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Year: 2008

One Christian Radio set to rock the airwaves

Taranaki Daily News James Cope is bringing his faith to New Plymouth airwaves. The Ohio native and the Taranaki Christian Media Trust began broadcasts from…

Blue Skies FM – Central community radio goes off air

The Southland Times Alexandra’s only independently owned radio station is going off air. Blue Skies FM will have its final broadcast on Tuesday and become…

From David’s Desk: Issue 21

11 July 2008 Apna 990AM Auckland: Four Years on the Airwaves By JUSTIN LATIF – Western Leader Morning radio jockey Shaiyaz Mohammed doesn’t mind getting…

Howick Village Radio – Voice of the People

Howick Village Radio Eastern Courier Eastern residents have a local voice thanks to the launch of a new radio station. Howick Village Radio officially launched…

Reef Radio: Golden Oldies on Air

Central Leader Eric Allen is using his love and knowledge of music to give back to his local community. After becoming fed up with the…

Students GO FM in Titirangi

Students airing their radio skills A talented group of budding young DJs are living their dream by hosting a radio station. GO FM, which features…

Forgettable Unforgettable?

Fight to tune in Playing music from the 1940s to 1970s is a labour of love for the volunteers running the Unforgettable Music Society senior…

Radio Cindy – A Dream Come True!

A dream come true!Ray Tombs behind the mike at Radio Cindy 107.7 FM, Top of the Dial in Rotorua.

Sub FM 88.3 Rocks the Bay

From the School of Design & Humanities at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic in Tauranga, Sub FM 88.3 broadcasts 100% New Zealand music.Pene Montgomery, who…

Rhode Street Radio 88.3

One of the nicest things about LPFM in New Zealand is that a growing number of schools now have their own radio station.It introduces kids…

GOfm 107dot1

Dan Tate, Station Manager for GOfm 107dot1, a station of the Titirangi Community Radio Trust, sends us this great photo of their transmission tower…….yes, this…

Australia Radio Dial 1931

Little more than a decade after the end of WWI in 1918, some 6.5m Australians in all states could listen to music, sports commentaries and…

From David’s Desk: Issue 20

February 24 2008 Radio SEAC Ceylon We recently received a wonderful publication from Eric Hitchcock of the UK. The background is the intense effort made…

Sir Edmund Hillary 1YA

Soon after the return home of the successful Everest Expedition in 1953, George Lowe [L] and Edmund Hillary [R] broadcast to New Zealand from the…

Auckland’s MoshBox 106.7 is ‘Professionally Tacky”

Maybe it’s something to do with the shocking mustard color kitchen table that’s involved, but MoshBox 106.7 is now on air from around Howick in…

LPFM Radio Guide Now Lists Almost 1,200 Entries

The LPFM Radio Guide now lists almost 1,200 entries and is continuously updated.Lots of new stations coming ‘on’ air all the time, so make sure…

Radio Pasifik Nauru

The Pacific’s newest radio station promises to assist USP Nauru students and their community with a blend of modern technology and traditional broadcast media. Radio…

California Radio Dial 1928

by David Ricquish It’s hard to imagine that within living memory, California once had only a little over 50 radio stations on the air. There…

Shanghai Radio Dial 1941

In July 1940, TIME magazine featured a story about Carroll Duard Alcott, an American who broadcast from Shanghai radio station XMHA. The story captures the…

Samoan Radio Sale Threatens Public Radio Future

It’s unusual for a public radio and TV broadcaster to be sold, but that’s what’s happening this year in Samoa. The old 2AP, more recently…