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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 34, 16 February 1940, Page 25

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650 k.c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. QO Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9..0 Daventry news 10. O Devotional Service conducted by Rev. F. J. Jack 10.15 Selected recordings 11. O ‘Talk to women by "Margaret" 411.10 Selected recordings 12. 0 Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 2. 0 Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports results 3.30 Light musical programme 4. 0 Daventry news, followed by special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Cinderella," assisted by " Peter" 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Strike up the Band’ (Gershwin); LWA AUCKLAND. "Student Prince Walts" (Romberg); "Improvisation" (Fraentzschel); ‘Tango Nocturno" {(Borgmann); "Siciliana"’ (Appollonio); "Morgan Blatter’ (Strauss); "poupee Valsante"’ (Poldini-Kreisler); "Maruschka’ (de Leur); "Nursery Rhymes" ; "Piano Memories’; ‘Alaska’; Symphonic | Jazz -impressions; ‘First Love’ (Lehar); "Entry of the Boyards" (Hatvorsen); "La Habanera"’ (Bruhne); "Song of Paradise" (King); "Castles in the Moon’ (Lincke); "Around the Danube" (Charrosin)., 6.55 Weather report | 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS | NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.40 TALK, under the auspices of the Government Youth Centre 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recordings: M. Merckel, Mlle. MarcelliHerson and Mlle. .ZurfluhTenroc, i i Se Dee Sr eee Ravel 8.28 Annette Chapman (mezzosoprano), "Love Eternal" ... Brahms " Standchen " Richard Strauss "The Wraith" ... Schubert "Wiegenlied" .. Hugo Wolf 8.40 Recordings: Virtuoso String Quartet with instrumentalists, Introduction and Allegro for Harp, with strings and wood- : wind accompaniment Ravel 8.52 Alexander Kipnis (bass), "By the Sea"; "The Linden Tree" Schubert 9.0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Those We Love": A story of people like us-the Marshalls, They are very human people, these Marshalls, with their joys, their sorrows, and the everyday but important complications in their lives-Cathie with her love for

Alan MeCrae, and his jealousy of Dr. Foster; Kit, torn between his duty to his father and the legal profession, and his love for flying; Miss Mayfield, soothing the troubled waters where necessary, and acting as mother to those lovable twins, Cathie and Kit. 9.52 "My Earlier Songs," by Ivor Novello About the start of the war in 1914, Ivor Novello’s mother (Madame Clara NovelloDavies, singer and song-composer) said to him: ‘Ivor, why don’t you write a patriotic song?’’ He had been writing a lot of little melodies just then, and he answered: "Oh! there are too many of them."’ *" Well, if you don’t, I will,’ was the reply, and she did. The result was so awful that in deSperation Ivor Sét about the jcb of writing, ** Keep the Home Fires Burning." The music for the chorus was done immediately, and then he called in an author friend. Inside twenty minutes they had produced the -lyric. Directly America entered the war, the song enjoyed a second tremendous vogue and it became a big gramophone success. 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0 Close of normal programme. (During the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) IV 2X fone hie 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. O After dinner music 8.0 "Around the Bandstand," with popular vocal interludes, and at 8.30, "Here’s A Queer Thing" 9. 0 In lighter vein : 9.34 ~ "Personal Column" 9.48 George Hall Orchestra (vocal by Dolly Dawn), "Minuet in Jazz," "I Can’t Face the Music," "There’s Honey On the Moon To-night," "Cathedral in the Pines" 10. O Light recitals 410.30 Close down

DAY | WELLINGTON | 570 k.c. 526 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Daventry news 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28 to10.30 Time signals from the Dominion Observatory 10.45 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1. 0 Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Classical hour 3. 0 Sports results Selected recordings 3.28t03.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers 4. 0 Daventry news Sports results | 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Molly, relayed from the Exhibition Studio 5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Padilla Medley’; "Rigoletto" (Verdi); "Hora Staccato" (Dinicu-Matthey); "Bird Songs at Eventide’ (Haydn Wood); *Castanets" (Schutze-Zitzewitz); "Only a Rose’ (Friml); "Le Cygne’ (Saint-Saens); "‘Troubadour’ (trad.); ."Pepila’ (Bourdon); "Two For To-night"’ (Gordon-Revel); "The Sleeping Beauty's Wedding Day’’ (Rhode); | "Inverness Gathering’ (arr. Whyte); | "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6" (Liszt); "The | Golden Musical Box’ (Krome); ‘‘Daddy Long Legs" (Wright). "Curtain Up" (Wood), 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.28to 7.30 Time signals TALK by the Gardening Expert: "For the Home Gardener " 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME From the Exhibition Studio: Recording: Eric Coates and his Orchestra, "March" (from " The Jester at the Wedding "’) _ Erie Coates 8.5 Frank Bermingham (baritone), " Without a Song " . Youmans "The Hills of Home" . Fox "Soldiers of Fortune" Romberg 8.15 Recording: Fitz Domina and his Orchestra, " Bavarian Tales" . Richards |.

