Culture · Schwartzistan Radio · Programmes

Sunday, 4 January 1981

Schwartzistan Radio, Vellmar. Long wave, with relays at Kessel, Ostrabruck and Hollstadt. Day 19,789 of transmission. Television programmes are listed in the second column.

Radio

06:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
06:10 Music at Breakfast
Light orchestral records.
07:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
07:15 Morning Service
From the cathedral at Vellmar.
08:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
08:10 Music While You Work
For the mills and the factories.
09:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
09:05 Licensed Almanac Readings
The week ahead read from the almanac licensed by the Ministry of Chronology: feast days, fairs, tides on the Ostra and the phases of the moon.
10:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
10:15 Chamber Music
From the studio at Ostra Bank.
11:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
11:05 On punctuality
A talk by Tomas Krotek, farmer.
12:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
12:15 Light Music
Records.
13:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
13:15 Sunday Play
A play for the wireless, produced in the Vellmar studio.
14:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
14:10 From the Regions
A visit to a town of the Ostrand.
16:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
16:05 Children's Hour
A story, a song and the Almanac Club.
17:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
17:15 From the Regions
News and music from Norrwick.
18:00 The Early Evening Bulletin
The day's news at length, the Assembly, the courts and the Exchange.
18:20 Music at Six
The Radio Dance Orchestra.
19:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
19:15 The Front-Line Hour
Music requested by the men of the Reed Line.
20:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
20:15 Dance Music
The Radio Dance Orchestra, until the nine o'clock bulletin.
Including Hold the Line (Again) (Willem Brenn); The Reed and the Stake (Gregor Marrow); Victory Day Parade (Felix Longdutz).
21:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
Transcript of the bulletin.
21:55 The Front-Line Report
From the War Ministry, for broadcast at the close of the evening bulletin.
From the War Ministry, for broadcast at the close of the evening bulletin: "The front line is at the Reed Line. No change."
22:00 The Late Bulletin
A summary of the day and the weather for the regions.
22:15 Night Music
Quiet music for the late listener.
23:30 Close Down
The time signal, the anthem and the calendar notice for tomorrow.

Television

10:00Test card and music
Until the afternoon programmes. The card carries the seven-pointed star and the licence number.
16:30For the Children
A puppet play and a story.
17:15Music on Screen
The Vellmar Radio Orchestra, televised from the studio.
18:00Evening Bulletin
The news, with pictures from the regions.
18:30Almanac
The week in dates, with the Ministry's approval.
19:30Film: Marschau (1960), directed by Manfred Honzel.
21:00Evening Bulletin
The news at length, ending with the Front-Line Report.
21:30Assembly Report
The week's debates, with film.
22:30Close Down
The anthem over the flag, then the test card.

Television is transmitted from the Vellmar mast and received in the four cities and the towns of the Capital District. Programmes on the two services carry the same Front-Line Report.

In the bulletins

No events are recorded for the day. The bulletins carried the front-line report, the weather for the regions and the calendar notice.