MONDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 27, 29 December 1939, Page 17

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JANUARY 1, 1940

NY AUCKLAND | 650k ¢. 462m. 7. Qam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Devotional Service 10.15 Selected recordings 11. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. O Running commentary on the Auckland Racing Club’s Meeting, relayed from Ellerslie Racecourse 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 3.15 Sports results 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports. results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Cinderella" and " Tim," with special recorded feature, "Mystery Island" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "Padilla Medley’; ‘Rigoletto’ Selection (Verdi); "Hora Staccato" (Dinicu-Matthey); "Bird Songs at Eventide’ (Coates); ‘‘Castanets" (Schutze and Zitzowilz); "Only a Rose’ (Friml); "Le Cygne’ (Saint-Saens); "Troubadour" (trad.); "Pepita’ (Bourdon); "Two for To-night" (Gordon-Revel); "The Sleeping Beauty's ‘Vedding Day’ (Rhode); "Inverness Gathering" (arr. Whyte); "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6° (Liszt); "The Golden Musical Boz’ (Krome); "Daddy Long Legs’ (Wright); "Curtain Up" (Wood). 6.55 Weather report 7-0 NEWS AND REPORTS 8.0 CONCERT PROGRAMME " LONDON’S RIVER." A light fanciful programme. A journey in song and story down "Old Father Thames." Recorded in the London studios of the BBC. 8.31 "The Radio that Hitler Fears" 8.46 "Ravenshoe." A dramatisation of the famous novel by Henry Kingsley A tale of the great house of Ravenshoe. Intrigue, villainy, bravery and heroism are contained in the story of a disputed succession to the honour, power and wealth accompanying the title of Lord Ravenshoe. 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 The Arcadian Follies, presenting "A Blackpool Selection" A short programme by one of England’s most popular concert parties 9.37 POPULAR ARTISTS OF THE SCREEN Recordings: ' Jeanette Macdonald,

9.49 10. 0 11. 0 "March of the Grenadiers " Schertzinger Nelson Eddy, "Who Are We to Say?" Romberg Deanna Durbin, "It’s Raining Sunbeams " Hollander Fred Astaire, "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" Berlin Music by the Xavier Cugat Orchestra DANCE MUSIC CLOSE DOWN IV 2K Monte ast 5. 0-6.0. p.m. Light music 7. 0 8. 0 9.40 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music Light orchestral hour, featuring "Nell Gwynn" dances (Edward German), played by Frank Westfleld’s Orchestra, "Scott of Scotland Yard": " The Case of the Perfect Alibi" Hedwig Von Debicka (soprano), Else Ruziczka (contralto), Helge Roswaenge tenor), Karl. Neumann (bass), Soloists, with Chorus and Orchestra of the State Opera, Excerpts from ‘" Tales of Hoffman" (Offenbach) Light recitals Close. down

AY / WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526m. 6.50a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. 0 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 r 41.15 Progress reports on play in the Plunket Shield Cricket Match, Wellington versus Canterbury, will be broadcast at’ 15S am. 11:45, . 12:35 p.m, 1.10, 2.15, 2.45, 3.15, 3.45, 4.15 approx., and 4.45 12. 0 Lunch music | | | 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Selected recordings 3. 0 Sports results Selected recordings 3.28to3.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers 4. 0 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Jean 5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcast and cricket summary at 6 p.m.) "Village Swallows from Austria" (Strauss-Markgraf); "Valse Noble" (Schumann); * ‘The Piccolino" (Berlin); "Peterle"’ (Kleine); The Violin Sings Soft and Low" (Gabriel); "Marche Miniature Viennois" (Kreisler); "Moonlight on the Danube" (Gay); "Dance of the Hours’ (Ponchielli); ‘Walzer’ (Cramer-Burmeister-Prill); ‘"‘The Dwarfs’ (Leinhold); ‘‘Feramors’ (Rubinstein); "I Had a Glimpse of Luck" (Kudritzki); "When East Meets West’; "Happy — Days" (Strelesky); "Parade of the City" Guards" (Jessel); "Spanish Dance No. 1" (Moszkowski). 6.55 Weather report 7-0 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals 7.40 Summary of the day’s play’. in the Plunket Shield Cricket Match, given by J. Reid 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME From the Exhibition Studio, | Debroy Somers Band, "Down the Mall" March Belton 8. 5 Maori Concert Presented by members of various visiting tribes 8.25 Geraldo and his Orchestra, " Ain’t Cha Comin’ Out?" — Comedy Waltz Kalmar-Ruby

