http://www.radioheritage.net/ Radio History News and Information from the Radio Heritage Foundation - sharing the stories of Pacific radio. en-us http://www.radioheritage.net/CMN/RHFlogo01.gif http://www.radioheritage.net/ http://www.radioheritage.net/Volunteer.asp#Wanted If you're interested in global radio, here's a great opportunity to join the all volunteer team at the Radio Heritage Foundation for a short project starting April 1 2013... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, March 4 2013 to hear an exciting visit to the contemporary Kaua'i radio dial on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, February 18 2013 to hear an exciting visit to the contemporary American Samoa radio dial on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, October 15 2012 to hear, for the first time on radio since 1953, the Lost Nixon Tape from KIBS Radio, Canton Island, on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, October 1 2012 to explore the world of local radio from Guam USA in the far western Pacific on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story277.asp US$240 in gifts available to donors September 1 - November 30 Read on to find out how to win! http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp US$240 in gifts available to donors... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp I'd like to thank radio listeners and others from around the world who contributed monitoring reports of short wave radio broadcasts from Papua New Guinea... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp This month we have five recommendations and seven book reviews for you to enjoy... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The latest version of the famous PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region is now available... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, June 11 2012 to explore the world of breakfast radio on several of the 15 local FM radio stations in Suva on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Australian based Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement has launched a weekly one hour shortwave radio program in Fijian targeted at Fiji... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Top 5 Radio Books for May... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp One of the greatest radio ambushes in New Zealand radio history took place in the last week of April 1937... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp On April 25, Australia and New Zealand jointly commemorate ANZAC Day, a day of remembrance for those who fell or served in war, and a series of features on our website reflect fascinating aspects of military broadcasting... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Two new amateur radio features have been released today by the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story257.asp Art of Amateur Radio Japan : A selection of amateur QSLs from the Quartz Hill Collection... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story256.asp In the first of this new series, amateur radio stations from around the world that have worked ZL2ADN Palmerston North, New Zealand, are featured... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The online Pacific Asia Listener [PAL] Radio Guides cover five of the top 10 Global Cities to Watch... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Top 5 Radio Books for Easter 2012... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Top 5 Radio Books for March 2012... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, March 5 2012 to share long time favorite radio serials for Australian and New Zealand listeners on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Australian Radio 1922-2012 - Amateur Radio DJs lead the way...... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story255.asp Australian Radio 1922-2012 - Amateur Radio DJs lead the way...... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, February 20 2012 to enter the fascinating world of Australian radio broadcasting in 1922 on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Top 5 Radio Books for February... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Those who listened to US stations in the late 70's and early 80's will remember this music format - featuring adult standards - heard on a large number of AM stations... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Top 5 Radio Books for January... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Listening with Lizzie - British Commonwealth on the Air 1952-53 - Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2012 http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp You can now use our free 2012 Travellers Radio Guides covering Melanesia Pacific, Micronesia Pacific and Polynesia Pacific http://www.radioheritage.net/Story254.asp British Commonwealth on the Air 1952-53 - Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee - Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2012 http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Radio Heritage Christmas Newsletter & Competition http://www.radioheritage.net/ Win 150 Hours+ of Wonderful Music by Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby http://www.radioheritage.net/Story253.asp ZL6RWC Rugby World Cup Radio http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Long Lost Australian Radio Stars 2KM Kempsey, 2MW Murwillumbah, 2QN Deniliquin, 3BA Ballarat and 4IP Ipswich http://www.radioheritage.net/Story252.asp 4IP Ipswich 'Your Local Station for Better Entertainment' http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Top 5 Recommended Books for December are... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story251.asp 2QN Deniliquin 'The Riverina Station' http://www.radioheritage.net/Story250.asp 2MW Murwillumbah 'The Voice of the Far North Coast' http://www.radioheritage.net/Story249.asp 3BA Ballarat 'The Voice of the Garden City' http://www.radioheritage.net/Story248.asp 2KM Kempsey 'The Voice of the Macleay' http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The online PAL Radio Guide covers five of the top 10 Global Cities to Watch.....the urban centers that are shaping the next century... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story247.asp VU2ZP Yank Radio.... Bangalore: The Brochure... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation releases two new features with first-hand personal stories about early broadcasting in Asia... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story246.asp In 1946, British announcer Peter Knowlden introduced radio programs to British Commonwealth Occupation Forces at Miho Airfield in Japan with the words This is Station WLKT Miho operating on 14-40 kilocycles and 2-oh-8 metres... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Top 5 Radio Books for November - All new sponsors now get the World Radio TV Handbook 2012 for free, mailed worldwide.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The online PAL Radio Guide covers seven of the World's 10 Biggest MegaCities and eight of the World's 10 Fastest Growing Cities of Tomorrow... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation releases a new feature 'Chinese Radio in 1937' at www.radioheritage.com which offers a fascinating insight into early radio broadcasting in China... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Long Lost Australian Radio Stars 2GF Grafton, 2KA Katoomba and 3GL Geelong... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Radio Heritage Foundation - October Radio Heritage News... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation now offers a free World Radio TV Handbook 2012 to all new sponsors for the rest of this year... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation releases six new features celebrating AFRS radio stations in India and Burma during the 1940s... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, October 17 2011 as we bring you an exclusive review of radio broadcasting in today's Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the new Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The latest version of the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region is now available... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Hundreds of Radio Books...from just 1c* Celebrate October Specials!!! Top 5 Recommended Books for October 2011... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, October 3 2011 as we bring you an exclusive review of radio broadcasting in today's Federated States of Micronesia on the new Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Just imagine.... there is only one non-profit organization devoted to keeping safe all the many memories and memorabilia of radio broadcasting from across the Pacific in one place....and sharing them for free.....The Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp We're pleased to invite you to visit www.localradiochoice.com where you'll find full details about the new advertising and sponsorship program for independent LPFM and local radio stations... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Australian Heritage AM Radio Series 1 - Long Lost Australian Radio Stars - 2XL Cooma, 4GY Gympie and 2WL Wollongong... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The PAL Radio Guides list all known AM and SW radio stations operating in the region...... with detailed station data such as operating times, languages, location, and much more...across many thousands of individual stations... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp *********Last call for entries...closes September 15************ In association with our good friends at OTRCAT, we're excited to bring you THREE chances to win 4 x MP3 CDs containing the full 'Pacific Story' of 170 episodes of this fabulous vintage radio serial... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp "Yankee Doodle Went to Sitka"... a line from a 1944 radio tribute to WVCX Sitka [Alaska] and one of the two stations [the other was KODK Kodiak] generally accepted as being the first Armed Forces Radio stations going on the air in 1941... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp From the comfort of your desk or ipad, come and browse hundreds of radio books..if not thousands about radio, technical guides, histories, music, entertainers, classic and antique radio, radio espionage and so much more and know everything you buy helps support our radio heritage operations... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp This new features cover two original country radio stations in New South Wales - 2DU Dubbo and 2GN Goulburn... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Closing soon! In association with our good friends at OTRCAT, we're excited to bring you THREE chances to win 4 x MP3 CDs containing the full 'Pacific Story' of 170 episodes of this fabulous vintage radio serial... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Radio Heritage Newsletter August 2011 - #30A... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The new features cover the three original stations of the Victorian Broadcasting Network - 3HA Hamilton, 3SH Swan Hill and 3TR Sale & Gippsland... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp In association with our good friends at OTRCAT, we're excited to bring you THREE chances to win 4 x MP3 CDs containing the full 'Pacific Story' of 170 episodes of this fabulous vintage radio serial... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Radio Heritage Newsletter August 2011 - #30... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp From the comfort of your desk or ipad, come and browse hundreds of radio books..if not thousands about radio, technical guides, histories, music, entertainers, classic and antique radio, radio espionage and so much more and know everything you buy helps support our radio heritage operations... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The addition of major new European radio history content at its website [www.radioheritage.com] marks a move by the Radio Heritage Foundation to extend its coverage of radio heritage connections to Europe.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp A group of public broadcasters in the South Pacific have joined forces with a key aim of co-ordinating their requests for foreign aid reports the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp A new version of the Australian Narrowcast Radio Guide 1611-1701 AM has just been released by the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp A new multi-media feature about Papua New Guinea Radio in 2011 has been released by the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp It's 50 years since Elvis Presley released his famous movie 'Blue Hawaii' filmed in this beautiful state, and now we're pleased to tell you the winner of our latest competition which just closed... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation again offers free introductory supporter membership to over 550,000 New Zealanders who hold the SuperGold Card or the Veteran SuperGold Card... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp All on sale right now at our online bookstores...imagine, some of the 1c* buys include Absolute Beginners Guide to Podcasting, Secrets of Podcasting, Come up this Mountain [HCJB story] and 40 Watts from Nowhere... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story212.asp One of the most fascinating countries for international shortwave radio listeners continues to be Papua New Guinea... a large archipelago of islands to the immediate north of Australia... mainly because it has some twenty locally operating shortwave radio stations... and also because they seem to operate in a kind of information black hole... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp The latest edition of the Pacific Radio Newsleter is now available.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The latest version of the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region is now available.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The latest additions to this popular series hosted by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.com have now been published. The features take a nostalgic look back 65 years to the mid-1940s and the personalities, programs and station profiles of Australian Heritage AM Radio across the country before TV and FM arrived on the scene.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp 7AD Devonport and 7BU Burnie 'provide a continuous day-time and dual night-time transmission' and many young Tasmanians were members of their Sunpolisher's Club and the Koala Club according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp There were 65,000 'Kangas' or members of the 5AD Kangaroo Club after just 14 years and they enjoyed music and much more from their Uncles and Aunts of the 5AD Advertiser Broadcasting Network during the mid-1940s according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Central Queensland radio 4LG radiates from the centre of the state and serves 'the woolgrower, pastoral worker and town dwellers' according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Powerful 4SB 'covers the rich districts of the Burnett, Moreton, Wide Bay and the Darling Downs' with 'clear uninterrupted radio reception' according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, June 27 2011 as we bring you an exclusive review of radio broadcasting in today's Papua New Guinea - so much more than 20 tropical band shortwave radio stations - on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The June 2011 version of the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region is now available from www.radioheritage.com... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, June 13 2011 as we bring you the inside story on Radio New Brighton 102.1 FM, the emergency radio station for earthquake hit Christchurch, to be broadcast on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp June Highlights: 4KZ Radio Featured Supporter; In the News; Top 5 June Radio Books; Radio Relationship Managers; Win Elvis! New Competition; Did You Know?; Daily Donors US$50 http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp New Zealand's international shortwave broadcaster, Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] has again had its annual budget frozen in the latest government budget for FY 2011-12 announced here today... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Imagine a Wellington radio dial with just one local station to choose from, and that with a silent day and short hours. Add some local artists, some recordings, talks on the British Empire, some sports, and no news... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp We're currently reviewing the status of broadcasting in PNG as part of our ongoing updates for the World Radio TV Handbook [WRTH] and our PAL Radio Guides at www.radioheritage.com... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp It's just got easier to buy your favorite Pacific radio books, starting from as low as 19c* for 'Secret War in Shanghai' by Bernard Wasserstein.......and it doesn't matter whether you live in Canada, the UK, Australia, USA, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii or other places....we're open worldwide!... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp It's just got easier to buy your favorite vintage radio books, starting from as low as 72c* for 'Evolution of the Radio Vol.1' by Scott Wood... and it doesn't matter whether you live in Canada, the UK, Australia, USA, New Zealand or other places... we're open worldwide!... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp It's just got easier to buy your favorite amateur radio books, starting from as low as 63c* for 'Now You're Talking' by Larry D Wolfgang... and it doesn't matter whether you live in Canada, the UK, Australia, USA, New Zealand or other places....we're open worldwide!... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Latest versions of the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] and SW [shortwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region are now available from www.radioheritage.com... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Just imagine the loss if someone didn't take care of the stuff connected to radio broadcasting... the stories, tape recordings, photos, memorabilia and all the bits and pieces that continue to daily help shape our popular culture... and if you couldn't share and enjoy these things for free... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Hello, I'd like to give you some good news about how your support and interest is making it possible to do more in 2011 to help tell more people about the good role that radio plays in our daily lives... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation says the local radio dial in Christchurch [New Zealand] is almost back to the situation it was before the massive earthquake of February 22 2011 which disrupted many services... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Hello, are your station details with us currently up to date? Do you listen to local LPFM and know we've got outdated information in our guide?... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp It's 50 years ago that a young Elvis Presley recorded the sound track for his movie 'Blue Hawaii' that was released later that year, and the Radio Heritage Foundation has released a new feature celebrating the connections between Elvis, his music and the Hawaiian Radio Dial in 1961... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Radio was still a teenager when called up for active duty in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II but had moved into respectable middle age by 1970 when the Vietnam War was raging says the Radio Heritage Foundation in the latest feature... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story191.asp Our list of Christchurch Radio Services has been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Easter 2011 Book Specials - Hundreds of Radio Books...from just 1c* - Top 5 Recommended Radio Books under $5*... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Just over a month ago, the Wellington [NZ] based Radio Heritage Foundation had the idea of bringing a mobile radio station to support the eastern suburbs of Christchurch... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Hello, are your station details with us currently up to date? Do you listen to local LPFM and know we've got outdated information in our guide?... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Former Sydney radio station 2UW was once the only station broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout Australia according to... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The most popular feature heard on 2MO was the Hillbilly request program on Saturday evenings, with requests from as far distant as Rockhampton and Invercargill... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Three new Media Releases have been published, highlighting new Australian Heritage Radio stories- 2BS, 2GZ and 2HD http://www.radioheritage.net/Story194.asp 2HD reopened under New Management, the shares in the Company having been purchased by the Australian Labour Party, and the Trades and Labour Council after the station had been out of operation for four years... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story193.asp Station 2GZ, Central New South Wales, commenced operations on Thursday, October 31st, 1935, with a powerful transmitter situated at Amaroo, twelve miles from Orange. Rapidly 2GZ became one of the most important and popular radio stations... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story192.asp 2BS The Centre of the West transmitting on a frequency of 1500 Kc/s, wavelength of 200 metres, commenced operation in 1937... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp During the past month cities in both New Zealand and Japan in our region have been shattered by terrible earthquakes... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The airwaves of eastern suburbs of the city will have a new sound on Monday morning as volunteer operated Classic Gold Radio New Brighton 102.1 FM begins ... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Access to check the status of CBD radio studios of many Christchurch radio broadcasters is gradually taking place 17 days after... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Access to the CBD radio studios of many Christchurch radio broadcasters continues to be denied... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp All on sale right now at our online bookstore...imagine, some of the 1c* buys include... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp We're pleased to announce a winner for our latest competition... http://www.radioheritage.net/KRC_News.asp Updated: Here is a complete list of current AM and FM radio services in Christchurch... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Stations On Air: Cotswold School FM 88.1, Volcano Radio in Lyttelton 88.5, Power Hits FM 87.8 in St Albans/Mairehau, Radio Redwood... http://www.radioheritage.net/KRC_News.asp Here is a complete list of current AM and FM radio services in Christchurch... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Christchurch Earthquake Local Community Radio Struggling: Low power local FM community radio stations in Christchurch are struggling to stay on the air and serve their local neighbourhoods with emergency and welfare support.... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, March 7 2011 as we bring you the sounds of contemporary FM radio in Bacolod City, Philippines, in the second of a two part series being broadcast on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International. You'll hear RJ100, MyOnly Radio, Jamie FM, Radio 103, Yes FM, KillerBee and Campus Radio with a wide variety of music, station ID's, jingles and local announcements.... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp We're humbled by your response since writing about six weeks ago about our financial challenges in 2011! http://www.radioheritage.net/KRC_news.asp In 1937, commercial radio 3ZB began broadcasting from New Brighton and this campaign links to our project to rennovate the original 3ZB building. http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave PDF for Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide has been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, February 21 2011 as we bring you the sounds of contemporary FM radio in Bacolod City, Philippines, in the first of a two part series being broadcast on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International. You'll hear Mom's Radio, Love Radio, Oldies Radio, iFM, Star FM, WRock, and Crossover FM with a wide variety of music, station ID's, jingles and local announcements... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story190.asp 2ZW The Voice of the Capital City. The first B licence issued to a New Zealand broadcaster was to 2ZW Wellington, which began operations on May 20 1931 at 1120 on the AM radio dial... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Win Pirate Radio USA DVD Competition. The Radio Heritage Foundation announces its first competition for radio fans in 2011... http://www.radioheritage.net/roll.asp Welcome to our new Introductory Supporters. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp If you're on the road this summer, exploring some lazy beaches or just rediscovering your local suburb, take your radio along with you and you may be surprised at what you find as you listen... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Latest versions of the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] and SW [shortwave] radio stations across the Asia and Pacific region are now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website http://www.radioheritage.net ... http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave database of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide has been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/ From the Chairman of the Radio Heritage Foundation, David Ricquish... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story189.asp Radio Shacks Gallery 2, the Quartz Hill Collection, amateur radio stations from around the world - ZL6QH... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave database of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide has been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp A young man growing up in Minnesota, another growing up in Virginia and yet another in far away New Zealand. They were all drawn together by one common love and exploring a world far beyond their local towns. In 'Undercover Radio' the new Popular Culture feature of the Radio Heritage Foundation ... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story188.asp By Bill Hester. A teenage boy in Hibbing was older than me then, and grew up a thousand miles from my home, but he could have lived next door. We shared and searched some of the same airwaves for a few years... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, October 18 2010 as we bring you the voices of New Zealand school children who now run their own two FM radio stations in our new radio heritage documentary broadcast on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Join us from Monday, October 4 2010 as we bring you the story of Hawaii Calls in our new radio heritage documentary broadcast on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story187.asp Keith Richardson did not spend his entire radio career collecting industry treasures to make his name made synonymous with radio heritage... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation now offers free introductory supporter membership to over 550,000 New Zealanders who hold the SuperGold Card or the Veteran SuperGold Card... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary - Papua New Guinea Radio - Tension In the Air 1950's... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp "Radio Free Fiji"? New Pirate Radio Plan... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Hello everyone, since we started this project, we've been encouraged and delighted by the global response from many thousands who share our vision to celebrate radio heritage and its connections with popular culture and nostalgia... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary Papua New Guinea Radio 75 Years On the Air... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp New versions of both the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] and SW [shortwave] radio stations across the region are now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website www.radioheritage.net. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp As well as some 250 full power FM frequency changes currently underway in New Zealand, the Low Power FM [LPFM] frequencies also change from June 1... http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave and shortwave databases and PDFs of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide have been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Public Radio Funding 'Holds the Line' whilst Commercial Radio Adjusts to Recession... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Radio New Zealand International [RNZI], the country's shortwave broadcaster receives no additional funding in the latest government budget for 2010/2011 announced in Wellington yesterday... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp According to a new feature 'Diamonds of the Dial' at their website www.radioheritage.net, most of the Australian heritage AM radio stations are in country areas, but Sydney is outstanding with 2BL, 2UE, 2KY, 2GB, 2SM and 2CH all achieving 'Diamonds of the Dial' status. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story186.asp 'Diamonds of the Dial', that's what the Radio Heritage Foundation calls 40 Australian heritage AM radio stations that have broadcast continuously for over 75 years with their original station calls... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Almost 70 low power stations are now broadcasting in Australia's expanded AM radio dial almost two decades after the new channels became available says the Radio Heritage Foundation which has just updated a contemporary guide to them at www.radioheritage.net http://radioheritage.net/Story183.asp An updated detailed list of Australian stations currently operating in the 1611-1701 AM band together with analysis of this fascinating and little known broadcasting landscape is now available as a downloadable Word document at www.radioheritage.net.... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp ANZAC Day 2010 Radio Memories. The Radio Heritage Foundation extends warm greetings to all veterans, friends and families as we remember on April 25 2010. On www.australianotr.com.au/Citation.asp you will find our latest project to Commemorate ANZAC Day. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Latest Pacific Asian Log Radio Guide Now Available... http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave database of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide has been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp We'd like to invite you to become an annual or lifetime supporter of our radio heritage activities... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/ContactUs.asp If you'd like to write to us, our new address is PO Box 2002, Newtown, Wellington 6242, New Zealand. http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Hello Radio Fans, Isn't it amazing to see how fast 2010 is rushing past....our second competition for the year is already online at www.radioheritage.net!... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary Australia's Radio Heritage... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Enter now to win a copy of 'Changing Stations' the fascinating story of commercial radio in Australia. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Roll.asp Thanks to our latest Annual supporters. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary Contemporary Island Radio Pacific Style Honiara and Vila... http://www.radioheritage.net/Roll.asp Thanks to our latest Lifetime and Annual supporters. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp New Zealand LPFM Radio Guide - Kiwi LPFM Hits 1400... http://www.radioheritage.net/BRR_intro.asp The Borderless Radio Rankings [BRR] introduce a fresh way of looking at local radio stations and brands in a global digital marketplace. We now cover Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Region and more radio markets will be progressively added. We also have our unique Pacific Top 1 Million Report. http://www.radioheritage.net/BRR_here.asp What do ABC Radio, Radio NZ, RFO Radio, Communications Fiji, KCCN-FM and KUAM have in common? http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Borderless Radio is Here! Creating Global Communities from Pacific Radio Brands... http://www.radioheritage.net/ Homepage material archived to From David's Desk.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Supporter.asp Welcome! It's thanks to people like you that we're able to save our radio heritage and make it freely available through this website.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Roll.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation extends it's thanks to Lifetime Supporters, Benefactors and Supporters.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Media.asp Radio Heritage now offers instant rewards for donations from Annual and Lifetime supporters... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story184.asp Changing Stations. The Story of Australian Commercial Radio by Bridget Griffen-Foley... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story184.asp Cold War Radio. The Dangerous History of American Broadcasting in Europe 1950-1989 by Richard H Cummings... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp and the holiday season.... It's time for another popular competition!!!!!!!! http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The shortwave database of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide and associated pdf has been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave database of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide and associated pdfs have been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Join us from Monday October 19 2009 when we air our new radio heritage documentary about surviving tsunamis in the South Pacific on the next Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program... http://radioheritage.net/Story183.asp A detailed list of Australian stations currently operating in the 1611-1701 AM band together with analysis of this fascinating and little known broadcasting landscape is now available as a downloadable Word document at www.radioheritage.net.... http://radioheritage.net/Shop1.asp Support the Radio Heritage Foundation by purchasing your new copy of the WRTV Handbook 2010 via Amazon through us.... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp Hello, and welcome to the latest news from the place where popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage collide!... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Almost 70 low power stations are now broadcasting in Australia's expanded AM radio dial almost two decades after the new channels became available... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The recent earthquake and devastating tsunami affecting Samoa, American Samoa and northern Tonga brought forward several shining examples of radio broadcasting dedication in the face of extreme danger says the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story182.asp 2LM is owned and operated by Richmond River Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. The Studios are situated in Molesworth Street, Lismore, and the transmitter in Ballina Road, Goonellabah... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI36.asp Australian radio station 3BA Ballarat supported the Sunshine Singers. Here they are pictured at Lorne in Victoria on January 24, 1938... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story181.asp A decade has passed since Station 2AD took the air to serve the New England Tableland... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story180.asp 3XY operated by Efftee Broadcasters Pty. Ltd., was founded by the late F. W. Thring, well known in Australian theatrical and film circles. It began operations on September 8th, 1935... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story179.asp Ideally situated in the heart of one of the Commonwealth's wealthiest districts, Station 2LF, from Young, dominates an area of over 11,000,000 acres containing a population of nearly 106,000... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story178.asp Mackay Broadcasting Service Pty. Ltd., is a 100 per cent. Mackay organisation established firmly in a very prosperous district... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Images Top 10 updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The 7DY Sunpolisher's Club had a membership of '2,900 juveniles' according to the latest in the popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars hosted by the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp "The dramatic story by a lady was broadcast at that time" wrote JOFK Radio in Hiroshima, Japan when confirming reception of its broadcasts at the other end of the Pacific during the 1930's. This postcard is one of many rare images forming part of a new feature... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story177.asp Nearly 1200 combined pages and extensive notes make the 'Shortwave Radio Trilogy' of U.S. radio listener and historian Jerry Berg a virtual encyclopedia of the global shortwave radio scene since 1923. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story172.asp Five Great Voices in One - 4BC Brisbane 4SB Kingaroy 4GR Toowoomba 4RO Rockhampton 4MB... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story171.asp Playing an important part in Tasmanian country broadcasting since February, 1938, Station 7DY, situated near Derby, operates on 1450 kc/s... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Menu changes... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Home Page Intro, menu changes... http://www.radioheritage.net/Tema_Beach.asp Enjoy a refreshing beach stay at our heritage 1920's beach bungalow. North Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story175.asp Treason on the Airwaves by Judith Keene from the University of Sydney. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story176.asp.asp During 1941, Japanese radio audiences had almost 50 local AM radio stations they could listen to for a large part of each broadcasting day... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Story title changes, menu additons... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story39.asp They Called Her Tokyo Rose, by Rex Gunn and Treason on the Airwaves, by Judith Keene added to Radio Tokyo at War (radioheritage.net/Story39.asp) and Tokyo Rose Broadcasts (radioheritage.net/Story41.asp)... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp JORK Kochi holds onto top spot for the second month... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp KSBK Ryukyu Islands holds first position for the tenth month running... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp It's always summer somewhere in the Pacific......and always time for radio in our lives! And here at the Radio Heritage Foundation, you'll always find radio, permanent summer and nostalgia at www.radioheritage.net... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story165.asp For a period of around two years during the Pacific War, there was no radio broadcasting station on the air in Port Moresby. ... http://www.radioheritage.net/RHPartners.asp#HSS Returning to the Asia Pacific region is the famous Happy Station that began in 1927 with Eddie Startz broadcasting from PCJ in Holland to the Dutch East Indies. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story174.asp Aunt Gwen of 2YA by Margaret Willis. "Putting together this story about my mother has taken a long time, all my life in fact." http://www.radioheritage.net/Story173.asp Never A Dull Moment by Keith Richardson. Keith Richardson is known to Kiwi babyboomers for his top rating radio shows on 1XN Whangarei, 2ZC Napier, 2ZB Wellington... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Modifications to left and right menus. http://www.radioheritage.net/RHPartners.asp#SSB Welcome to South Seas Broadcasting, Inc stations V103 and 93KHJ in American Samoa, latest Heritage Friends of the Radio Heritage Foundation. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Bob Flint, Station Manager of WASA McMurdo during the 1972 winter season, shares extracts from his personal diary in the latest feature about radio in Antarctica just released by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.net http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp "Welcome to KTLG Sangley Point' - with these words a new member of the Armed Forces Radio Service signed on to serve Sangley Point Naval Station near Manila in the Philippines in the early 1950's. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp In December 1982, millions of Japanese teenagers suddenly had a new pop music radio station targeted directly at them, playing the latest hits from LA, and sounding like nothing before on their airwaves. The Radio Heritage Foundation has released two new features at its global website www.radioheritage.net that cover the story of this remarkable station that rocked the radio dial across Japan. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation continues to expand its coverage of Samoan radio media history with the release of two new features at its global website www.radioheritage.net. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Unique to New Zealand's radio market are over 1,350 micro-broadcasters who have entertained the islands for almost two decades. Some have now migrated from covering a suburb or small town to hundreds of square kilometers radiating from prime new local FM frequencies. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story162.asp By Calvin Melen. The idea for a pop / rock station on Shortwave first appeared in early 1980. At the time there was an upsurge of popularity in shortwave listening amongst teenage Japanese... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story161.asp By Louis McClure Snr. I was sent TDY to the Naval Air Station, at Sangley Point, across the bay from Manila... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story160.asp By Matt McGuigan. Before enlisting in the Army in 1952 I had done some commercial broadcasting at a local radio station... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Links to major Asia Pacific sources of radio news have been updated... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story170.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story169.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story168.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story167.asp Morning radio jockey Shaiyaz Mohammed doesn't mind getting up at 4.30am to do the job he loves... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story166.asp Alexandra's only independently owned radio station is going off air.... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story164.asp When Papatoetoe man Chris Bennett didn't like what he heard on the radio he decided to do something about it... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story163.asp James Cope is bringing his faith to New Plymouth airwaves... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story157.asp Hosptal Radio celebrated 20 years yesterday with the biggest crowd yet to its annual gathering... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story148.asp Image of Edward Dahl added. He was secretary and general manager of 4AY Ayr in the late 1930's. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story160.asp Before enlisting in the Army in 1952 I had done some commercial broadcasting at a local radio station here at home, so, naturally, I was drawn to the AFRS station there at Sangley... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story159.asp KYOI, located on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands was a commercial shortwave station, on air 24 hours a day, broadcasting "Contemporary Hits" rock music directed at the Japanese market... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story158.asp We turned a corner on the Cross Island Road, and there sat a stumpy little radio tower, almost hidden in the misty rain. High in the hills behind Apia, the Afiamalu Pass is the location used by 2AP for many years... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story44.asp As part of the preparations for civilian air service from Fiji to the Cook Islands shortly after World War II, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) installed communications and radar services. I was involved with this work in Samoa, Tonga and Rarotonga, and, while in Apia, I decided to start up a radio station... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI35.asp We recently ran a competition celebrating 50 years of Hawaiian statehood. Readers were asked a number of questions about KHBC Hilo as featuring in our Art of Radio Hawaii... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story154.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story153.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story152.asp 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI32.asp KCCN Honolulu 1420 AM was one of the most popular radio stations in the Hawaiian islands. It broadcast Hawaiian music and culture and has since moved to FM where its popularity continues... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI32.asp In the early 1980's, several AM stations in northern NSW and SE Queensland [Australia] established a joint sales and marketing brand called 'The Golden Umbrella'... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI32.asp An early view of the first headquarters for the AFRS Jungle Network in WWII. WVTF was located at Hollandia in the Dutch East Indies [now part of Indonesia]... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp One of Western Australia's original radio networks is celebrated on-line at www.radioheritage.net with the release of a major new station profile in the popular Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series. 6PM began broadcasting on April 22 1937 from Fremantle and listeners enjoyed it's Willie Weeties Club and Happy Hour Club. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp More memories of Australian radio heritage are now on-line at www.radioheritage.net as the Radio Heritage Foundation rolls out another heritage profile in the popular Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series and a popular broadcaster shares some personal memories. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Nearly 150 years of Australian radio heritage is now celebrated on-line at www.radioheritage.net with the release of two new station profiles in the popular Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series. 4AY Ayr and 4VL Charleville have served their local rural communities for an accumulated 147 years, with 4AY celebrating 75 years on the air on October 1 2009. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp KSBK Ryukyu Islands holds first position for the ninth month running... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Add This introduced for content sharing... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp For June and July only save US$10 on the 1976 classic New Zealand broadcasting history book 'Voices in the Air' http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp For June and July only save US$10 on 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... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation introduces the Top 10 most viewed Long Lost Radio History Images from its collection... http://www.radioheritage.net/KRC_News.asp Here's a nice little jingle from 3ZM 1323 AM in Christchurch. It's from around 1979... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story150.asp Station 4VL is owned and controlled by the Charleville Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Alfred Street, Charleville. Studios and transmitter are situated at that address... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Celebrating 50 years of Hawaii statehood in 2009, the Radio Heritage Foundation recently ran a second competition linked to its Art of Radio Hawaii Exhibition online at www.radioheritage.net http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Join us from June 15 2009 when the Radio Heritage Foundation airs a new radio heritage documentary on the Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program. You can listen via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of frequencies and times and audio download at www.rnzi.com. http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI31.asp Isareli Racule was the first head of the Fiji section, Fiji Broadcasting Commision in 1954... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI30.asp 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 1954... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story151.asp The Whitford Network apart from its efforts to maintain a high standard in music, song and story, claims to lead West Australian radio in offering maximum assistance to the improvement of local radio talents... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story147.asp Santa will have no trouble finding one Christchurch house this Christmas -- 6000 lights flashing to synchronised music will see to that. Software programmer Nathan Kennedy has upped the ante for Christmas lights with a hi-tech, drive-by display... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI29.asp Women announcers were often found as 'Shopping Reporters' on the 'women's hour' programs... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI28.asp This photo of the 3ZB Christchurch [New Zealand] staff was taken for the 21st anniversary of the station... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI27.asp Toohey's Oatmeal Stout sponsored 'Mrs 'Arris and Mrs 'Iggs' an entertaining program from 2UW Sydney, Australia... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story144.asp Parkes Broadcasting Co. Pty. Ltd. is the licensee of 2PK, which came on the air on October 5th 1937... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story144.asp Hi! My name is Tom Crozier, long retired from commercial radio in Australia but still interested in the business... http://www.radioheritage.net/KRC_News.asp News from the Kiwi radio Campaign trail... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story148.asp The 4AY studios are two miles from Ayr, in a spacious tree-studded estate in the richest area of the Burdekin River Delta, the heart of the Cane Fields... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story146.asp At the tender age of 19, Ashley Worthy has his own caravan, cat, flat and radio station. Not bad for a legless lad from Waipu... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story145.asp As a child I always fancied being on the radio, playing cool music and emulating the gun DJ... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story149.asp The year gone by was a time when years of hard work and patience finally paid off for the radio industry in India. It was a year of intense competition, aggressive marketing and marginal creativity as private FM finally flowered in metros as well as tiny towns throughout the nation... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI26.asp Sports broadcaster Harry Millard smiles for the camera in this early photo from 2SM Sydney, Australia... http://www.radioheritage.net/Wavescan8a.asp The Dutch authorities at The Hague in their homeland over in Europe began an interest in the usage of wireless very early. They established a Wireless Company in 1916, they installed two spark Morse Code stations on the Dogger Banks in 1917, they made their first wireless broadcast in 1920, they installed their first wireless... http://www.radioheritage.net/Wavescan8b.asp As soon as things settled down in Balikpapan, the Australian army personnel got themselves busy in the area of radio broadcasting. They began to make program broadcasts over the camp amplifier system under a pretend radio station callsign TBC... http://www.radioheritage.net/Wavescan8c.asp Now, in assessing the available information, we would suggest that the Dutch colonial authorities took over both of the radio stations in Balikpapan from the Australian army... http://www.radioheritage.net/Wavescan8d.asp Here you'll find a very interesting entry regarding the American usage of a radio broadcasting station in Australia.... