WEDNESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 29

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NY, AUCKLAND 650 kc. 462 m. 6. 0 ° 10. 0 11. 0 12.15 1.0 2.0 5. 0 5.45 6.15 6.55 7. 0 a.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON. (News at 6, 7, and 8.45) "Players and Singers" Combined Service, relayed from St. James’s Presbyterian Church. Preacher: Dr. Alexander Hodge. Organist: J. T. French Anglican Service, relayed from St. Mary’s Cathedral. Preacher: The Right Reverend Bishop Simkin, Organist: Edgar. Randall p.m. ‘‘ Musical Musings" Dinner music (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) "An Afternoon at the Proms" Children’s Song Service "As the Day Declines " a FROM LONDON and Topical ‘a Dominion and district weather reports "Harmonic Interlude " 7.30 EVENING PROGRAMME: Budapest String Quartet, Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 ("Intimate Voices") Sibelius | 8. 4 Nativity Play: "He That Should Come," by Dorothy Sayers 8.57 Dominion and district weather reports and station notices 9. 0 NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news 9.16 BBC News commentary 9.26 Evening Prayer: Rev. L. A. North, of the Baptist Church 9.30 "Martin’s Corner: The Story of a Family" 10. 0 Radio despatch from the New Zealand troops in the Middle East 40. 5 Louis Levy and his Gaumont British Symphony, "Splinters in the Air" "Take My Tip" 910.11 "Forty Minutes of Unusual Musical Comedy" \ 40.54 Debroy Somers Band, "What’s Yours?" 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN IV 2K fate stn 6. Op.m. Recordings 10. 0 "Christmas Cheer," including . "Christmas Fairies’ Overture » GPfiltzner),, Peter Dawson’s Christmias Party, "A Dream of Christmas" (Ketelbey),. "Celebration for. Any . Occasion" .(Debroy Somers), and at . 8, a presentation of "A Christmas Carol’ (Charles Dickens) Close down |Z | AUCKLAND 1250ke¢, 240m. | 40. Oa.m. Christmas Morning music 11. 0 12. 0 Orchestral selections Dinner music 2. 0-6.0 p.m. Afternoon programme 7.45 SPF eo°o Orchestral items **Silas Marner" Concert session Christmas Carols Close down

2 y 570k c. 526m. 6. Oam. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON | 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. 0 NEWS FROM LONDON e | 7.80 (approx.) District weather report Breakfast session 8.45° NEWS FROM. LONDON | 9 O, Morning variety 10. 0 Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional service 10.26 Popular melodies 10.28 t0 10.30 Time signals 11. 0 Music by popular composers 411.20 Variety on the air 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Dinner session (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2.0 "A Reputation for, Benevolence ": A Christmas play by Richard Matthews (NBS production) 2.25 Christmas Day Matinee (Progress reports of play in_the representative cricket match, Wellington v. Auckland, will be broadcast approx. at 2.45, 3.15, 3.45, 4.45 and 6.0 p.m.) 3.2810 3.30 Time signals 5. O Special Children’s Song Service, conducted by Uncle William 5.45 Melodious memories 6. 0 Progress report of play in ,the representative cricket match 6.15 ae FROM LONDON and Topical ‘a 6.45 Summary of play in the representative cricket match 6.55 Dominion and district weather reorts 78 BC talks, including at 7.15, "Britain Speaks" 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals 7.45 EVENING PROGRAMME: The Orchestra: Alfredo Campoli’s + The Singer: Paul Robeson The Orchestra, "Christmas Fantasy" Paul Robeson, "Lullaby" ......cs0s.06. Gambs "Down de Lovers’ Lane" Cook The Orchestra, "Cavatina" ........ RE I RR 3 "Love in Idleness" ,., MacBeth

8.34 8.49 857 9. 0 9.15 9.25 9.30 9.55 10. 0 10. 5 11. 0 11.30 "BUNDLES?" A serial story of London life, featuring Betty Balfour, the famous English actress Heddle Nash (English tenor), in a studio recital Marek Weber and his Orchestra, "Liebestraum No. 3" .... Liszt "Waltz from the Sleeping Beauty" ......... Tehaikovski Dominion and district weather reports and station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Evening Prayer: Rev. L. A. North, of the Baptist Church "The First Great Churchill" Debroy Somers Band, "Northern Memories" arr. Somers Radio despatch from New Zealand Forces in the Middle East Billy Cotton and his Band NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music CLOSE DOWN QVC MEMAareR 6. Op.m. Musical menu 7.0 8. 0 eg 10. After dinner music Orchestral masterpieces, featuring at 8.30, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, playing "Symphony No. 6 in G Major’ (‘The Surprise") (Haydn) Highlights from the Operas. Close down DYDWELingyon 7. 7.47 8. m. Sylvester-Bradley tempos ‘"‘Rilly Bunter of Greyfriars" Band Waggon " The of Ben Ali"

