ON THE SHORT WAVES

Radio Record, 11 March 1938, Page 62

ON THE SHORT WAVES

Programme details and highlights of the following shortwave stations are included in this section:-"‘Radio-Colonial,’" France (TPA2, 19.68m., TPA3, 25.24m., TPA4, 25,60m.); Berlin, Germany (DJN, 31.45m., DJA, 31.38m., DJB, 19.74m., DJE, 16.89m.); Philips’ Holland-India Broadcasting (PHI, 16.88m., 25.57m., PCJ, 19.71m., 31.28m.); "’Radio Prague"’ Czechoslovakia (OLR3A, 31.41m., OLR4A, 25.34m.) Americans (W3XAL, 16.8m., W2XAD, 19.56m., and W2XAF, 31.48m.). Melbourne (VKVLR, 31.34m., VK3ME, 31.5m.), Sydney (VK2ME, 31.28m.), Perth, (VK6ME, 31.28m.).

"RBADIO-COLONIAL.’ (Daily.) Wavelength: 25.24 m., 11.885 k.e. %.Q pan.: French news. 7.30: Gramophone records. 8.0: Talk on French events. 15: Gramophone records. 30: Leading Press articles. 45: Gramophone records. 9.0: News in French, 9.30: Gramophone records, 9.40: News in Inglish. 9.50: News in Italian, 10.0: Close down, Wavelength: 19.68 m., 15.243 t:.c¢. 11.0 p.m.: Gramophone records. 11.45: Foreign talk on French events, 12.0: News in DWnglish. 12.15 a.m.: Concert relay, 12.45: on French events. . 41.0: Concert relay. 1.380: News in French, 2.0; Talk in French. 2.10: Topical events. 2.20: Gramophone record: 2.80: Concert programme. 4.0: Close down. Wavelength: 25.24 m., 11.885 k.e, 4.15 a.m,: News in French. 445; News in Arabic. 5.0: Concert relay. 6.30: Concert relay. 6.60: Talk, 7.0: French news. 4.80: News in French. 8.10: News in Wnglish, 8.20: News in Italian, 8.30: Relay. 10.303, market prices, Cows im be be ¢

10.45: News in Portuguese. 11.0: Close down, Wavelength: 25.60 m., 11.720 k.o, 11.15 a.m.: Gramophone records, 12.15 p.m.: News in French. 12.40: News in Spanish. 12,50: News in Portnguese 1.0: Recordings, or English talk. 1.15: Close down. 3.0: Gramophone records. 4.0: News.in Wrench. 4.30; News in Wnglish. 4.45: ‘Gramophone records 5.45: News in German, 6.0: Close down,

PCJ and PHI, HOLLAND. Wavelengths: PCJ, 31.28 m. and 19.71 m.}; PHI, 16.88 m. and 25.57 m. Sunday, March 13 (16.88 m.), 1.25 a.m.: Announcements. For Dutch Ine dies, . 1.30: Rhythm and melody. 2.0: Talk. 2.20: 19388 dance music, 2.45: News. 2.55: Music. 3.25: Close down. Monday. March i4 (16.88 m.). 12.25-1.25 am.: For Asia. Music, political talk and mission news in Roman Catholic session. : 1.30: Talk, Protestant Radio Society. 1,50: Concert, PHOHI Symphony Orchestra. 2.20: News. . 2.80: R.C, session. 8.80: Close down. wv Wednesday, March 16 (19.71 m.). 8.30-10 p.m.: Experimental broadcast for , Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands. (Reports about the reception to be sent to SOIR OS Studio, Hilversum, Holland,) Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, March 15, 16, 18 and 19 (16.22 m.). 1.26 am.: Opening announcements, ete. 1.306 to 3,15: Music, talks and-news. . Wor ‘Dutch Hast Indies, . , 3.15: News, 3.80: Close down,

