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NEWS rml TRANS-CANADA I ~ DOMINION 1m CBK BROADCASTS ~ I DAILY lllJ__N_E_TW_O_R_K_-.J NETWORK lllJ WATROUS Trans-Canada Nelwork: (Trans-Canada Network) 8:00.9:00 a.m. 1:00,6:30, 540 Kcs. 9:00 p.m. 12 Midolllht PROGRAM cnc Dominion Network: Prairie Region 10:00 p.m. CDC SCHEDULE Transmitter Times given in this Schedule are Central Daylight DATE OF ISSUE, JUNE 30, 1945. PRAIRIE REGION Week of July 8th,1945 612 Telephone Bldg., Winnipeg, Canada Wide Audience for Bonspl"'er Laugh-Packed CBC Serial Canada's New Voice Overseas Listeners Report on CBC's To Start on Friday 13th InternatIonal Service by Samuel Hersenhoren, and a vocal The CBC International Service of ~ ensemble, "The Swing Platoon," un­ ficially began its overseas transmis­ der Ute direction of Jack Allison. sions on February 25, 1945. Although Jack Fuller, one of radio's best~ at the present time. broadcasts have known personalities, will have the been exclusively directed to Europe principal role of Johnny Home, and and a highly efficient directional an­ Sam Lightfoot will be played by telUla employed, reports have been Budd Knapp. Grace Webster plays received from many other parts of Johnny's mother, and Frank Peddie the world. Here are some of the his father; Peggi Loder appears as cables and letters, or extracts from the kid sister; Al1ce Htll as Rose­ the letters: mary, the girl friend; Bernard Bra­ Cable jrom Chiej Engineer oj BBC den as Gabby, the postman; and -We are delighted that strongest Tommy Tweed as Uncle Henry who signal in nineteen metre band from only rarely comes up from the cel­ your side of the Atlantic now comes lar. Al Pearce and Alex McKee will from Canada. be included among the actors ap­ pearing as addit.1onal characters. From R.C.A.F. Overseas, Middle The authors of the show have been East Forces-Speaking for all the Canadians in this unit, we are in­ collaborating on entertainment for 14 years. They began when writing deed pleased With reception. and sin­ CBC's cheery sportscaster, BILL cereiy appreciate being able to tune GOOD, will do a special broadcast on and acting in high school dramatics, in to "home." You don't know how the Nelson BOn8pieL-held July 2 to continued at tJle University of Tor­ 7 in the Rocky Mountain toum--jrom onto by producjng and writing the good it sounds to hear Canadian voices on the air! I'm sure the new Regina on SUndaJ/, JulJ/ 8, at 1:15 lyrics. music and dialogue in the station will fuUUl many purposes p.m. "Follies" for four years, and gradu­ ated into radio writing and produc­ and when your alUlouncers say "This is Canada calling," they may be tion. Prom there Shuster and Wayne From Bexleyheath, England - Al­ went into the entertainment unit of pleased to know that over here we ready the voice of Canada is taking the Canadian Army. Theirs was the .say, "and this is Canada listening." its place in the international broad­ Cable jrom Raymond. Arthur first show to land in Normandy, casting family of the United Na. where they spent three and one-half Davies, in Moscow----Shortwave com­ tions, and I admire very much the ing in fine and regularly listened to months entertaining the Canadian qUiet dignity and poise which charac­ and America. forces. here, indicating interest paid to terizes the presentation of the pro­ Canadian broadcasts, ten minutes grams without any cheap sensation­ after my item from Moscow on Cana­ alism. King of Corn dIan elections heard over shortwave Other places heard from were Hol­ New Shows and on Saturday, friends and acquaint­ ances phoned mc. land, Trinidad, Victoria (Australia), Special Events Algeria, Invercargll1 (New Zealand), From Canadian Forces Overseas, Ceylon, Switzerland, Dutch West Nelson Bonspiel - Special on the Rhine, Germ.any-I've heard Indies, Malta, West Africa, Finland, broadcast by Bill Good, CBC a good deal of SackvUle on 15.2 megs. Kenya Colony (East Africa), Green­ Sports Commentator. See pro­ She really pounds in here and what a land, and many points in Great gram note. page 2. treat it is to get some first hand Britain and Europe. Radio Folio - New drama Canadian news and music. Some of series directed by Fletcher the time there is a fade on the The following are a few statistics about the CBC International Service: Markle. See story, page 3. station but other times you'd think Hometown-New drama series. it was on tJle broadcast band. When CBe International Service See storYl page 3. are you going to start a 24-hour Hours of operation per week, SOYl Johnny Home Show---Comedy schedule? In our daily and weekly hours; percentage directed to forces, army newspapers your schedules and 67.62%, English, 67.60%, French, serial about adventures of re­ turned men. See story on this frequencies have been well adver· 23.40'70, German, 7.00% Czech, 2.00%; page. Used. • Dutch, 2.00%; frequencies employed, From Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf CHTA - 15.22 mc., CK.XA - 11.705 The World and Ourselves­ -We heard Canada on the new mc.; hours of operation 6:15 a.m. t.o Gerald Noxon resumes his series shortwave station from Sackvtlle, 9 a.m., 11 :30 to 3:30 pm. EDT (Sun­ about Canada's relations with New Brunswick. They broadcast in days 6:15 am. to 3:30 p.m. EDT); SPI'KE JONES, heard on the NBC's other countries of the British French, German, as well as in Eng­ location of studios, 1236 Crescent St., "Frances Langford Show," broadcast Empire and with foreign coun­ lish. It is a good program and worth Montreal; location of transmitters, on CBC's Trans-Camuta NetWOTk on tries. See story on page 7. whl1e. SackvUle, New Brunswick. Sundays at 7:00 p.m,. Page 2 CBC PROGRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region

sion, on his way home to Winnipeg Thompson; "Ballade a Ma Petite SUNDAY, July 8th, 1945 from attending one of Western Can­ Fille," by Leopold Christin; "Snow­ -[[J 1111111- ada's oddest sporting events-the fall," and "We'll to the Woods No Nelson Bonspiel, held in the beauti· More," by Margaret Drynan; "Fan­ All times given are Central Daylight; jor Mountain Time deduct one hour. ful Rocky Mountain town from July tasy," by Robert Fleming; and 2 to 7. This is a genuine bO:lspiel, "Ships," by Gladys Davenport STATION CBK, WATROUS TRANS·CANADA with ice and rocks and brooms and Goertz. The piano accompaniments (Programs of the Trans-Canada net­ 10:00 CBC NEWS (2 Mins.) tam-'o-shanters. There is no secret will be played by Enid Conley. work offered to Prairie Region net­ how it happens to be held in July, 10:02 NEIGHBORLY NEWS FROM works or stations, not carried on either-artificial ice does the trick. THE PRAIRIES (13 Mins.) CBK) Bill will describe his experiences at SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW (9:30 p.m.) 10:15 THE PRAIRIE GARDENER 9:00 a.m. CBe NEWS this remarkable midsummer assem­ Joseph Victor Laderoute, the noted (15 Mins.) (Central stations) (5 Mins.) bly in the high altitudes. Canadian tenor, is again billed as 10:30 LA VIE DES QUATRES 9: 45 a.m. RECOLLECTIONS IN the guest artist of the "Sunday Night <30 Mins,) . SONG (15 Mins,) ONCE UPON A TIME (5:00 p.m.) Show," on Sunday, July 8, over the 11 :00 BBC NEWS (15 Mins.) 10:30 a.m. MUSIC BY MOZART CBC Trans-Canada network, at 10: 30 (30 Mins.) "The Biography of a Mosquito" is 