Remembering Rediffusion: Singapore
Rediffusion Singapore was established in the late 1940's bringing a Cable Radio Service thousands of subscribers in Singapore at a time when radio sets were very expensive and reception of such stations very poor....
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The Radio Scene on Four Little Greek Islands – Part 1
Join Adrian Petersen from AWR's Wavescan as he explores the radio history of the Greek Islands....
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WVTI Studio, Cebu City, 1945
A rare photo of the WVTI studio in Cebu City, 1945.
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Rare Photos from WXLN, Nome, Alaska, 1945
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Visit to Rádio Nacional da Amazônia
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, the largest complex of medium transmitters and shortwave transmitters in Latin America and the fifth most powerful transmitting station in the world.
Martin Butera tours their site...
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KING-FM Studios Hit the High Notes
KING-FM had occupied its studios in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle for more than two decades when its landlord informed management that the building would be torn down for condos.
The station began looking for a new long-term home...
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Visit to Rádio Nacional da Amazônia
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, the largest complex of medium transmitters and shortwave transmitters in Latin America and the fifth most powerful transmitting station in the world.
Martin Butera tours their site...
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Why WWV and WWVH Still Matter
Last year was one of both celebration and uncertainty for WWV, the station adjacent to Fort Collins, Colo., that transmits automated time broadcasts on the shortwave bands...
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The Story of Hutt River Radio
Several recent news reports tell us that the half century old Hutt River Principality, a self proclaimed independent nation within Australia, has finally come to an end, and it has since rejoined the Commonwealth of Australia. The Hutt River Principality was the oldest of Australia's independent micro-nations, and it has served as an interesting tourist attraction for those who dared to drive out into the semi-desert areas of Western Australia...
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Radio Broadcasting Becomes a Reality KDKA on Nov. 2, 1920
Here's how KDKA became the medium's standard bearer 100 years ago...
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Florida AM Station Plans to Go All-Digital
A Florida AM radio station plans to go all-digital soon, now that the Federal Communications Commission has allowed such transitions...
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Radio Broadcasting Becomes a Reality KDKA on Nov. 2, 1920
Here's how KDKA became the medium's standard bearer 100 years ago...
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Communications and IT Minister Reopens NBC Gulf Building
Minister for Information & Communication Technology, Hon Timothy Masiu left Kerema Town yesterday extremely pleased to have officially reopened the NBC Gulf office and studio building after it was condemned by the Gulf provincial health authorities...
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Visit Radio Globo and Radio CBN Sao Paulo Brazil
Martin Butera reports on a visit to Radio Globo & Radio CBN in Sao Paulo.
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We've Turned 500!
We've recently added the 500th feature to our website.
That's now over 500 items of radio and broadcasting history
preserved for the future, and for your enjoyment! Explore
our site - you never know what you might find.
But wait! There's more! We have launched a new,
more interactive, interface to all our stories, with even
more historic content.
You can find the new interface at https://www.radioheritage.com
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 or search and browse the on-line database version
from the "Our Radio Guides" sidebar or our Radio
Guides page.
Samoa's Radio 2AP Redevelopment Project
Enjoy this YouTube video from Australia's ABC on the redevelopment project at 2AP...
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KNX, Los Angeles A Centennial Station
The station will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sept. 10.
In 1920, Fred Christian left his employment as a Marconi shipboard radio operator to become the manager of the Electric Lighting Supply Co. in Los Angeles. In addition to selling lighting fixtures, he began to offer the radio parts that tinkerers needed to build their own homemade radio sets...
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4ZM "Voice of Dunedin"
Stastion 4ZM, in Dunedin, New Zealand, is one of the most modern of the medium-power "B" stations now
operating in New Zealand...
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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 Broadcasting School, Christchurch Polytechnic. Narrated by Nikki Reece...
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Doggo Days
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. On Saturdays and Sundays the afternoon shift commenced at 3 p.m. and, on Sundays, the morning and evening shifts commenced at 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. There were other shifts such as noon to six, eleven to five, and eight to five, but the three key shifts kept the transmission station running around the clock...
