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Welcome! Here, you’ll find features, pictures, personalities, commercial art, radio station guides, audio and more connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the Pacific and beyond.
The Origins of Railway Communications in Brazil
Today our South American correspondent in Brazil, Colleague Martin Butera (PT2ZDX – LU9EFO), presents us with a beautiful ride on a historic train, with the famous whistle of the steam engine.
Three Borders Amateur Radio Museum
Today I would like to take you on a trip to the south of Brazil, more precisely through the Brazilian city of Foz de Iguazú, so that together we can discover the incredible amateur radiomuseum of the three borders.
MediaWorks expands the Breeze with Breeze Classic
MediaWorks has announced a new extension of the Breeze, Breeze Classic, which will move onto FM frequencies currently occupied by Magic on 1 November. Read…
Pacific-Asian Log (PAL Guide) June 2025 Update
Bruce Portzer’s Pacific-Asian Log (PAL Guide) has been updated to the June 2025 edition. You can download a PDF copy here: The searchable database version…
The Old Timers
Raymond Conder writes to us from Perth, Western Australia: I started out in radio announcing in 1962 I think it was 6VA Albany and then…
NZME to launch dedicated country music station iHeartCountry New Zealand
NZME is launcing a country music format network from May 9, 2025.
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.
The World of Cassiano Mendonça PY3CSM
Welcome to the story of the Brazilian radio amateur who recovers old AM transmitters, welcome to the world of Cassiano Mendonça (PY3CSM)
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.