11:15 CANADIAN YARNS today's play-a tragic tale, but then, p.m. The program, featuring Alan (15 Mins.) 11:00 p.m. BBC NEWS REEL McIver's orchestra, is to be heard at (15 Mins.) life is tragic, isn't it? Deep in the 11:30 NBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA mud of a Manitoba ditch he came this time throughout the summer (29 Mins.) 11:15 TALK BY RALPH WIGHT­ into this life-Lester, ~ the greatest season. For his second appearance 11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY MAN (15 Mins,) mosquito of them all. Of humble on the Sunday Night Show Mr. Laderoute has chosen "Pa Partida," OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL DOMINION origin-his father and mother had (1 Min.) little, an inch of swampy water, by Alvarez; "A Spirit Flower," by 12:00 MUSICAL PROGRAM (Programs 01 the Dominion network mortgaged-yet greatness was born Campbell Tipton and "Your Eyes Offered to Prairie Region networks or (15 Mins,) in his soul. Step by step through his Shine in My Own," by Strauss. The stations, not carried on CBK) orchestra's feature number will be 12:15 MUSICAL PROGRAM stormy life, with its struggles, its de­ U5 Mins.) 5:00 SUMMER HOUR (30 Mins.) feats, its triumphs, the narrative fol­ one of Alan McIver's rhythmic fan­ tasies, "London Bridge Is Falling 12:30 GREAT VARIATIONS 7:00 SONGS OF THE VOLGA lows him, until at last the fatal sqUirt (30 Mins.) Down." Also for performance at this (30 Mins.) gun of Joe, the implacable human 7:30 CONTRASTS IN RHYTHM enemy, brings him down to the dust. time, maestro McIver will add his 1:00 CBC NEWS (4 Mins.) (30 Mins.) Wrapped in a rose leaf, he is buried special arranging touch to "Fine and Dandy," by Arthur Schwartz; "Be­ 1:0~ WASHINGTON COMMEN'r­ 8:00 RADIO READERS' DIGEST in his native ditch. All day long the cause I Love You," by Irving Berlin; ARY (11 Mins.) (30 Mins.) mourners file past, singing the mos­ and "Mexican Hayride," by Cole 1: 15 NELSON BONSPIEL quitoes' national anthem: 8:30 QUENTIN MACLEAN, Porter. (15 Mins.) ORGANIST, (30 Mins.) "0 Lester we raise our hats to you! 1: 30 RELIGIOUS PERIOD 9:00 SUNDAY EVENING Long may you buzz, o'er field and THE CHORISTERS (10:00 p.m.) (30 Mins,) RECITAL (30 Mins.) wood and slough. The sixth of Ray Darby's amusing 2:00 NEWYORK PHILHARMONIC 9:30 LATIN AMERICAN Tonight·s selections by the full SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA drama-fantasies parodies the man­ SERENADE (30 Mins,) choir include: "Hark, All Ye Lovely (90 Mins.) ners and affectations of modern bio­ Saints·, (Thomas Weelkes); "Eve­ 10:00 CBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ 3:30 CHURCH OF THE AIR graphers in a hilarious comedy. Esse ning" (George Dyson); "The Saucy ARY (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) Ljungh will direct the players, and Bold Robber" (English folk song, arr. 10: 30 WINNIPEG PRESENTS Roy Locksley will arrange the music ~ :00 CBC NEWS (3 Mins.) (30 Mins.) Arthur Warrell) ; "The Shepherdess" and conduct the orchestra. (V. E. Galnay); "Erickskay Love ~:03 CONCERT CORNER (27 Mins.) Lilt" (Old Scottish, arr. Hugh LET'S PLAY DUETS (9:30 p.m.) Roberton); "Come, I pray Thee" 4:30 MUSCIAL PROGRAM (W. H. Anderson) ; and "0 Gladsome (30 Mins.) __A/ate.J.-:1__ Duettists Marie-Therese Paquin Light" (Kastalsky). The women's 5:00 ONCE UPON A TIME CANADIAN YARNS (11 :16 a.m. and and John Newmark present another (30 Mins.) section of the choir will sing Gluck's 12:16 a.m.) program this afternoon of music by "Turn, Turn, My Busy Wheel," and 5:30 JOHN FISHER REPORTS the masters originally written for Marjorie Dillabough will play two (15 Mins.) Marius Barbeau, Canada's most four hands to be played on the one distinguished folklorist, has prepared piano solos from the ballet, "Wedded 5:~5 BBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ instrument. The works featured this three of French Canada's folktales by Witchcraft," by Manuel de Falla. ARY (15 Mins.) week are Valse, op. 8, No.4, by Mosz­ for broadcast in the Canadian Yarns The Choristers are directed by W. H. 6:00 SERENADE FOR STRINGS kowski; Sonata No.4, by Mozart; Anderson, and accompanied by Miss series. Today the famous story of and Slavonic Dance, op. 9, by Dvorak. (30 Mins.) "The Flying Canoe," known in Dillabough. 6:30 LET'S PLAY DUETS French Canada as "La Chasse Gal­ (30 Mins.) lerie," will be told by the narrator of CONTRASTS IN RHYTHM RECITAL (10:30 p.m.) the series, Rogel' Baulu, the French (7:30 p.m.) 7:00 THE FRANCES LANGFORD Continuing in the series of sonatas SHOW (30 Mins.) Network's well-known bilingual (Dominion) for violin and piano, Jean de Rima­ 7:30 WEEK-END REVIEW commentator. "The Bewitched Cow Rhythm w1l1 be played both fast noczy will be heard this week in the (15 Mins.) of Rockliffe" will be the third story, and loose when Lou Snider steps up Beethoven Sonata in C minor. Ira to be broadcast, July 15. Marius 7:45 OUR SPECIAL SPEAKER for his "Contrasts in Rhythm" pro­ Swartz w11l be at the piano. (15 Mins.) Barbeau is the author of a great gram. Opening up on the fast side, number of books dealing with Cana­ Lou directs the orchestra in "The 8: 00 RADIO FOLIO (30 Mins.) WINNIPEG PRESENTS dian subjects. Among his most re­ Peanut Vendor," moving next into cent publications are the novel, (10:30 p.m.) 8:30 ALBUM OF FAMILIAR the rhythm of "Sunrise Serenade." MUSIC (30 Mins.) (Dominion) "Mountain Cloud," and "The Indian Three other orchestral numbers are Speaks," a collection of the Indian 9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS to be "This Time It's Real," "I Got Grace Lowery, soprano, is heard (15 Mins.) legends of British Columbia. Rhythm," and Raymond Scott's "Si­ with Roy Locksley and orchestra in 9: 15 CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS berian Sleighride." Pat Berry, vocal this Winnipeg contribution to the (15 Mins,) GREAT VARIATIONS (12:30 p.m.) highlight on the program, will sing CBC's Domipion Network. Her songs 9:30 SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW The well-known pianist and com­ "The More I See You," and "A Friend for tonight are: "In My Garden," by (30 Mins.) poser, Arthur Benjamin, who now of Yours." Lou Snider, himself, exe­ Idabelle Firestone; "None But the 10:00 THE CHORISTERS makes his home in , will cutes some piano wizardry in the Lonely Heart" (Tschaikowsky); and (30 Min.s.) be heard in another of this plano­ memorable "I Surrender Dear," the famous old Welsh Air, "The Ash Grove." The orchestral program in­ 10:30 RECITAL (30 Mins.) forte series. For his broadcast this week he has chosen Brahms' Varia­ eludes: "11 Guarany" (Gomez) ; "Ga­ 11:00 HISTQIRES DE CHEZ NOUS CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS tions on a Theme by Handel. votta" (Prokofieff); "Dreams" (Wag· (30 Mins,) (9:15 p.m.) ner); "In A Monastery Garden" 11 :30 VESPER HOUR (30 Mins.) A program of songs by Canadian (Ketelby) ; "Luxembourg Waltz," 12:00 CBC NEWS (15 Mins.) NELSON BONSPIEL (1 :15 p.m.) composers will be sung by Mr. Wil­ from The Count of Luxembourg 12:15 CANADIAN YARNS Bill Good, CBC Sportscaster, will liams this week: "Soldiers' Song," by (Lehar); and Slavonic Dance No. 10 (Rebr.) (15' Mins.) broadcast from Regina on this occa- W, H. Anderson; "Reverie," by Alan (Dvorak) . Pmirie Region CEC PROGRAM SCHEDUl.E Page 3

