end weather forecast 2. 9 Selected recordings 2.45 Commentary on Representa(approx.)tive Rugby match, South Canterbury v. Canterbury (relayed from Lancaster Park) 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session: "Eyes of the World" 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "Rhapsodie Russe’ (Nussbaum); "Manoeuvres In Lilliput’ (Charlie); "I’m In Love All Over Again’ (Fields); "Danube Legends’ (Fucik); * In The Rosery" (Bialezki); "The Dancing Doll" (Poldini); "Morgan Blatter’ (Strauss); ‘"‘Romantique"’ (Lanner); "Die Dubarry’’ (Mackeben); ‘‘Fascination Tanga’ (Medrano); "Danube Waves’ (lIvanovici); "Juanita" (Norton); "In The Shadows" (Finck); "Fairy Doll Waltz’ (Bayer); ‘In the Middle of a Kiss’’ (Coslow); ‘Starlight Sky" (Waldteufel); "Fairy Tale’ (Heykens). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.45 TALK, by Thelma Kent, A.R.P.S., F.R.S.A.: " PHOTOGRAPHY — MAKING BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS " 8. 0 Recordings: Court Symphony Orchestra, "lhe Gondoliers " Selection Sullivan 8. 9 Peter Dawson (bass-baritone) "The Jolly Roger" .. McCall "Son O’ Mine" .... Wallace 8.15 "One Good Deed a Day" A comedy serial by George Edwards and Company should Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lamb default in their performance of one good deed a day, that very desirable seventy-five

thousand pounds will go to found a home for starving strtet sparrows. So stated their uncle’s will. Now, Roger and Elizabeth, what is to-day’s good deed to be? 8.27 10.15 Recording: The Alfredo Campoli Grand Orchestra, "The Eric Coates Parade" "Coronets of England." The Life of Charles II., the Merry Monarch Weather forecast and station notices Old time dance programme to music by Colin Campbell’s Dance Band (relayed from the Ritz Ballroom) 10. 0 Sports summary Resumption of old time dance programme 11.30 CLOSE DOWN

O/ CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250 m. 2.30-4.30 p.m. Recordings 5. 0-6.0 Recordings ' 7.0 After dinner music 8.0 Symphonic programme, featuring at 8.26 p.m., "The Seasons Ballet" (Glazounov), played by Alexandre Glazounov and orch@ptra; and at 9.9 p.m., "Concerto fn B Minor" (Elgar), played by Yehudi Menuhin (violin), with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer 10. O Favourite entertainers 10.30 Close down

ANY DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9.0 Close down 10. O Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.50 Talk to women by " Margaret " 12. O Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Weather forecast 2.0 Selected recordings

3. 0 Commentary on Rugby football: The Payne Trophy Match, Union (Dunedin) v. Canterbury College (Christchurch). (Relay from Carisbrook) 4.45 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Cousin Molly 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "Di Ballo" Overture (Sullivan); ‘Spinnlied’ (Spinner’s Song) (Popper); ‘‘Miniature Suite" (Coates); "Lake of Como’ (Galos); "Songs Without Words’ (Mendelssohn). "Vindobona"’ (Leopold); ‘Schon Rosmarin’ (Kreisler); "Petroushka"’ (Stravinsky); "Henry VIII. Dances’ (German); ‘‘Popular Song," "Tale" (Komzak); "Just Humming Along" (Myers).