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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 reaching out to the mass population of Papua New Guinea who can afford a transistor radio...
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Office of War Information Central Pacific Operations Photo Essay Booklet
This photo essay booklet from the estate of John C Seehaas has been the source of material for several articles on our website. We've now converted the original booklet to a web-browsable document for your enjoyment...
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2JJ 40th
Highlights the first hour of the official 2JJ broadcast from 1975 with a YouTube interview with the first voice on 2JJ AM, Holger Brockman
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World Radio History
The website formerly known as AmericanRadioHistory.Com had recently rebranded as WorldRadioHistory.Com.
There you will find a treasure trove of historical radio & broadcasting related publications & documents.
The new website can be found at:
>>> https://worldradiohistory.com <<<
Make sure you have an hour or two free before you visit it though!
Shaky Raoul Island
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"Raoul's calling you and he sounds worried!" said the radio technician at Makara Radio when I answered the orderwire...
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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...
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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 beyond the city limits. A sleepy radio operator reads the meters of a portable transmitter arid makes an entry in his log. "One more hour," he yawns, "and the job is finished."
On the other side of town a mysterious looking car pulls up at a corner. The driver reads the street names, marks the spot on a map, then snaps on a complicated looking receiving set hung from the roof behind his seat. No sound comes forth. Instead, the needles of two meters swing across the scales. Rotating the loop aerial protruding through the roof, the driver secures maximum reading, makes a note of it, then goes on down the street...
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Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company The most democratic station in the country?
As the presenter reads news items coming in from Shetland to Japan and Ecuador, I realise there's no heirarchy.
It's 8am on the island of Bressay and the news on 18 April is of the earthquake in Ecuador; then a report on today's fish landings across the Shetland area (1,800 boxes)...
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Lure of the Trail Programme No. 13: Urewera Country NZ Department of Tourist & Publicity, 1939
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 New Zealand rather
than travelling overseas.
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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 most successful listening are as popular, now that one may hear Australia or South America, as they were in the days when people sat up in the hope of hearing Pittsburgh or Schenectady. However, the prize for the world's most systematic listening should go to Mdlle. Marianne (the personification of the French Republic, as Uncle Sam is that of the United States). She has erected the world's most elaborate receiving station for the purpose of listening to and recording broadcasts, as illustrated here.
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KUAM Isla 63 AM Guam Ceases Broadcasting
CHamoru radio trailblazer Isla 63 AM to cease broadcasting on May 1st
KUAM Isla 63 AM will cease broadcasting on the radio on May 1, according to KUAM Communications.
For over 66 years, KUAM AM radio has informed and entertained local audiences through Isla 63. It's provided a community connection for quality local programming and it's been advocate, influencer and media trailblazer for CHamoru language and culture through entertainment.
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Remembering Rediffusion: Trinidad
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Radio Trinidad Station Transmitters |
Rediffusion in Trinidad was a fundamentally different proposition from it's service in England which was primarily a matter of diffusing BBC programmes so that listeners could hear them better and more easily than they could on an ordinary radio receiver.
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Rare QSL from WSZD Ponape
PONAPE Eastern Caroline Islands WSZD – March 1967
Radio Station WSZD was a government owned broadcaster serving Ponape in the US Trust Territory of the Pacific.
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Remembering Rediffusion: Malaya
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The KL Rediffusion Building c1960 |
Rediffusion (Malaya) Sdn Bhd
17, Jalan Pahang
53000 Kula Lumpur
Malaya Tel : 603-4424544
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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.
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Remembering Rediffusion: Hong Kong
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Rediffusion House, Broadcast Drive, HK. (1968) |
Rediffusion ( Hong Kong ) Limited
Rediffusion House 81 Broadcast Dr
Kowloon Tong
Hong Kong Tel: 4424544
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KZOO Radio Celebrates 50 Years of Radio Broadcasting in Hawaii
KZOO Radio is proud to celebrate 50 years of radio broadcasting in Hawaii, and now our main focus is on the future and evolving so that KZOO is around another 50 years!
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