"Radio Folio" Will "Hometown" Opens MONDAY/ July 9th/ 1945 ·I~ III Use New Techniques On Monday, July 9 Summer drama for CBC Dominion Something new in the way of radio All times given are Central Daylight; fOT Mountain Time deduct one hour. network listeners is to be provided in entertainment is to come from the a new play series entj.t1ed "Home­ STATION CBK, WATROUS 6:45 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP pen of playwright Fletcher Markle in (15 Mins.) town," which will have its premiere 8:00 CBC NEWS {5 Mins.> the program, Radio Folio, which be­ 7:00 SUMMER VARIErY from Toronto on Monday. July 9, at 8:05 BREAKFAST CLUB gins a rWl of 13 weeks on the CBC (30 MinsJ Trans-Canada network, Sunday, July 9:30 p.m. The plays will present (40 Mins.) sketches of people and their ways in 7:30 ON THE MARCH 8. at 8 p.m. As summer successor to 8:45 MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK Recorded. (15 Mins.) a small Canadian city, and describe U5 Mins.) Stage 45, the program is presented 7:45 RHYTHM AND ROMANCE for Sunday evening entertainment their effect upon one another. 9:00 CBC NEWS (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) and will be directed by the author, "Hometown" is being written by 9:15 MUSICAL PROGRAM 8:00 AEOLIAN STRAINS acting as guest producer for the CBC. Bernard Braden, who will also be (30 Mins.) (15 Mins.) First item to emerge from the Radio CBG's guest producer for the 13 9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES 8:30 RECITAL (30 Mins.) Folio is "To Be Announced," defined broadcasts in the series. Mr. Braden (5 Mins.) 9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS by its author as "a comment on to­ is refraining from classifying his (15 Mins.) 9:35 PIANO INTERLUDE morrow's children." One of the un­ plays under individual titles since ao MinsJ 9:15 CANADIAN ROUND-UP each broadcast is designed to contri­ (IS Mins.) derlying themes of "To Be An­ 9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS nounced" is the obligation of pros­ bute to the total impression of (15 MinsJ 9:30 SUMMER FALLOW pective parents to give a world to "Hometown." 10:00 ROAD OF LIFE (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) 10:00 NIGHT MUSIC (30 Mins.> the child rather than a child to the In each sketch the l1stener's atten­ 10: 15 MASTER MUSICIANS world. (15 Mins.) 10:30 SALUDOS AMIGOS tion is focused on one or two prin­ 10:30 SOLDIER'S WIFE (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) Cast in the leading roles of the cipal characters, who will in turn 10:45 LUCY LINTON'S STORIES 11: 00 BBC NEWSREEL opening broadcast are playa more or less incidental role in FROM LIFE (15 Mins.> (15 Mins.) and Ruth Springford. succeeding broadcasts. 11 :00 BBC NEWS (15 Mins.> 11:15 AS SEEN FROM SCOTLAND Radio Folio is intended as a broad­ The opening drama is based on the 11:15 BIG SISTER (15 Mins.> (15 Mins.) cast experiment, using novel tech­ theory that there's always a worm, 11:30 CBK PROGRAM NEWS 11 :30 FIESTA (30 Mins.> niques of writing and produetion­ and that when the first worm turns, (5 Mins.) 12:00 CBC NEWS AND NEWS making the listener a participant­ the one turned upon immediately be­ 11:35 BUNKHOUSE TUNES COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) will be followed throughout. comes a potential turning worm. The (10 Mins.) 12:15 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP As an experiment, the series fol­ theme is expressed in a situation (Rebr.) (15 Mins.) 11;45 MUSIC ROOM (14 Mins.) lows in the tradition of Fletcher where the woman holds the family's financial balance of power. The lead­ 11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY TRANS·CANADA Markle's radio career. His first large OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL assignment was a 65-week series ing roles of man and wife are to be (1 Min.) (Programs oj the Trans-Canada net­ played by Frank Peddie and Ruth called "Imagine Please," in which 12:00 R.C.M.P. BULLErINS work offered to Prairie Region net~ Springford. (15 MinsJ works or stations, not carried on Markle experimented in writing, CBK) editing, producing, and acting. His The author of "Hometown" began 12:15 VINCENT LOPEZ his radio career at the age of 19 as a ftrst claim to fame, the Baker's Dozen ORCHE'3TRA (30 Mins.) 11:30 MELODY PARADE singer in Vancouver, where he was 12:45 TO BE ANNOUNCED (15 Mins.) pxperiment which Andrew Allan pro­ born. In the intervening ten years he (15 Mins.) 12:00 MUSICAL PROGRAM duced in Vancouver in 1942, at­ has been announcer, actor, come­ 1:00 CBC NEWS (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.> tracted attention to Markle wher­ dian, writer and producer. For four 1: 15 NEWS IN FRENCH 4:15 SONGS FOR YOU ever radio circles were big. Since his years Mr. Braden was closely asso­ (10 Mins.) (15 Mins.) recent return from England and his ciated with in the lat­ 1:25 MUSICAL PROGRAM 4:45 DOWN BEAT R.C.AJ'.'. job of telling the airman's ter's west coast production of "Stag (5 Mins.) (15 Mins.) story via both films and radio. Markle Party." Coming to Toronto in 1943, 1:30 CBC FARM BROADCAST has been active in writing drama for to join Alan Young's Toronto pro­ (30 Mins.) DOMINION CBC's Stage 45. gram, Braden stepped into the front 2:00 WOMAN OF AMERICA (Programs oj the Dominion network rank of radio actors, and has written (15 MinsJ offered to Prairie Region networks or several notable plays for CBC's 2:15 MA PERKINS (15 Mi1tS.) stations, not carried on CBK) about Summer Reading for t.he "Stage 44" and "Stage 45." Family. 2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY 7:30 NEWS STAND REVIEW (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) NIGHT MUSIC (10,00 p.m.) 2:45 MATINEE MEMORIES 7:45 STRINGS OF MELODY AEOLIAN STRAINS (8:00 p.m.) (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) The "Romance," from Mozart's 3:00 MODERN MINSTRELS This prOlUam is conducted by 8:00 REMINISCING (30 Mins.) suite, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," in­ (15 Mins.) John Duncan, Toronto harpist, and troduces another restful half-hour 8:30 RISE STEVENS SHOW the orchestral ensemble consists 3:15 CBC NEWS (3 Mins.) (30 Mins.) of slring music tonight, as Marius 3:18 BY THE RIVER (JZ Mins.) chiefly of wood.winds and strings. Benoist directs the orchestra. in the 9:00 CONTENTED HOUR Nineteenth century salon music is 3:30 WORLD CHURCH NEWS (30 Mins.) followil)g: "Les Sentiments·, (Cou­ (15 Mins.) the principal ingredient of the pro­ perin); "Sonata da Camera, No. 10" 9:30 HOMErOWN {30 Mins.> grams. Last week's program included 3 :45 RECITAL {IS Mins.> (Corelli); "Cavatina" (Ratr); "Ser­ 10:00 CBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ Schubert's famous Serenade; one of enade for Strings" (Elgar); and "Air, 4:00 FROM THE CLASSICS ARY (15 lt11nsJ Chopin's Valses Brillio.ntes; and from the Water Music Suite" (Han­ (15 MinsJ 10:30 CAFE ZANZIBAR Saint-Saens' "Swan." This week's dell. 4:15 LA FIANC£E DU COM­ ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.> program will follow a similar pat~ MANDO (15 Mins.