Secret Radio Talks Turn Tide on Santo Rebellion
In the months leading up to Vanuatu gaining its Independence in July 1980, a fierce anti-Independence rebellion, dubbed the 'Coconut War', was taking place in the country's north on the island of Espiritu Santo. The island of Santo was under the control of anti-Independence rebels of the Nagriamel Movement and Independence supporters there were cut off from the Independence leaders based in the south in Port Vila...
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The Radio Scene on the World's Most Isolated Island
Modern geographers inform us that the world’s most isolated island is the barren, frozen and windswept island called Bouvet, in the South Atlantic Ocean. This small uninhabited island is located somewhere between South America, South Africa, and Antarctica, more than a thousand miles distant from each continent...
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ABC Radio Darwin 8DR on Shortwave
After Cyclone Tracy devasted the Northern Territory city of Darwin in Australia, authorities turned to shortwave radio to help coordinate the mass evacuation of the city...
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A Brief History of the "A Noite" Building
Brief history about the "A Noite" building, which used to be the headquarters of the National Radio of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which in the 40s and 50s was the main radio station in the country and a true symbol of the so-called "Era de la Radio".....
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KDKA Shortwave in Pittsburgh: Four Locations
The first location for KDKA mediumwave and shortwave was atop the eight story high Building K at the Westinghouse factory at East Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Building K was the tallest building in this large manufacturing complex and the fledgling KDKA, studio and transmitter, was installed in a wooden shack at the western end of this flat roof....
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Return to the Radio Scene on Bougainville in the South Pacific
Wireless came to Bougainville more than 100 years ago with the installation of Australian made AWA equipment which was taken into service in January 1916 under the Australian callsign VIU. In those days, many of the closer Pacific Islands that had been annexed by the United Kingdom were administered from Australia...
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The Radio Saga on Two Small Islands South of New Zealand
The South Pacific nation of New Zealand is made up of two major home islands, the North Island and the South Island, together with an estimated 600 outlier islands. South of the South Island, and on each side of the stormy Foveaux Strait, lie a dozen or more small islands, only one of which is inhabited.
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Brazil: The Early Mediumwave Years
By the end of January 1942, Japanese armed forces had scrambled down through the thick jungles and the multitude of rubber plantations on the Malay Peninsula until they finally reached Johore Bahru, facing Singapore Island. They then began sporadic attempts at bombarding the island and at crossing the waterway that separated the Malay mainland from Singapore Island itself.
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Radio Malaya Singapore in Two Different Countries
By the end of January 1942, Japanese armed forces had scrambled down through the thick jungles and the multitude of rubber plantations on the Malay Peninsula until they finally reached Johore Bahru, facing Singapore Island. They then began sporadic attempts at bombarding the island and at crossing the waterway that separated the Malay mainland from Singapore Island itself.
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Keith Richardson Studio Carts
A collection of studio cart tapes donated to us by radio DJ Keith Richardson.
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KNKR Kohala Radio, Hawaii
Radio waves North Kohala, a district encompassing three small towns on the volcanic coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, is well known for its rugged beaches...
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New Zealand Broadcasting Press Clippings Scrapbook 1997
The late Mark Nicholls kept a series of scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the broadcasting scene in New Zealand. These books provide an interesting look back at NZ broadcasting at the time. ...
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Radio Navarino, Puerto Williams, Chile
Puerto Williams, a town of about 3,000 on the Chilean island of Navarino, is by almost all accounts the southernmost city in the world. Officially the port of entry for ships en route to Antarctica, it nudged out Ushuaia in Argentina for the title in 2019 due to its new categorisation as a city...
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LLRI: Radio Star and a Tank
RADIO STAR AND A TANK: This picture of Joy Nichols, 15-year-old star of the ZB programme “The Youth Show”, was taken during a “win-the-war” rally in Sydney...
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Radio Redwood Good Music 107.5FM
Radio Redwood, based in Christchurch, New Zealand, was established as a 'ham' station in 1973 by John Downey call sign ZL3TDQ. Radio Redwood Good Music 107.5FM is one of the many community stations around New Zealand...
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Pluralism, Representation and Diversity
Radio JK FM 102.7 MHz Brasilia
Today I present you a different and very special report, from Brazil, to know the story of Alexandre Loyola, who with a lot of effort, dedication and creativity earned a place on the radio stations of the Brazilian capital. He conducts "Programa Show", which is broadcast in one of the central times of the JK 102.7 Mhz radio station, from Monday to Saturday from 09:00 to 12:00...
