Australian Short Wave

Broadcast

A NATIONAL Short Wave Programme is broadcast daily from Lyndhurst, near Melbourne, Victoria, for listen ers in the Western Pacific. Call signs: Before 6 p.m. VLR3; after 6.15 p.m. VLR.

Wave lengths: Before 6 p.m. 25.25 metres; after 6.15 p.m. 31.23 metres. Frequencies: Before 6 p.m. 11880 Kcs.; after 6.15 p.m. 9580 Kcs.

Daily Week Days

a.m. 6.30 Market Reports. 6.55 Early News Bulletin. 7.10 Music. 8.00 Australian and Overseas News. 8.15 Music. 12.00 Time Signal, p.m. 12.25 Stock Exchange Reports and London Metal Prices. 12.40 Recorded Music. 1.00 Time Signal and News Bulletin. 5.20 Children’s Session. 6.00 Close (Wednesday, 5.15). 6.15 Dinner Music. 6.30 Comment by “The Watchman.' 1 6.45 Sporting News. 7.00 (Saturday excluded) Markets and Weather for North Australia. 7.15 Overseas News Service. 7.25 News Commentary. 7.30 Australian News. 7.40 (Tuesday excluded) Talk. 9.10 (Usually) Musical Programme. 10.50 Musical Programme. 11.20 Late News. 11.30 Close.

Every Saturday

p.m. 12.40 Music. 1.15—5.30 Description of current sporting and athletic events, interspersed with music.

6.30 Markets Summary. 7.35 Sporting Highlights of the Week. 11.00 Dance Music. 12.00 Close.

Every Sunday

8.00 News Bulletin.

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9.20 Musical Programme. 9.30 "On the Land” Session. 9.50 Summary of Weeks News. 11.00 Divine Service, p.m. 1.30 Close. 3.00 Re-open. 6.00 Close. 6.15 Re-open. 7.20 News Bulletin. 8.30 Recordings of Oversea Artists. 9.00 Talk on International Affairs. 10.20 News. 10.30 Close. (Times given are Australian Eastern Standard —lO hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.)

December 25 To January 14

Dec, 25 (Sun.)—B a.m. Carols; 10.15 Book Re view; 10.30 "From the Operas”: 8 p.m. Play— " Scrooge”; 8.45 Concerto by Corelli; 9 "Hansel and Gretel”—A Christmas Opera. .Pf r, 26 (Mon.)— Caulheid Races; 8 Pantomime: 9 Military Band; 9.30 Jim Davidson’s Band.

Dec. 27 (Tues.)—l.3o p.m. Yarra Glen Races; 8 Community Singing; 11 Music.

Dec. 28 (Wed.) —1.30 p.m. Epsom Races; 8 Re quests; 8.45 "Emma and ’Erbert”; 9.30 Play

“Santa Claus of Christmas Creek”; 10.05 Harry Bloom’s Orchestra.

Dec - 29 (Thurs.)—l.3o p.m. Ballarat Races; 8 “Do You Remember?—l9sB in Retrospect”; 9.30 A.B.C. Concert Orchestra.

Dec - 30 (Fr1.)—1.30 p.m. Sheffield Shield Cricket; 8 Jim Davidson’s Band; 8.30 Organ Re cital; 8.50 Comedy Harmonists: 9 Adelaide Wire less Chorus.

Dec - 31 (Sat.)—l.ls p.m. Mentone Races; 8 Recorded Numbers by Celebrity Broadcasters for 1939; 9 Jim Davidson’s New Year Party; 11 Dance Music; 12 Close.

Jan. 1 (Sun.)—lo.ls a.m. Book Review; 10.30 “From the Operas”: 7.30 p.m. Salon Orchestra (Harry Bloom); 8.15 Play; 9.30 Tossy Spivakovsky (violinist) and Jascha Spivakovsky (pianist).

Jan - 2 (M0n.)—1.15 p.m. Flemington Races; 8 8-3 ° • >

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Community Singing; 10.50 Recorded Feature.

Jan. 7 (Sat.) —10.15 a.m. Book Review; 3pm Scouts’ Jamboree Farewell; 7.30 Orchestral and Chorus Music; 8.15 Play—" Marie Antoinette” ■ 9.15 Talk (H. G. Wells); 9.30 Spivakovsky Duo.

Jan. 8 (Sun.) —7 p.m. raik; 7.30 Albert Fischer; 8 Jean Hatton (Soprano); 8.15 "Marie Antoinette”: 9.15 H. G. Wells; 9.30 Spivakov sky Duo.

Jan. 9 (M0n,)—1.30 p.m. Ascot Races; 8 Serial —"Singapore Spy”; 9.15 Topical Revue; 9.45 Classic Music.

Jan. 10 (Tues.) —1.30 p.m. Cricket Qld. v. S.A • 8 Symphony Hour; 9 Talk; 9.15 Opera - 10 50 Dance Music.

Jan. II (Wed.) —1.30 p.m. Woodend Races; 8 Requests; 8.45 “Emma and ’Erbert”: 9.45 Sketch; 10 Spivakovsky Duo.

Jan. 12 (Thurs.)—l.3o p.m. Pakenham Races; 8 Play—“ Whistle While You’re Happy”; 9 Talk (H. G. Wells); 9.20 Concert Orchestra. „ ™ an - 13 (Fri.) —8 p.m. Jim Davidson’s Band -8.30 Desmond Tanner (Electric Organ); 8.50 jng Gr awson » 9.15 Music and Community Sing- Jan. 14 (Sat.)—l.ls p.m. Ascot Races; 9.15 Recital (Daisy Richards, violinist, and Allan McCnstal, pianist); 9.45 Mastersingers Quartet.