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp KSBK Ryukyu Islands holds first position for the eight month running... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI25.asp 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 Zealand... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI24.asp When Wellington, New Zealand, was battered by storms in December 1976, local Radio Windy 1080 AM provided superb coverage... http://www.radioheritage.net/LLRI23.asp 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 local newspaper the day before. A one-off promotion. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp Since the early days of radio, women have found a voice... http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Some 217 years of Australian radio heritage is now celebrated on-line at www.radioheritage.net with the release of three new station profiles in the popular Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series. 2BH Broken Hill, 2LT Lithgow and 2MG Mudgee have served their local communities for an accumulated 217 years, with 2BH celebrating 75 years on the air on June 30 2009. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Join us on June 01 2009 when the Radio Heritage Foundation airs a new radio heritage documentary on the Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program... http://www.radioheritage.net/PacRN.asp If you haven't visited www.radioheritage.net lately, you're missing out on lots of new stories and photos from around the Pacific and beyond, as well as a chance to enter our latest Art of Radio Hawaii competition!!!! http://www.radioheritage.net/Story142.asp Station 2MG, Mudgee, "The Voice of the Tablelands," owned and operated by the Mudgee Broadcasting Company Pty. Limited, is situated a mile from the chief commercial town of a very rich inner-western district of New South Wales... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story141.asp 2BH, "The Barrier Miner" Broadcasting Service is the only station giving coverage to Broken Hill and West Darling districts under all transmitting conditions. Associated with 2BH is the Smilers' Club with close to 3,000 members... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story140.asp Radio Centre 2LT, controlled by Lithgow Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. and an offshoot of Western Newspapers Pty. Ltd. commenced entertaining its 26,000 town listeners on June 7th, 1938. As Lithgow's "Sunshine Station," 2LT has won the confidence... http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp We're archiving material off our Home Page and From David's Desk to make way for lots of new material coming online. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp US magazine 'Popular Communications' names the Radio Heritage Foundation as home to one of the World's Top 5 Great QSL Collections in its April 2009 issue. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation has released a major new series of three articles at its global website www.radioheritage.net telling the story of the famous Mosquito Network that broadcast in the South Pacific in WWII. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation has now released an introductory guide to broadcasting in Antarctica at its global website www.radioheritage.net and with some four stations at McMurdo Station alone, it seems 'global warming' is now unfreezing the Antarctic radio dial. 'Antarctic Radio Unfreezes' journeys back to AFRS radio station WASA 600 AM at McMurdo and traces broadcasting through the American Forces Antarctic Network [AFAN] on shortwave 6012 through to today's Ice FM 104.5.....where old vinyls have kept on spinning for a new audience. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The Radio Heritage Foundation has released a new article reviewing the book 'From Parsifal to Peron' by Robert H Claxton at its global website www.radioheritage.net. Argentina began radio broadcasting in 1920, and its early history was based around radio amateurs who pushed new boundaries every day, proving that radio heritage is globally connected, and unable to be viewed just in the context of one nation's story. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story139.asp The Mosquito Network - American Military Radio in the Solomon Islands During WWII by Martin Hadlow. "As AES-Guadalcanal continued to develop, it was joined by other new stations in The Mosquito Network. On April 3, 1944, AES-Munda (New Georgia), opened transmissions..." http://www.radioheritage.net/Story138.asp The Mosquito Network - American Military Radio in the Solomon Islands During WWII by Martin Hadlow. "Once ashore, Captain Spencer Allen was relieved to find that Army engineers and Signal Corpsmen had constructed a studio building for the radio station, 'the first made of clapboard in the camp,' he recalls, and a smaller transmitter shack about 200 yards away." http://www.radioheritage.net/Story137.asp The Mosquito Network - American Military Radio in the Solomon Islands During WWII by Martin Hadlow. "The American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides Stateside radio and television programming, 'a touch of home,' to U.S. service men and women, DoD civilians, and their families serving outside the continental United States." http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Congratulations to Radio Waikanae 88.7 FM, LPFM Radio Guide listing #1337, the latest update to the guide at www.radioheritage.net! It's been a little while since we had a good clean up of who's on, who's off, who's where etc so can you spare a few minutes to help keep the guide up to date for us? http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp Win a beautiful retro KPOI Honolulu t-shirt! Thanks to our good friends at RadioLogoLand, we've got another great prize for you...and don't forget to click on their logo to see what other great radio designs they've got waiting for you in their collection... http://www.radioheritage.net/ 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. http://www.radioheritage.net/Story136.asp Early Radio in Argentina, 1920-1944 by Robert Howard Claxton. A Review by David Ricquish ... http://www.radioheritage.net/Story135.asp There's competition along the Antarctic radio dial. Yes, McMurdo alone now boasts three FM stations, and the nearby New Zealand base has yet another... http://www.radioheritage.net We continue our celebrations of 50 years of Hawaii statehood with another great retro radio competition open worldwide. It is easy to enter... http://www.radioheritage.net We have 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. http://www.radioheritage.net 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. http://www.radioheritage.net/media.asp The classic Pacific Asian Log of mediumwave [AM] radio stations on air across the entire region has now been updated at www.radioheritage.net. Produced by Bruce Portzer in Seattle WA, this extensive radio guide covers literally thousands of AM radio stations and is hosted by the Radio Heritage Foundation... http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_search.asp The mediumwave database of Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide and associated pdfs have been updated. http://www.radioheritage.net/default.asp KSBK Ryukyu Islands holds first position for the seventh month running... http://www.radioheritage.net/RHF_NEWS_RSS2_Archive.XML Archive of Radio Heritage News - From David's Desk RSS feed