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Raglan Community Radio 98.1 MHz
Raglan is a coastal town in New Zealand that’s famous for its surf breaks and volcanic black-sand beaches. According to Aaron Mooar, who manages Raglan's community radio station, there’s actually a lot more to the town...
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The Radio Scene in the Lonely Isolated Maldive Islands
The Island of Gan
The Maldive Islands are a lonely and isolated cluster of islands that lie towards the southern end of a very long series of underwater mountains on the western side of the Indian subcontinent. This island chain stretches for 1000 miles, from the Aminidivi Islands in the extreme north to the Chagos Islands in the extreme south..
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AFRS "Stateside USA" on KIBS Canton Island
From a CD donated to us in 2012 by Glenn Carpenter, enjoy this episode of AFRS "Stateside USA – 15 Minutes of Home Town Highlights", broadcast on KIBS Canton Island
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Brotherly Luv on 106.7 in Whanganui
Audio snippets from BrotherLuv 106.7 FM, Whanganui
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BNBS Leopoldville, Belgian Congo
Rare station id & booklet from station OTC of the Belgian National Broadcasting Service transmitting from Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo c1953
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German Radio 100
It was on December 22 just last year (2020), that Germany celebrated its centenary of radio broadcasting with special radio programming to honor the occasion. Just 100 years ago, on Monday December 22, 1920, Dr. Hans Bredow and his fellow staff personnel at the Koenigswusterhausen Radio Station presented a special program of music and talks to honor the Christmas occasion.
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Radio With Pictures from Radio Manukena, Easter Island
Enjoy rare audio recordings and photo gallery from Radio Manukena on Easter Island.
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Gary Cooper on KIBS Canton Island 1953
In 1953 Gary Cooper was returning to the US after filming the movie Return to Paradise on location in Samoa. During his stop-over in Canton Island, Cooper was interviewed by the local radio station, KIBS, for their feature "The Traveller Talks".
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The Easter Island Story
Wavescan: Easter Island is a rugged and fascinating island way out in the South Pacific Ocean. It has been isolated and lonely, and it is an island full of intriguing history and custom...
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Bahrain Radio Renovates
Arabian Peninsula national broadcaster enters the digital world with room to grow.
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Radio at the Heads
Radio personality Mark Perry never realised that his career would turn into a hobby entertaining people across the world from the little township of Mangawhai.
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The Original Radio Saigon
Wavescan: In the Summer of the year 1928, Mr. Joseph de la Pommeraya, representing the newly organized Franco-Indochinese Radio Company in Saigon, approached the Director of the French Radio-Electric Society in Haussman Boulevard in Paris with a request to buy a 12 kW shortwave transmitter for installation in Saigon...
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St. Vincent Volcanic Eruption
Wavescan: Normally a paradise for tourists, a recent massive volcanic eruption on St Vincent Island in the Caribbean (on Friday April 9, 2021) produced an ash...
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Finger on The Pulse
The new era thrust upon us by the global pandemic has provided an interesting opportunity for a locally-based cruise ship director who has shifted his overseas office to a makeshift studio in Papamoa.
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Japan's only shortwave station still in business after 80 years
Standing tall and proud over an area of 1 million square meters or so, a forest of steel towers in two-tone red and white is the dominant feature under the blue sky against the backdrop of Mount Tsukubasan. This is KDDI Corp.'s Yamata Transmitting Station...
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RAAF Radio Butterworth 1960-1987
This small book was published in 1987 to mark the closure of RRB, RAAF Radio Butterworth, which had served the RAAF base, located in Butterworth, Malaysia, on 1445 kHz since 1960.
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A Visit to Super Radio Brasil AM 940 Rio de Janeiro
Our contributor Martin Butera visits the station Super Radio Brasil AM 940 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Radio Facility in India Turned into a Jail
Wavescan: It was on August 5 last year (2020), that All India Radio in Almora in the northern Indian border state of Uttarakhand announced that local...
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Vatican Radio Celebrates 90 Years
Wavescan: It was at 4:30 pm on Thursday February 12, 1931 that the new Vatican Radio was officially inaugurated under the direction of the famous radio...
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Radio Malaysia Celebrates 75 Years
Wavescan: A recent email message from Jose Jacob VU2JOS in India alerts us to the fact that Radio Malaysia celebrated its 75th anniversary...
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Radio Polynesia Ltd, Samoa
Station Promos from c2005
Station Promos - Radio Polynesia Ltd operates a network of radio stations based in Apia, Samoa.
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