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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 44, 26 April 1940, Page 25

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VY AUCKLAND | 650 k.c. 462 m. 6. OQa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 7.30 District weather report 9. 0 Selected recordings 9.15 Daventry news 10. O Devotional Service, conducted by Rev. H. Sharp 10.15 Selected recordings 11. 0 Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. 0 Daventry news, followed by lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports resulls 3.30 Light musical programme 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by "Cinderella " and " Peter " 5.45 Daventry news, followed by DINNER MUSIC: "Il Seraglto" (Mozart); "An Hungarian Fantasy" (Weber); "I Love You’ (Waldteufel); "Liszt in Rhythm’ (arr. R. and L.); "Russian Gipsy Sketch"’ (Ferraris); "Zigeuner" (Coward); "Where the Woods are Green" (Brodszky); ‘Solitude’ (Ellington); "A Thousand Kisses’’ (Joyce); "Rakoczky March’’ (Berlioz); "Magic Song" (Meyer); "Dance Time" (The Waltz); "Chanson Hindoue’’ (Rimsky-Korsakov); "The Glow Worm Idyll’ (Lincke); "‘Joyousness" (Haydn Wood); "Woodland Whispers" (Joost, sen); "Old Favourites’; "Semtramide"’ (Rossini). : 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 Youth Centre talk, by N. G. Gribble, Secretary Government Youth Centre

8.35 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recordings: Budapest String Quartet, = Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, MER. ths Gene ts Beethoven Elena Gerhardt (mezzosoprano), "Nightingale" .... Brahms "Serenade" ...-.... Brahms "In Summer Fields ". Brahms Nancy Reed (piano), from the Studio, "Waldstein" Sonata Beethoven Daventry news Weather report and station notices "Those We Love": A story of people like us, ‘the Marshalls The Mastersingers Vocal Ensemble, "Red Sails in the Sunset" : Kennedy-Williams "On Treasure Island" Burke 7 See ita caves Tierney MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY Daventry news (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) INV2X focal 5. 0+-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 8. 0 9. 0 9.34 9.48 40.30 After dinner music Band music, including numbers by Lang-Worth Military Band, with vocal interludes, and at 8. 30, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Variety show "Personal Column" Harry Roy’s new stage show Light recitals Close down

AY WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526 m. 6. OQa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 7.30 District weather report | 9. O Recordings | 9.15 Daventry news 9.25 Recordings 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.281010.30 Time signals from) the Dominion Observatory 10.45 Talk to women by "Margaret" 11. O Recordings 12. 0 Daventry news 12.20 p.m. Lunch music 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 and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4. 0 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Molly, relayed from the Exhibition Studio 6.45 Daventry news 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "The Silken Ladder" (Rossini); ‘‘AduaMarch" (Olivieri); "The Phantom Watch" (Haarhaus); "You're Here, You're There, You're Everywhere’ (Kahal-Loeb); "La Paloma’ (Yradier); "It Happened in Vienna’ (Muhr); "If My Songs Were Only Winged" (Hahn); "Barcarolle" (Grothe); * Pagliacci’ (Leoncavallo); ‘‘Detna Oltului’ (Trad.); "The Mikado Selection’ (Sullivan); ‘Ninna-Nanna"’ (Micheli); "Black Orchids" (Richartz); "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (Jessel); "The Mill in the Black Forest" (Bilenberg); "Spanish Dance" (Moszkowski): "Grieg Waltz." 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY HE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 740 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx. ) 7.28to07.30 Time signals TALK by the Gardening Expert: "For the Home Gardener" 8. 0 CELEBRITY CONCERT Under the auspices of the National Patriotic Fund Board Featuring: Heddle Nash, (tenor), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), Oscar Natzke (bass); and The Centennial Festival Symphony Orchestra, under the conductorship of Andersen Tyrer (Relayed from the Welling-. ton Town Hall) (The first hour of this concért will be taken’ by 2YA; and the second hour will be broadcast through 2YC) | ) /

8. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Exploits of the Black Moth" (Episode 23: "The Case of the April Fool") Back and forth flow the suspicions of Detective-Sergeant Smithers in his quést after the identity of the mysterious Black Moth, Robin Hood of the Night, whose activities have set all England on edgé with suspense. At times his ofMfcial eye rests with almost certain accusation on Mr. Denis Carcroft, but he does not KNOW, and he cannot PROVE. The Black Moth is wily, clever, and still he files at will. 9.51 "The Moonstone": ; The 42nd episode of Wilkie Collins’s dramatic thriller, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 10. 4 Dance music by Manuel Raymond’s Dance Orchestra (relayed from the Exhibition Cabaret) 11. 0 Daventry news (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) QVYV WELLINGTON 840k.c, 357m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 From the Exhibition Studio: Orchestre Raymonde, "Strauss in Vienna" (arr. Walter) 8.9 Les. Dalley (tenor): "Isle of My Heart" (Kennedy-Fraser), " Silent Songs" (Kennedy-Russell), " Five Eyes" (Armstrong Gibbs), ‘" To Daisies" (Quilter), "The Bitterness of Love" (Dunn), "The Snowbird" (Thayer) 8.24 The London Palladium Orchestra, conducted by Clifford Greenwood, "In Holiday Mood" Suite (Ketelbey). On the Promenade, Down the Stream, The Illuminated Fete 8.36 Mrs. Wilfred Andrews (contralto), "Clouds" (Charles), "She is Far from the Land" (Lambert) 8.42 Harry Horlitk and his Orchestra, "Sound of the Guitar,’ "My Shining Star " 8.48 Mrs, Wilfred Andrews (contralto) "The Songs My Mother Sang" (Grimshaw), "‘Rosamund’’ (Forster) 8.54 Roston Promenade Orchestra, "Pop Goes the Weasel" (arr. Cailliet) 9. 0 Celebrity concert, (under the aus-. pices of the National Patriotic Fund Board), featuring WMeddle Nash (tenor), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), Oscar Natzke (bass), and the Centennial Festival Symphony Orchestra under the conductorship of Andersen Tyrer (relayed from the Wellington Town Hall). The first portion of this programme hetween & and 9 p.m. Will be broadcast through 2YA 10. O In lighter vein 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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V/ CHRISTCHURCH 5 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the: air: for Daventry news 7.0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. Q Selected recordings 9.15 Daventry news 9.30 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service | 10.45 Selected recordings ) ) | 11. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Women’s session, conducted by. Mrs. L. E. Rowlatt 11.30 Selected recordings 12. 0 Daventry news 12.30 p.m. Lunch music 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: "Rhythmic Work: The Use of Rhythm Sticks," by Miss D. G. Baster 2. 0 "Plains," by W. B. Harris 2.25 "With Archdeacon Harper in Early Canterbury," by A. J. Campbell 40 Selected recordings QO Classical music Q Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme 4.30 Sports results 5. 0 Children’s session: "Kay, Spelling Bee " 5.45 Daventry news 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "The Gipsy Baron’ (Strauss);. "Tales from the Orient" (Strauss); ‘Night of Love Divine’ (Dostal); Minuet’ (Handel); ‘‘Serenade’ (Heykens); "Vienna Blood" (Strauss); "Will. You Remember?" (Romberg); "Red Poppies" (Jary-Balz); "Es Ist Ein Reis Entsprungen’; "Do You Like Dancing?" (Rosen); "Kamennoi-Ostrow’’ (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 DE- PARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.20 Addington Stock Market Report 7.36 Winter Course Talk, introducing "The Microphone Roundtable," " Europe Overflows’: "Into the Americas" 8.0 Chimes Readings by 0. L. Simmance: "The Invisible Companion," ’ by J. Jefferson Farjeon 8.22 André D’Arkor (tenor), "Panis Anglicus " Cesar Franck 8.27 3YA Orchestra: Conductor, Will Hutchens (Mus. Bac.), Three Dances from the Opera "The Bartered Bride" Smetana Polka * Furiant Dance of the Comedians 8.39. Recording: Germaine Martin- ; elli, ; . ."Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel," "The Young Nun" Schubert

8.48 3YA Orchestra, 9. 0 9.20 Ballet Music from "Macbeth" Verdi Allegro Vivacissimo | Allegro Waltz Daventry news Weather report and station notices

9.25 Recording: Artur Schnabel (pianoforte), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 19 .... Beethoven Allegro con brio Adagio Rondo (Molto allegro) 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. O Daventry news (During the war the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) OV CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings 7.0 After dinner music 8.0 ‘Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan" 8.32 ‘ Poet and Peasant" Overture 8.44 Gertrude Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks, junr., in a scene from "Moonlight is Silver " 9.0 Dance time 10. O Light recitals, presented by Frosini (accordion), the Viena Boys’ Choir, Hans Busch and his Orchestra 10.30 Close down

ANY DUNEDIN | 790 k.c. 380 * 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. O Daventry news

7.10 9. 0 9.15 10. 0 10.15 10.50 12. 0 1. Op.m. Weather report for 4.30 5. 0 5.45 BREAKFAST SESSION Selected recordings Daventry news Weather report for aviators Selected recordings Devotional Service Talk to women by "Margaret" Daventry news South Dunedin community sing, relayed from the Mayfair Theatre aviators Weather forecast Community singing Lunch music Selected recordings TALK by the A.C.E., Home Science Tutorial Section: "In ‘ Reply to Your Inquiry " Daventry news, followed by special weather forecast for farmers and_ special frost forecast Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results Children’s session: Big Brother Bill and the Travel Man Daventry news