> tern. 4:30 THE ROBINSON FAMILY FIESTA (11 ,30 p.m.) (15 Mins.) The warm, colourful rhythms of __AJate·;L.:1__ RISE STEVENS' SHOW (8:30 p.m.) 4:45 UN HOMME Er SON Pl':CHE our Latin American neighbours, as (Dominion) (15 Mins.) BY THE RIVER (3:1S p.m.) styled by Lawrence Wilson and the 5:00 DON MESSER AND HIS The river which inspires this series A new half-hour program star­ Fiesta orchestra, come your way each ISLANDERS (15 Mins.) of radio essays by Miriam Hat.heway ring Rise Slevcns. Metropolitan Monday night at this time, from the 5:15 MIRROR FOR WOMEN Wood is the Saint John River, New Opera soprano, will bring pleasant, CBC's Vancouver stUdios. To open (15 Mins.) Brunswick. The second talk, to be familiar music from Hollywood as their program tonight, the orchestra 5:30 CURTAIN ECHOES heard this afternoon, is "Manner the summer replacement for In­ will offer the new conga number, US MinsJ Maketh the Man." formation Please. The programs will "Spic and Spanish." Others will be 5:45 BBC NEWS AND feature the soprano with guest con­ "Cuban Pete," and "Animate Mas." COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) ductors and a 29-piece orchestra. Solo numbers by Carlos will be 6:00 DESIGN FOR LISTENING MIRROR FOR WOMEN (6:16 p.m.) Each week a musical director from "Mexico," and"JuntoA Tu Ventana," (30 .Mins.> Irene McAfee, of the Vancouver one of the leading moUon picture while Juliette will cash in a few 6:30 CBe NEWS <10 Mins.> Public Library. comes to the micro­ companies will present the most musical secrets about "Madame La 6:40 NEWS IN FRENCH <5 MinsJ phone this afternoon with a talk popular music from his studio. Zonga," along with "Is It Taboo." Page 4 CRC PROCRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region

Who? Classics For Today .nl__TU_ES__DA_Y_,_Jul_y _10t_h,_19_4S------'urn· Moves To New Spot The CBC's popular Vancouver ori­ All times given aTe Central Daylight; jar Mountain Time deduct one hour. gination, Classics for Today, featur­ 6;30 CBC NEWS (10 Mins.) ing a 21-piece orchestra under the STATION CBK, WATROUS direction of Jean de Rimanoczy, has 8:00 CBe NEWS {S Mins.> 6;40 NEWS IN FRENCH (5 Mins.) moved to a new time on Tuesday 8:05 BREAKFAST CLUB evenings, and will now be heard on (40 Mins.) 6;45 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP (15 Mins.) the full nationwide facillcit1es of the 8:45 MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK 7:00 BIG TOWN (30 Mins.) Trans-Canada network. The next (15 Mins.) program will go on the air at 9:30 9;00 CBC NEWS (IS Mins.) 7:30 CARAVAN (30 Mins.) p.m. on Tuesday, July 10. 9;15 MUSICAL PROGRAM 8;00 JOHN AND JUDY (30 Mins.) lt is said that Classics for Today (15 Mins.) 8;30 VICTOR BORGE SHOW holds the record as the longest pro­ 9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES (30 Mins.) gram series continuously broadcast (5 Mins.) 9;00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS on the CBC. It has been heard week 9:35 PIANO INTERLUDE (15 Mins.) in week out without fail since its in­ (10 MinsJ 9;15 BOOKS FOR THE TIMES ception eight years ago. The first 9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS (15 Mins.) producer was Roy Dunlop, now pro­ (15 Mins.) 9;30 CLASSICS FOR TODAY duction manager at station CBR, (30 Mins.) 10:00 ROAD OF LIFE (15 Mins.) Vancouver. In its new national series, 10:00 TO BE ANNOUNCED production is being handled by Frank 10:15 MASTER MUSICIANS (30 Mins.) (15 Mins.) Winn, former Toronto man now at 10:30 SOLDIER'S WIFE (15 Mins.) 10:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA the cac's west coast studios. (25 MinsJ Highlighting the July 10 program 10;45 LUCY LINTON'S STORIES 10;55 INTERLUDE (5 Mins.) You are allowed three (fuesses­ FROM LIFE (IS Mins.) is the melodious Miniature Sym­ 11 :00 BBC NEWSREEL (15 Mins.> who is the charming young lady in 11:00 BBC NEWS (15 Mins.) phony in 0, by Adam Carse. Other 11; 15 OFF THE RECORD the picture? Greta Garbo at ten? No. numbers will be Bulerias, from the 11: 15 BIG SISTER (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) An early picture of Queen Anne? Iberian Dance Suite, by Frederico 11:30 CBK PROGRAM NEWS 11;30 ROY SHIELDS AND No. The Lass That Loves a Sailor? Longas; and a string arrangement of (5 Mins.) COMPANY (25 Mins.) Dunno. Time's up, and the answer Stephen Foster's composition, "I See 11:35 MELODIC MEMORIES 11:55 INTERLUDE (5 Mins.) is: The lady is MARTHA RAVE. She Her Still in My Dreams." (10 Mins.) 12:00 CBC NEWS AND NEWS was Martha Reed then man and his violin, is to be "Diona," BOYS (30 Mins.) (6,00 p.m.) 3:00 MODERN MINSTRELS one of Mr. Scherman's own com­ 7;30 ALAN YOUNG SHOW Trans-Canada network listeners (15 Mins.) (30 Mins,) positions in the Roumanian vein. 3; 15 CBC NEWS (3 Mins.) from coast to coast will hear the 8:00 DOMINION CONCERT soprano voice of Isabelle McEwan in 3:18 YOUR NEXT JOB (12 Mins.) HOUR (60 Mins.) DOMINION CONCERT HOUR another of her series of half-hour 3:30 MODERN MUSICIANS 9;00 BERT NlOSrS ORCHESTRA recitals. Her progam today includes: (8,00 p.m.) (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) (Dominion) "Blue Bird of Happiness," "Your 3:45 ARTISTS OF TOMORROW 9;30 CONCERT ORCHESTRA Ettore Mazzoleni will relinquish the (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) Eyes Shine in Mine Own," and "The Bubble." direcUon of the Dominion Concert 4:00 FROM THE CLASSICS 10;00 CBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ Hour orchest.ra when the program's ARY (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) point of origin goes from 'lUronto to 4:15 LA CHANSON FRANCAISE 10;30 PLAZA HOTEL ORCHESTRA CARAVAN (7:30 p.m.) Montreal on July 10, the time re­ (15 Mins.) (30 Mins,) A traditional Czech folk song with maining the same, 9 to 10 p.m. Jean 4:30 THE ROBINSON FAMILY t.he title of "Andulka" wil be the first (15 M:ns,) Beaudet, the CBC's Supervisor of of three Gypsy lyrics to be sung by Music, will' assume leadership and 4:45 UN HOMME ET SON PltCH€ _~A/ote;;L-1 Elena Pezhukova in the second will present a series of 13 programs, (15 Mins.) __ broadcast of Romany Trails. The the first six devoted to music by 5: 00 WESTERN FIVE (15 Mins.) ARTISTS OF TOMORROW program is presented for summer French composers and the remain­ 5: 15 PIANO .RAMBLINGS (3,.S p.m.) listening under the direction of Paul der to excerpts from the great operas. ('15 Mins.) Ruth Lewis. a gifted 10-year-old Scherman. The theme of Romany On the inaugural broadcast under 5:30 CURTAIN ECHOES violinist, plays this afternoon in the Trails is "Gypsy Reminiscenses," an his baton, Mr. Beaudet has included (15 Mins.) Artists of Tomorrow series. She is a .impressionistic melody by conductor "L'Enfant prodigue," by Debussy. 5:45 BBC NEWS AND pupil of A.!exander Brott, the well­ Scherman. He will lead the orchestra The soloists will be the prominent COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) known Montreal conductor-compOSer first. in Brahms' Hungarian Dance Montreal artists, Jeanne Desjardins, 6:00 ISABELLE McEWAN SINGS who dcscrib€s her talents as most No.4, following with Ivanovici's soprano, Jules Jacob, tenor, and (30 Mins.) extraordinary. She plays Adagio and "Over the Waves," "In the Village," David Rochette, bass. Prai"ie Region eRe PROGRAM SCHEDULE Page 5

Experimenter -DlL-_W_E_DN_E_SD_A_y,_J_UIY_1_1th_,_19_45_[0- UESTIO S and ANSWERS All times given are Central Daylight; for Mountain Time deduct one hour.

