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David Ricquish Signs Off
It is with great sadness that we report that David Ricquish passed away at his home in Wellington, New Zealand, on September 23, 2024, after…
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KSKO’s One Man, Full-Time Operation Connects Interior Alaska
Paul Walker, the self-professed “Alaska Radio Nerd” is the sole full-time employee of a station that provides news, music, and emergency services across a wide swath of central Alaska.
The World of Cassiano Mendonça PY3CSM
Welcome to the story of the Brazilian radio amateur who recovers old AM transmitters, welcome to the world of Cassiano Mendonça (PY3CSM)
RNZ marks 75 years of broadcasting shortwave into the Pacific
It has been 75 years since Radio New Zealand commenced broadcasting on shortwave frequencies into the Pacific region.
RNZ goes live with new Pacific shortwave transmitter
Shortwave transmission to the Pacific is “more important now” than in 1990 when RNZ Pacific first broadcast into the region, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister says. RNZ went live on Thursday with its new Pacific shortwave transmitter, replacing its old one that dates to 1989.
Wakkanai Air Station, 1966 -1967
One of the most interesting assignments during my USAF years was to a small ELINT (ELectronic INTelligence) gathering post, Wakkanai Air Station. Located at the northern end of Japan’s most northerly island, Hokkaido, Wakkanai AS was blessed with a climate that, coupled with it’s distance from any major population centers, made it pretty much the end of the earth in the minds of most Japanese, and to the GI’s stationed there.
Long Lost Australian Radio Stars
2CH Sydney
AWA Station 2CH Who’s Who at 2CH in 1946 Travelling by fast elevator to the top of the AWA building at 47 York Street, Sydney,…
AFRS Armed Forces Radio Memories
AFRTS AFN Kodiak Alaska – Rare Audio from 1967
Part of an episode of The Steve Phillips Show from 1967, recorded in the studios of “The Mighty 8-90”, AFRTS Adak, dedicated to the staff/listeners of AFRTS Shemya.
Island Radio Pacific Style
Samoa’s Radio 2AP Redevelopment Project
Enjoy this YouTube video from Australia’s ABC on the redevelopment project at 2AP: Samoa’s newly rebuilt Radio 2AP transmitter is already broadcasting essential information to…
Radio ZJV Suva
Foundations of Radio Fiji by Len Usher and Hugh Leonard The first Fiji Broadcasting Commission was appointed in June 1953, as assumed control of broadcasting…
Samoan Radio Journey
by David Ricquish We turned a corner on the Cross Island Road, and there sat a stumpy little radio tower, almost hidden in the misty…
New Zealand Radio
NZME to launch dedicated country music station iHeartCountry New Zealand
NZME is launcing a country music format network from May 9, 2025.
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The Old Timers
Raymond Conder writes to us from Perth, Western Australia: I started out in radio announcing in 1962 I think it was 6VA Albany and then…
ABC Transcription Tapes for Latin America?
Enrique Klapp, from Los Angeles, writes to us: Dear Sirs, When I was a youngster in Chile, in the Seventies, radio stations in Latin America…
Alan Sanders on 5DN Adelaide?
Anne Larkins writes to us: Alan Sanders was my grandfather. I would be very interested to actually hear his voice as he passed away before…
The Latest from Our Friends at the AFRTS Archive
- Ira Cook 1962by Thom on May 19, 2025 at 23:14
(L to R) Dick Whittinghill, Ira Cook, Johnny Grant, Stan Warwick and Roger CarrollIra is back, with another show recorded at KMPC. Hear Ira every day 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern on www.mybestsounds.comIra Cook 1962More Ira Cook
- Mary Helen Barro 1983by Thom on May 19, 2025 at 23:10
Mary Helen Barro brought the best in Latin music. When suffering a violent winter, the music made it warmer. See the beach?Mary Helen Barro - 1983More Mary Helen Barro
- Charlie Tuna 1980by Thom on May 18, 2025 at 21:42
That picture is from the AFRTS-LA promo set of 8x10s that went to every station. It's a trip to 1980, a Friday and time for the Charlie Tuna Show.Hear Charlie every morning at 8am (Central) on www.mybestsounds.comCharlie Tuna - January 1980More Charlie Tuna