SATURDAY

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 24, 24 December 1931, Page 19

SATURDAY

1YA Topics HE station will be on the air from noon to broadeast racing and cricket results. The evening programme will be interrupted to permit of a running commentary on the broad siding at the Western Springs Stadium. Probably the most outstanding feature of to-night’s programme wi!l be the appearance of the new 1VA Chamber Orchestra, under the conductorship of Harold Baxter. This will take the place of the smaller studio orchestra, which has

been heard regularly from this station for some considerable time, By its enlargement its capabilities to perform more ambitious works will be extended and listeners can look forward to some pleasurable evenings. They ».-ill make several appearances on the programme, The Asquiths, popular 1YA_ entertainers, will provide 20 minutes of novelty entertainment, while as soloists Arthur Wright (bass baritone) and Rita MacCullay will be featured. Miss MacCullay has selected three Scottish numbers, including the popular and beautiful "Afton Water." Notes from Wellington OMING on the air at 3 p.m., the station will provide the usual programme until 8 p.m., when a light programme will be provided from. the studios, the Salon Orchestra, under Mat Dixon, providing the incidental music. Two well-known Wellington artists, Ena Rapley (soprano) and Hdwin Dennis (tenor), will be heard in duets, while R. G. Blow (baritone) will entertain with a bracket of two numbers. Outstanding on the programme will be the first of a series of talks by Major-General B. S. Merlin, late of the Tsar’s Imperial Army, dealing with his adventures during the early stages of the Russian Revolution. Between 10 and 11 p.m. dance musie will be relayed from the Adelphi Cabaret. Jottings From 3YA, STATION will again be on the air at noon to broadcast racing results, At 8 p.m. a variety programme froy Dunedin will be relayed. Items from Dunedin At 8 p.m. to-night a variety pro. gramme will be presented by the "Gaiety Troupe’ under Edward Mee, assisted by the instrumental octet under A, H. Petit. Vocal items by the troupe will include "Ta ra ra boom di ay," "Good Old Jeff,’ and "There is a Tavern in the Town."