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_---s LL Commercial stations will reA main on the air till one o'clock in the morning on January 1, New Year's Day. So people who are celebrating the birth of 1944 will be able to do it with musical accompaniment. Much of the music will naturally be Scottish, for the occasion will be celebrated by the Commercial stations as the Scottish festival of "Hogmanay." From 2ZA the New Year will be piped in, and in the Saturday Night Special on New Year’s Day, W. G. Simpson and Miss Margaret Simpson will present a recital of old Scottish songs. Station 2ZB will present a special half-hour Hogmanay session with "Andra," compere of the old Scottish session, as master of ceremonies, and from midnight until closing-down time, a special New Year’s Party programme will be broadcast from 2ZB. It will feature song and humour with appropriate commentary. * a IN Friday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve), there will be no sports session by Fred Murphy, but on New Year’s Day a preview will be given at 9.0 am., and results at 645 p.m. Results will also be given at 6.45 p.m. on Monday, January 3. There will be no sports session the following Friday and Saturday, January 7 and 8. % * a FTER approximately 550 performances, the session Chuckles with Jerry has come to its last laugh. The final broadcast will be on December 28, at 8.0 p.m. * * * M ISS PORTIA Intervenes is the title of a programme heard from 3ZB at 3.30 p.m. on Mondays, Tyesdays and Wednesdays. It is the story of a woman lawyer whose intuition, tact and ability to sum up the problems of people in all walks of domestic life, avert minor mistakes before they become serious problems. Miss Portia does not set out to be a super person. On the other hand, she is skilfully portrayed as the central character in the unfolding of each story. Each progrdmme is’ complete in itself and deals with incidents which can and do crop up in all walks of life. Miss Portia Intervenes will also be heard from 2ZB early in the new year. The leading role is played by Queenie Ashton, Australian screen and radio actress,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 235, 24 December 1943, Page 19
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