STATION CBK, WATROUS 6:40 NEWS IN FRENCH (5 Min•.) . 8: 00 CBC NEWS (5 Mins.) 6 :45 CBC NEWS ROt,TND-UP (15 Mins.) I often hear the name of Lister 8:05 BREAKFAST CLUB Sinclair mentioned on the air, and (4(j Mins.) 7:00 THROUGH THE YEARS (30 Mins.) see it also 1n my Program Schedule. 8:45 MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK r know he has something to do with (15 Mins.) 7:30 SOPHISTICATED SWING (15 Mins.) CBC dramatics, but who is he in 9:00 CBC NEWS (15 Mins.> private lire? Is he an American 7:45 CBC SPORT REVIEW 9:15 MUSICAL PROGRAM (I5 Mins.) writer? (15 Mins.) 8:00 WINNIPEG SUMMER [Lister Sinclair is Q. Fellow in 9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES (5 Mins.) THEATRE (30 Mins.) Mat.hematics at Toront.o University. He is an Englishman by birth, and 9:35 PIANO INTERLUDE 8:30 SUMMER CONCERT (10 Mins.) (30 Mins.) lived for a time in Vancouver. His documentary drama, "A Play On 9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS 9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) Words," was a sensation on CBC 9:15 THE SOLDIER'S RETURN' networks, and also won the first 10:00 ROAD OF LIFE (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) award in the Ohio University (Col· 10: 15 MASTER MUSICIANS umbus Instit.ute) competition this (15 Mins.) 9:30 MASTERWORKS FOR THE PIANOFORTE year. 10:30 SOLDIER'S WIFE (15 Mins.> (30 Mins.) ••• 10:45 LUCY LINTON'S STORIES 10:00 SUMMER SERENADE FROM LIFE (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) I'll,to b,. Ku.h Classics For Toctall. 11:00 BBC NEWS (15 Mins.> 10:30 NORMAN HARRIS' Flelcher Markle, author 01 Baker's ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.) I heard a very nice string pro­ 11: 15 BIG SISTER (15 Mins.> Dozen radio experiment, and the 11:00 BBC NEWSREEL (15 Min• .) gram on Tuesday night shortly before British documentary film, "V-I," /ULs 11:30 CBK PROGRAM NEWS 11:15 CURRENT EVENTS ten. which I had not heard before. (5 Mins.) (15 Min• .> written a I3-week series as summer I think it was a CBC program. Could successor to stage Entitled"Radio 11:35 DANCE INTERLUDE 11 :30 GYPSY STRINGS 45. yeu tell me who the players are, (10 Mins.> (30 Mins.) Folio," the series will be directed by please? - Mrs. M. A., Saskaloon, 11:45 MUSIC ROOM (14 Mins.> 12:00 CBC NEWS AND NEWS Mr. Markle, and the opening dale is Sask, Sunday, July 8, at 8 p.1n., over the 11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY COMMENTARY (15 Min!,) (Classics For Today, a string group OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL 12:15 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP Trans-Canada network. (1 Min,) (Rebr,) (15 Mins,) from Vancouver, is heard on Tues­ days from 9:30 to 10 (Central Time) 12:00 R.C.MP. BULLETINS jobless and friendless, flghts Lhe TRANS-CANADA on CBK. Jean de Rimanoczy is the (15 Mins.) battle out with himself and a mys­ (Programs of the Trans-Canada net­ 12: 15 VINCENT LOPEZ conductor. The program has been lOork offered ot Prairie Region, net­ terious companion named Rafferty, ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.> on the CBC's western network for works or stations, not carried on special agent from the hidden bur­ 12:45 TO BE ANNOUNCED CBK) eau of "World Contact." Rafferty's some time, but recently moved to (15 Mins.) 11:30 MELODY PARADE intercession fails, but the ham and an earlier hour.] 1:00 aBC NEWS (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) eggs do the trick. 1: 15 NEWS IN FRENCH 12:00 MUSICAL PROGRAM SUMMER SERENADE (10:00 p.m.) (10 Mins.) (15 Mins.) SUMMER CONCERT (8:30 p.m.) Gwen Bradshaw is heard as vocal­ [:25 MUSICAL PROGRAM 4:15 SONGS FOR YOU Recorded. (5 Mins.) (15 Mins.) Paule-Aimee Bailly, the brilliant ist with Roy Locksley's orchestra in Montreal pianist, will be conductor this summer series from Winnipeg. 1:30 CBC FARM BROADCAST 4:45 DOWN BEAT (30 Mins.) (15 Mins,) Albert Chamberland's assisting art­ In addition to her papular singing, 2:00 WOMAN OF AMERICA ist, when Summer Concert goes on Owen does a competent job of panel (15 Min!.) DOMINION the air. The feature number will be operating for a Winnipeg local sta­ 2:15 MA PERKINS (15 Mins.) (Programs of the Dominion network the Finale or Beethoven's First Oon­ tion. Her busy radio career keeps 2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY oUered to Prairie Region networks or certo, in which she will be heard as her occupied while her husband, Lt. (15 Mins.) stations. not carried on CBK) the soloist. Miss Bailly is one of the Sheffield of the U.S. Army, is away 2:45 MATINEE MEMORIES 6:30 ELLERY QUEEN most gifted of the younger Canadian on active service. The three songs (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) (Central Stns.) pianists. She won the Prix d'Europe Gwen will sing tonight are all heard 3:00 MODERN MINSTRELS 7:00 THE SAINT (30 Mins.) I in 1939 but was unable to proceed to in arrangements by a former Winni­ (15 Mins,) 7: 30 MA CHANSON (30 Mins.) IParis due to war conditions. Instead pegger, Sam McKeown, now in Tor­ 3:15 CBC NEWS (3 Mins.) 9:00 SUGAR AND SPICE she went to New York to carryon onto. They a.re: "Humming Bird," (15 Mins.) her studies and was soon the prOUd "I Remember You," from "The 3:18 ETHELWYN HOBBES (12 Mins.) 9:15 THE SECRET IS OUT possessor of a. four-year scholarship Fleet's In," and "Blue Skies." Roy (15 Mins.) at the JuiIliard School of Music and Locksley's orchestral choices are: 3:30 MODERN MUSICIANS 9:30 CLARY'S G AZE'ITE (15 Mins.) was given the great privilege of being "The Trolley SOng," from "Meet Me (30 Mins.> chosen by Ernest Hutchison, the In St. Louis"; "Mexico," from "The 3:45 MUSIC STYLED FOR 10:00 CBC NEWS AND COM­ STRINGS (15 Min.,) director of the school, as one of his Three Caballeros"; "Tea for Two," MENTARY (15 Mins,) few students. Albert Chamberland from Youman's "No, No, Nanette"; 4:00 FROM THE CLASSICS 10:30 GRAND OLD SONGS will also conduct the orchestra in Ferde Grafe's Mississippi Suite; (15 Mins.) (Alta. stns,) (30 Mins.) "Malin, midi, et soir," by von Suppe; 4:15 LA FlANCl':E DU COM­ Military Polka; and Youman's 11:30 ELLERY QUEEN Prelude in 0 Minor, by Rachman­ MANDO (15 Mins.) (Mountain stns.> (30 Mins.) "Great Day." Locksley makes his own inoff; and "Tambourin chinois," by arrangements for much of the muslc 4:30 THE ROBINSON FAMILY (15 Mins.) Kreisler. used on this program. 4:45 UN HOMME ET SON Pl':CHl': __A!ate~:j_ ..... (15 Min• .) MASTERWORKS FOR THE PIANO- FORTE (9:30 p.m.) GYPSY STRINGS (11 :30 p.m.) 5: 00 DON MESSER AND HIS WINNIPEG SUMMER THEATRE ISLANDERS (15 Min•.) (8,00 p.m,) Jacqueline Lavoie, a Prix d'Europe This new west coast program today 5:15 HOMEMAKERS' The fourth drama in this series is winner who is now studying in New features Carda Smalley and the or­ PROGRAM (15 Mins.) "The Eternal Flame," by James York under the celebrated French chestra in favourite waltzes from 5:30 CURTAIN ECHOES Richardson, of Vancouver. Mr. Rich­ pianist, Robert Casadesus, plays this Franz Lehar's operetta, "Gypsy (15 Mins.) ardson's tale suggests that a man evening in the Masterworks for the Love." Other highlights of the show 5:45 BBC NEWS AND whose stomach is full will not wish Pianoforte series, Chromatic Fan- will be an arrangement of "Gypsy COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) to die, and the eternal flame is ade­ tasia, and Fugue, by Bach, and Moon"; a group of traditional gypsy 6:00 INTERMEZZO (30 Min!.) quately fed by ham and eggs. Gus "Children's Corner" Suite, by De- melodies, and selections from the 6:30 CBC NEWS (10 Min• .) Ryan, discharged from the army, bussy. I operetta, "Eva." Page (; enc PROGRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region

