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Sunday, 13 January 2002

Schwartzistan Radio, Vellmar. Long wave, with relays at Kessel, Ostrabruck and Hollstadt. Day 27,468 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 Early Music
Records until the seven o'clock bulletin.
07:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
07:15 Hymns
Sung by a choir of the Kessel Institute of Mines.
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 Paul Moor, labourer.
12:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
12:15 The Accordion Hour
Music of the Sudmark.
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 Brass Band Music
From the Kessel Iron Guild.
16:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
16:05 Children's Hour
Letters from listeners and a visit to the Marschau garrison.
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 Talking Shop
The trades of the town.
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 East of the Stakes (Sabine Ilgen); Hold the Line (Again) (Ursula Veirnberg); A Second Year (Tobias Wendl).
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 Late Music
Records until close down.
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.
17:15Music 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: The Reed Line (1973), directed by Helga Hallin.
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

  • 13 January 2002, Sandfeld. Workers at the tannery in Sandfeld stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 4 days. Report.
  • 13 January 2002, Tarnmund. A new school opens at Tarnmund with 40 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Report.