6.0 DINNER MUSIC: "The Waltz Kings" (Lindemann); "Capricious Intermezzo’ (de Micheli); ‘‘Evening Bells" (Billi); "Doll Dance’ (Brown); "Moonlight on the Alster’ (Fetras); "Baby's Birthday" (Busch); ‘Fire Dance" (de Falla); "Ballroom Whispers’ (Meyer and Helmund); "Clad in Lace and Silk" (Siede); "Under the Linden Tree’ (Hugo Felix); "Melodies from Scandinavia’; ‘When Budapest Was Young" (Milos); "Merry Melodies’ (Roland); ‘ Intermezzo" (Strauss). 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 710 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.30 TALK by the Motor Expert: "Helpful Hints to Motorists " 8. 0 "The Bold Bad Buccaneers" in humour and harmony 8.15 "Ravenshoe." A dramatic version of Henry Kingsley’s great story, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.28 "Aloha Land" 842 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" We call this *‘ The craziest classroom on record." Listen in to Dr. Pym’s tussle with his prize pupils, Stanforth, Bothamley, and Greenbottle. 8.54 Charlie Kunz (piano), " Charlie Kunz Piano Medley" 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 The Theatre Box, "Shanghai Lil" . and "Noel Coward Goes _ into: Lodgings" 9.38 "Khyber and Beyond": "Twilight." A drama of the NorthWest Frontier 10. 4 Jan Savitt and his Tophatters, with vocal interludes by the Merry Maes 41. 0 Daventry news (During the war, the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight) Al, Y 1140 k.c. 263 m, 42. Onoon Community singing (during Daventry news from 4YA) 1. Op.m. Community singing (during weather report from 4YA) 6. 0-6.0 Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Programme of orchestral works, featuring at 8.29 Fritz Kreisler (violin) and the London Philhar--monic Orchestra, playing ‘ Concerto in D Major, Op. 77" (Brahms) 8. 0 Highlights from grand opera 40. 0 Merry and bright 10.80 Close down

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ay Y 680 k.c. 441 m. 7, Oa.m. Daventry news 7.15 Breakfast session 9.15-9.30 (approx.) Daventry news 11.0 Recordings 12. 0 Daventry news 12.15 (approx.)-2.0 p.m. Luncheon session 5. O Light music 6.30 Children’s session: "Coral Cave" 5.45 Daventry news 6.15 "The Birth of the British Nation: Athelstan, Son of Alfred’ 6.30 Tunes of the day 6.45 "Eb and Zeb" 7. 0 Re-broadcast of official news 7.10 (approx.) After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8.0 Gardening talk 8.15 "The Masked Masqueraders" 8.45 Studio recital by R. H. Anderson ( tenor) 8. 0 Daventry news 8.30 Swing session, compered by Frank Beadle 10. 0 Close down aS YAR, 940k.c. 319m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7.0 Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9.15 Daventry news 9.30 Morning programme = 10. O Weather report 10.10-10.30 Devotional service 12. 0 Daventry news 92.20-2.0 p.m. Luncheon music 3. 0 Afternoon programme Classical music 4. 0 Dance rhythm and vocal 4.30 Weather report, variety 6. 0 Children’s session: "Robinson Crusoe’ 5.30 Hit Parade 5.45 Daventry news 6. 5 Dinner music 6.30 The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s 6.42 After dinner music 6.57 Weather report and station notices

7. 0 News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department 7.20 Bands on the air 7.30 John Halifax, Gentleman 7.42 You Can’t Blame Us! 8.10 Introducing to you 8.30 "His Last Plunge" 8.42 Merry moments for the soldiers 8.0 Daventry news 9.20 Musical all-sorts 8.45 Stars broadcasting 10. 0 Close down OW Tr) GAP ER. 7. Oam. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9.15 Daventry news 11. 0 Light music 12. 0 Daventry news 12.15-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 5. 0 Light music 5.30 For the children 5.45 Daventry news 6. 0 "The Japanese Houseboy" 6.15 Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay. Stortford Lodge Market Report 7. 0 Re-broadcast of Government news 7.15 ‘Khyber and Beyond" (episode 10) 8. 0 Light music 8.10 Recorded talk by Dr. H, L. Brose: "Electricity in the Human Body" 8.30 Dance session 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Symphonie and operatic excerpts: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony No. 4 ‘in G Major" (Dvorak) (First and Second Movements) 9.42 Marjorie Lawrence (soprano), "Brunnhilde’s Battle Cry," from "Die Walkure" (Wagner) 9.51 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony No. 6 in B Minor? ("The Pathetic") (Tchaikovski) (Third *Movement) 10. 0 Close down AVN see ttm 7. Op.m. ‘John Halifax, Gentleman" 7.15 Light selections 8. 0 Variety and Vaudeville 9. 0 Band programme 9.30 Eb and Zeb 9.40 Light music 10. O Close down QW WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303m. 7. Op.m. Cocktails 7.35 Here’s a Queer Thing 7.45 The Kingsmen 7.57 Musical digest 8.15 The Adventures of Marco Polo 8.28 Solo Artists’ Spotlight 8.45 Stars of the musical firmament 9. 0 Out of the Silence 9.30 Night Club 10. O Close down l 2 Mi 1250k.c. 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular selections Orchestral items _ "Search for a Playwright " Peep into Filmland with "Billie" Humorous selections. 2 Hawaiian and popular melodies Close down uN ono ooo ey ooo