Welcome to the first posting of 2017.
Two events have occurred that will impact on my Tuesday variety time show.
One is that I have recently acquired the library of the Silver Fern Tape Recording Club.
This Club was run single-handedly for 28 years by Mrs Phyllis Moore of Rotorua (now of Tokoroa).
The members would submit to Phyll items of interest, and she would put the shorter items together in a 'magazine' format and circulate about 8 copies around the 100 or so members world-wide. The longer items were despatched on cassettes (again about 8 copies) of their own. Members would use the reverse side of the cassette to enter comments about what they'd heard. When these tapes got back to Phyll after about 6 months, she would dub the comments on to another cassette, and send this to the member who had compiled the tape.
I now have in my possession about 400 reel to reel tapes (the forerunner of the cassette), and about 900 cassette tapes. There's quite a bit of interesting stuff there. I hope to be introducing at least one item each night.
The second event to happen is that picking up Oamaru Heritage Radio on the internet has been greatly simplified. Just type in the simple address and hear us from there. It is www.ohr.nz
Here's the line-up for the next 13 weeks. Note that on June 6th, I think every other radio station similar to ours will be remembering the Normandy "D Day" landings. I've chosen to remember The Battle Of The Midway" that day instead. The date is the same -just 3 years earlier. An hour-long dramatisation of the Battle will be at 6.30pm.
Tuesday: March 14
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Rev Awdry: Thomas’s Train from Thomas the Tank Engine series
6.00 Classic Comedy: Hancocks Half Hour, The Gourmet
6.30 Remember This? An item each week at this time from the Vast Historical Archives of Wireless
7.30 Concert Piece: Elgar, Enigma Variations 1 to 14, Op 36
9.00 Reading: The Comedy Club presents a radio adaptation of “Brassed Off” Pt 1 of 4
Tuesday: March 21
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Story by C S Lewis, “The Horse and His Boy” Pt 1 of 4
6.00 Classic Comedy: Hancocks Half Hour, The Elopement
7.30 Concert Piece: Johann Strauss 11, A Strauss Gala
9.00 Reading: The Comedy Club presents a radio adaptation of “Brassed Off” Pt 2 of 4
Tuesday: March 28
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Story by C S Lewis, “The Horse and His Boy” Pt 2 of 4
6.00 Classic Comedy; Hancocks Half Hour, The Waxwork
7.30 Concert Piece: A Collection of Music with Oriental themes, Carmen Dragon/Hollywood Bowl Symphony
9.00 Reading: The Comedy Club presents a radio adaptation of “Brassed Off” Pt 3 of 4
Tuesday: April 4
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Story by C S Lewis, “The Horse and His Boy” Pt 3 of 4
6.00 Classic Comedy: Hancocks Half Hour, Sid’s Mystery Tours
7.30 Concert Piece: Shakespeare, Hamlet, Directed by Michael Redgrave Pt 1 of 2
9.00 Reading: The Comedy Club presents a radio adaptation of “Brassed Off” Pt 4 of 4 Final
Tuesday: April 11
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Story by C S Lewis, “The Horse and His Boy” Pt 4 of 4 Final
6.00 Classic Comedy; Hancocks Half Hour, The Christmas Club, FINAL
7.30 Concert Piece: Shakespeare, Hamlet, Directed by Michael Redgrave Pt 2 of 2
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 1 of 12
Tuesday: April 18
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Two songs from Sesame Street
6.00 Classic Tale: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind In The Willows” read by Kenneth Williams Pt 1 of 4 7.30 Concert Piece: Various Composers, Classical Music used in Contemporary Cinema
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 2 of 12
Tuesday: April 25
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: The Story Of Pinocchio
6.00 Classic Tale: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind In The Willows” read by Kenneth Williams Pt 2 of 4 7.30 Concert Piece: Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite Opus 20, London Festival Orchestra
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 3 of 12
Tuesday: May 2
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Eight Songs by Bing Crosby
6.00 Classic Tale: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind In The Willows” read by Kenneth Williams Pt 3 of 4 7.30 Concert Piece: Scarlatti, Sonatas played on the harpsichord by Colin Tilney
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 4 of 12
Tuesday: May 9
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: The Story Of The Willow Pattern Plate
6.00 Classic Tale: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind In The Willows” read by Kenneth Williams Pt 4 of 4 7.30 Concert Piece: Various Composers, A Steinway Concert by Alfred Cortot
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 5 of 12
Tuesday: May 16
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Ten Nursery Rhymes
6.00 Classic Comedy: I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again; The Marriage Bureau
7.30 Concert Piece: Various Composers; Joan Hammond (Soprano) On Wings Of Song
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 6 of 12
Tuesday: May 23
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Story with Music, An American (Americat) In Paris, Gershwin
6.00 Classic Comedy: I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again; The Case Of The Workin
7.30 Concert Piece: Mozart, Vienna Mozart Ensemble led by Boskovsky play Marches and German Dances
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 7 of 12
Tuesday: May 30
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: AA Milne story, The Adventures of Christopher Robin
6.00 Classic Comedy: I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again; Battle of the Whispering Mouse
7.30 Concert Piece: Verdi, Opera Il Trovatore in 4 Acts, Act 1
9.00 Reading: Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 8 of 12
Tuesday: June 6
5.30 Item for Younger Ears: Music from the “Baby Einstein” collection
6.00 Classic Comedy: I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again; Mike Spanner, Private
7.30 Concert Piece: Verdi, Opera Il Trovatore in 4 Acts, Act 2
9.00 Reading; Prisoner Of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, read by James Wilby Pt 9 of 12
