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Kiwi Radio Campaign News
Counting Down to 100 Years of Popular Kiwi Radio 1921-2021
ZL6RWC Rugby World Cup Radio
Calling all radio/rugby fans
MELISSA KINEALY
Papakura Radio Club members will be making contact with people from all around the
world during the Rugby World Cup.
But they won't be meeting them face-to-face. Instead they'll be using a special call
sign – ZL6RWC – from September 1 to October 31.
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RADIO SOUNDS: Papakura amateur radio club member David Karrasch
can't wait to use the club's special world cup call sign. Photo: FIONA GOODALL
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Longtime member David Karrasch is hoping they'll make contact with more than 40,000
people in that time.
"We expect to have it on air on two or three bands every day. It will be swamped."
He applied to the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters for a call sign
especially for the Rugby World Cup. The club's usual callsign is ZL1VK.
But club members won't be having lengthy banter with contacts. Most communication
is just an exchange of call signs, he says.
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1ZD Tauranga Celebrates Classic Hits
Classic Hits: Radio that won't fade out
Julia Proverbs - Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:49
Fifty years ago commercial radio came to Tauranga. Julia Proverbs looks at the
evolution of Classic Hits - what has changed and what remains the same.
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Grayson Ottaway (left), Charlie Helliwell and Brian (BK) Kelly ensure music and mirth hit the airwaves at Classic Hits.
Photo: Claire Fraser.
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The reception area of The Radio Network in Tauranga is very 2011.
The scarlet rug echoes the red spiral logo on the wall and the black and white retro leather sofas with zebra print cushions look as if they were made exclusively for the derrieres of the rich and famous.
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Kids on the Ridge FM
Ridge kids rule radio airwaves
Anna Bowden - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:00
There's a new radio station in town. It's just for kids - and it's run by kids.
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Selwyn Ridge Primary technician Nadia Weightman, left, and DJ Brooke McDowall. Picture: Jimmy Joe
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It's Kids on the Ridge FM.
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Musick Point Radio 500 AM
Are you reading me?
Kieran Nash - Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:01
Radio enthusiasts are breathing life into a dormant frequency at a Bucklands Beach station. Kieran Nash listens in.
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Ian Walker says reviving the old frequency is like climbing Mt Everest. Picture by Kellie Blizard.
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In a beautiful art deco building overlooking the Hauraki Gulf, a group of amateur radio enthusiasts are reviving a radio frequency that harks back to the days of the Titanic.
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Gisborne's Switch 105.3 Goes Silent
‘Switch’ to be thrown after months of local programming
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - Kristine Walsh
THIRTEEN months almost to the day since it first went to air, the switch will be pulled on a radio station whose founder had hoped to fill a totally-local niche.
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OVER AND OUT: SwitchFM founder Drew Kirk (above) had "huge dreams" for totally local radio but, without
advertising support, has had to pull the plug on his feldgling station. Picture by Paul Rickard
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“It’s pretty gutting but the reality is that we didn’t get the support from businesses that we’d hoped for,” said SwitchFM operator Drew Kirk, who has sold his frequency to national broadcaster The Radio Network.
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Human FM Serves Coffee Hits
On air with coffee
SOPHIA DUCKOR-JONES
You do not often hear of a radio station that is also a cafe, but Kelburn businesses
Alcove Cafe and HumanFM have been brewing together for more than four years.
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On air: DJ Chris Salter, right, with radio guests, Lizzy Eden, left, and Laura Robinson.
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You do not often hear of a radio station that is also a cafe, but Kelburn businesses Alcove Cafe and HumanFM have been brewing together for more than four years.
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88.1 FM Mangere Town Centre Live
Mangere views go on air
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MANGERE LIVE: Dougie Te Moni is setting up a radio station for Mangere and is
looking for local artists to supply music for it.
Photo: HANNAH JOHNSTON/Manukau Courier
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It's time to wake up in your own neighbourhood, Mangere, with the first radio station exclusively about the suburb.
The radio station will hit the airwaves next month, broadcasting from the Mangere Community Development and Cultural Trust building in the town centre.
