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Friday, 3 December 2021

Schwartzistan Radio, Vellmar. Long wave, with relays at Kessel, Ostrabruck and Hollstadt. Day 34,732 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 Reed-Cutters' Weather
The forecast for the Osmoor and the level of the Ostra at Vellmar bridge.
07:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
07:15 Thought for the Morning
A short address.
08:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
08:10 The Housekeepers' Half-Hour
The kitchen garden, the store cupboard and a recipe for Kessel dumplings.
09:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
09:05 For the Schools
History and Chronology for the upper forms.
10:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
10:15 Morning Concert
The Vellmar Radio Orchestra.
11:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
11:05 My town
A talk by Finn Hauk, nurse.
12:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
12:15 Midday Music
The Radio Dance Orchestra.
13:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
13:15 The Iron Yard
Episode 23 of a serial for the wireless.
14:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
14:10 Gramophone Records
An hour of music.
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 Tarnmund and the lake.
18:00 The Early Evening Bulletin
The day's news at length, the Assembly, the courts and the Exchange.
18:20 The Exchange Report
Closing prices on the Vellmar Exchange, then records.
19:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
19:15 Science and the Observatory
A talk from Tarnmund.
20:00 News bulletin
From the Ministry's summary of the day.
20:15 Evening Concert
The Vellmar Radio Orchestra.
Including The Reed and the Stake (Lukas Rusk); Count the Chancellors (Sabine Ostrand); What the Fog Keeps (Rolf Brenn).
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
A visit to a farm of the Ostrand.
17:15The Kitchen
Marsh eel and Kessel dumplings, demonstrated.
18:00Evening Bulletin
The news, with pictures from the regions.
18:30Almanac
The week in dates, with the Ministry's approval.
19:30Film: The Long Sedge (1941), directed by Emma Marrow.
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

  • 3 December 2021, Vellmar. Matteo Rusich wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for Eleven Characters. Report.
  • 3 December 2021, Vellmar. Ida Wendl wins the Radio Award for The Long Sedge. Report.
  • 2 December 2021, Eisenheim. The first television set in Eisenheim is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Market Street. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. Report.
  • 2 December 2021, Oberholt. A crowd of 6,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberholt. There are 19 arrests. Report.