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Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 8, 1 September 1933, Page 18

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Mews, Uiews and Comments

Looking Forward 1YA Sept. 1: B.B.0. Programme, "World's Away." : 2YA Sept. 7: Relay of Apollo Singers’ Con- : . cert, featuring "The Desert." SO BY A Sept. 10:. B.B.0. Programme, "Etlan ~ * Vannin." ‘Sept. 16: B.B.O. Vaudeville Pro- ~ gramme. Me 4YA Sept. ‘10: B.B.C. Programme, "Worild’s Awe ; oF Sept. 16: B.B.C. Programme, "Songs from the Shows." Sept. 30: B.B.C. Vaudevilie’ Pro. gramme. A GLANCE at the programmes for "the coming week discloses some yery interesting features, entertainment for practically. every class of listener being featured from each of the four YA: stations. .

(THE programmes for Monday evening offer a wide choice of entertainment. From 1¥A the first portion of the programme will consist of a.varied concert from the studio, a feature calling for special.mention being the appéarance.of Mr. Raymond Beatty, 4 Sydney bass who has recently returned from ‘studying. in. London. . Report speaks very ‘highly. of Mr, Beatty, and his inclusion in 1YA’s. programme is further evidence of the Broadcasting. Board’s determination to afford listeners an opportunity, whenever possible, of hearing outstanding artists who may visit this part of the world. At-9 p.m. 1¥YA will relay. the wrestling from the Town Hall. This is one of the most popular features of the week in New Zealand radig, The Concert Orchestra and Madanie Evelyn. de . Maun) (pianist) will provide the greater portion of 2YA's programme, variety being obtained ‘by the inclusion in the programme of selected recordings. From 8YA listeners. will be-entertained by the New Brighton Municipal Band and Mr. "Dave" McGill, who is, in my opinion, one of the Dominion’s most popular vocalists, Mr. McGill’has just concluded a professional engagement with the Frank Neil Revue Company, where he was one of the excellent male quartet which was ‘one of the features of the company. 4YA schedules an excellent programme of recorded music, including "An Hour with Grieg." In recent months the programmes. from the southern capital have shown a vast improvement, and’ they can now be looked forward to each week with the certainty that ‘they will be of a ‘high standard of entertainment,

HE recorded programme from 1YA on Tuesday evening contains several features of more than passing interest, including a very fine number from the ©. B. Cochran spectacle, "Qasanova," and male quartets by the International Singers. The evolution of the dance will be featured in the first portion of 2YA’s programme, and this will be followed by a "repeat" per-

formance of the B.B.C. recorded musical comedy "Postman’s Knock," featuring Olaude Hulbert. A miscellaneous studio concert will be broadcast from 3YA, and from 4YA the St. Kilda Band and the Melodians will provide _ the major portion of the programme. LL four programmes. on Wednesday evening are of a high stardard and listeners on this evening should find little to complain about in the entertainment provided for them. A relay of a recital by Miss Gwen Salmon (soprano), Miss Hileen Walmsley (pianist) and Miss Dorothy Edwards (violinist) is scheduled by 1YA. This should: make a definite appeal to musicloyers. From 2YA the recorded programme will be well varied and will include a recorded saxophone recital

by Howard Jacobs. Those who profess to be unable to find any merit in the saxophone will agree, if they listen to this brief recital, that the sax0ophone is a much maligned instrument : and is capable of producing @ gloriously rich tone when played by an x: pert. Another feature on 2QYA's programme will be the final] movement of Beethoven's "Wmperor" Concerto, played by Artur Schnabel and. the Berlin State Opera Orchestra. Musiclovers should on no account miss this number, From 3YA a well-varied studio concert will be presented, including items by the 3YA Orchestra and Mr. W. Toomey (baritone). The B.B.C. "Topical Half-hour" will also be presented-an interesting indication of the possibility of presenting topical "gazettes" at some future date. The BBC. "Topical Half-hour" = is now well out of date, but it nevertheless has a distinct interest for thos? who look to radio for something more than mere popular entertainment. 4YA will also present this "Topical Halthour" during its programme, also the de ‘Rose Concert Orchestra and Miss Mabel Hsquilant (contralto). * *

HE Thursday evening programmes include’ many excellent numbers. The studio concert from 1YA promises well-varied entertainment of a high standard, the Studio Orchestra, Miss §. Stacpoole (soprano) and a relay ‘(at 8.20 p.m.) of a violin recital by Mr. Vincent Aspey being the principal features. Lovers of concerted vocal music will be well catered for by 2YA, which will be relaying a concert by the Wellington. Apollo Singers, assisted by the 2YA Concert Orchestra. A feature of this programme will be Felicien David’s cantata, «~Phe Desert," a work of great charm and one rarely heard-in these days. ‘The recorded programme from 38YA Con tains some excellent numbers, including male quartets by the International Singers. The Minnesingers, in concerted and solo items, will provide the greater portion of {tA's programme, * "THERE is nothing of really outstand-. ing merit in any of the Friday evening programmes, with the possible exception of a half-hour illustrated talk on Sir Granville Bantock, the. eminent British composer, from. 1YA. With the exception of .2YA, which will be relaying from Blenheim the finals of the New Zealand amateur boxing championships, the Saturday evening .programmes are of average standard and call for no special comment. 1YA schedules a relay of a concert by the Auckland Municipal Band, and 3YA and 4¥A will present a miscellaneous programme featuring the Frolics Revue in song and patter. Two of the B.B.C, recorded pro- , grammes will be presented on Sun-