Dougie Te Moni is working alongside the trust to develop the station which will use FM frequency 88.1.
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Students GO FM in Titirangi
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GO FM Logo
© Radio Heritage Foundation Digital Collection
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Students airing their radio skills
A talented group of budding young DJs are living their dream by hosting a radio station.
GO FM, which features on 107.1FM from 3pm to 5pm every day, was started by Daniel and Matthew Tate and has a 10km radius from its studio at Lopdell House in Titirangi.
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Radio Woodville - The Voice of the Tararuas
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AT THE HELM: Volunteer Gayle Cresswell at work at Radio Woodville.
Photo: MURRAY WILSON/Manawatu Standard
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The front door at Radio Woodville is often wide open, as it is today, and before you even make your way inside you can hear the music.
Two small weatherproof speakers sit atop the tiny station building on Woodville's main street, opposite the town's only money-machine, and the day The Tribune visited we entered to Peter, Paul and Mary's 1963 hit, Blowin' in the Wind.
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Retro-Heads Rock Kaikoura's Blue 100.3 FM
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Blue 100.3 FM broadcast caravan
© Radio Heritage Foundation Digital
Collection
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Young DJ tunes in to 50s and 60s
BY EMMA DANGERFIELD
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RETRO-HEAD: Conor Bragg entertains Kaikoura on the radio each week.
Photo: Emma Dangerfield
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If you live in Kaikoura and shop in town on a Saturday you have more than likely come across this DJing duo blasting out across the airwaves on a Saturday.
Butch Bragg has been DJing on the town's radio station, 100.3 Blue FM since 1999, and his son Conor, eight, joined him a year ago to form the retro-heads partnership.
Playing each Saturday from around midday, the duo has attracted quite a following.
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The Gramophone Room, Palmerston North
A Music Oasis
One Decade of Non-Stop Music
Gramophone Room a music oasis
JUDITH LACY
With a turn of the dial, Daphne Kyne's life changed for the better seven years ago.
She discovered Palmerston North's classical musical station The Gramophone Room, owned and operated by John Ward.
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CLASSICAL HERITAGE: Daphne Kyne selects a recording of tragic opera Pia de' Tolomei from the extensive collection of The Gramophone Room radio station, run
by John Ward. "It is just wonderful, it fulfils a need," Mrs Kyne said.
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When Mrs Kyne left war-damaged London in 1952 for a fresh start in New Zealand, she was expecting a few changes, but not a classical music "desert" with practically no classical music broadcast or performed.
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Solid FM 107.4
Dargaville Intermediate School
Pupils air their ideas on radio
VIV TROUNSON
"Good morning Dargaville. This is SOLID FM 107.4 broadcasting from Dargaville Intermediate School."
For two years the students have been spreading their voices like this over the airwaves on what is
thought to be one of only two school radio stations in Northland.
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ON THE AIR: From left: Bailey Welsh, Nikau Newman and Maryanne Hodgson at
work in the studio at Dargaville Intermediate School.
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Tongan Radio on Auckland Airwaves
Tonga on the airwaves
Esther Lauaki, East And Bays Courier
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MAKING WAVES: Tama Ohi FM station manager Keith Moala is keen to reach out to youth and people living with
disabilities through a new radio station in Panmure.
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Keith Moala has experienced extraordinary success and travelled the world to learn from experts in his field.
But he says the one thing missing was "being able to work with my own people".
The former telecommunications engineer has now found what he was craving as a presenter for a small Tongan radio station based in a vacant Panmure shopping complex.
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Radio Ngakuta Bay
Ngakuta Bay hits airwaves
Tania Butterfield, Marlborough Express
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Foss Leach has launched Radio Ngakuta Bay 88.4FM as a way of familiarising residents with the
local band they should tune into if there is a civil defence emergency.
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Ngakuta Bay has its own radio station, thanks to local resident and amateur radio enthusiast Foss Leach who launched Radio Ngakuta Bay 88.4FM as a way of familiarising residents with the local band they should tune into if there is a civil defence emergency.
