News and Notes From the North

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 9

News and Notes From the North

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Call Up

OuR Auckland correspondent "Call Up" writes:-Among new artists who are to appear at 1YA during- the next few weeks are Miss Veda Nelson, contralto, who will sing en June 24; Alf. Healy and Fred Briggs, both of the Civie Theatre orchestra, a novelty saxophone and piano duo, who will play on June 25; Patricia McLeod, soprano, and Mrs. Keven, contralto, July 4; and Mr. W. L. Benbow, who ill render vocal items with a Spanish uitar accompaniment on July 5. The last-mentioned artist has frequently broadcast from the Australian stations. * Lr e R. R. LAKE, of the Radio Broadcasting Company’s head office, Christchurch, is relieving Mr. Barnes as Station 1YA director. * * % ON July 1 the Forensa Club will begin a series of debates from 1YA, the first motion being that the spread of American influence is detrimental. These are not the first debates to be given from 1YA, this form of entertainment having been inaugurated from the station in September, 1928. The 1YA Broadcasting Choir’s part songs on the evening of Wednesday, "=, June 4, were most enjoyable. It is in- ™. teresting to note that two of these ‘gongs were written by a member of the choir, Mr. J. L. Heath. These two songs were "The Blue Alsatian Mountains" and "Drink to Me Only," and a gramophone record was taken of the choir singing the latter, the result being most pleasing. On July 1 1¥A is to give listeners a night of "Faust," sung by male voices only. The vocalists. will be Messrs. Arthur Ripley, tenor, Owen Pritchard, and Len Barnes. These are three of the best voices in Auckland, and this night should be eagerly looked forward to. x x me UCKLAND listeners have been supplied with plenty of sporting fare during the week. There have been relays of three days of racing at Hlersie, and the Leckie-Shack contest on Jtne 8, while many listeners also heard 2YA’s broadcast of the big football match in Wellington on Tuesday. It was pleasing to hear a boxing contest over the air again, and if the races had only been broadcast from inside the eourse, our pleasure would have been complete. ¢ ¢ NCLUDED among the short news pictures showing at one of Auckland’s leading picture theatres this week is one of the two-way talk be tween Rear-Admiral Byrd in Dunedin _ jand Mr. Ocks in New York. Mr. Ocks "4 is seen and heard talking, and Byrd’s ean be heard coming through. Ithough the words are indistinguishable. A map is also shown, an ainouncer explaining how the broadcast was carried out. Quite a good adver-. tisement for little New Zealand in U.S.A., and particularly for Dunedin!