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BERLIN. DJA, DIB, DIE, DIN. Wavelengths: 31.45 m., $1.38 m., 19.74 m., 16.89 m. 6.5 p.m.: Call (Germ., Eng.). Volk song. 5.10: Light music. 6.0: News in German. 6.15: Light music (continued). 6.50: Greetings to listeners. 7.0: News aud economic review in English. 7.15: "To-day in Germany," sound pictures. 7.80: Concert session, 9.30: News and economic review in German, 9.45; Talk, or light music. 10.0: Concert, 12.0: News in English. 12.15: Music. 12.50: Greetings to listeners. 1.0: News and economic review in German, 1.15: Music. 2.0: News and economic review in English and Dutch. 2.15: "‘To-day in Germany," sound pictures. 2.30: Music. 3.45: German events (English). Music. 4.0: Sign off (German, English). HIGHLIGHTS. Sunday, March 13. 4.15 p.m.: Symphony No. 3 in E Minor ("Eroica,"’ by Beethoven). 8.15: Folk music. 8.45: German marches. 9.45: Symphonic concert. Monday, March 14. 4 6.30 p.m.: Greetings to Australian listeners. 7.30: "The Family Log-Book." 7.45: Wedding music of all lands, 9.0: "The Hitler Youth" (English). 10.0: Non-stop entertainment hour. Tuesday, March 15, 6.50 p.m.: Greetings to New Zealand listeners. : 7.80: Dear old songs. 8.45: Hellmuth Reimann, ’cello, 9.15: "Schopenhauer and Asia," talk. 9.45: "Thoughts and Things" (English). Wednesday, March 16. 7.30 p.m.: ‘‘The Kaleidoscope of Opera." 8.30: Choir concert. 9.0: Great German Composers-Hugo Wolf. Thursday, March 17. 6.50 p.m.: Greetings to Australian listeners. 7.380: "Nocturno," by Max Trapp. 7.45: Dances from all the world. 8.15: A competition of lively fellows. 9.15: "Night Music," by Mozart. 9.45: "From Research in German Folklore: Heredity and Eugenics" (Eng.), Friday, March 18, 6.50 p.m.: Greetings to New Zealand listeners. 7.80: Love cantata, song series, 8.0: Cologne folk-dance band. $.30: Folk music. 9.15: Recordings. 9.45: Gay tones. Saturday, March 19. 7.30 p.m.: Love in German folk-songs and dances. 8.15: Short compositions, 8.30: Women’s cabaret, musical variety. 10.0: Four centuries of soldier music. W9XAA, CHICAGO. 49.8 m. or 6080 k.c. 11 p.m.-12.30 p.m.: Except Monday. 12 noon-3 p.m.: Including Monday. W9XF, CHICAGO. 49.1 m, or 6100 kes, 19 ames bm 6.5 pom.-6 p.m

