Culture · Schwartzistan Radio · Programmes

Friday, 21 August 1981

Schwartzistan Radio, Vellmar. Long wave, with relays at Kessel, Ostrabruck and Hollstadt. Day 20,018 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 Physical Exercises
Led by an instructor of the Marsh Regiments, with piano.
07:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
07:15 The Time Signal
Vellmar Mean Time, followed by the calendar notice for the day.
08:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
08:10 Records for the Morning
Light music.
09:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
09:05 For the Schools
Arithmetic in marka and pfen, then a song.
10:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
10:15 Organ Recital
From the cathedral at Ostrabruck.
11:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
11:05 Recollections of a working life
A talk by Karin Wendl, soldier.
12:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
12:15 Café Music
From the Ostra Terrace.
13:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
13:15 A Clerk of the Sealed Archive
Episode 13 of a serial for the wireless.
14:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
14:10 Afternoon Concert
The Vellmar Radio Orchestra.
16:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
16:05 Children's Hour
The Heron and the Eel, then a competition.
17:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
17:15 From the Regions
News and music from Hollstadt.
18:00 The Early Evening Bulletin
The day's news at length, the Assembly, the courts and the Exchange.
18:20 Sport
Pfahl news and the week's fixtures.
19:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
19:15 The Almanac Quiz
Questions on dates, with the Ministry's approval.
20:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
20:15 Evening Concert
The Radio Chorus and Orchestra.
Including Licensed to Love (Kerstin Grau); Never Moved (Marta Brack); Reedside Girl (Magnus Hallin).
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 The Late Serial
A story in instalments.
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
The Heron and the Eel, drawn.
17:15Schools Television
Chronology for the upper forms.
18:00Evening Bulletin
The news, with pictures from the regions.
18:30The Regions
A town of Schwartzistan, filmed.
19:30Film: The Empty Chair (1914), directed by Cordula Jost.
21:00Evening Bulletin
The news at length, ending with the Front-Line Report.
21:30Play of the Week
A play produced for television.
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

  • 21 August 1981, Vellhausen. A storm strips roofs in Vellhausen and fells the old lime in Church Square. Report.