The radio band which transmits to Ngakuta Bay and Grove Arm homes was used to relay civil defence information, although it had not been needed yet, Mr Leach said.
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Swiss Mixx 106.9 Covers Coastal Wanganui
Teen announces arrival with bedroom radio station
John Maslin, Wanganui Chronicle
You would have to say Jayden Barrie has a passion for radio.
There's no denying his keenness to make it on the airwaves because the Wanganui teenager has just launched his own station.
Swiss Mixx 106.9FM broadcasts from the Barrie home in Gonville and, while non-commercial at this stage, it is set up to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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ON AIR: Jayden Barrie broadcasting from his bedroom in Gonville.
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As well as help from family and friends, it has cost the Cullinane College student $2000 of his own money to buy the a transmitter and mixer, while his mum Frances' boss chipped in with an old but workable computer.
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Mamaku School 88.4FM Radio
Mamaku pupils launch radio station
Cherie Taylor, Rotorua Daily Post
Budding young radio announcers are making themselves heard on the airwaves in Mamaku.
The rural area's school has launched a new radio station, Mamaku 88.4FM, which is run by Year 5 and 6 students, providing a live show from 9am to 3pm daily with pre-recorded items running through the night.
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Mamaku 88.4FM Radio DJs Elaine Henneveld and Shannon McCormick
Photo: Stephen Parker
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Mamaku School student radio DJ Elaine Henneveld, 10, said the station was awesome.
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BOLT 88.3 FM Bedroom Radio
BOLT from bedroom out to conquer airwaves
Ellen Irvine, Bay of Plenty Times
Jake Townsend has a voice for radio and he's only 14.
The Mount Maunganui College schoolboy started his own radio station, BOLT FM this year.
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Jake Townsend and Hayden Gies at Bolt FM
Photo: Joel Ford
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And while most children will spend the school holidays relaxing with their mates, Jake and his friend Hayden Gies, 13, are looking forward to two weeks of filling the Papamoa airwaves.
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Fevah FM is Hot in Hamilton
The voice of the people
Waikato Times
A gymnasium in a suburban Hamilton shopping centre is not the sort of place you expect to find a low-power FM broadcasting strictly electronic dance music.
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Fevah FM logo © Fevah FM.
Radio Heritage Foundation Digital Collection
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But in a couple of offices at Flagstaff's TLC Gym is Fevah FM, the brainchild of hard dance fan Mandy Seuss-Ryan, who along with husband Bradley Ryan stumped up with $25,000 to launch the broadcaster last year. The station's name is taken from the dance music industry firm that holds a 25 per cent share in the company running the broadcaster, which beams out across Hamilton on the 88.3FM frequency.
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TAS 88.1 FM Taihape Area School Radio
School newsletter hits the airwaves
Central District Times
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BROADCASTING: The production team, from left, Max Fage, Nathan Chaney, Beau Walker,
drian Stratton, Emma McCaughan, Nicola-Mary Geraghty, and Shayleigh Horton.
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Taihape Area School radio station 88.1FM has added to its programming by broadcasting the school's weekly newsletter at 2pm and 5pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
The teacher responsible for the radio station, Harry Nichol, said the programme is being created and produced by a team of students from year 9 and 10. On Wednesday mornings, team members take their microphones and interview newsletter contributors, such as teachers, students and support staff.
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Hollah FM Fills Porirua Airwaves
Homegrown Porirua radio station comes of age
Esther Lauaki, Kapi-Mana News
Porirua's Hollah FM has found a new home at Whitireia New Zealand's local campus, providing an outlet for practical radio experience for budding broadcasters.
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Hollah FM logo © Hollah FM 2010.
Radio Heritage Foundation
Digital Collection
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Station co-founder La'i Lepou said the Hollah team wanted to leave a legacy in their community.
"We take a lot of students in from all over Porirua and they all love it, which is awesome," she said.
"Our dream for Hollah is to have the radio station grow and not have us be there forever but pass our knowledge on to people."