WSXAL, CINCINNATTL 49.5 m, or 6060 kes. . 11 p.m.-L p.m.: Except Monday. 4 p.m.-7 p.m.: Including Monday. Monday: 1 a.m.1 p.m, W2KE, NEW YORK. 13.9 m. or 21,520 kes. 12.30 a.m.-3 a.m.: Except Sunday aud Mone ay. Suuday and Monday: 1 a.m.-6 a.m. 19.6 m. or 15,270 kes. 6 semenll avm.: [Except Sunday aud Monay. Sunday and Monday: 7.30 a.m.-1]1 a.m. Direction South America. 16.8 m. or 17,760 kes 11.15 awm.-1 p.m: Except Sunday and Monday. Sunday and Monday: 11.30 a.m.-1 p.m, 19.6 m. or 15,270 kes. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.: Except Sunday and Monday. Monday: 1.80 p.m.-5 p.m, coe W3XAU, PHILADELPHIA. 81.2 m. or 9590 kes, 5 a.m.-1 p.m.: ‘tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday, and Sunday. Thursday and Monday: 5 a.m.-12 noon. Friday: 5 a.m.-1 p.m., 1 p.m.-3 p-in. 49.5 m. or 6060 kes. 1 p.m.-4 p.m.: Except Friday. Friday: 1 p.m.-3 p.m. W8XK, PITTSBURGH. 13.9 m. or 21,540 kes. 1.45 a.m.-2% a.m. 19.7 m. or 15,210 kes. 2 a.m.-12 noon. 25.2 m, or 11,870 kes. 12 noon-3 p.m, 48.8 m. or 6140 kes, W3XAL, NEW YORK. Wavelength: 16.8 m. Monday Programmes, 5.20 a.m.: Announcements (Eng., and Fr.). 5.30: Music, orchestral and vocal. English and French announcements. 7.0: "RCA Magic Key." 8.0: Network features or recordings. 9.0: Music. (Eng. and Fr. announcements.) 10.80: Press news (English). Sunday and Week-day Programmes. 2.0 a.m.: Music. Announcements (Eng.). 2.55: Press radio news in English. 3.0: Music. Announcements in English. 3.30: "Old Man of the Mountain" (Eng.). 3.45: "Women in the News" (Eng.). 4.0: Italian hour. News, music talk, music. 5.0: Press news in English. 6.15:. Music, orchestral and vocal. (English announcements.) 6.0: French hour. Press news and music. 7.0: German hour. Press news and music. 8.0: French hour. Press news, talk. music] 9.0: German hour. News, music talk, music. 10.0: News, music. 11.30: News in English. Special events, presidential and other ime portant speeches are rebroadcast at 5 p.m. N.Z.T, till closing time for the benefit of listeners in New Zealand, Australia and the Far East, as well as Central and South America. 15.33 mes. or 19.56 m. 4 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Broadcast to Burope. 11 am. to 2 p.m.: Broadcast to South America. W2XAF, NEW YORK, 9.58 mes. or $1.48m, 2 am. te 11.0 am.: General Broadcast. Wor Africa, Australia and Far Hast. 11 a&.m.-5 p.m: Broadcast to South America,

WLXK, BOSTON. $1.38 m. or 9570 Kes. 11 p.m.-6 p.m.: Except Monday, Monday: 1 a.m.-6 p.m, WIXAL, BOSTON. 19.6 m, or 15,250 kes. 7.30 a.m.-9.30 a.m.: Except Monday. Monday: 8.15 a.m.-5 a.m. 25.4 m. or 11,790 kes. 10.0 a.m.-11.30 a.m.: Except Monday. Mouday: 10.0 a.m.-12.0 noon, VLR, MELBOURNE. Wavelength, 31.34 m. WEEKDAY PROGRAMMES. 2.35 p. m. 3. "At Home and Abroad"-*Watche man.’ 2.50: Music. 3.0: Time. Victorian news bulletin. 3.5: luterstate weather notes, 8.15; Lunch music. 3.30: Afternoon musical programme, 7.15 (approx.): Close down. 3.30: Popular music, or news. 8.45: Sporting oaews and notes. 9.0: News, markets and weather. 9.20: Overseas news service. 8.30: Popular music or news. 9.30; Australian news. 9.40; Talk, 9.55: Musical interlude. 10.0: Evening concert programme, 12.30: Late news. 12.50: Dance music and recordings. 1.20: News brevities. 1.30: Close down. Sunday, March 13. 10.0 p.m.: "In Quires and Places Where They Sing." 10.30: Talk, "Jonah-lInternationalism." 10.45: Albert Fischer’s New Note Octet, 11.15: Two plays, "Salute to Solitude" and "Sea Power." Monday, March 14. 10.0 p.m.: Radio serial, "Into the Light,"% episode 6: "Catherine Must Choose." 10.30: "Emma and ‘’Erbert" and Revue Stars. 11.0: Topical revue-song and story. 11.80: Instrumental Ensemble. Tuesday, March 16. 10.0 p.m.: Orchestral concert: ABC (Brise bane) Orchestra. 10.45: Choral music by ABC (Brisbane) Chorus. 11.0: Comedy sketch, "The Dumbles." 11.15: Recital, Dino Borgioli, lyric tenor, 12.0: Dance music, Wednesday, March 16. 10.0 p.m.: Light opera, "The Bartered Bride’: ABC (Melbourne) Chorus and Orchestra. 11.15: Harry Bloom’s Dance Band. 11.45: Batchelor travel letter. Thursday, March 17, 10.0 p.m.: Two short Irish plays: "Pot of Broth" and "Rising of the Moon." 11.0: Clement Q. Williams (baritone), in Irish songs. 11.15: The Silver Sextet. 11.45: The Beckett Male Choir. Friday, March 18. 10.0 p.m.: Brass band music. 10.30: Ballad recital, Ansbert Campbell, baritone. 10.40: Jim Davidson’s ABC Dance Band, and assisting artists. 11.30: Male quartet. 11.45: Light orchestral music (Adelaide Studio Orchestra). Saturday, March 19. 10.0 p.m.: ’Cello and piano with ABC (Sydney) Symphony Orchestra, in popular nimbers, 11.50: Recital, Richard Tauber (tenor). 11.0: "Big Business." 11.15: Jascha and ‘TTossy Spivakovsky (piano and violin). 311.45: The Ballad Mongers. (Continued on bottom of next page.)

