NEWS TRANS-CANADA DOMINION 1m CBK BROADCASTS I ~ NETWORK NETWORK ll!I DAILY ~- I WATROUS Trans-Canada Network: (Trans.Canada Network) 8:00, ':00 a.m. 1:00.6:30. 540 Kes. ':00 p.m. 11 MldDll1h[ PROGRAM cnc Dominion Net,,'ork: Prairie Region 10:00 p.m. CDC SCHEDULE Transmitter Times given in this Schedule are Central Standard DATE OF IsSUE, NOVEMBER 3. 1945. PRAIRIE REGION Week of November 11th, 1945 612 Tc:lc:phone Bldg., Winnipeg, Canada History of Far North Canadi"ns Abro.:;a;:d;"""a", Young Singers Heard in New CRC Series in "Twilight Time" The history of two continents will For their CBC Dominion network be recreated on the Canadian air­ broadcast on Thursdays (Twilight waves when CEO's dramatic series, Time, 7 p.rn.> Parks and Burdett, "The White Empire," Is launched on veteran duo pianists of Winnipeg, are the Trans-Canada network begin­ coaching and bringing out an in· ning Wednesday. November 14, at teresting string of young pop singers. 9:30 p.m. The thirteen-week serial It's a great game, according to Percy has been written especially for radio Burdett, the coaching and arranging by Alan King, and will include an half of t.he duo. In spite of his light original musical score by a. Toronto touch on the piano, Percy is a hard· composer, John Weinzwelg. working musician who takes a serious Prominent among those to be asso­ interest in his job, and when it comes elated with the series is Geotl'rey to coach1ng young singers he works Waddington, who will conduct the hard. studio orchestra in the Weinzweig "Getting the wiggle out of their music. Produced in CBC's Toronto sustained notes is tough," says Percy. studios, the programs will be under "Most of them are used to audience the supervision of J. Frank Willis, singing, and that's all very well, but CBC supervisor of features. "Servicemen's Forum" goes "on tile air" in a London studio oj the BBC, so when they get 1nto the cold studios Thp broadcasts have been designed that the di8cU8,ions 0/ Canada', servicemeR and women. in Britain can. be and see the mike glaring at them, recorded, flown across the Atlantic and rebroadcast over the CBC Dominion as a living panorama of the adven­ rigor mortis sets in. They keep look­ network on Thursdays, at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Here, while the show is On, are turous spirits who are crowded into ing at the mike until their eyes turn the fabled story of Canada's "frozen seated Zeit to right, Lt. Donald MacDonald, R.C.N.V.R., Toronto, regular chairman 01 the program; Sgt. Bill Darnell, R.C.A.F., Regina; and Cpl. in and the song fades right out. Mike north." Down through the centuries singing is definitely a different pro­ the story runs, from the days when Harry Johnson, R.C.N.V.R., Toronto and ottawa. In the background, Wren Georgina Murray, R.C.N.V.R., Irrrmerly 01 CBC's Vancouver staD. and Sgt. position to concert work. Mind you, the early Engllsh explorers set out in Joe Midmore, R.C.A.F., oj Vancouver, the program's announcers, t can't sing a note, but I can help Elizabeth's reign to find the North­ them with phrasing and breathing west Passage to the Indies, through today when Canada's bush ftlers have Annett was brought up on a farm Jeff Hurley Visits and one thing and another." conquered the northland's secrets. in Lambton County, Ontario, and Talking with the CBC's P. & I. De­ The opening broadcast takes up later, during the depression period in CRC Prairie Region partment, Percy recalled that he had the tale of the "White Empire" at the the 30's, was principal of a school A visitor to CHC's Prairie Region made his first broadcast 19 years ago. beginning, with the voyage of Martin at Consort, in the Alberta dust bowl. Headquarters at Winnipeg last week He was a school kid, and his recol­ Frobisher who sets sail for distant was Jeff Hurley, former Winnipeg lections of the show are nil. Every­ Cathay. The cast, which throughout newspaperman, now with the De­ thing went black. But aCterwards the series will be made up of leading Kander Using Strad partment of National Health and people telephoned to say the show radio actors, will include on this Welfare at ottawa. for Toronto Concert was fine. opening date Arden Kaye as Eliza­ In the darkest days of the war, A young European violinist, who beth, Earle Grey as'Sir Francis Wal­ when the voice of Churchill alone A look at an average Parks and last year made his concert bow as a sIngham, Frank Peddie as Frobisher, seemed to hold the Allied ranks