PAL August 2020 Update
Bruce Portzer’s Pacific Asia Listeners (PAL) Guide has been updated to the August 2020 edition. You can download a PDF copy here: or search the…
Samoa’s Radio 2AP Redevelopment Project
Enjoy this YouTube video from Australia’s ABC on the redevelopment project at 2AP: Samoa’s newly rebuilt Radio 2AP transmitter is already broadcasting essential information to…
KNX, Los Angeles – A Centennial Station
The station will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sept. 10. By John SchneiderPublished: June 28, 2020 ⋅ Updated: August 6, 2020 This is part of…
4ZM “Voice of Dunedin”
The Australasian Radio WorldAugust 2, 1937 Originally published in The Australasian Radio World, August 2, 1937.
The Rise and Fall of Radio Avon
A radio documentary about Christchurch’s first private station Radio Avon, created as a 700-level major project by Richard Holstein, a student at the New Zealand…
Doggo Days
December 31st, 2005 The changing of the guard at the Wellington Transmission Centre took place every day at 7 a.m., 5 p.m. and 11 p.m….
NBC Morobe – The Forgotten Kundu
COMMENTARY: By Sylvester Gawi in Lae I grew up in the 90’s listening to NBC Radio – Radio Kundu – which was informative and always…
Office of War Information – Central Pacific Operations
A Photo Essay This photo essay booklet from the estate of John C Seehaas has been the source of material for several articles on our…
2JJ 40th
Double J : 2JJ 1540 AM : 40 Years – Holger Brockman Jan 18, 2015By Adrian Zorec on YouTube The audio here highlights the first…
Shaky Raoul Island
March 21st, 2006 “Raoul’s calling you and he sounds worried!” said the radio technician at Makara Radio when I answered the orderwire. On learning of…
Radio Fifeshire Nelson – Early Documents
We recently unearthed a collection of documents relating to the short-term broadcast of Radio Fifeshire, Nelson, New Zealand, over the summer of 1982/83. These have…
The Birth of a Station
THE hush of early morning is broken only by the staccato beat of an isolated gasoline engine in a tent in an alfalfa field just…
Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company – The most democratic station in the country?
21 April 2016By Antonia Quirke As the presenter reads news items coming in from Shetland to Japan and Ecuador, I realise there’s no heirarchy. It’s 8am on…
Lure of the Trail – Programme 13 – Urewera Country
In the late 1930s the New Zealand Department of Tourist and Publicity produced a series of radio programmes to encourage New Zealanders to holiday within…
World’s Greatest Radio Listening Post
RADIO fans take pride in the number of stations they can “log” and verify, especially if these are at a great distance. Contests for the…
Remembering Rediffusion: Malaya
Rediffusion (Malaya) Sdn Bhd17, Jalan Pahang53000 Kula LumpurMalaya Tel : 603-4424544 On the 4th of August 1949, Rediffusion services started in Kuala Lumpur and by…
Manx Radio History
Manx Radio is the national public service broadcaster of the Isle of Man and broadcasts from its own studios at Broadcasting House in Douglas. The…
Remembering Rediffusion: Hong Kong
Rediffusion ( Hong Kong ) Limited Rediffusion House 81 Broadcast DrKowloon TongHong Kong Tel: 4424544 History Radio Rediffusion was established in Hong Kong in 1949…
KZOO Radio Celebrates 50 Years of Radio Broadcasting in Hawaii
Looking To The Next 50 Years By David FuruyaPresident and Owner of KZOO RadioJanuary 15, 2014 KZOO Radio is proud to celebrate 50 years of…
Remembering Rediffusion: Trinidad
REDIFFUSION (TRINIDAD) LTD. Maraval Road, Port of SpainTrinidad. Tel. 6565 Looking back at Rediffusion Trinidad Rediffusion in Trinidad was a fundamentally different proposition from it’s…