8.18 "Round the Piano": Songs and choruses of the early days by the Old-Time Concert Party 8.38 Recording: The London Palladium Orche estra, "The Shamrock " arr. Myddleton 8.48 Thomas West (tenor), "Nirvana" .. Stephen Adams "Serenade" ........ Toselli "Goin’ Home" (Based on Negro tune) ... arr. Dvorak 9. 0 Daventry news 9.15 Weather report and station notices 9.20 "The Radio That Hitler Fears ": The dramatised story of the German People’s Freedom Front, which for months past has continued -to broadcast the truth to Germany, in spite of the Gestapo 9.35 Exploits of the Black Moth, (Episode 13): "The Murder at. the Police Ball" All the efforts of Scotland Yard to lay hands on tue mysterious Black Moth are unavailing. Like a phantom he passes through the night, leaving behind fresh evidence of his war against the underworld. Even though a criminal feels safe from the arm of the law, he is never Safe from the Black Moth’s hands. Perhaps his unconscious body is found, his Safe rifled, his private papers burned; but invariably the only clue. to the identity of the marauder is a small Black Moth. 10. 1 "The Moonstone ": The 32nd episode of Wilkie Collins’s dramatic _ thriller, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 10.14 Dance music by Manuel Raymond and his Orchestra, ree layed from the Centennial Exhibition Cabaret 11.14 Close of normal programme (During the war the station will be on the air until] 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30) 2 Y C 840 k.c. 357m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7.0 After dinner music 8. 0 Classics for the Connoisseur: A programme of classical recordin presenied by the leading artists of to-day 8.40 Concerto programme, featuring at 9.23, "Concerto in D Major, Op, 21" (Chausson), played by Cortot (piano), and Jacques Thibaud (violin) 10. O In lighter vein 10.30 Close down All programmes in this issue are copyright » to The Listener, and may not be reprintedwithout permission. These programmes are correct as we go to" press. Any last minute alterations will be announced over the air.

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SV CHRISTCHURCH | 720 k.c. 416m. | 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for ‘Daventry news 7.0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Daventry news 10. 0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional service 10.45 Selected recordings 911. 0 Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Women’s session, conducted by Mrs. L. E. Rowlatt 11.30 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 2. 0 Selected recordings 3. 0 Classical music 4.0 Daventry news, followed by special weather’ report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. 0 Children’s session 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "The Gipsy Baron’ (Strauss); "Tales from the Orient’ (Strauss); "Night of Love Divine’? (Dostal); "Minuet" (Handel); "‘Serenade Op. 2{"’ (Heykens); "Vienna Blood" (Strauss); "Will You Remember?"’ (Romberg); "Red Poppies"’ (Jary-Balz); --= "Es Ist Ein Reis Entsprungen’; "Do You Like Dancing?" (Rosen); ‘"‘KamennoiOstrow" (Rubinstein); "Valentina" (Wright-Dunn); "Japanese Lanterns" Lowry); "‘Song of the Vagabonds"’ (Friml.) 6.55 Weather report 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS | 7.20 Addington Stock Market Reports 7.35 TALK, by George Bagley: "Understanding Europe: The Baltic and Its Peoples" (No.. 5) 8. 0 Readings by O. L. Simmance, -" Pickwick Papers, " by Charles Dickens "The Journal of the Plague ‘ Year," by Daniel Defoe 8.22 Recordings: Sir Thomas Beecham, conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra, "Rossiniana " Selection Rossini Barcarolle and Siciliana Intermezzo Tarantelle 840 Dorothy Helmrich (soprano), "Le Long Du Quai" d’Arba 8.44 Organ recital by — Alfred Worsley, of compositions by Alec Rowley "A June Idyll" "The Gentle Shepherd " "Rustic Scherzo" from "Rustic Suite" " Benedictus " "The North Wind" ‘(Relayed from. St. . Mary’s, ' Merivale) :

9. 0 9.20 Daventry news Weather report and station notices Recording: Yehudi Menuhin (violin), and Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, ay) mPhenle Espagnole," Op. ears oda 6c aed eee Lalo non troppo Scherzando (Allegro molto) Intermezzo (Allegretto non troppo) : Andante Rondo (Allegro)

10. 0 11. 0 MUSIC, MIRTH. AND MELODY Close of. normal programme. (During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) IS HV/ CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings 7. 0 8. 0 8.41 9. 0 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan . "Home on the Range" Dance time Light recitals: Marcel Moyse (flute), The Tahiwis (vocal trio, Maori), Fritz’ Kreisler (violin) Close down

ANY DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION §. 0 Daventry news 10. O Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 Talk to women by " Margaret "

12. 0 Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1. 0 2. 0 3.15 Weather report for aviators Weather forecast Selected recordings TALK by the A.C.E. Home Science Tutorial Section, " The School Lunch Problem " Centennial celebrations: The laying of the foundation stone of the Centennial Memorial on Signal Hill Daventry news Light music 4.45 Sports results Children’s session: "Big Brother Bill" and the "Travel Man"