8.28 John Parkin (novelty pianist) "Popular Hits of 1939" 8.38 The Hawaiian Club Quartet, "One, Two, Three, Four" 8.41 Julie Werry (soprano), "The Cunnin’ Little Thing" Hageman "To My Mother" | MacGimsey "When I Have Sung My Sones. cae, oe ... Charles "Spirit of Life" . Dichmont 8.53 New Mayfair Orchestra, " Balalaika " Selection Posford 9. O Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 DANCE PROGRAMMF 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN QVC MELNATON 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Chamber music hour, featuring at 8.19, "‘Quartet in E Flat Major" (Schumann), Op. 47, played by the Elly Ney Trio with Walter Trampler’ (viola) 9.0 With the Bands: A programme of band music with spoken interludes 10. O Merry and bright 10.30 Close down These programmes are correct as we go to press. Any last-minute alterations will be announced over the air. All programmes in this issue are copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without permission.

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SV, CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416 m. 7-Qam. BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. 0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 41. O Talk to women by " Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. 0 Relay from Addington of Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 3.30 4.30 Sports results 5. 0- Children’s session. "New Year’s Day" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by rebroadcasts) "Sousa Marches’; ‘The Alp Matd’s Dream’ (Labtizky); "Pearls of Ibera’’ (Helmesberger); "Valse Caprice’ (Schimmelpfennig): "Autumn Leaves’ (Brusso); "Under the Birch Tree’ (trad.); ‘Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life’’ (Herbert); "‘Mine Alone" (De Murcia); "Verdi Memories’ (arr. Worch); "Momento Musicale’ (Nucci); "Caprice Viennois’’ (Kreisler); "St. Bernard Waltz’ (Swallow); ‘Berceuse (Gounod); ‘"‘Ay-Ay-Ay" (Fretres); "Dance of the Flowers" Waltz (Delibes). 6.55 Weather report "7. 0 NEWS AND REPORTS 8.0 Chimes’ Recordings: The BBC Military Band, "Sing As We Go" March Parr-Davies "Vanity Fair" Overture Fletcher 811 Ernest McKinlay (tenor), * Lassie O’ Mine" .... Watt 8 "Hail Caledonia" ... Stroud 8.17 Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, : .* Nautical Moments " 8.25 "Eb and Zeb" 8.34 Pipes and drums of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, "Cock O’ The North" . trad. "Skye Boat Song" . Lawson "Wi’ a Hundred Pipers" trad. 8.43 Ernest McKinlay (tenor), "Bonnie Wee Thing" .. Fox "The Auld Scots Songs" Leeson 8.50 Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, "Naval Patrol" .. Williams "Scottish Patrol" ,, Williams

$.40 9.46 9.53 9.57 10. 0 11. 0 Reserved Weather report and station notices "From the Theatre Box" Presentation by the company of a short radio play, "Prisoner at the Bar" Recordings: Billy Cotton and his band, "Ragtime Medley " Cecil Johnson broadcasting "In Town To-night " Tom Katz (saxophone solo), "Valse Parisienne" . Roberts International Novelty Orchestra, "Parade of the Pirates" Bratton MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY CLOSE DOWN SV CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings 7. 0 8. 0 8.12 8.15 8.21 8.27 8.30 9. 0 8.30 9.44 9.53 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music Let’s all join in the Chorus with Tommy Handley and his Pals. Charles Kullman Finch Favourites, No. 2 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Quartet Grace Moore Crazy Couplets Miscellaneous classical programme The Crimson Trail Musical Memories of Franz Lehar Paul Robeson -Light recitais, presented by Millicent Phillips (soprano), Nicolas Matthey and his Gipsy Orchestra, and Richard Crooks (tenor) Close down

ANY DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. ; 6.50 a.m. Weather report for, aviators } 7. 0 BREAKFAST SESSION | 9. 0 Close down ) : ; 10. OQ Weather report for aviators Selected recordings ) 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. 0 Lunch music : 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Weather forecast 2. 0 Selected recordings ) 3.30 Sports results 4.0 Weather report and special | frost forecast 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Big Brother Bill 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "The Gipsy Baron’ (J. Strauss); "Tales From The Orient’ (Strauss); "Night of Love Divine’ (Dostal); "Minuet" (Handel); "Serenade" (Heykens); ‘"‘Vienna Blood’ (J. Strauss); "Will You Remember?" (Romberg); "Red Poppies" (Jary-Balz); "Es Ist | Ein Rets Entsprungen’; "Do You Like | Dancing?’ (Rosen); ‘"‘Kammenoi-Ostrow" | (Rubinstein); ‘Valentina’ (Wright-Dunn); | "Japanese Lanterns" (Lowry); "Song of the Vagabonds" (Friml). 6.55 Weather report