8.28 Solo artists’ spotlight 8.45 Stars of the musical firmament 9.0 "The Life of Cleopatra" ' 9.30 Night .Club 10. 0 Close-down AV Milote som 6.30 p.m. Children’s session 7.30 Lecturette and information service 8. 0 Concert programme 9. O Weather report and station notices 9. 2 Concert programme 10. O-- Close! down QV rl 750 kc. 395m. 11. 0 a.m.-1.30 p.m. » Recordings 1.15 NEWS FROM LONDON 2. O-4.0 Afternoon concert session 6.15 NEWS FROM LONDON and topical talk 7.0 Light music 7.15 Radio play: "Amos Bone’s First 8. 0 8.30 Christmas " Organ and ballad selections Viennia Philharmonic Orchestra, * Academic Festival Overture " (Brahms) 8.39 Dora Labbette (soprano) 8.47 New York Philharmonic-Symphony Pa ape Alcina Suite,’ Hanel) : 9.0 NBS .newsreel: A digest of ‘the day’s news : 9.15 BBC fews' commentary : 9.25 Evening Prayer: Rev. L. North of the Baptist Church 9.30 Beniamino Gigli (tenor) 9.34 William Primrose (viola), "La Campanella" (Paganini) ~ 9.37 Choir of Strasbourg Cathedral, "Ave Verum" (Mozart): , 9.42 The Philharmonic Orchestra, "A Little; Night Music" (Mozart) 10. O Radio despatch from.the New Zealand Forces in the | Middle East 10.5 Close ‘down > QYN AER 920ke¢. 327m. ?. On.m. ' ® Recollections | of Geoffrey jamlyn " Sy Light music 8.0 "Behind the News": A drama of the sea written by ‘‘ Taffrail" 8.40 Variety and vaudeville 9. 0 Band music 9.30 ‘Eb and Zeb" 10. 0 Close down

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5) Y 720k ¢. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for NEWS FROM LONDON 7.0 NEWS FROM LONDON 7.30 (approx.) Breakfast session 8.456 NEWS FROM LONDON 8. 0 Morning programme 10.30 Devotional Service 41. 0 Music for all 41. Op.m. Dinner music (1.15, NEWS FROM LONDON) 2. 0 Favourite entertainers 2.30 Ballads we love 3. 0 Classical hour, festuring "Christmas Concerto" (Corelli) 4.0 Christmas Fantasy 4.30 Band programme 5. 0 Children’s song service 5.45 Evening reverie 6.15 -- FROM LONDON and Topical a 6.55 Dominion and district weather re7.0 Rerol Service, relayed from the Christchurch 8.0 EVENING PROGRAMME: Readings by O. L. Simmance: "The Seven Poor Travellers" By Charles Dickens 8.20 Programme of Popular Classics: Ignaz Friedman (piano), "Invitation to the Dance" Weber 8.28 Dora Labbette and Hubert Eisdell, "Come Silver Moon" arr. Besley "Londonderry Air" 8.31 The London Palladium Orchestra, "Verdi Memories" | arr. Worch 8.40 Beniamino Gigli (tenor), "Serenade" ...000---.0008 Schubert "Wiegenlied" ............ Brahms 8.46 Marcel Mule (saxophone), "Humoresque" ....... Dvorak foitin Tossy Spivakovsky vio Fantasie ... Bizet 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 Evening Prayer: Rev. L. A. North of the Baptist Church 9.30 OLGA COELHO, the brilliant Brazilian soprano, in a song Recital 10. O Radio Despatch from the N.Z. Forces in the Middle East 10. & Favourites old and new 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN a 6. Op.m. "Music for Everyman" 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 ore Ste from the Diary of a Film an 8.31 Let us rejoice! 9. 0 Dance music 10. 0 Close down

