HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SHORTWAVE BAND
The BBC General Forces Programme THIS service, which is broadcast continuously round the clock from _ the BBC, presents a great variety of programmes. The programmes include such shows as "In Town To-night," "As the Commentator Saw It," "Sports Summary and Results," "As Seen From Scotland," "Dickens’ Characters," "Navy Mixture," "Vic Oliver Introduces," the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. A feature of some of these programmes is that very frequently world ‘ celebrities such as Pau Casals, the Spanish ‘cellist, Richard Tauber, Ivor Novello, Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth, and many others appear in person. The following are a few of the best frequencies: GSB 9.51 m/c, 31.55 metres-noon 8.0 p-m., 5.15 a.m. 9.0 am, 9.15 a.m. noon. GVX 14.93 m/c, 25.15 metres-2.0 p.m. 9.0 p.m. GWG 15.11 m/c, 19.85 metres-5.30 p.m. 3.15 a.m. GSD 11.75 m/c, 25.55 metres-noon 3.15 p.m., 4.0 p.m. 8.0 p-m,, 9.0. pim. 9 aim,, 9.15 aim. + noon. A glance through the programmes reveals: Sunday, 5,30 p.m., Band Session. Monday, 5.30 p.m., Welsh Half-hour. Tuesday, 12.30 p.m., "Dickens’ Characters." Wednesday, 8.30 p.m., Cyril Fletcher in "Thanking Yew Tew." Thursday, 10.0 p.m., Scottish Half-hour. ? J Friday, 9.0 p.m., Tommy Handley in "ITMA." Saturday, 10.0 p.m., "Three’s Company." Sports Programmes Sunday, 10.0 a.m., Sports Summary. Sunday, 6.15 p.m., Football Results. Thursday, 6.15 p.m., Football Fixtures. Saturday, 12.45 am., Cricket. Saturday, 2.50 a.m., Association Football. Special American Programmes for New Zealand Two stations broadcasting from San Francisco, KWIX on 11.89 m/c, 25.23 metres, and KWID 9.57 m/c, 31.35 metres, may be heard from 7.15 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. every night. The programmes usually consist of a musical feature from 7.15 p.m, to 7.30 p.m. (when a commentary is heard), news at 7.45 p.m., and at 8.0 p.m., "The Commentator’s Digest." However, frequently at 7.30 p.m., the programme is revised to carry a special programme, as it was on Saturday, April 13, when Hyde Park, the home of the late President Roosevelt, was presented to the people of the United States as a national memorial by Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt. bg
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 20
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346HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SHORTWAVE BAND New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 20
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