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Ifinity FM 87.7 Invercargill
Radio station set up in garage
Cassandra Pokoney, Southland Times
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Greg Selman, Peter Holmes and Richard Scott of Ifinity FM, Invercargill
Photo: John Hawkins
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A new radio station celebrating youth culture is hitting the airwaves in Invercargill.
Ifinity FM broadcasts on 87.7FM and will play a variety of music genres targeting youth audiences.
Station co-owner Greg Selman said the idea for the station arose after he returned to Invercargill from Hamilton, where he had been running a radio station, and noticed a gap in the southern market.
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Botany 107.1 FM The Summer Sound All Year Round
Botany FM makes a connection
Nicola Williams, Eastern Courier
A uniquely Botany sound is taking to the airwaves.
Botany FM (107.1) is the only radio station to operate out of a shopping centre in Australasia, owner John Lehmann says.
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Rhys Tau and John Lehmann at Botany FM.
©Nicola Williams
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The Yak - Alive & Kicking
Daniel Holland, Waikato Times
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The Yak 107.1 logo
©The Yak 2011.
Radio Heritage Foundation
Digital Collection
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Anyone tuning into Wintec's student radio station Max FM this morning might have heard something a little bit different.
The station is relaunching itself as The Yak FM 107.1 today with a new musical lineup.
The student radio station is moving away from its previous focus on rock and is now broadening its range of music.
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Christchurch Earthquake 2011
A devastating earthquake hit Christchurch [New Zealand] on February
22 2011. Radio services to the metropolitan area have been disrupted
with many studios damaged and inaccessible.
A complete list of current AM and FM radio services in Christchurch
can be downloaded here as a Word doco
(or here as a PDF file) plus notes about their current
status
NEW We've got a fully self-equipped mobile radio
studio on standby ready to roll into Christchurch to begin local
community broadcasts in the eastern suburbs... complete with
generator, telephone exchange, music library, transmitter, antenna,
all studio gear, and Classic Gold Radio owner Chris Diack......
HELP US BRING RADIO BACK TO THE BEACH NOW.... listen to Radio Heritage
Foundation's David Ricquish live on Classic Gold Radio.
Please donate what you can to cover the costs of getting the mobile
studio from Invercargill to Christchurch, on the air, and bringing
vital local community information, news, and great music to New
Brighton and the shattered eastern suburbs.
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Sponsor 1 hour for $25, 2 hours $50, 3 hours $75, 4 hours $100.
Interim plans are to keep the station on the air in some way as long
as funding allows. Classic Gold Radio are donating use of the mobile
studio and time. Thank you very much for your kind donation! We issue
tax deductible receipts for every donation so remember to tell us
your name and address!'
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In Lyttelton, local LPFM Volcano Radio is helping bring the community
together, accurate reports and providing a vital service. In the
eastern suburbs, all existing four LPFM stations are destroyed or
damaged and our mobile studio will take the pressure of struggling
locals.
Your donations over NZ$5 are fully tax deductible..please help us
bring community radio back to the beach in the crucial coming days.
Good news... we have had the original 3ZB studio building inspected
and it has had no damage. It was built to withstand machinegun attack
and close aerial bombing and has survived the killer earthquake
unscathed. This will make a great home for housing 3ZB memorabilia
and a permanent local LPFM community radio station to serve in the
months and years of rebuilding Christchurch that lie ahead.......
Helping Rebuild Christchurch.. Please Donate Now
In addition, a media release about the status of local Low Power FM
radio services, particularly in the badly hit eastern suburbs gives
more information about these neighborhood stations.
A copy of the media release is available and also from our media release page.
We had just launched our Helping Rebuild Christchurch project
centered on restoration of the original 3ZB transmitter and studio
building in New Brighton plus setting up a local LPFM radio station
in the building for local community programs.
We are more determined than ever to proceed with this project which
will give the eastern suburbs a local radio station for emergencies
such as this recent earthquake and showcase the story of 3ZB, which
served the city with news and welfare programs during WWII from this
site.
Please donate to support this project and others forming part of the
Kiwi Radio Campaign and our ongoing operational costs to make this
project happen. Thank you for helping rebuild Christchurch.
