Pirate Radio Hauraki 40 Years On: Events
‘Pirate’ Radio Hauraki 40th Anniv Newsletter08 November 2006 1. New Hauraki competition announced end of November 2. Former Hauraki DJ’s on air on November 10…
George FM designs print ads
George FM designs print ads to capture station ‘vibe’. These are some recent examples of work from their graphic artist team…and we look forward to…
Pirate Radio Hauraki 40 Years On
On Sunday, December 4th 1966, pirate Radio Hauraki began broadcasting from aboard the Tiri in international waters in the Hauraki Gulf. This was the first…
Pirate Radio Hauraki 40 Years On: 1480 Club
Calling All 1480 Club Members How many 1480 Club Members are still out there? Why not register your number [if you can remember it!] and…
New Zealand LPFM Changes Announced
On October 3 2006, the following changes for New Zealand LPFM broadcasters were announced: Power increase to 1 watt effective immediately Lower LPFM frequencies to…
Albania On Shortwave
This article was originally aired over Adventist World Radio’s “Wavescan” program. Copyright to the author, Adrian Peterson Albania is a small mountainous country on the…
From David’s Desk: Issue 16
September 12 2006 4KZ Far North Queensland 1967-2007 Calling In September 2007, 4KZ Innisfail 531 AM celebrates 40 years of service to Far North Queensland….
Mati Trio on Radio Station 1YA
In 1930, the Mati Trio were popular entertainers on Radio Station 1YA Auckland, New Zealand. At the time, 1YA was controlled by The Radio Broadcasting…
Radio Station JORK Kochi 1930
The ‘top hat’ of the JORK transmitting tower, and the modern style building are typical of early Japanese radio. Programs began daily at 6am with…
ABC Community Music
The Australian Broadcasting Company produced a series of community music books around 1930. Such sing-a-longs were very popular, and No.1 includes such favorites as ‘Aloha-oe’,…
Pacific Radio Today
Pacific Radio Today by David Ricquish I thought we’d take a tour around some of the islands, and look at some of the issues facing…
Marton Country Music Radio
Yeeha! Marton’s a real country town now! Colin Rowatt Marton has long claimed to be the Rangitikei town that offers “the best of rural life”….
WVTB Olympic Baseball – Christmas 1944
“One of the announcers was driving down the road the other day, and stopped to pick up some hitch-hikers. One of them was a flight…
The Pioneer Radio Voice of New Guinea, AFRS-2 and WVTB Nadzab
WVTB New Guinea 1944 By John G Dietrich The radio section of Special Services Division of United States Armed Forces in the Far East [USAAFFE]…
New Zealand Low Powered FM (LPFM) Online Database
The Radio Heritage Foundation is (very shortly) launching the first online searchable guide to New Zealand’s very active Low Powered FM (LPFM) radio station market….
Frank Berkery Radio Station 3FB 1929
© Carmel Bermingham Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation. Frank Berkery’s original amateur radio station 3FB in Trafalgar, Victoria [Australia] later grew into popular commercial radio station…
Reminiscing with a Radio: The Lion City Roars – Radio Singapore
The Lion City Roars – Radio Singapore, Singapore Island by Adrian Petersen As the world traveling tourist knows, the island of Singapore is both ancient…
Jim Collins WXLE
Jim Collins WXLE© Jim Collins Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation. “I’m Jim Collins. I had the task of replacing ‘The Tree’ at WXLE. I was there…
From David’s Desk: Issue 15
July 07 2006 Australian Radio Historian Hits the Road Perth based radio historian Steve Savell embarks early July on a 12,000km quest to visit the…
US Forces Broadcast Over 4QR Brisbane
[L-R] Gerry De Vries, George Mattar and John G Dietrich prepare to go on the air from 4QR.© John Dietrich Collection, courtesy Ruth Dietrich, Radio…