5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Village Swallows from _ Austria" (Strauss-Markgraf); "Valse Noble" (Schumann); ‘The Piccolino" (Berlin); "‘Peterte’ (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" (Kudritski); "When East Meets West’; "Happy Days" (Strelesky); "Parade of the City Guards" (Jessel); "Spanish Dance No. 14" (Moszkowski). 6.55 Weather report 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.25 TALK by R. McKenzie: "Tomorrow’s Races at Wingatui" 7.30 TALK by the: Motor Expert: "Helpful Hints to Motorists" 8. 0 "Ravenshoe." A _ dramatic version of Henry Kingsley’s great story, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.15 "The Bold Bad Buccaneers " in humour and harmony 8.28 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" Good morning, sir. Hear another lesson in the craziest classroom on record-an-other wordy duel between Dr. Pym and Master Greenbottle, padio’s ‘"‘ Yesh" man, 8.40 "Westward Wo!" Charles Kingsley’s famous story of adventure on the high seas, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.53 Fred Hartley and his Novelty Quintet, "Nursery Rhymes — Up-to-Date * cis. Cis ee Hartley 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Thrills." A dramatic feature 9.38 "Khyber and Beyond": "Love Conquers All." A drama of the North-West Frontier 10.0 Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with instrumental interludes by the Milt Herth Quartet 11. 4 Close of normal programme. (During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) BYO AYNEDIN 1140 k.c. 263 m. 5. 0-6.0p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 Orchestral, featuring at 8.20, Bronislaw Huberman (violin), with the Berlin State Opera House Orchestra, playing "Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra" . (Tchaikovski) 9.15 Grand Opera 10. 0 Merry and bright 10.30 Close down

MAORI MUSIC will be made by members of visiting tribes and the Négati Poneke Young Maori Club in the programme at 8.5 p.m. on Thursday, February 22. The station is 2YA WELLINGTON (The Exhibition Studio)

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| .) Y 680k.c. 441 m. 7. Gam. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9. 0-9,15 (approx.) Daventry news 11. O Recordings 12. 0-2.0p.m. iuncheon session 2.30 Daventry news 5. 0. Light music 5.30 Children’s session: "Coral Cave" 5.45 Tunes of the day 6.0 "The Birth of the British Nation: Dunstan" 6.146 Waventry news 6.45 "One Good Deed a Day" 7. O Re-broadeast of official news 7.10 (approx.) After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8. 0 Gardening talk, under the auspices of the N.Z. Royal Institute of Horticulture 8.165 "Soldier of Fortune" 8.42 Studio recital by Ralph Wesney (baritone) 9.0 Daventry news 9.30 Radio Cabaret 10. 0 Close down aS YAR, 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oam. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9.0 Daventry news 9.10 Morning programme 10. O Weather report 10.10-10.30 Wbevotional service 12. 0-2.0p.m. Luncheon programme 12.30 Daventry news 5 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical music 4. 0 Daventry news 4.20 Dance melodies 4.30 Weather report Variety 5. O Children’s session 14 Dancing time 0 Westward Ho! Dinner musie 15 Daventry news 40 After dinner show

6.57 Station notices and weather report 7. 0 News gervice issued by the Prime Minister’s Department 7.20 The Band of H.M. Welsh Guards 7.30 Silas Marner 7.42 The Melody Lingers On 8. 0 Introducing to you 8.30 "His Last Plunge" (episode 5) 8.42 Laugh and be gay 9. 0 wWbaventry news 9.20 Stars of the Air 9.45 Meditation music 10. 0 Close down 2Virl rol AP IER m, 7. Oam. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9. 0-9.15 Daventry news 11. Q0 Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 12.30 Daventry news O Light music 5.30 Uncle Charlie and Aunt Nin 6.0 "The Japanese Houseboy" 6.15 Daventry news 6.30 Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay Stortford Lodge Market. Report Re-broadeast of Government news (approx,) After dinner music Light music Recorded talk by Douglas Cresswell, in the series: "The. Bay of Islands," No, 12, "A Century after at Kerikeri" Dance session Daventry news Operatic and symphonic excerpts, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, "The pera Ball" Overture (Heuherger) Lily. Pons (soprano), "Mad Scene" from "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Donizetti) 9.45 Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia_ Orchestra, "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor" (Beethoven), ist movement 10. 0 Close down AYN meetan, 7. Op.m. , FRR Halifax, Gentleman" (27 GO Ny ae. eoovlo = NY @ Seo 9.29 | 7.15 Light music 8.0 Concert programme: Variety and vaudeville 9.0 Band musie 9.30 Eb and Zeb 9.40 Light recitals 10. 0 Close down IQVIDMELLINGTON 7. Op.m. Cocktails 7.35 Here’s A Queer Thing! 7.45 The Kingsmen 7.57 Musical Digest 8.15 The Woman in White 8.28 Solo artists’ spotlight — 8.45 Stars of the musical firmament 9. O Out of the Silence: Dramatised from a novel by Erle Cox 9.30 Night Club: "The Cabaret. on Relay" 10. 0 Close down |2 AUCKLAND 1250 k.c, 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular presentations 7. 0 Orchestral’ selections P "Search for a Playwright" 8. 0 Peep into Filmland with "Billie" 9.0 Swing music, Hawaiian and popular melodies 10. 0 Close down