NOTES and NEWS from the NORTH

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 14, 17 October 1930, Page 7

NOTES and NEWS from the NORTH

eee UR Auckland correspondent "Call Up" writes: Mr, A, B. Chappell, M.A., who regularly gives topical talks from 1YA; chose as his subject for Tuesday the airship R101, His ‘talk, which was. really a very vivid description of a journey in a modern airship, was one of the best he has given listeners, and evoked wide interest. At the conclu-: sion of the talk the station staff stood

in silence for a minute as a mark of respect for those who perished in the R101, and Mr. Chappell asked listeners to do the same. ‘

s = * GTATION 1ZH, Hamilton, gave @ special concert on Wednesday, October 8, for the members of the Radio Service Club. A number of special soloists rendered items, including Mr. J. F. Montague, a well-known 1YA entertainer. The Radio Boys’ 1ZH Orchestrai made their first appearance over the air, rendering a number of popular items. + * "THE half-hour lecture recital on Rossini, which was given by Mrs. Daisy Basham and Mr. Len Barnes on Tuesday evening, was most enjoyable. Mrs. Basham described in her usual pithy style the life and accomplishments of the celebrated Italian composer, and Mr. Barnes sang two of his songs. These lecture-recitals are always worth listening to, and should do a great deal of good work by interesting listeners in classical composers, and encouraging their appreciation of good music. se + & * UCKLAND listeners have not heard very much from the local B class stations lately. Station 1ZQ, Mount Albert, was forced to close down owing to continued complaints in regard to its interference with 1YA, and although it has drawn up a new schedule of broadcasting hours which do not clash at all with YA, it cannot use this until it has been sanctioned. Meanwhile the little station is completely silent. When it moves into Queen Street, as it intends to do shortly, it should* be able to come on the air again without causing any interfer-. ence, Owing to alterations and improvements to its transmitting apparatus station, 1ZB, Karangahape Road, has also been off the air temporarily. =

eT HAT with races and wrestling . ithere has not béen much silence about 1YA on recent Mondays, and listeners have been receiving many hours of extra service. In fact, although it is the station’s official silent day; it has-lately been several times ‘the longest broadcasting day of the week, . * a A SHORT talk by Colonel B. J.. Palmer was given from 1YA onWednesday evening. Colonel Palmer, -who |is prominently associated with ‘broadcasting in the United States, is at present touring New Zealand, and his talk, although quite unconnected with radio matters, was interesting. * s RS. DOROTHY SINGER, who died on October 7 through taking poison accidentally, was one of Auckland’s leading musical lights and had often been heard from 1YA.. She was for-} merly conductor and Planiste of the’

1YA Salon Orchestra, and had alsa been heard from the local station when. playing for the Bohemian Orchestra, of which she was leader this year, and for the Amateur Operatic Society. In addition to being an accomplished pianiste, Mrs. Singer was also well known as a player of the violin and the viola. Her death at the early age of 87 removes one of the most talented and popular of local musicians and is a real loss to the community.’ baal * _ = . HE Hon. J. B. Donald’s recent announcements as to the future of broadeasting in New Zealand have naturally aroused great interest: in Auckland. The "New Zealand Herald" published two leaders on the subject, in one of which it referred to his plans as "this hazardous experiment."