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Year: 2010

Hollah FM Fills Porirua Airwaves

Homegrown Porirua radio station comes of age Esther Lauaki, Kapi-Mana News Porirua’s Hollah FM has found a new home at Whitireia New Zealand’s local campus,…

The Quartz Hill Collection 2

In the second of this series, the Quartz Hill Collection, amateur radio stations from around the world that have worked ZL6QH feature in the Radio…

Blast from Planet Past

Past it? No way Rebecca Blithe A fresh way for older Aucklanders to air personal stories has been acclaimed at a social development forum. Rebecca…

A Brief History of Radio in Guyana

By Stabroek News October 28, 2010 The Ovaltine Programme was one of the best-loved children’s radio programmes in Guyana The origin of radio broadcasting in…

Sounds FM Christchurch Silenced

Fine for ‘interfering’ with air traffic control frequency A Christchurch man who ran a hobby radio station has been fined $4000 and had his equipment…

Undercover Radio

By Bill Hester A teenage boy in Hibbing was older than me then, and grew up a thousand miles from my home, but he could…

Northland Rocks Solid from Dargaville

Pupils air their ideas on radio VIV TROUNSON “Good morning Dargaville. This is SOLID FM 107.4 broadcasting from Dargaville Intermediate School.” For two years the…

Solid FM 107.4 Dargaville Intermediate School

Pupils air their ideas on radio VIV TROUNSON “Good morning Dargaville. This is SOLID FM 107.4 broadcasting from Dargaville Intermediate School.” For two years the…

Swiss Mixx 106.9 Covers Coastal Wanganui

Teen announces arrival with bedroom radio station John Maslin, Wanganui Chronicle You would have to say Jayden Barrie has a passion for radio. There’s no…

Radio Woodville – The Voice of the Tararuas

Streaming via front door BY SEAMUS BOYER The front door at Radio Woodville is often wide open, as it is today, and before you even…

Radio Heritage Heaven

Keith’s Collection for Radio Heritage Foundation Author: Paul Brooks Keith Richardson did not spend his entire radio career collecting industry treasures to make his name…

BOLT 88.3 FM Bedroom Radio

BOLT from bedroom out to conquer airwaves Ellen Irvine, Bay of Plenty Times Jake Townsend has a voice for radio and he’s only 14. The…

Diamonds of the Dial: Australian Heritage AM Radio Celebrating 75 Years on the Air

“Diamonds of the Dial’, that’s what the Radio Heritage Foundation calls 40 Australian heritage AM radio stations that have broadcast continuously for over 75 years…

Musick Point Radio 500 AM

Are you reading me? Kieran Nash – Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:01 Radio enthusiasts are breathing life into a dormant frequency at a Bucklands Beach…

2LM Lismore – The Feature Station

2LM is owned and operated by Richmond River Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. The Studios are situated in Molesworth Street, Lismore, and the transmitter in Ballina Road,…

3XY Melbourne, Efftee Broadcasters Pty Ltd – For Live Artist Productions

3XY operated by Efftee Broadcasters Pty. Ltd., was founded by the late F. W. Thring, well known in Australian theatrical and film circles. It began…

2AD Armidale – The Voice of New England

A decade has passed since Station 2AD took the air to serve the New England Tableland, which technical experts will tell you, is one of…

Japan AM Radio Dial 1941

During 1941, Japanese radio audiences had almost 50 local AM radio stations they could listen to for a large part of each broadcasting day. In…

The Queensland Network – Five Great Voices in One: 4BC Brisbane, 4SB Kingaroy, 4GR Toowoomba, 4RO Rockhampton, 4MB Maryborough

The normal population of Queensland, according to the most recent official figures is just over 1,000,000. Most of that population is concentrated in the south-east…

Retro-Heads Rock Kaikoura’s Blue 100.3 FM

Young DJ tunes in to 50s and 60s BY EMMA DANGERFIELD If you live in Kaikoura and shop in town on a Saturday you have…