Wednesday Programme from 2YA

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 28, 23 January 1931, Page 5

Wednesday Programme from 2YA

Special Recording of Artists of International Repute .

AS announced last week, the silent day will be deleted from 2YA’s schedule from the beginning of February. This is in accordance with the wishes of radio dealers, and will give general satisfaction to all listeners. The programmes proposed will be very much out of the ordinary so far as New Zealand is concerned. They will be composed of recorded features selected from overseas broadcast entertainments, Arrangements for their supply were made by Mr. A. R. Harris during his recent visit to America, _When the question of deleting the 2YA silent day was under consideration the chief obstacle was the type of entertainment to be presented. It was realised that the programmes must differ as much as possible from those at present broadcast, for to extend the number of concerts with the. present available local talent would simply mean a lowering of the average standard. The problem has, however, now been solved, and listeners will be treated to some excellent recorded entertainment by overseas artists of international reputation now resident in America. The whole of the programmes on Wednesday evenings will be of an international character, for, apart from the concert items, arrangements have been made for talks on subjects of international importance, In this connection may be mentioned Dr, Guy H. Scholefield,' a noted journalist and now Parliamentary Librarian. There will be five entertainment features on the first of the Wednesday programmes, February 4. They will be:(1) "The Ormandy Orchestra," Eugene Ormandy being an eminent Hungarian violinist and conductor, famous in music circles in U.S.A. A wide range of items will be presented. (2) "Abroad With the Lockharts," an unusual and amusing series of travelogues. (3) "The International Singers," considered to be one of the best male quartets heard on the air in America, (4) "Hy Wide and Handsome’-two worthies, one, an excowboy who prefers the life of a gentleman of leisure; and his valet, a coloured gentleman, They are a sort of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in music. (5) "The Ambassadors of. Melody Land," comprising an orchestra and singers. eS SSMU SLs eM sme