Magnecorders, FBC Suva
Senior Technician Bill McMillan works a bank of Magnecorders in the main control room of the new Broadcasting House, Fiji Broadcasting Commission, Suva, Fiji in…
Isareli Racule, FBC Suva
Isareli Racule was the first head of the Fiji section, Fiji Broadcasting Commission in 1954. Here, he broadcasts to the crown colony from studios in…
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…
Women Shopping Reporters
Women announcers were often found as ‘Shopping Reporters’ on the ‘women’s hour’ programs heard throughout the week on local New Zealand commercial stations in the…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sir Edmund Hillary 1YA
Soon after the return home of the successful Everest Expedition in 1953, George Lowe [L] and Edmund Hillary [R] broadcast to New Zealand from the…
WVTW Peleliu is ‘ON THE AIR’
Donald B Dunwoody of San Francsico, CA at the piano as the ‘GIverines’ go live on air in the studios of Armed Forces Radio Station…
Radio Station WSZD, Ponape
Radio Station WSZD was a government owned broadcaster serving Ponape in the US Trust Territory of the Pacific. It broadcast on a frequency of 1450kc…
Radio Station 3YA Christchurch On Air
The official opening of Radio Station 3YA, Christchurch, New Zealand. A delightful informal portrait of the happy crew some 80 years ago, with, second from…
Harmonica Lads on WLW
Some 70 years ago on February 22 1937, powerful Cincinnati radio station WLW promoted the Harmonica Lads via the Crosley Radio News Service. This weekly…
Eveready Air Cell 1937
Country radio listeners in Australia struggled with heavy accumulators to power early radio sets, and in June 1937, Eveready was promoting its ‘air cell’ operated…
DJ Nev Chamberlain ‘Cham The Man’
Host of the ‘Gather Around’ show, Neville Chamberlain©’Voices in the Air’, RNZ/Methuen 1976, Radio Heritage Foundation Collection. DJ Nev Chamberlain ‘Cham The Man’ in the…
ZBW Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Broadcasting Committee operated Station ZBW on behalf of the Hong Kong Government. This series of photographs from a listener QSL card issued…
WASA McMurdo
On November 21 1971, aviator Elgin Long left Punta Arenas, Chile on a direct flight over the South Pole towards McMurdo. Here, Long [L] is…
Radio Station JORK Kochi 1930
The ‘top hat’ of the JORK transmitting tower, and the modern style building are typical of early Japanese radio. Programs began daily at 6am with…
Mati Trio on Radio Station 1YA
In 1930, the Mati Trio were popular entertainers on Radio Station 1YA Auckland, New Zealand. At the time, 1YA was controlled by The Radio Broadcasting…