Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands Group, WXLE Radio 1385
…atoll into an important part of the United States missile testing network. During this period, and prior to Canton Island becoming part of Kiribati, the island made its contribution to…
Canton Island: From WXLF to the Hermit Crab Network
…Pan American Airways Clipper advert including Canton Island from 1940 (David Ricquish Collection) After WWII, and the eventual closedown of WXLF Canton, the island returned to its pre-war position as…
Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands Group, WXLE Radio 1385
…period, and prior to Canton Island becoming part of Kiribati, the island made its contribution to the history of radio in the Pacific. At 0800 GMT on 17 January 1973,…
Gary Cooper on KIBS Canton Island 1953
…grew up on Canton Island. Early South Pacific route of Pan Am Clipper flying boats. Initially flights stopped at Kingman Reef, but this was later changed to Canton Island in…
Radio Station KIBS Canton Island Studio Building
…power AM radio stations have broadcast from Canton since the original AFRS station in WWII. Search ‘Canton Island‘ on our site to learn much more about radio on the island….
AFRS “Stateside USA” on KIBS Canton Island
…Highlights”, broadcast on KIBS Canton Island in the early 1950s. There were a couple of gaps in this recording, so it is in fact only 13m 29s in duration. Digital…
Radio Station KIBS Canton Island 1952
Glenn Carpenter, who grew up on Canton Island in the 1950’s where his father was also announcer on KIBS Radio, has shared this earlier photo of the station building shortly…
In the Heart of Beautiful Downtown Kanton WXLE Radio 1385
…to track down some more fascinating facts about this AFRTS broadcaster on Canton (or Kanton) Island in the early 1970’s. The famous Joyce Haas (Photo credit: Bruce Portzer) WXLF Canton…
WXLE Memories
…on Canton Island in 1971. Everything from Eniwetok was shipped to Canton. Everything. A story even appeared in a Honolulu newspaper shortly after the airfield operation at Canton was established….
Retro Radio Dial: 1953 Australia, New Zealand & Pacific
…Samoa, American Samoa, Pitcairn Island, Midway Island, Johnston Island, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Anglo-American Condominium of Canton & Enderbury Islands. Share your own memories of Australia, New Zealand & Pacific…
Rare Kiwi MW/AM DX Audio Clips from the 1970s
…catches donated by New Zealand DXer (and Radio Heritage Foundation Chairman) David Ricquish. WXLE 1385 kHz Canton Island External view of WXLE studio building, Canton Island. c.1973 © Radio Heritage…
Kiribati on Shortwave
…is made up of the following islands and island groups:- Gilbert Islands 16 islands Phoenix Islands 8 including Canton Island Line Islands 8 including Christmas Island & Fanning Island Ocean…
The Project
…the world. Some of the stations written about have attracted more memories from those involved with them, such as WXLE Canton Island and KMTH Midway Island, and new nuggets of…
The Story of Radio Eniwetok
…Letter from Franklin S Follmer, WXLE Eniwetok © Ken Kirkby Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation. The AFRS station on Eniwetok relocated to Canton Island in the late 1960’s. The original Radio…
Jim Collins WXLE
…was station manager. I brought country western music to Canton Island! I don’t know how they did it, but American Airlines Flight 1 would call down requests for us to…
Forces Radio In The Pacific & Asia
…20 900 WXLB Adak Alaska 50 950 WXLF Canton Island Phoenix Is 5 960 9AF Labuan Malaya 200 975 WVUS Tontouta New Caledonia 1,000 980 9AJ Wewak Papua New Guinea…
From David’s Desk: Issue 19
…number of stories from individual stations as varied as WXLE Eniwetok, WXLF Canton Island, WVUV American Samoa, WVUS New Caledonia, WXLI Guam, WXLG Kwajalein, KMTH Midway and many others. We’ve…
Wartime Radio in the Pacific and Asia
…the Pacific Ocean Network, another loose collection of AFRS stations primarily under US Navy control. These comprised a small group in the Central Pacific on Christmas Island, Canton Island, and…
Superock – KYOI
…Zeder (25%), then the Ambassador for Micronesia political status negotiations, and Adrian Perry (25%) the former President of Kentron Hawaii Limited (operators of WXLE Canton Island in the early 1970s)….
From David’s Desk: Issue 29
…busy bunch of volunteers! > read more https://www.radioheritage.com/story282 https://www.radioheritage.com/story280 https://www.radioheritage.com/story279 https://www.radioheritage.com/story278 Long Lost Radio History Images: Radio Station KIBS Canton Island Central Pacific 1952 Glenn Carpenter has shared this earlier photo…