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MAROH, 1938, VK2ME, SYDNEY,.31.28 m. Sundays: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondyas: 2.30 a.m.-4.380 a.m. VK3ME, MELBOURNE, 31.5 m. Monday to Saturday (inclusive): 9 D.m.e 12 midnight, VK6ME, PERTH, 31.28 m. Monday to Saturday (inclusive): 11 p.m..a.m, 2R0, ROME, Wavelength, 31,13m.- ; Wavelength, 25.4 m, 10.0-11.0 p.m.: Italian Bast Africa. News in Italian. Music. 11.0-12.20: Far Hast. News in WHnglisb and Italian. Music. 12.21-1.30: "Italian Communities Abroad." .. News commentator. Music, : 3.0-4.19: Middle and Near Wast. 4,20-5.20: Italian Bast Africa. News and music. — Wavelength, 31.13 m. §.30-6.10 p.m.: Arabian bonr, News, Talk . and music,in’ Arabic. 8.11-6.26: 'Tourist topics {in foreign language.

6.27-6.41: News in Hungarian, 6.42-7.0: News in German. %.1-7.20: News in Serbian. 2.21-7.39: News in French. 7.40-7.59: News in English. 8.0-10.30: Relayed programmes with announcements in foreign languages, 11.0-12.30: Latin America. News in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Music and talk. 12.85-2.0: North America. News in Dnglish and Italian. Music. HIGHLIGHTS. 6.11 a.m.: Daily "Tourist Topics" talks as follows:--Tuesdays, French: Wednesdays, English: Thursdays, German; Fridays, Spanish; Saturdays, Dutch; Sundays, Esperanto. Sunday. 3.0 am.: Middle and Near Hast. News in French and Hindustani. . Monday. ~ 110 p.m.: For Far East: News (Chinese). Tuesday. 12.35 p.m.: 2RO’s Mail] Bag. Friday. 11.0 a.m.: Replies to listeners. Saturday. 11.0 pan.: Italian lessons (in Spanish),

11.0: Far Wast session. News in French and Japanese, RNE, MOSCOW. Wavelength: 25 m., 3.15 p.m, every day. Sunday, also at 11 p.m. Monday, also at 3 a.m. 9 am. Monday, Tuesday, Saturday. Wednesday, also at 11.30 p.m, Wavelength: 31.25 m. and 39.89 m, 12 noon every day. =o "RADIO PRAGUE." EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSIONS. OLREbA, Wavelength, 19.70 m, Dvery day except Sundays and holidays, 11.20 p.m.-12.30 a.m, OLR8A, Wavelength, $1.41 m. Every day except Mondays and holidays, 2.25 a.im.-3.10 a.m. OLRSA, Wavelength, 19.70 mm. Sundays and holidays, 11.0 p.m.-12.80 a.m,