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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 35

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| y 650k c. 462m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) District weather report, ollowed by breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 8. 0 "With a Smile and a Song" 970. O Devotional Service, conducted by Pastor E. P. Aderman, B.A. 10.15 ‘Records at Random’"’ 41.0 "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanian 41.16 ‘To Lighten the Task" 471.30 Running commentary on Auckland Trotting Club’s Meeting, relayed from Alexandra Park, (1.15 p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 ‘From Our Library" 3.30 Sports results 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers. 4.30 Sports results 6B. O Children’s session (‘ Cinderella" and ‘‘Aunt Jean,’ with feature, "David and Dawn in Fairyland" 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "The Leek’ Selection (Middleton); "‘Andalousian Dance’ (Winkler); ‘Gazellen"’ (Kuster); "Tritsch-Tratsch" Polka (Strauss); "Life in Hungary" (trad.); "A Garland of Roses’; "Rosamunde"’ Ballet Mésic (Schubert); "Hungarian Romance’ (Winkler); "EL Relicario"’ (Padilla); "Charm of the Valse" (arr. Winter); "Deep in a Dream" (Heusen); "Dreaming of the Hungarian Steppes’ (Bruhne); ‘Leda Valse’ (Tonesca). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7.0 Local news service 7.15 Sports talk by Gordon Hutter 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Reading of poetry by Professor Sewell, Dramatic: Shakespeare 7.45 "Paganini:’ The romantic virtuoso 8.57 Dominion and district weather, reports and station notices 8. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 = State Symphony Orchestra, "Toy Symphony" ........ Haydn 9.33 Margerita Salvi (soprano), "Por Un Pajaro" ........ Vaquez "Carnival of Venice" Benedict 9.41 London Philharmonic Orchesa, "Facade" Suite ....... Walton 170. 0 English variety 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN | Y 880kc. 341m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 "Rhythm all the Time" 8.15 Variety Show 9. 0 "Sing as we go!" 8.26 From musical comedy and light opera 10. 0 Light recitals 10.30 Close down

|Z AUCKLAND 1250k¢, 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular music 7. 0 Orchestral selections 8. 0 Concert hour 9. 0 aaron comedy gems; Hits of the ay 10. 0 Close down 2 Y 570k ¢. 526m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.80 (approx.) District weather report Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9.0 Morning variety 10. 0 Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Favourite melodies 10.2810 10.30 Time signals 10.45 "Shoes and Ships SealingWax," by Nelle Scanian 1%. 0 artists Progress reports on play in the representative cricket match. Wellington v. Auckland will be broadcast at approximately 11.16 and 11.45 a.m., and 12.15, 2.15, 2.45, 3.15, 3.45, 4.15 and 4.45 p.m. 72. 0 Lunch music (1.15, p.m., NEWS FROM LONDON) 41. 0 Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Classical hour 3.0 Sports results 3.156 Rhythm on the piano 3.28103.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 8.32 Popular tunes 4. 0 Sports results . Gelebrity session 4165 afternoon vaudeville 6. O Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music 6.35, ad FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Selection (Nicolat); Mon Bijou" (Stolz); "Bats in the ws $4 1? "Waltzes of the World" (arr. "Nola" (Arndt); ‘Four Indian Love Lyrics" Finden); ‘Moto Perpetuo" (Lotter); ‘Capriccio’ (Gure- = i "Student Prince" Selection (Rom-

6.55 7. 0 7.15 745 7.54 8.24 8.57 9. 0 9.15 9.25 10. 0 11. 0 11.30 Summary of the day’s play in the cricket match ee and district weather reorts ocal news service "Britain Speaks" 7.28 to 7. yy Time signals Reserve PROGRAMME: London Philharmonic Orchestra, "The Bronze Horse" Overture Auber Heddle Nash (tenor), sings from the Studio, "Tannhauser’s Pilgrimage" Wagner "Is Verse So Alarming?": Conversational pierce with illustrations, by Charles Thomas "The Magic of the Sea" Andersen Tyrer (pianist), in a Studio recital: | Six pieces founded on Spanish folk songs "Home Sickness" . Granados "Echoes of a Merry-Making" "Vascongada" (Basque air) "Marcha Oriental" "Zambra" Moorish festival "Zapateado" National dance Dominion and district weather reports and station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary For the Bandsman: Band of the H.M. Welsh Guards, "Coronation Bells" Partridge 9.28 Jack Mackintosh (corjem) "Lucille-Caprice"’ ...... « Code "Columbine-Caprice" Wright 9.34 Grand Massed Brass Bands, "Empire Medley" 9.40 Norman Allin (bass), "Great Bass Ballads" 9.48 Band of H.M. Welsh Guards, "Classica" Selection arr. Ewing 9.54 Grand Massed Brass ‘Bands, "Sweet is the Work" arr. Broadhead 9.57 Massed Bands of the Aldershot and Eastern Com- mands, "The March of the King’s Men" Plater "Rhythm on Record": Programme of new dance recordings, compered by "Turntable" NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN OY GC Mooi rm a oe m. Tunes for the tea-table 6. 7. 8. C00 10. 0 Musical menu After dinner music "Soldier artists": A programme by artists who served in the Great War Sonata and chamber music hour featuring at 9.36, Egon Petri ( pane), playing "Sonata in C inor, Op. 111" (Beethoven) Let’s have a laugh Close down

