Radio Station Studios Through the Years
A photograhic journey through the evolution of the radio station studio.
Opening Broadcasts of 4ZJ & 3XG
In 2010 Oamaru DXer Peter Grenfell donated these two recordings of “opening broadcasts” to us. The first is of 4ZJ, a short-term station broadcasting for the 1978 Scout Jamboree in Oamaru, the second being the start of full-time broadcasting from Radio Rhema in Christchurch. The quality of these recordings is less than perfect, but they are both interesting events.
ABC Radio Darwin 8DR on Shortwave
After Cyclone Tracy devasted the Northern Territory city of Darwin in Australia, authorities turned to shortwave radio to help coordinate the mass evacuation of the city.
AM Radio Auckland 1989
Recordings of Classic Hits & Aotearoa Radio, Auckland, New Zealand, made in November 1989.
Rare Kiwi MW/AM DX Audio Clips from the 1970s
Listen to some rare mediumwave DX audio clips recorded in New Zealand during the 1970s.
AFTN Taiwan Audio Clip
Until 1979 Armed Forces Radio had a station in Taiwan called Armed Forces Taiwan Network (AFTN). In earlier years AFTN was known as Armed Forces…
New Zealand Broadcasting Press Clippings Scrapbook 1988 – 1990
The late Mark Nicholls kept a series of scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the broadcasting scene in New Zealand. These books provide an interesting look back at NZ broadcasting at the time.
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….
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…
4LM Mount Isa – Queensland, Australia
The growing Northwest Queensland mining town of Mount Isa had by 1958 a population approaching 15,000 but radio reception was virtually non existent. The nearest…
History Preserved AWA Broadcast 500W Transmitter Model P5 Serial Number 1
The AWA BTM-P5 was a 500 Watt broadcast transmitter manufactured in Australia in the 1960s. The P5, and its big brother the BTM-2J, were produced…
MAF’s Metric Moments : 14 Tales for Radio by Bill White
The lighter side of farm metrics with MAF’s Bill White. In 1972 New Zealand was changing to using the metric system of measurements. To aid…
Sunshine Coast Memories
Musical memories on the Sunshine Coast Backward GlanceSunshine Coast CouncilMay 2017 On the Near North Coast during the late 1950s and early 1960s, a shift…
AFRTS Archive: Roger Carroll – 1979
Roger Carroll and Los Angeles radio were the same thing. From 1948-58 at KABC and 1959-79 at Gene Autry’s KMPC. “KMPC was one of the…
KOST 103.5 FM: The “Inside” Story – A Video Tour from 1989
It’s back to the 80’s for this Mark and Kim hosted video written and produced by then KOST Program Director Jhani Kaye. This video gives…
Rare Audio From The 1980s: Lee Baby Simms – Last Day of Top 40 on KORL 65, Honolulu
In 1980, Honolulu radio station KORL 65 switched from a long period of colorful personalities playing Top 40 hits, staging outrageous stunts, and giving away…
Australian Radio Advertising Bureau: Instant Ideas No. 4
Travel back in time to the Australian mediumwave band in the early 1970s with the commercials from these 7″ sampler records produced by the Australian…
An Aussie DJ on Iceland Radio
By Bruce Carty After spending Christmas and New Year in London at 23 years of age, I visited Heathrow airport in 1973, purely for something…
Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Caribbean AM/SW Radio
Belize, Bermuda, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama Canal Zone, Surinam, Caribbean excluding Cuba, Dominican Republic & Haiti Share your own memories of Caribbean Radio kHz Call/Brand…