4AY Ayr – “The Voice of the North”
C. D. McCARTHY, manager of 4AY Ayr, “The Voice of the North” exerts his influence from his town office, where his contacts make 4AY a…
2PK Parkes “The Voice of the Golden West”
Parkes Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. is the licensee of 2PK, which came on the air on October 5th 1937. This station which is a unit…
2MG Mudgee – “The Voice of the Tablelands”
Station 2MG, Mudgee, “The Voice of the Tablelands,” owned and operated by the Mudgee Broadcasting Company Pty. Limited, is situated a mile from the chief…
Treason on the Airwaves, by Judith Keene
Judith Keene from the University of Sydney recently released an excellent book about three Allied broadcasters on Axis Radio during World War II. We strongly…
Aunt Gwen of 2YA, by Margaret Willis
“Putting together this story about my mother has taken a long time, all my life in fact.” With these words, Margaret Willis introduces us to…
Never A Dull Moment, by Keith Richardson
Keith Richardson is known to Kiwi babyboomers for his top rating radio shows on 1XN Whangarei, 2ZC Napier, 2ZB Wellington and to even more recent…
ZMAP Apia, Samoa – An Alan Roycroft Station
The Opportunity As part of the preparations for civilian air service from Fiji to the Cook Islands shortly after World War II, the Royal New…
WASA Radio, AFRS McMurdo Antarctica “The Most Wonderful Antarctic Station Anywhere”
By Bob FlintASA “Det A” Deep Freeze 72 In 1971 I had the privilege of being deployed to the Antarctic for one year and three…
Wanganui Boosts Life
Breathing new Life into broadcast Kathryn King Fans of Life FM can rejoice in the crystal clear sound of the Christian radio station’s new frequency,…
The KYOI Story
By Calvin Melen In the Beginning The idea for a pop / rock station on Shortwave first appeared in early 1980. At the time there…
SuperRock KYOI Saipan
The Concept KYOI, located on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands was a commercial shortwave station, on air 24 hours a day, broadcasting “Contemporary Hits”…
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…
2ZA Radio Golden Years Reinvented on Stage
2ZA ‘The Voice of the Manawatu’ began broadcasting from Palmerston North in 1938. An ambitious social history exhibition was mounted by the regional museum Te…
Rock to RAG-FM 107.7
Johny of RAG-FM asks us to tell the world about RAG-FM so here we go:RAG-FM its Top Music Top of the Dial, an LPFM radio…
KCCN Hawaiian Radio
KCCN Honolulu 1420 AM was one of the most popular radio stations in the Hawaiian islands. It broadcast Hawaiian music and culture and has since…
The Golden Umbrella
In the early 1980’s, several AM stations in northern NSW and SE Queensland [Australia] established a joint sales and marketing brand called ‘The Golden Umbrella’…
WVTF Hollandia 1944
An early view of the first headquarters for the AFRS Jungle Network in WWII. WVTF was located at Hollandia in the Dutch East Indies [now…
Isareli Racule, FBC Suva
Isareli Racule was the first head of the Fiji section, Fiji Broadcasting Commission in 1954. Here, he broadcasts to the crown colony from studios in…
Magnecorders, FBC Suva
Senior Technician Bill McMillan works a bank of Magnecorders in the main control room of the new Broadcasting House, Fiji Broadcasting Commission, Suva, Fiji in…
Women Shopping Reporters
Women announcers were often found as ‘Shopping Reporters’ on the ‘women’s hour’ programs heard throughout the week on local New Zealand commercial stations in the…