to· Burdett piano score 1s enough to and Hedley Rainnie as Michael Lock. Canadian citizen, will play with the drive the average muslcian dotty. Toronto Symphony Orchestra during gether, Hurley collaborated with Irv­ There will be a large cast of support· ing TItle of Toronto in a play called Percy. who does the arranging and ing players. the orchestra's broadcast over the CBC Dominion network, Tuesday, "The Land Is Bright," which was transcribing, uses a sort of piano November 13. The concert begins at produced in CBC's Montreal stUdIos shorthand which nobody understands and created something of a sensa­ Threads Mingle in 8 p.m. and lasts an hour. except Parks and Burdett. You get Annett Farm Serial Gerhard Kander is a youthful tion. The tltle was taken Cram Arthur Hugh Clough's poem, "Say Not the an indication like G 7 or G Mi. for R. Ross Annett, of Consort, Alber­ artist who has chosen Canada as his Struggle Naught Availeth," quoted a whole handful of notes in the bass. home. For some time now he has ts, author of the CBC Farm Broad­ by Churchill in one of the most You're supposed to know what it been studying with Kathleen Par­ cast sketch for the Prairie Region, powerful of his rallying speeches on means. However, the Parks and Bur­ "The Jacksons and Their Neigh­ low, and has been engaged this sea­ son to play with several orchestl'as the world radio: dett duo arrangements seem to sound bours," is widely known through his And not by eastern windows only in the United states and Canada. nll right. SaLurday Evening Post stories of When daylight comes, comes in the Big Joe, Little Joe, Babe, and Uncle Kander wlll be performing on his The other half of the bright pair is llght; Pete. A collection of these was pub­ Stradivarius Violin, 'The Earl," when Mitch Parks, who doubles on trum­ Dominion network listeners hear his Eastward, the sun mounts slow, how lished a few years ago under the slowly! pet in the orchestra and is some­ title "Especially Babe." Much of their rendition of Brahms' COncerto in D But westward -look, the land is thing or a business manager for the charm lies in their liIe-like mingling Major for violin and orchestra. bright! pair. Mitch is small, keen-eyed, and of humour and tragedy. Even in the Sir Ernest MacMillan and the or­ a thorough musIcian. Both men are chestra will perform two other works years when drought and depression Winnipeg products. Percy spent some rode the western plains like grtm on the broadcast-Overture to "Sec­ Citizen's Forum. - The Citizen's horsemen, laughter and sorrow were ret at Suzanne;' by Wolf-Ferrari, and Forum has restored a lost sense of time in London, England, working mingled. Mr. Annett reports both "L'Apres Midi d'un Faune:' by De­ neighbourhood.-Dr. E. A. Corbett, with Billy Bissett's orchestra there sides. bussy. on CBC, October 9. and doing spOts for the BBC. Page 2 CBC PROGRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region WASHINGTON COMMENTARY BBC series is broadcast weekly as a (1 :04 p.m.) special feature for Canadian listen· .[[] SUNDAY, November 11th, 1945 W. R. Clark will report from Wash­ ers, aimed particularly at those rm· ington for CBC. Canadians who are home from All times given are Central Standard, fOT Mountain Time deduct one hour. -- abroad and who would like to be re­ CHURCH OF THE AIR (3:30 p.m.) 7:30 MUSIC FOR CANADIANS minded of the places and people they STATION CBK, WATROUS (30 Min• .) Rev. J. B. Thomas, of Holy Trinity knew while in Britain. Music for 10:00 CBC NEWS 8:00 REQUEST PERFORMANCE Anglican Church, New Westminster, "Dominion Special" is provided by 10:02 NEIGHBORLY NEWS FROM (30 Mins.) B.C., will conduct today's service. Bernie Yaffie and his Modern Strings THE PRAIRIES of the RC.A.F., and by P. O. Ted 8:30 STAR THEATRE (30 Mins.) 10:15 THE PRAIRIE GARDENER SINGING STARS OF TOMORROW HoCkridge, of Vancouver. Other de­ 10:30 NOTRE FRANCAIS SUR LE 9:00 SWEET AND LOW (30 Min• .) (4:30 p.m.) partments in listening pleasure are VIP 9:30 LATIN AMERICAN The young "singing stars" to be provided by reporter John Irwin, 10:45 CAUSERIE DE L'HEURE DO- SERENADE (30 Mins.) heard today are Adrienne White and quiz-mistress Gwen, and in the "Per· MINICALE 10:00 CBC NEWS AND COMMENT­ Mary Ann Vattoras, both or Tor­ sonality Parade." 11:00 BBC NEWS ARY (15 Mins.) onto. Miss WhIte is a native of Medi· -- 11:15 CANADIAN YARNS 10: 30 DOMINION SPECIAL cine Hat, Alta., 22 and single, a lyric NIGHT MUSIC (T-C, 11 :00 p.m.) (30 Mitts.) soprano.