Suggestions lor Landscaping. THURSDAY/ July 12th/ 1945 IB- IThe Prairie Gardener I Whelher on home grounds or in -1111111 pUblic parks it is suggested that the Summary for Broadcast of July 1, following points should receive con­ All times given are Central Daylight; for Mountain Time deduct one hour. 1946. sideration: 6:45 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP (a) Make the plantings fit the lay STATION CBK, WATROUS West Meets East at K enora. (15 Mins.) of lhe land. Take advantage of na­ 8: 00 CBC NEWS (5 Min,.) 7: 00 DRAMA (30 Mins.) 1. Wooded country, more precipi­ tural features. The finished product 8:05 BREAKFAST CLUB 7:30 ALOUETTE QUARTET tation and more humidity provide should appear natural rather than (40 Mins.) (30 Min'.l Kenora with greater horticultural man made. 8:45 MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK 8:00 BING CROSBY MUSIC HALL (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) scope than the open prairie country. (b) Plant in groups so that masses The hardy prairie variety of trees, of shrubs or even annuals break the 9:00 CBC NEWS (15 Min'.) 8:30 MUSIC FROM THE PACIFIC (30 Mins.) shrubs, flowers and fruit predomin­ straight lines. Lines should follow 9:15 MUSICAL PROGRAM 9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS ate. lhe contours of the land. (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) 9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES 2. The rock outcroppings provide (c) Frame vistas leading to key 9:15 CHALET CONCERT excellent opportunity for the land­ points of interest from the most com­ (5 Mins.) (45 Mins.) scape gardener. Gardens at the Paper monly used viewing points. 9:35 PIANO INTERLUDE 10:00 DRAMA (30 Mins.) (10 Mins.) 10:30 MUSIC OF THE NEW Mill, the Forestry station, the C.P.R. (d) Blend native and imported 9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS WORLD (30 Mins.) Station and McLeod Park indicate plant varieties. (15 Mins.) 11 :00 BBC NEWS REEL <15 Min'.l different types of treatment from the (e) Use grass as a foreground and 10: 00 ROAD OF LIFE (15 Mins.) 11:15 LONDON LETTER <15 Min,.l formal to the natural. to lend distance to vistas. 10: 15 MASTER MUSICIANS 11:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA 3. In private grounds the majority (f) Use specimen plants for points (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) of gardeners have not paid sufficient needing accent. 10:30 SOLDIER'S WIFE (15 Mins.) 11:45 SERENADE IN RHYTHM (15 Mins.) attention to natural settings and the 10:45 LUCY LINTON'S STORIES use of native material but local Better Meetings. I think the term FROM LIFE (15 Mins.) 12:00 CBC NEWS AND NEWS "better meetings" is concerned with COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) horiculturists have made the town 11 :00 BBC NEWS (15 Min'.) a very attractive one nevertheless. the organization that goes into the 12:15 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP preparation of the meetings the pro­ 11;15 BIG SISTER (15 Mins.) (Rebr.) (15 Mins.) 11 :30 CBK PROGRAM NEWS 4. The Kenora Agricultural Society grams that grow out of this planning, (5 Mins,) TRANS·CANADA active for over 30 years has done and the strict attention that is pa1d. 11:35 CONC~T CAMEOS Programs 01 the Trans-Canada net­ much to arouse local interest in to the timing of the speeches.­ (10 Mins.) work offered to Prairie Region net­ horticultural activities. Gladys Lougheed, on CBC, Feb. 23. 11 :45 MUSIC ROOM (14 Min,.) works or stations, not carried on CBK) 11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY infant son who had never seen his "Music from the pacific," is a west OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL 11:30 MELODY PARADE dad. Repatriated a few weeks ago, coast presentation of the CBC. (15 Mins.) (1 Min.) the father found a new home await­ 12:00 R.C.M.P. BULLETINS 12:00 MUSIC FOR MODERNS ing him, set up by his youthful Eng­ (15 Mins.) SUMMER SWING (8:30 p.m.) (15 Mins.) lish bride. 12:45 MATINEE FOR MODERNS (Dominion) 12: 15 VINCENT LOPEZ (15 Mins.) This is a new program from To­ ORCHESTRA <15 Mins.) 4:15 SONGS FOR YOU RECITAL (3:46 p.m.) 12:30 MUSICAL PROGRAM (15 Mins.) Lorraine Gaboury, pianist, has ronto, featUring Agostini arrange­ (15 Mins.) ments conducted by Cliff McKay, 4:45 DOWN BEAT chosen works by Chopin and Debussy 12:45 JEAN HINDS (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) for her recital this afternoon from songs by Gene Corday, and duo­ 1 :00 CBC NEWS (15 Min,.) pianists Snider and Ross. DOMINION the Montreal studios. The works are 1:15 NEWS IN FRENCH Nocture in G. Op. 15, No.1; Mazurka, (10 Mins.) (Programs 01 the Dominion network Op. 24. No.2; and Mazurka, Op. 67, offered to Prairie Region networks or CHALET CONCERT (9:15 p.m.) No.4, by Chopin; and "La fille aux 1:25 MUSICAL PROGRAM stalions. not carried on CBK) Desire Dcfauw, the eminent Bel­ (5 Mins.) cheveux de lin," and "Minstrels," by gian conductor, will conduct three 7:00 SILHOUETTES AND Debussy. 1:30 CBC FARM BROADCAST CAMEOS (30 Mins.) of the Chalet Concerts instead of two (30 Mins.) 7:30 SERVICEMEN'S FORUM DRAMA (7 :00 p.m.) as previously announced. His second 2:00 WOMAN OF AMERICA (30 Mins.) (Cent. Slns.) appearance on the podium will be on (15 Mins.) "In the End Is the Beginning," by 8:30 SUMMER SWING (30 Min,.) July 12 when he will conduct Bee­ Mac Shaub, has been described in a 2:15 MA PERKINS (15 MinsJ 9:00 ARCH OBOLER (30 Mins.) thoven's popular Fifth Symphony, letter written to Rupert Caplan by 2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY 9:30 TO BE ANNOUNCED for the CBC's Trans-Canada listen­ (15 Mins.> a member of the American W.I.B. (30 Mtns.) ers well for the "under the who heard it while on a business trip as as 2:45 MATINEE MEMORIES 10:00 CBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ stars" audience atop Mount Royal. (15 Mins.) ARY (15 Mins.) in Ottawa, as one of the finest radio Always a favourite, Beethoven's Fifth plays to come out of this war. Mr. 3:00 MODERN MINSTRELS 10:30 SERVICEMEN'S FORUM Symphony has gained still greater (15 Mins.) (30 Mins.) (Mtn. Stns.) Caplan is bringing this evening a popularity during the war years repeat performance of the Shaub 3:15 CBC NEWS (3 Mins.) th.rough the association of its drama­ 3:18 MOTHERS' BUSINESS play to Trans-Canada listeners in the tic opening theme with the ultimate (12 Mins.) CBC drama series from Montreal. 3:30 MODERN MUSICIANS victory for the Allied cause. Beetho­ JEAN HINDS (12:45 p.m.) ven himself described the meaning of <15 Mins.) ALOUETTE QUARTET (7:30 p.m.) the entire work as the struggle of the Andrew Cowan is interviewed by The alouette Quartet devotes its 3:45 RECITAL (15 Mins.) individual with Fate, the interming­ Jean Hinds on her program today. program this week to celebrated folk­ 4:00 FROM THE CLASSICS ling of hope and despair and final (15 Mins.) Mr. Cowan is a former CBC War tunes of Old France in honour of victory. It is the most human and Correspondent who returned to Can­ Bastille Day, July 14. Among the 4:15 LA CHANSON FRANQAISE most toved of all the greal master's . (15 Mins.) ada last February to become an as­ songs to be heard are "Le CIairon," nine symphonies, 4:30 THE ROBINSON FAMILY sistant to Mr. Bushnell, director "Te Souviens-tu un capitaine," "Fan­ (15 Mins.) general of programs. His present Fan la tul1pe," "Normandie," and 4:45 UN HOMME ET SON PECHE work is concerned with. programs "La Madelon." SERENADE IN RHYTHM (15 Mins.) dealing with reestablishment of re­ (11:45 p.m.) 5:00 THE WESTERN FIVE turned service men and women. MUSIC FROM' THE PACIt='IC Fifteen minutes of swing music for (15 Min,.) (8:30 p.m.) jive fans comes over the airwaves to­ 5:15 PIANO RAMBLINGS MOTHER'S BUSINESS (3:18 p.m.) (15 Mins.) The orchestra, under the direction night; supplied by Ray Norris and 5:30 CURTAIN ECHOES The wartime life of a young mother of Percy Harvey, will play: "Rainbow the Serenade in Rhythm boys. (15 Mins.) in England and the problems of set­ Bridge"; "Mood Indigo"; "Cocktails Vocalist Eleanor opens the program 5:45 BBC NEWS AND ting up a home in Canada are des­ for Two"; and "Minuet in Jazz." Ann with "Ain't Misbehavin' "; the boys COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) cribed this afternoon by Anita Fair­ Watt and Arthur Ross-Jones are are next with "Confessin' "; then 6 00 OUT OF SPACE (30 Mins.) weather in the series "Mother's Busi­ soloists. Their vocal selections in­ Eleanor returns to the mike to sing 6 30 CBC NEWS (10 Mins.) ness." Mrs. Fairweather came to elude: "Yesterday"; "Hills of Old "Blue Moon"; and quintet completes 6 40 NEWS IN FRENCH (5 Mins.l Canada about a year ago with. her Wyoming," and "You Are Free." the program with "All of Me." Prai"ie Region CBC PROCRAM SCHEDULE Page 7