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Campaign #3 Helping Christchurch Rebuild
This postcard campaign mailed to some 100 businesses in the
Christchurch area.
In 1937, commercial radio 3ZB began broadcasting
from New Brighton and this campaign links to our project to rennovate
the original 3ZB building, bringing radio back to the beach in time
for the 75th anniversary in 2012. It also connects with heritage
reconstruction in Christchurch following the devastating earthquake
that hit the city in September 2010. It invites businesses to make a
fully tax deductible donation of NZ$500.
New Series of Mini-Campaigns Underway
We've kicked 2011 off to a great start with our new series of
mini-campaigns which target specific groups within the local
community! You can sponsor one mini-campaign for us simply by making
a tax deductible donation of NZ$75 today.
You can also suggest ideas for mini-campaigns and help get involved
with your one if it's chosen, so email your ideas today to us.
Campaign #1 Memories Worth Keeping
This postcard mailed to some 100 listed company directors of NZ radio
broadcasting companies and media bankers during January. Designed to
build awareness of the Kiwi Radio Campaign during the summer it
invites them to surf our site to find out more, and make a donation
of $150 by March 31 2011.
Campaign #2 Building Business in the Capital
This postcard mailed to some 100 businesses within the Wellington
region and celebrating the 80th anniversary of commercial radio in
the capital, 2ZW The Voice of the Capital City 1931-2011. Designed to
build awareness of the Kiwi Radio Campaign and how radio helps them
build business. It invites them to make a fully tax deductible
donation of NZ$500.
Radio Heritage Heaven
Keith's Collection for Radio Heritage Foundation
Author: Paul Brooks
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| Keith Richardson [center] with a fraction of his historic
audio collection. David Ricquish [left] of the Radio Heritage
Foundation, says the Keith Richardson Collection will be digitized
and made available online. Dr Jo Del Monaco, of the Radio Heritage
Foundation, looks on.
© Paul Brooks
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Keith Richardson did not spend his entire radio career collecting industry treasures to make his name made synonymous with radio heritage.
But that is what has happened.
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FREE SuperGold Card Offer
We now offer free introductory supporter membership to over 550,000
New Zealanders who hold the SuperGold Card or the Veteran SuperGold
Card.
From today's crowded radio dial and personalities to pirate Radio
Hauraki, back through the Fab 50 Top Hat Club shows, the fabulous
radio serials, the days of aunt Daisy, local song contests and studio
sing-a-longs to the Friendly Road and more, radio is an integral part
of these Kiwi lives and our popular culture.
Read the full media release here and welcome to all SuperGold Card holders. Please claim your FREE
introductory supporter membership here.
88.1 FM most popular LPFM Radio Channel
The 88.1 frequency is the most popular LPFM channel currently in use in New Zealand according to new analysis from the Radio Heritage Foundation who host the NZLPFM Radio Guide at www.radioheritage.net > read more
Voices in the Air New Stock
Save US$10 June & July Only
We've managed to get hold of a few more copies of the 1976 classic
New Zealand broadcasting history book 'Voices in the Air' and we're
passing on the savings to you. Now just US$59.95.
These books are all used but it's long out of print. Some copies may
include the 45rpm recording of great moments in New Zealand radio
history.
Use your VISA, Mastercard, AMEX or JCB card today and get 'Voices in
the Air' for just US$59.95 including international air shipping.
Include your mailing address please.
Simply use the donation button on this page. Offer ends July 31 2009
unless stocks exhausted earlier. Save US$10 now and make sure of your
copy today!
Radio Hauraki CD + Book Sale
Save US$10 June & July Only
Save US$10, only US$59.95 for the classic 'Shoestring Pirates' book
with the full pirate story, photos etc by Adrian Blackburn PLUS the
CD 'A Fresh Pacific Wind' with interviews, live recordings and
jingles from the original Radio Hauraki 1480.
Use your VISA, Mastercard, AMEX or JCB card today and get this
special combo, including international air shipping for just
US$59.95. Include your mailing address please.
Simply use the donation button on this page. Offer ends July 31 2009
unless stocks exhausted earlier. Save US$10 now and get both the book
and the CD!