NEWS AND REPORTS 0- "CINDERELLA ": A Christmas pantomime Gallant princes, fairy godmothers, ugly sisters, rollicking dames, and other "panto characters " will be heard in this entertaining feature. Parts will be played by leading Australian radio artists 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.26 Pipes of the ist Battalion Scots Guards, ; "The Gathering of the Clans" arr. Beaton 9.31 The Columbia Dramatic Players, "My Ain Folk" ... Lemon 9.35 Band of the ist Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, "The Black Bear," ‘" Rose Among the Heather," "The Man from Glengarry " arr. O’Connor 9.88 The Auld Lang Syners, "A New Year’s Eve SingSong " 9.44 Pipes and Drums of the 2nd Battalion Seots Guards, "Highland Schottische " 9.47 Ian Macpherson (baritone), "The Bonnie Wee Window " 9.60 Nell Greig (humour), "The New Year Visitor" Stoddart 9.55 Pipers of the ist Battalion Scots Guards, "Frae Scotia’s Hills and Gidhe eS es8 -.. arr. Geehl 10. 0 DANCE MUSIC 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN al, Y 1140k.c, 263m. | 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Light Classical Recital, featuring the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, the St. George’s Singers, Pau Casals (cellist), Madeleine Grey (soprano), and Simon Barer (pianist) 8. O Musical comedy gems 10. 0 Melody and humour 10.30 Close down All programmes in this issue are copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without permission. ; These programmes are correct as we go to press. Any last-minute alterations will be announced over the air,

January 1, 1940

aly INVERCARGILL 680k.c. 441 m. 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 41. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0p.m. Luncheon session 6. 0 Tea dance 6.30 Children’s session: "The Legends of Umbopo " 6.45 Light musie 6.0 "Eb and Zeb" 6.15 Reserved 6.46 "The Moonstone" 7. 0 After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8.0 "Night Club": Presenting music in the Russ Morgan manner 8.30 New recordings for the New Year 8.45 Mr, Chalmers, K.C.: " The Bannister Case" 8. O Reserved 8.30 Supper dance 10. 0 Close down SIAR, 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 8. 0 Morning programme 410. 0-10.10 Weather report 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon music Races: Broadcast from the Omoto Racecourse (Greymonth Jockey Club’s second day) 92.30 Reserved 4.0 Weather report ; 8. 0 Afternoon programme 8.30 Classical programme 4. 0 Reserved 4.30 Weather report Variety programme 6. O Children’s session: The Story of "Black Beauty" 6.30 Dancing time 6.45 Dinner music

6.40 After dinner variety 6.58 Weather report 7. 0 Light music 7.20 Stealing Through the Classics 7.30 Silas Marner 7.42 The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor, Viscount Hidemaro Konoye), playing ‘Symphony No. 91 in E Flat Major" (Haydn) 8.0 "London’s River’: A light, fanciful programme. A journey in song and Story down ‘* Old Father Thames,’’ recorded in the London Studios of the BBC 8.30 Search for a Playwright 8.42 Hot spot 8. O Reserved 9.20 The Rich Uncle from Fiji 9.32 The Mocking Bird 10. 0 Close down 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 11. 0 Light music 12 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 5. 0 Light music 5.45 For the children 6. 0 Light music 6.30 ‘Carson Robison and his Pioneers " 6.46 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay "Eb and Zeb" O After dinner musie O Light popular programme 2 0 6.15 Reserved : Horace Finch (organ) Vocal duets by Bing Crosby and Frances Langford 26 "His Last Plunge" 8.40 Harry Horlick and his Orchestra 9. O. Reserved 9.20 "Radio City Revels": A modern variety programme 10. 0 Close down (BVT Bessey, 7. Op.m. Light music 8 0 Concert programme: Modern Classical music, featuring " The Fire. Bird Suite" (Stravinsky), Phila-_ deipita Orchestra 9. 0 The Circle of Shiva (18) 9.15 Humorous interlude 9.30 ‘Radio City Revels" 10. 0 Close down 2 y 990 k.c. 303m, 7. Op.m. Rhapsodies in rhythm 7.35 Personal Column 7.45 Sing as we go 8.15 The Woman in White 8.28 Aerotones 9. 3 His last plunge 9.145 Black and white studies 9.30. A New Year Party 10. 0 Close down RAN ee 6. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular selections 6. 0 Band music, popular medleys and vocal gems 7. O Orchestral recordings 7.30 Organ selections 7.45 "Lorna Doone" 8, O Dance session 410. 0 Close down