7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S ‘DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx. ) 8.0 LIGHT ORCHESTRAL AND BALLAD CONCERT 4YA Concert Orchestra, conducted by Jas. Dixon, "The Boy Who Lost His Temper" Selection . Henman: 8.13 Aileen Young (soprano), "Through the Fields in SumNE eco sgere Us o-oo aa ale Stewart "Poppies in the Garden" Davies "See Where My Love A-may-ing Goes" .......se0. Lidgey 8.19 The Orchestra, "Passing Clouds" .... King "A Moorland Idyll" Phillips 8.29 Ivan W. Hanna (baritone), "Maureen" ...... Roberton "Fe COW ire a Rae "Mary" ........ Richardson 8.39 The Orchestra, "Rustic Revels" Suite Fletcher Percy Fletcher, who died in 1932, was a clever composer of the best type of popular music, a man of experience in every department of the theatrical profession, and one who knew every inch of the theatre from the box-office to the Stage door-for years he was musical director of His Majesty’s Theatre. He was, like his colleague, Eric Coates, born in the Midlands, at Derby. Apart from his music for the theatre, he produced a quantity of cleverly written, very tuneful and extremely popular music, of which this Suite is a characteristic example. 8.50 Aileen Young (soprano), "Go Down to Kew in Lilac "Fimo 643 S4iNG ese sc Oe "A Lullaby " ...... Stanford 8.56 The Orchestra, "Play of the Waves" Robrecht 9.0 Weather report and station notices 9. 5 Ringside commentary on box(approx.)ing match, Billy Parris v. Mayne Morton. (Relay from His Majesty’s Theatre) 10. 0 Sports summary 10.10 DANCE MUSIC 11.15 CLOSE DOWN aly DUNEDIN |. 1140 k.c. 263 m. 3. 0-4.45 p.m. (approx,) Selected recordings, during relay of footbail match through 4YA 5. 0-6.0 Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 "Lorna Doone" (chapter 41) 8.20 Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard 9.0 ‘Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan" nal 9.30 With the bands 10. 0 Music and merriment 10.30 Close down

STAR-GAZING AGAIN! )

2YC WELLINGTON

September 16

aly INVERCARGILL 680k.c. 441 m. 7. O-9.0a.m. Breakfast session 11. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon session 5. O Light music 5.30 Children’s session 5.45 Saturday special 6.15 ‘In the Sports Club," with Dr. G. F. V. Anson, chairman of the Acclimatisation Societies’ Association 6.31 Fun and frolic 6.45 "The Rich Uncle from Fiji" 7.0 After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8..0 Local results 8. 5& Shall we dance? 9. 0 For the music lover 10. 0 Close down SIAR, GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 8. 0 Morning programme 10. 0-10.10 Weather report 12. 0 Luncheon music 1. Op.m. Weather report 0 Recordings > Relay of Rugby football: Seddon ay Shield match, West Coast y. Buller (relayed from Victoria Park, Westport) 6. 0 Merry tunes 5.30 "The Crimson Trail" 6. 0 Dinner music 6.30 News and reports 7. 0 Concert Orchestra 7. 7 "The Life of Cleopatra" 7.30 Spotlight parade 8. O International Novelty Orchestra and Derickson and Brown (vocalists) 8.30 "Cavalcade of the Empire " 8.45 London Philharmonic Orchestra: "Facade Suite’? (Walton) 9.10 Songs that have sold a million 9.18 "Personal Column" 9.27 May I have the pleasure? (correct tempo) 10. 0 Close down

QV o = _ m. 7, 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 11. 0 12. 0 Light music Lunch session 2.30 p.m. Relay from McLean Park, 5. 0 5.45 6. 0 6.15 6.45 7. 0 7.15 8. 0 9.15 9.30 10. 0 Napier, of running. commentary on Rugby football match, Manawatu v. Hawke’s Bay Light musical programme For the children, featuring " Westward Ho!" "Carson Robison " "The Japanese Houseboy " Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay Summary of Hawke’s Bay Rugby results After dinner music " Mittens " Light classical concert session "The Crimson .Trail" Programme of light recitals, presented by The Merry Macs (vocalists), Patricia Rossborough (piano), Harry Roy and his orchestra Close down AVN sabte Sm 7. Op.m. Local Rugby results; light 8. 0 8.10 8.35 9.15 10. 0 music concert programme Radio play: ‘‘ The Aristocrat" Light music Dance music Close down 2Q\/ WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303m, 7. Op.m. "You Asked For It’: From 8.40 8.45 9.20 9.35 10. 0 listeners to listeners 2YD trailer Music for dancing The " Greatest of the Great": Mark Nicholls selects a world team-No. 3. " The Centre Three-quarters " Soft lights and sweet music Close down |Z AUCKLAND 1250 k.c. 240m. 1. Op.m. Band music, vocal gems, light 2.20 3. 0 6.45 7.0 7.30 8. 0 12. 0 orchestral and popular numbers Piano selections and miscellaneous items Commentary on the last two races at Avondale (1YA broadcasting a commentary on the representative Rugby match, Auckland v. Wellington) Hawaiian melodies, light orchestral recordings, piano-accordion music and light vocal numbers Light orchestral and popular selections News, announcements Sports results and comments: Bill Hendry Orchestral programme Dance session Close down