Book Review
Aunt Gwen of 2YA
by Margaret Willis
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Aunt Gwen of 2YA.
by Margaret Willis
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"Putting together this story about my mother has taken a long time,
all my life in fact."
With these words, Margaret Willis introduces us
to New Zealand's most loved Radio Aunt, 'Aunt Gwen of 2YA'.
In the 1920's when radio was new, it was common for stations to run
popular childrens sessions. The personalities of the day were usually
given a friendly 'Aunt' or 'Uncle' title, so that listeners could be
drawn around the fireplace to listen to a trusted 'family member'
tell stories, share poems, jokes and music and tips for growing up
'healthy, wealthy and wise'.
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Book Review
Never A Dull Moment
by Keith Richardson
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Never A Dull Moment jacket.
© Keith Richardson.
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Keith Richardson is known to Kiwi babyboomers for his top rating
radio shows on 1XN Whangarei, 2ZC Napier, 2ZB Wellington and to even
more recent listeners on Radio Pacific, Greater Wellington FM, Radio
Fifeshire and others.
'Never A Dull Moment - My Life in Broadcasting and other Diversions'
is a little gem, as Keith lays, no holds barred, 'A Colourful Career'
in front of the reader.
'Top 40' at 2ZC, 'NZ Hit Parade' and 'NZ Top 20' are the record
spinning shows for which Keith is often best remembered, and these
programs with their crazy sound effects, double entendres and more
pushed the limit of acceptability on notoriously fuddy duddy state
radio in the 1950's and 60's.
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WASA Radio, AFRS McMurdo Antarctica
"The Most Wonderful Antarctic Station Anywhere"
By Bob Flint
ASA "Det A" Deep Freeze 72
In 1971 I had the privilege of being deployed to the Antarctic for one year and three days. The following are excerpts from my diary in regards to my involvement with the WASA radio station at McMurdo.
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WASA Radio, AFRS McMurdo station sign.
[L] ET1 Bob Flint
[R] HM1 Chuck Yarnell.
© Bob Flint Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation.
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2ZA Radio Golden Years
Reinvented on Stage
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This short announcement in the 'NZ Radio Record'
magazine heralded the opening of 2ZA in 1938.
© David Lascelles Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation.
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2ZA 'The Voice of the Manawatu' began broadcasting from
Palmerston North in 1938.
An ambitious social history exhibition was mounted by the regional
museum Te Manawa to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the local radio
station that had such an impact on community life.
Running for over six months, the exhibition has proved a magnet for
memories and a catalyst for events such as The Great New Zealand
Radio Show.
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Kiwi Amateurs 12-92 On Air
Hello? Is it me you're looking for?
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ANYBODY OUT THERE?: Brendan Farrell, 12, is the youngest radio ham in New Zealand. Beside him is Cecil James - the oldest at the age of 92.
© Waikato Times
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Interviewed by Geoff Taylor - Waikato Times
Cecil James and Brendan Farrell share something unique: they are the oldest and youngest ham radio operators in New Zealand and they belong to the Hamilton Radio Electronics Group.
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Apna 990AM Auckland
Four Years on the Airwaves
By JUSTIN LATIF - Western Leader
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Shaiyaz Mohammed Apna 990AM.
© JUSTIN LATIF/Western Leader
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Morning radio jockey Shaiyaz Mohammed doesn't mind getting up at 4.30am to do the job he loves.
The Apna 990 general manager hosts the radio station's breakfast show and has been with the media company since its inception.
The station, which broadcasts on the frequency 990AM, celebrates its fourth birthday this month and Shaiyaz says it's been an exciting time.
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Blue Skies FM
Central community radio goes off air
The Southland Times
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Mike Bain.
© JOANNE CARROLL/The Southland Times
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Alexandra's only independently owned radio station is going off air.
Blue Skies FM will have its final broadcast on Tuesday and become RadioWorks' easy-listening radio station the Breeze from Wednesday.