through narration and interviews CRC Resumes Series wit.h foreIgn diplomats, showed how -Ul'------_FR_'D_A_y,_Ju_'y_13_th_,1_94_5----'[]]- On Foreign Affairs Canada had become an "embassy" country In the eyes of the world and All times given are Central Daylight; JOT Mountain Time deduct one hour. Canada's relations with foreign a country that must in turn maintain countries and other nations of the embassies else.where. His present STATION CBK, WATROUS 6:15 TORONTO TRIO British Empire are to be closely re­ series w1ll take listeners behInd the <15 Mi"•.) viewed for CBG listeners when the 8:00 CBC NEWS (5 Mtns.) scenes of Canada's External Affairs 6:30 CBC NEWS <10 Min• .) series The World and Ourselves is re· to show what goes on in the day's 8:05 BREAKFAST CLUB 6:40 NEWS IN FRENCH (5 Min•.) sumed. The broadcasts, featuring (40 Mins.) work. 6:45 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP Gerald Noxon as speaker and inter­ Mr. Noxon is widely known in 8:45 MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK (15 Min".) viewer, will commence on Friday, (15 Mins.) Great Britain and Canada as author 7:00 MERCHANT NAVY SHOW July 13, at 9: 15 p.m. historian, playwright and broad­ 9.00 CBC NEWS <15 Nt"•.) (30 Mins,) As an introduction to the series, caster. His recently produced radio 9:15 MUSICAL PROGRAM 7:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA the opening program will deal with fantasy in blank verse, "Crossing at (15 MinsJ . (30 Min•.) the broad functions of the Depart~ Jumieges," has been described as 9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES 8:00 WALTZ TIME (30 Mt"• .) ment of External Affairs and its im­ "one of the few authentic documents (5 Mins.) portance to Canadians, collectively 8:30 JOHNNY HOME SHOW to come out of Canada in this war." 9:35 PIANO INTERLUDE (30 Min•.) and individually. Also to be under­ Hned are the department's wide ac­ Publishers. One asks that a pub­ (10 Mins.) 9:00 CEC NATIONAL NEWS 9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS (15 Min.!.) tivities in connection with overseas lisher shall be a cultivated man of trade alone. great curiosity-a genuine curiosity <15 Mtns.l 9:15 THE WORLD AND OUR­ 10:00 ROAD OF LIFE (15 Mtn• .) SELVES (15 Mins.) This w1ll be the second presente.­ and not one assumed for business lion of a series by Gerald Noxon on purposes. ... It is hopeless if, like 10:15 MASTER MUSICIANS 9:30 EVENTIDE (30 Mins.) the subject of "The World and Our­ the editors of so many American (I5 Mins.) (30 Min• .) 10:00 SOLILOQUY selves." In his first, broadcast in the magazines, he is a disappointed 10:30 SOLDIER'S WIFE <15 Min•.) 10:30 VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE summer months of 1944, Mr. Noxon, writer.-V. S. Pritchett, on BBC. 10:45 LUCY LINTON'S STORIES I (30 Min• .) FROM LIFE (15 Min• .) 11:00 BBC NEWS REEL <15 Mtn• .) RECITAL (3:45 p.m.) tributes some of the vocals. Howard 11:00 BBC NEWS (15 Mtns.) 11:15 THE PEOPLE ASK <15 Min•.) Today's recital1st from Winnipeg Higgins directs the orchestra and II: 15 BIG SISTER <15 Mlns.) 11:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA is Helen Dahlstrom. Miss Dahlstrom Announcer Monty TIlden not only 11:30 CBK PROGRAM NEWS (15 Mins.) is a teacher and accompanist at the ushers the show on off the air but (5 Mfns.) 11:45 SONGS IN THE NIGHT Regina Conservalory of Music, and helps keep the sparkling dialogue 11:35 FRIDAY FROLIC (15 Mins,) accompanist for the North America moving along at a sprightly pace. Artists Bureau. She accompanied (10 Mins.) 12:00 CBC NEWS AND NEWS 11 :45 MUSIC ROOM <14 Mtn•.) COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) John Goss on his western tour in JOHNNY HOME SHOW (8:30 p.m.) 1941. Her program includes: Inter­ Frank Shuster and Johnny Wayne, 11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY 12:15 CBC NEWS ROUND-UP OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL (Rebr.) (15 Mins.) mezzo, OP. 117, No.2 (Brahms)---one Toronto writers who have recently (1 Min.) of the composer's later works; returned to Canada from a tour of 12 :00 R.C.M.P. BULLETINS TRANS-CANADA Jacques tbert's Little White Donkey, writing and acting with an anny en­ (15 Mins.) (Programs 0/ the Trans-Canada net­ a miniature from an impressionistic tertainment unit, are the authors of 12:15 VINCENT LOPEZ work offered to Prairie Region net­ suite, Les Rencontres; Etude in D this new eBC series, which treats ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.) works or stations, not carried on Flat Major (Liszt.) -one of the great the problems of the returning soldier CBK) 12:45 TO BE ANNOUNCED etudes, an epitome of Liszt's find­ from the humorous side. The prin­ (15 Mins.) 11:30 MELODY PARADE ings in a complete explanation of the cipal characters are Johnny Home (15 Mins.) whole range of piano technique; and (played by Jack Fuller) and his pal, 1:00 CBC NEWS <15 Mins.) 12:00 MUSICAL PROGRAM La Tarantelle Fretillante, by the Sam Lightfoot (played by Bud 1:15 NEWS IN FRENCH <15 Mins.) famous English-Negro composer, Knapp). Others are Johnny's father (10 Mins.) 4:15 SONGS FOR YOU Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. (Frank Peddie) and his mother 1:25 MUSICAL INTERLUDE (15 Mins.) (Grace Webster); his kid sisler (5 Mins.) 4:45 DOWN BEAT PRAIRIE COMMENT (5:15 p.m.) (Peggi Loder) ; the girl friend (Alice 1:30 CBC FARM BROADCAST CI5 Mins.) These weekly "Rambles Round the Hill); Gabby the postman (Bernard (30 Mins.) 11:15 WORLD AFFAIRS (15 Mtn• .> Prairies" are introduced by the Braden) and Uncle Henry, who 2:00 WOMAN OF AMERICA rarely comes up from the cellar (15 Mins.) DOMINION putring of the train, which speeds from one western town to another in (Tommy Tweed). Frank Willis, CBe 2: 15 MA PERKINS (15 Mtn•.) (Programs 0/ the Dominion network supervisor of features, is producing offered to Prairie Region networks or search of matters of interest. This 2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY the series. There will be an orchestra stations, not carried on CBK) afternoon's subject is "Hostellers (15 Mins.) Holiday," and the speaker is Eleanor conducted by Samuel Hersenhoren, 2:45 MATINEE MEMORIES 7:00 TO BE ANNOUNCED ~"tnd a vocal enf-emble, The Swing: (15 Mins.) Carlyle of Calgary, who will inter­ (15 Mins.) view Jean Casselman. Platoon, conducted by Jack Allison. 3:00 MODERN MINSTRELS 7:15 CURT MASSEY PRESENTS Shuster and Wayne have been col­ (15 Mins.) (15 Mins.) laborating for 14 years. Their show 7:30 RECITAL (30 Mins.l MERCHANT NAVY SHOW 3: 15 aBC NEWS (3 Mins.) was the first to land in Normandy, 8:30 MART KENNEY'S (7,00 p.m.) and spent three months there enter­ 3:18 SPEAKING AS A CANADIAN The popular accordionist, known <12 Mins.) ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.) taining Canadian and American 9:00 CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT along the airwaves as Amelia, will troops. See also story on front page. 3:30 MODERN MUSICIANS make a second appearance this sea­ (15 Mins.) (60 Mins.) son on the Merchant Navy Show." VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE 3:45 RECITAL (15 Mtn•.) 