2 Y 990k ¢. 303m. 7. Op.m. Showmen of syncopation 7.35 People in pictures 8.5 Musical digest 8.33 Carson Robison and his Buckaroos 8.45 ‘His Lordship’s Memoirs" 9.12 Medliana 9.52 " Thrills " 9.45 Tattoo 10. 0 Close down OAV AB NEW PLYMOUTH 810k. 370m. 8. Op.m. " Studio programme 8. O Weather report and station notices 8. 2 Recordings 10. 0 Close down QV irl 750 kc. 395 m. 7; Oam. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 11. 0 Light music 12. O-2.0 p.m. Lunch music (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 6. 0 Uncle Paul and Aunt Beth 5.30 Uncle Paul and Aunt Beth 6, 0 "The Japanese Houseboy " 6.156 NEWS FROM LONDON and topical talk 6.45 Weather forecast. ‘‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame "’ 7. 0 After dinner music 7.30 "The Masked Masqueraders " 8. 0 Light music 8.30 Dance session 9. 0 NBS newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.15 BBC news commentary 9.25 Light music 9.45 "Tales from the Pen of Edgar Allan Poe" 10. 0 Close down 2 y IN 920k¢. 327m. 7. Op.m. Light music 7.80 "Carson Robison and his Pioneers" 8. 0 Sketches, light music 8.30 Light classical 8. O Excerpts from grand opera 9.35 ‘Japanese Houseboy " 10.0 Close down

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5) Y 720 ke. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.)* Breakfast session 8.45 NEWS FROM LONDON 9. 0 Morning melodies 40. O Classical programme 40.30 Devotional Service 10.45. Hall of Fame 41.0 "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanlan 11.15 "Help for the Home Cook," by Janet M. Shaw 41.30 Popular tunes 42, 0 Lunch music (1.145 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 Music on. strings 2.30 Rhythm parade 3. 0 Classical music 4.0 Frost and special weather forecast 4.6 Variety programme 4.30 Sports results Light orchestral and ballad programme 6. O Children’s session 5.45 Dinner music (6.15, NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "The Silken Ladder’ Overture (Rossini); "Aadua" March (Olivieri); "The Phantom Watch" (Haarhaus); "‘You’re Here, You're There, You're Everywhere" (Kahal); "La Paloma" (Yradier); "It Happened in Vienna" (Muhr); ‘If My Songs Were Only Winged" (Hahn); "Barcarolle’ (Grothe); "Pagliacct" Fantasia (Leoncavallo); "‘Doina 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’ (Eilenberg); "Spanish Dance" (Moszkowski); "Grieg Waltz." 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7.,0 Local news service 7415 ‘TALK: "Recollections of the Old Coast Road," by A. P. Harper 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: "Music from the Theatre" "Les Sylphides" Ballet, to the music of Chopin 8..2 Studio Recital by Noel Newson (pianist), "Children’s Corner Suite" Debussy 8.16 Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), "Kin traum" .........00.. Grieg "Torne a sorrento" . de Curtis "Connais tu le pays?" von ‘Goethe "My Johann" ................ Grieg 8.29 The London Philharmonic Orchestra, "Under the Spreading Chest-. nut Tree" ........ Weinberger 8.45 Recital by Richard Tauber (tenor), "OQ Mary Dear" .. McCormack "For You Alone" .... O’Reilly "Songs My Mother Taught as Dvorak "Good-Night" ......... Kunneke 8.57 Dominion and district weather * reports and station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news | 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 The 3YA Orchestra (Con- . ductor, Will Hutchens, Mus. Bac.): "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14" Liszt ~ 9.39 Dennis Noble (baritone), "The Bedouin Love Song" : Pinsuti "The s..000100 Molloy

9.46 The Orchestra: "Two Lyric Pieces" .... Grieg "Heart’s Desire" Selection Clutsam 410. O Half-an-Hour with the Comedians 10.30 "Radio City Revels" 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN SY CHRISTCHURCH 1200 kc. 250 m. p.m. Recordings 3° "Music for Everyman" 7. QO After dinner music 8.0 "Circle of Shiva"