> read more
One Christian Radio set to rock the airwaves
Taranaki Daily News
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One Christian Radio Managing Director James Cope looks
forward to involving the community in the new station.
© CAMERON BURNELL/Taranaki Daily News
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James Cope is bringing his faith to New Plymouth airwaves.
The Ohio native and the Taranaki Christian Media Trust began broadcasts from their One Christian Radio station in late August, but plan to get bigger.
> read more
Southside FM
From Chris' Garage to the Airwaves
By IMOGEN NEALE - Manukau Courier
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Chris Bennett's low power radio station broadcasts from
his garage.
© SHANE WENZLICK/Manukau Courier
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When Papatoetoe man Chris Bennett didn't like what he heard on the radio he decided to do something about it.
But rather than just switching stations, he took things a few steps further – and started his own.
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Hospital Radio Timaru
By BETHANY MARETT - The Timaru Herald
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Hospital Radio 88.1 FM presenters entertain the audience
with a skit entitled 'Snow White and the Several Dwarfs' at the
stations' 20th anniversary celebrations in the Woodlands Church Hall.
© NATASHA MARTIN/Timaru Herald
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Hosptal Radio celebrated 20 years yesterday with the biggest crowd yet to its annual gathering.
About 135 people turned up to the Woodlands Rd Church Hall for the variety concert, which was put together by the station's announcers.
DJ Allan Stewart kept the crowd entertained with quick-witted stories, and the final skit of the day, entitled `Snow White and the several dwarfs', had everyone laughing in their seats.
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Access Manawatu 999AM
10 Years On Air
Manawatu Standard
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AIRWAVES: The broadcasters and supporters of Access Manawatu toast their first decade on air.
© SAM BAKER/Manawatu Standard.
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Ten years on, and this radio station team hasn't let anything get it down.
Supporters of community-run station Access Manawatu yesterday raised their glasses to a decade of bringing the "voice of the people" to Palmerston North.
In a speech at the festivities, station manager Fraser Greig said the station is a platform for the community voice to be heard.
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Reef Radio Golden Oldies on Air
Central Leader
Eric Allen is using his love and knowledge of music to give back to his local community.
After becoming fed up with the lack of radio programmes for seniors, the 83-year-old Pt Chevalier resident decided to start his own station, Reef Radio, in 2006.
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OLD FAVOURITES: Eric Allen runs Reef Radio out of a small studio he set up at his Pt Chevalier home..
© JASON OXENHAM/Central Leader.
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He now runs the station out of a small home studio 24 hours a day, seven days a week on 106.7FM.
> read more
Howick Village Radio
Voice of the People
Eastern Courier
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TUNED IN: Michael Rowse and Jenny Foster of Howick Village Radio say the new station will provide a valuable community service.
© FIONA GOODALL/Eastern Courier.
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Eastern residents have a local voice thanks to the launch of a new radio station.
Howick Village Radio officially launched last week and promises a mix of local news, community group information, health and lifestyle features, and varied musical styles.
"We wanted something solely for the Howick community and locals to call their own, and hopefully we can make a success of the venture," says station manager Michael Rowse.
> read more
3ZM Jingle Returns Home
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It's A Girl!
Listen to this radio jingle.
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Here's a nice little jingle from 3ZM 1323
AM in Christchurch. It's from around 1979.
Many thanks to Jim
Barrington [Australia] for sharing this clip with us.
Pub Charity Joins Kiwi Radio Campaign
We're delighted to welcome Pub Charity to the Kiwi Radio Campaign.
Their financial support helps us protect even more of New Zealand's radio heritage and make it available on-line for free community access.
Kiwis have enjoyed listening to the radio as entertainment at their member hotels for many decades, and continue to do so today. Welcome aboard, and thanks for your generous support.
> read more
Apex Car Rentals Joins Campaign
Apex Rentals Cars, New Zealand's largest independently owned car hire company, has joined the Kiwi Radio Campaign as a sponsor. Their supply of a rental car allows the campaign 'to take the scenic route with New Zealand Car Rental' and visit towns, cities and out of the way localities around the country collecting radio memorabilia, recording oral histories... > read more
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