aS 9/A 940k c. 319m. 12. 0-1.30 p.m. Variety programme 1.15 NEWS FROM LONDON 5.30 Christmas Carol Service 6.16 NEWS FROM LONDON and -topical talk 6.40 These are new 7.0 Evening programme 7.10 "The Woman in Black" 7.24 You can’t blame us 7.45 "The Mist of the Years": A BBC production 8.15 The melody lingers on 8.30 ‘* Mittens " 8.43 Voices of the stars 9.0 NBS newsreel: A digest of the day's news 9.15 BBC News Commentary 9.26 Evening Prayer: Rev. L. A. North of the Baptist Church 9.30 Pick of the bunch 9.48 ‘The Kingsmen" 10. 0 Radio despatch from the N.Z. Forces in the Middle East 10.5 Close down AY 790 k c. 380 m. 6. OQa.m. Station on the air for NEWS Wi) LONDON (News at 6, 7, and . © Morning music 9 10. 0 Weather report for aviators bn -10 Musical silhouettes 11 40 Duos, trios and quartets + @ Ante-Communion Service, relayed from St. Paul’s Cathedral Organist: Prof. V. E. Galway 12, : Recordings 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators 1.15 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by dinner music 2.0 At the London Palladium 2.35 "A Christmas Carol’: A dramatisation of the ever-popular work by Charles Dickens 3.30 Classical music 4.30 Music in a cafe 5. 0 paged session: (Big Brother ) 6.15 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed y Topical Talk 6.45 ings

7.30 7.57 8.14 8.27 8.41 8.47 8.57 9.15 9.25 9.33 10. 0 EVENING PROGRAMME: "THE SHADOW": A play for Christmas, by Richard Matthews. Produced by the NBS Popular Artists: The BBC Theatre Orchestra, "On Wings of Song" arr. Robinson John Charles Thomas (baritone), "To My Mother" MacGimsey "Gwine to Hebb’n" .... Wolfe "My Homeland" .... Burnett Fritz Kreisler (violin), "Polichinelle Serenade" Kreisler "Marguerite" . Rachmaninoff The Boston Promenade Orchestra, "The Sleeping Beauty Waltz" Tchaikovski "Hungarian Dance No. 5" Brahms The Kentucky Minstrels, VHAOUAMEE pcctunstobecss . Del Riego "Carry Me Back to Green PRRIET *.nccnis Pepper Ignace Paderewski (piano), "Spinning Chorus" .... Wagner Gladys Moncrieff (soprano), "The Pipes of Pan are CallIY sacs sensnnetbinahinn Monckton "Heart’s Desire" : Fraser The New Light Symphony Orchestra, "Three English Dances" Quilter Dominion and district weather reports and station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Evening Prayer: Rev. L. A. North of the Baptist Church "The Life of Cleopatra" Radio Despatch from the N.Z. Forces in the Middle East

10.5 JAY WILBUR AND HIS BAND 11.0 NEWS FROM LONDON, followed by meditation music 11.30 CLOSE DOWN GVO one oun 6. 0 7. 0 8. 0 9. 10. oo p.m. Melody and song After dinner music Music for Christmas, featuring at 8.20, "Christmas Concerto" (Core elli) At the opera Close down AZ INVERCARGILL | 11. Oa.m. Wishing you a Merry Christ« mas 1. 0 15 2. 0 2.30 p.m. Dinner music NEWS FROM LONDON Deanna Durbin, singing sweetheart of the screen There’s a boy coming home og leave "East, West, Hame’s Best" 3. 0 3.20-4.0 Around the bandstand: H.M, 6.15 6.45 7. 0 7.30 7.45 8.30 8.57 9. 0 9.15 9.25 9.30 9.35 10, 0 10. 5 Grenadier Guards Band NEWS FROM LONDON and Topica} Talk "Birth of the British Nation" Rotorua Maori Choir, Ana Hato and Deane Waretini The Boston Promenade Orchestra "Four Looked Down One Christe mas": Play by W. Graeme Holder, Produced by the NBS Christmas box of new releases Weather reports and station notices NBS Newsreel: A digest of the day’s news BBC News Commentary Evening Prayer: Rey. L. A. North: of the Baptist Church Empire _Pageant with Debroy Somers Band "Radio Nitwits’: A special pro« gramme Radio Despatch from the N.Z, Forces in the Middle East Close down

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