10:00 CBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ ARY (15 Mins.) Amelia and her acc<>rdian have been (10,30 p.m.) 4:00 FROM THE CLASSICS firmly ensconced in the show busi­ (IS Mins.) It's a double feature this week on ness of Eastern Canada practically Vancouver Playhouse, when two .: 15 LA FIANCIlE DU COM­ since she was big enough to hold the MANDO (15 Mins.) hilarious comedies by the Vancouver "folding box." At six she appeared writer, Frank Vyvyan, will be aired 4:30 THE ROBINSON FAMILY SPEAKING AS A CANADIAN on the stage of the Capitol Theatre for the Trans-Canada network audi­ (15 Mins.) (3:18 p.m.) in Montreal and at eight she made ence. Titles of the plays are: "The 4:45 UN HOMME ET SON PIlCHIl her first radio appearance in Quebec Ghost of 'Arry 'Awkins," and "A Bird (15 Mins.) Lucien Parizeau, Montreal editor and art promoter and the final City. During the War years, besides in Hand." Our first story is about a 5:00 DON MESSER AND HIS a full schedule of weekly programs, man who returns home after being ISLANDERS (15 Mtn•.l speaker in the 1945 presentation of the series of talks, "Speaking as a she has travelled the length and presumed dead, and the complica­ :\:15 PRAIRIE COMMENT breadth of the province entertaining tions that ensue; the second con­ (15 Mins.) Canadian," deals this afternoon with the service men and women. She is cerns a hen-pecked husband and a 5:30 CURTAIN ECHOES t.he subject of a "National Art Ex­ currently entertaining them over­ duck. This broadcast is another in <15 Mins.) change." He advocates greater co­ seas via the CBC's International the series of popular plays which 5:45 BBC NEWS AND operation between the national and Shortwave Service. Ray Harvey have been heard on Vancouver Play­ COMMENTARY (15 Min.!.) private art galleries in order to faci­ handles the introductions on the house previously, and are being re­ 6:00 THE OLD SONGS (15 Mins.) litate the exchange of art exhibits. Merchant Navy Show and con- peated. Page 8 cnc PROGRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region

CORRECTIONS SATURDAY, July 14th, 1945 Twenty Y"ars A-Singing I!fl. For Prairie Region Program Sched­ ·m ule, dated July 1, 1945. pll times given are Central Daylight; JOT Mountain Time deduct one hour. MONDAY, JULY 2 STATION CBK, WATROUS 12:00 CBC NEWS (15 Mins.) 2:45-3:00 p.m. (CBK) 8:00 CBC NEWS (5 Mins.) 12:15 DANCE ORCHESTRA Kill: The Right to Happiness. (15 Mins.> 8:05 JAZZ ON PARADE Schedule: Matinee Memories. (25 Mins,) MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS. TRANS-CANADA WEEKLY THEREAFTER. 8:30 U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES (Programs 01 the Trans-Canada net· BAND (30 Mins,) work offered to Prairie Region net­ 10:30-11 :00 p.m. (CBK) 9:00 CBC NEWS (15 Mins.) works or stations, not carried on Kill: CBR Singers. 9: 15 MUSICAL POTPOURRI CBK) Schedule; Saludos Amigos. U5 Mins.) 12:00 INTERLUDE AND FUN THIS OCCASION ONLY. 9:30 MUSIC ROOM- CANTEEN (30 Mins.) 10:30-11:00 p.m. (DOM.) BERN KLASSEN (15 Mins,) 5:30 CURTAIN ECHOES Kill: Cafe Zanzibar Orchestra. 9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS 05 Mins.) (15 MinsJ 11:30 THE FOUR TONES Schedule: Dominion Day Broad· 10:00 FIRST PIANO QUARTET (15 Mins) cast from London (BBC. de­ (30 Mins.) (Mountain stations) layed) featuring a service from 10:30 LES VARIEI'£S 11 :45 THE COAST RANGERS Westminster Abbey attended by FRANCAISES (15 Mins.) the King and Queen. (30 Mins.) (Mountain stations) THIS OcCASION ONLY. 11:00 BBC NEWS (15 Mins.) 11:15 MELODIES FOR JUNIORS DOMINION TUESDAY, JULY 3 05 Mins.) 7:30-8:00 p.m. _ ...... A!otejJ-.-- Winnipeg Choral Programs. THURSDAY, JULY 5 2:00 INTERLUDE I have often heard it said that 7:30-8:00 p.m. (DOM.) and (2 Mins.) THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER 10:30-11:00 pm. (DOM.) 2:02 SATURDAY SENIOR SWING (8:30 p.m.) Winnipeg is a grea.t centre of choral On Servicemen's Forum. (28 Mins.) music, but I must admit I did not Schedule: "Will There Be Jobs for Simone Etsell sings today with ~ 2:30 ROSELAND BALLROOM Jimmy Gowler and the Schooner fully appreciate this fact until I All?" (See program note in ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.) ensemble. One of her songs is the listened to some of the CBC's pro~ Schedule Cor week oC June 24, page 6, column 3). 3:00 INTERLUDE celebrated "Madelon" of World War grams. The choral programs on Sun· (2 Mlns.> day evenings are really beautifUl and THIS OCCASION ONLY. 3:02 SATURDAY SYMPHONY I days, in a special arrangement for (58 Mins.) Gowler's oddly assembled instru& well-chosen, and the CBC renders a SATURDAY, JULY 7 4:00 CBC NEWS (2 Mins.) ments by Frank Simon, WiImipeg great service in broadcasting them 7:30-8:00 p.m. (CBK) 4:02 DATE WITH THE DUKE harpist. "Jcune Fillettee" is Simone's to those of US who otherwise would Schedule: Two-Pinna Team (58 Mins.) second number. Jimmy has a typical have no opportunity of hearing them. (Monireal) . 5:00 EL RITMO TROPICAL Schooner program for the orchestra, -J. S., Red Deer, Alberta. THIS OCCASION ONLY. 05 Mins.) including "Pigeon on the Pier," ••• 5: 15 CBC NEWS (15 Min•.) "Cattle in the Crops," "The Tin Gee­ 5:30 LE QUART D'HEURE DE LA Gee," "Sailor's Hornpipe," and Canadian Radio Drama. CBC OWNED STATION BONNE CHANSON "North cape Hambo." Tunes brought I have been a follower of Corwin, CBK WATROUS, SASK. (60,000 (15 Mins.) watts) 640 Kes. 5:45 BBC NEWS AND west by the early pioneers, and dra­ Oholer, and Welles for years, and COMMENTARY (15 Mins.) matic sketches of pioneer life on the frankly I had come to believe that TRANS-CANADA 6:00 ORGAN BALLADS prairies, are-the chief ingredients of radio drama in the United States was (30 Mins.) this popular Saturday night program. away ahead of a.nything a.vailable in NETWORK Canada. But lately I have been list· ItCS. 6:30 SPORTS COLLEGE (15 Mins.) OBK, WATROUS ...... •.•m ..__ 640 6:45 THIS WEEK (15 Mins.) ening to Stage 45, and to the tine OKY, WINNIPEG 990 7:00 ICI VON CHANTE TWO-PIANO TEAM (10:30 p.m.) series of dramas from Winnipeg, and O4CA, EDMONTON 930 (30 Mins.) "Rondo," by the young Canadian I am not so sure. There are sharp CFAC, CALGARy 960 7:30 BOSTON POPS composer, Robert Fleming, wi1l be differences in the Canadian and O4OC, LETHBRIDGE _ ..1060 (30 Mins.) played by Thelma Johannes a.nd Ed­ American approach to radio drama, 8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT CON­ DOMINION NETWORK CERT (30 Mins.) mund Assaly in their two-piano re­ one has to get used to the two CKRC,' WINNIPEQ 630 8:30 PRAIRIE SCHOONER cital this evening. Other items sel­ methods. The Canadian is more doc­ CKX, BRANDON 1160 (30 Mins.) ected for this program by the Saska­ umentary, less spectacular and thrill­ CJQX, YORKTON 1460 9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS toon piano duo are: Sonata in A ing, but when you have become CKRM, REGINA 980 (10 Mins.) (Allessandl'O Scarlatti) ; Finale, from famUiar with its technique, it is no CHAD, MOOSE JAW 800 9:10 THE OLD SONGS (20 Mins.) Violin SOnata in A (Cesar Franck) ; less effective. I commend all my CFOC, SASKATOON 600 9:30 LEICESTER SQUARE TO "Sheep and Goat Walkin' to the radio friends who have been "sold" CKBI, PRINOE ALBERT 900 BROADWAY (30 Mins.) Pasture" (David Guion) ; Valse, from on U.S. radio drama. to try the Cana.­ CFCN, CALGARY 1010 CFRN, EDMONTON 1260 10:00 SERVICE CENTRE "Eugen Onegin" (Tschaikowsky, arr. dian variety for a change. It "T'epays ORCHESTRA (30 Mins.) Berkowitz); Minuet, from "L'Arlesi­ study, and is good entertainment. OTHER STATIONS 10:30 TWO-PIANO TEAM enne Suite" (Bizet); "Humoresque The CBC has worked in an unspec­ CFAR, FLiN FLON 1230 (30 Mins.) CKUA, EDMONTON _ 680 11:00 PRODUCERS' WORKSHOP Negre" (Homer Grunn) ; "Evening in tacular wa.y, and without fanfare, but Sev1lla" (Albert Niemann); and the job it is°doing is a thorough one, CJ04, CALGARY 1230 (30 Mins.> CFGP, GRANDE PRAIRIE 1350 whlle.-H.M.G., Calgary, 11 :30 COUPABLE OU NON "Shoen Rosmarill" (Fritz Kreisler, and worth CKCK, REGINA 620 (30 Mins.) an. Morton Gould). Alta. 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