RNZ celebrates 100 years
One hundred years ago, New Zealanders had their first chance to connect with a revolutionary form of mass communication – a national radio service. The New Zealand Radio Broadcasting Company, formed in 1925, laid the foundations for what became RNZ.
USAGM Shutdowns: A Roundup of Reports and Reactions
Read a collection of reports on the Trump Administration’s changes to US international broadcasting on the SWLing Post blog: https://swling.com/blog/2025/03/usagm-shutdowns-a-roundup-of-reports-and-reactions
KSKO’s One Man, Full-Time Operation Connects Interior Alaska
Paul Walker, the self-professed “Alaska Radio Nerd” is the sole full-time employee of a station that provides news, music, and emergency services across a wide swath of central Alaska.
SENZ looks to new chapter as Sport Nation
New Zealand’s only dedicated sports radio and audio platform is evolving, with SENZ rebranding to Sport Nation from November 19.
David Ricquish Signs Off
It is with great sadness that we report that David Ricquish passed away at his home in Wellington, New Zealand, on September 23, 2024, after…
Pacific-Asian Log (PAL Guide) September 2024 Update
Bruce Portzer’s Pacific-Asian Log (PAL Guide) has been updated to the September 2024 edition. You can download a PDF copy here: or search the database…
RNZ marks 75 years of broadcasting shortwave into the Pacific
It has been 75 years since Radio New Zealand commenced broadcasting on shortwave frequencies into the Pacific region.
RNZ goes live with new Pacific shortwave transmitter
Shortwave transmission to the Pacific is “more important now” than in 1990 when RNZ Pacific first broadcast into the region, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister says. RNZ went live on Thursday with its new Pacific shortwave transmitter, replacing its old one that dates to 1989.
Dan Greenall Collection on Archive.org
Dan has begun setting up some of his QSL galleries on the internet archive, Archive.org, in order to help preserve radio history. We’re happy to provide these links to some of his work.
Sugarloaf: Inside the concrete eyrie high above Christchurch in the Port Hills
Published on the Stuff website in 2018, this story takes an interesting look at the Sugarloaf transmitter site located on the Port Hills above Christchurch, New Zealand.
WKBW Radio Sounders and Station IDs
WKBW Radio at 1520kHz was at one time, one of the best rock and roll stations in the USA. At night it’s broadcast signal could be heard up and down the Eastern seaboard, and even in parts of Europe including the middle of the Atlantic.
ABC Transcription Tapes for Latin America?
Enrique Klapp, from Los Angeles, writes to us: Dear Sirs, When I was a youngster in Chile, in the Seventies, radio stations in Latin America…
Building Bethany – VOA’s First High-Power International Broadcast Station
Many thanks to the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting for posting the following video on their YouTube channel:
Celebrating Marconi
An event at the Marconi Museum inside the Vatican on Saturday celebrates 150 years since the birth of the man who set up Vatican Radio. Present, alongside the Prefect and directors of the Dicastery for Communications, were also Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, and Guglielmo Marconi’s grandson.
Radio Hauraki co-founder David Gapes has died
One of the founders of New Zealand’s pirate radio station and then commercial radio station Radio Hauraki, David Gapes, has died.
Palmerston North radio station powered by John Ward turns 25
For the last 25 years John Ward has shared his love of classical music through his radio station The Gramophone Room.
NZ On Screen: The Radio Collection
Timed to celebrate World Radio Day, NZ On Screen launches a new collection that highlights the impact, achievements (and some shock-jock antics) of the radio industry in Aotearoa.
100 Years of Radio in Africa
Radio is thriving across Africa. Exact figures are difficult to come by because audience research differs across countries. But studies estimate radio listenership to be between 60% and 80% of the continent’s 1.4 billion population.
Radio, someone still loves you
On August 1, 1981, video killed the radio star. Or so new wave band, The Buggles, yelled to the world the day MTV was launched in New York, USA. In Fiji, families gathered around the radio together for at least a decade more. Some still do.
Pacific-Asian Log (PAL Guide) January 2024 Update
Bruce Portzer’s Pacific-Asian Log (PAL Guide) has been updated to the January 2024 edition. You can download a PDF copy here: or search the database…