THRILLS AND SPILLS IN HOCKEY ON SKATES Unusual Broadcast from 2YA Next Week Listeners to 2YA on Wednesday, September 6, will have an opporunity of listening to a broadcast of a description of the inter-provincial hockey on skates match, Auckland vy. Wellington. The two provinces have met in Wellington on two previous occasions-last year and in 1931. Hockey on skates can easily claim to be one of the fastest games . played in the world. The play ‘moves at such a rapid pace that some concern was felt by the broadcasting authorities as to the possibility of an announcer being able'to ‘give a true running description of the event; at a contest held in May last, the services of Mr. D. Paris (wellknown in athletic and Rugby fooball circles) were procured, and he gave what was described by listeners-in as a first-class description for the. . first broadcast of a contest of this kind ever ‘made in New Zealand. For the Auckland v. Wellington match on September 6, Mr. D. Paris’s services have again been secured, and listeners. are promised a description that will be full of thrills. .

day evening (September 10). TheManx national programme, "Ellan Vannin,’ will be broadcast by 3YA, and 4YA will present "Worlds Away," de-: scribed as a "Family Chronicle from the years 1812 to 1933." From 1YA a studio concert will entertain listeners, and from 2YA Miss Mary Cooley . and Mr. L. BH. Strachan will present an original programme-"Work’-an atmospheric fantasy im verse and music, dealing with the toil of mankind throughout the ages. |. rr s ™* s SPACE does not permit of a detailed review of the 31 talks scheduled for the coming week. Details as to speakers, times and subjects are set forth on another page-‘Spotlights on the Programmes." * * * . F the Monday evening talks the most entertaining would appear to pe those from 2YA and 4YA,. From the . former station (at 8.40 p.m.), Captain H. M. Talbot-Lehmann, M.C., will narrate a further instalment of his exciting experiences-as aeronautical adviser during the Chinese civil war, and from 4YA Professor T, D. Adams will speak at 9.2 p.m. on "Other Olympic Games." . t te xe TRAVEL features largely in the Tues- '™ day evening talks. ' A lecturette which should be well worth hearing will be broadcast by 2YA at 8.40, when Mrs. Lola Maries will speak on "A Show Woman Visits the Continent." "Modern Cairo" and "Edinburgh" are scheduled as talks from 4YA, the former at 7.30°p.m,. and the latter at 9.2 p.m. I advise southern listeners not to miss the second of these talks-by Mr. Charles BE. Wheeler, who hag recently returned from an extended visit overseas and who has that rare gift of being able to transport listeners to distant lands and make them actually see the various spots he is describing. The talk by Sir James Parr, from 1YA, at 9.2 p.m, on "Some Reminiscences of a High Commissioner," should also be well worth hearing. * 2. » "MODERN Poetic Drama" (1YA, 7.80), the weekly gardening talk from 2YA at 7.380, and Dr. Guy H. Scholefield’s weekly talk on affairs overseas, are the only talks scheduled for Wednesday evening. "TRAVEL again features largely in the Thursday and Friday evening talks. On Thursday from 1YA at 9.2 pm. Mr, G. O’Halloran will speak on Rochester Castle. Mr. Bell-Syer will speak from 3YA at 9.2 p.m. on "Hxperi‘ences of a Native Commissioner in West Africa," and from 4YA at 9.2 pm. Mr. H. Camp will be heard in "Reminiscences of the Down FEast Mate’-a tale of the Sea. ‘ ON Friday from 1YA at 9.2 p.m. Mr. L. W. Delph will continue his talks on "Ancient Eastern Cities," his sub-

ject on this occasion being Aleppo. A talk of outstanding interest is scheduled by 2YA at 840, when Mr. P. J. O’Regan will speak on "Explorers in the Wilderness in New ZealandBrunner and Heaphy."’ From 4YA at

4.80 Mr. W.-R, BE, Stephenson, M.A., will have something of interest to say regarding Mussolini and modern Italy, — and-from the same station .at 9.8 p.m.. Mr. W. H. Carson will continue his’ talkg on famous overseas trials, thé, notorious "Dr. Pritchard": providing him with his subject matter for this occasion. ..? ' * . * A HORTICULTURAL talk from 1YA at 7.30, and a W.E.A. talk from 2¥A at 7,30-"The, Child’s.Conquest of Speech"-are the’ Only talks scheduled for Saturday evening. NE of the latest "giants of the ether’ to win a place in the broadcasting sun is the new 60-kilowatt transmitter at Athlone, described as the "voice of the Irish Free State." With 12 times the power of 2YA, and 24 times the power of the new station ,being. erected for 83YA, the big Irish station has no difficulty in covering a. wide

range, and.already. reports of good reception have been received from yvarieus parts of Europe, Canada. and the AJnited States. The station has even ‘received a report from Gisborne. New Zealand. The wavelength is 413 metres (725 k.c.). Another giant shortly to be erected will be a 100-kilowatt transwmnitter in Madrid, Spain. It will he -entirely -under State control.- Both these stations, however, are "small potatoes" when comparéd with Mos- . cow’s '500-kilowatt transmitter. This trade union station has a lead of 300 kilowatts on its next largest rival in Europe, Luxembourg, which is testing with a power of 200 kilowatts. x * # EW French regulations stipulate that all passenger ships of 10,000 tons and over must be equipped with two wireless transmitters situated in different parts of the vessel.