3ZB 21st Anniversary
This photo of the 3ZB Christchurch [New Zealand] staff was taken for the 21st anniversary of the station and appears in the souvenir booklet printed…
Toohey’s Oatmeal Stout
Toohey’s Oatmeal Stout sponsored ‘Mrs ‘Arris and Mrs ‘Iggs’ an entertaining program from 2UW Sydney, Australia and relayed through 2HD Newcastle about 100 miles north.
Memories of 2UE Sydney
Author: Tom Crozier Hi! My name is Tom Crozier, long retired from commercial radio in Australia but still interested in the business. A friend of…
If You Want a Radio Station, Go For It – The Story of Radio Cindy 107.7 FM
By Ray Tombs If You Want a Radio Station, Go for It As a child I always fancied being on the radio, playing cool music…
Harry Millard, 2SM Sydney
Sports broadcaster Harry Millard smiles for the camera in this early photo from 2SM Sydney, Australia. Harry was described as ‘Boxer, racing man, footballer, he…
India FM Radio – Abuzz With Activity
The year gone by was a time when years of hard work and patience finally paid off for the radio industry in India. It was…
2LT Lithgow – Macquarie’s Central Western Network Station
Radio Centre 2LT, controlled by Lithgow Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. and an offshoot of Western Newspapers Pty. Ltd. commenced entertaining its 26,000 town listeners on June…
Radio Rhema Experiments
Over the Christmas – New Year period of 1976-77, Radio Rhema broadcast an experimental 10 day short-term AM program from Ferrymead Historic Park, Christchurch, New…
Windy Heroes of the Air
When Wellington, New Zealand, was battered by storms in December 1976, local Radio Windy 1080 AM provided superb coverage. They rented a Landrover to go…
3ZM New Year Rave 1977
3ZM 1400 AM in Christchurch, New Zealand promoted it’s all night New Year’s Eve Party for December 31 1976 with this cool ad in the…
Antarctic Radio Melts
There’s competition along the Antarctic radio dial. Yes, McMurdo alone now boasts three FM stations, and the nearby New Zealand base has yet another. Antarctica…
Apna 990AM Auckland – Four Years on the Airwaves
By JUSTIN LATIF – Western Leader Morning radio jockey Shaiyaz Mohammed doesn’t mind getting up at 4.30am to do the job he loves. The Apna…
The Mosquito Network Part 3 – AFRS Mosquito Bites
American Military Radio in the Solomon Islands During WWII By Martin Hadlow © 2006 Expansion And Contraction As AES-Guadalcanal continued to develop, it was joined…
The Mosquito Network Part 2 – AFRS Radio City
American Military Radio in the Solomon Islands During WWII By Martin Hadlow © 2006 “RADIO CITY” In The Tropics Once ashore, Captain Spencer Allen was…
The Mosquito Network Part 1 – AFRS Guadalcanal
American Military Radio in the Solomon Islands During WWII By Martin Hadlow © 2006 Baghdad To Bougainville “The American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)…
SUBFM Surfaces on 88.3 FM
Rebranded SUBFM 88.3 has surfaced in Tauranga.Based at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, the station is used by students studying the certificate in radio broadcasting…
From Parsifal to Perón: Early Radio in Argentina 1920-1944, by Robert H. Claxton
Early Radio in Argentina, 1920-1944Author: Robert Howard Claxton A Review by David Ricquish American history professor Robert Claxton has just released a thoughtful and informative…
A Reception That Was Different
From The N.Z. Radio Record and Electric Home Journal, May 16, 1930 When His Excellency, the Governor-General, spoke in Wellington Town Hall on the occasion…
World FM 88.5 Stamps it’s Mark
World FM on 88.5 from Tawa, Wellington also recently issued it’s own promotional postage stamp.I wonder how many other LPFM stations have now done the…
Blockhouse Bay Radio Cats
Auckland’s Blockhouse Bay Radio 88.3 FM celebrates 4 years on the air with this issue of postage stamps featuring Panterra, Penny and Shadow, the coolest…