The music of Britain A dance session "* Mittens "’ Vaudeville Light music Close down YAR a eae 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. 0 7.30 8.45 9..5 NEWS FROM LONDON Breakfast session NEWS FROM LONDON Morning music 10. O Weather report 10.10-10.30. Devotional Service 12. 0 3. 3.30 4. 0 4.30 5.30 6.15 6.40 ad 7.0 7.30 8. 0 8.30 9. 0 9.15 9.25 9.37 9.45 10. 0 Lunch music se dere; NEWS FROM LONDON Afternoon programme Classical programme Dance hits and popular songs Weather report. Variety Children’s session Dinner music NEWS FROM LONDON and topical talk After dinner revue Weather report and station notices For the bandsmen Mirthmakers on the air, featuring Harry Roy and his Boys, Al and Bob Harvey, George Formby Orchestras of broadcasting Swing is the thing NBS news reel: A digest of the day’s news BBC news commentary "Carson Robison and his Pioneers" On the march with Raymonde and his Band of Banjos Plays for the people: "Stolen Car" Close down

ANY DUNEDIN 790 k c. 380 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS 6.50 7. 0 FROM LONDON Weather report for aviators NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (apprax.) Breakfast session 8.45 10. 0 10.15 10.50 11. 0 12. 0 1.0 NEWS FROM LONDON Weather. report for aviators Devotional Service "Shoes and Ships and SealingWax," by Nelle Scanlan Bits and Pieces; In My Garden Lunch music (1.15 p.m, NEWS FROM LONDON) Weather report (including for aviators)

2. 0 MuSic of the Celts; Rhythms of the ‘Keyboard; Afternoon Reverie 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4.0 Weather report and special frost forecast for farmers 4.30 Music in a cafe 4.45 Sports results 5. 0 a session: (Big Brother 5.45 Dinner music (6.15 NEWS FROM LONDON and Topical Talk): "Il Seraglio’’ Overture (Mozart); "An Hungarian Fantasy" (Weber); "‘I Love You" (Waldteufel); ‘Liszt in Rhythm" (arr. Rawicz and Landauer); "Russian Gipsy Sketch" (Ferraris); "Zigeuner’ (Coward); "Where the Woods are Green" (Brodzky); "Solitude" (Ellington); "‘A Thousand Kisses" (Joyce); "‘Rakoczky March’ (Berlioz); "Magic Song" (Meyer); "Dance Time No. /: The Waltz’; "Chant Hindoue’" Sako (Rimsky-Korsakov); "The Glow Worm Idyll" (Lincke); "Joyousness’’ (Wood); "Old Favourites"; "‘Semiramide"’ (Rossini). 6.55 Dominion and district weather reports 7. 0 Local news service 7.12 Recorded Talk by Michael Terry: 2 "Thirst in the Desert’’ ; 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Jack Payne and the BBC Dance Orchestra, , "Great Day" Selection Rose Dance bands may come and dance bands may go (they do!), but Jack Payne’s band remains most popular with listeners. As a youth Jack Payne studied the piano and found himself teaching his teacher. It’s amusing to recall that the first stage performance of this experienced entertainer, was as Juno in a school production of "The Tempest.’"? Jack lost his nerve and was only saved by Ariel remarking oe "Spit it out, you silly young

7.40 "Dad and Dave" 7.53 "Rhumba Rhythms and Tango Tunes" 8. 8 Theatre Box: "Drip" (a psychological study) "Hot Dog" (comedy) 8.21 VARIETY: The London Pianoe Accordion Band, the Mastersingers, Nat Shilkret Orchestra 8.43 "The Circle of Shiva" 8.57 Dominion and district weather reports and station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest. of the day’s news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 The Philadelphia Orchestra, " Shepherds’ Christmas Music " Bach 9.30 Prof T. D. Adams: Reading from: "Dreamthorp " Alexander Smith "Reflections on the Passing of | Christmas" 10. 0 DANCE MUSIC 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, | followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN NV { DUNEDIN al ©) 140k¢c. 263m. 5. Op.m. Tunes for the teatable 6. 0 Melody and song 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Classics for the connoisseur 9. 0 "Fireside Memories " 9.15 It’s time for dancing 10. 0 Famous Negro artists 10.30 Close down GUYZ |NVERCARGILL ) 680kc. 441m. a 7. 0am. NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 Breakfast session 8.45-9.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 41.0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch music (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 5. 0 Children’s session: "Round the World with Father Time" 5.15 Merry moments 5.45 Personalities on parade: Plehal Brothers (harmonica) : 6.0 "Thrills!" 6.15 shady FROM LONDON and Topical . a 6.45 "A budget of sport," by the "Sportsman" 7. 0 After dinner music . 7.30 Come into the garden , 7.45 Classical programme, introducing at 7.45, "Beau Danube" Ballet Music (Strauss), and at 8.17, "Rhapsody in Blue" (Gershwin) 8.30 Presenting for the first time 8.57 Weather reports, station notices 9.0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news ; 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.25 War in the Ether: "The Ear of Britain" 10. 0 Close down as ions _ will over the air. All programmes in this issue are copyri to The Listener, and may not be without permission.