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June 13 2009 NZ FM Radio - Hear the Lights 88.1 FM

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...




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June 13 2009 Radio Station History Australia: Whitford Broadcasting Network - 6PM Perth, 6AM Northam, 6KG Kalgoorlie, 6GE Geraldton

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...




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June 15 2009 Long Lost Radio History Image - Magnecorders, FBC Suva

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...




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June 15 2009 Long Lost Radio History Image - Isareli Racule, FBC Suva

Isareli Racule was the first head of the Fiji section, Fiji Broadcasting Commision in 1954...




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June 22 2009 Radio Station History Australia: 4VL - Charleville "The Voice of the Far West"

Station 4VL is owned and controlled by the Charleville Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Alfred Street, Charleville. Studios and transmitter are situated at that address...




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July 05 2009 NZ FM Radio - Howick Village Radio

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...




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July 05 2009 NZ FM Radio - Reef Radio - Golden Oldies on Air

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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July 05 2009 Samoan Radio - ZMAP Apia - an Alan Roycroft Station

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...




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July 10 2009 Radio Station History Australia: 4AY "The Voice of the North"

Image of Edward Dahl added. He was secretary and general manager of 4AY Ayr in the late 1930's.




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July 11 2009 Southside FM - From Chris' Garage to the Airwaves

James Cope is bringing his faith to New Plymouth airwaves...




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July 11 - Blue Skies FM - Central community radio goes off air

Alexandra's only independently owned radio station is going off air....




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July 11 Apna 990AM Auckland - Four Years on the Airwaves

Morning radio jockey Shaiyaz Mohammed doesn't mind getting up at 4.30am to do the job he loves...




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July 11 Kiwi Amateurs 12-92 On Air. Hello? Is it me you're looking for?

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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July 11 WASA Radio, AFRS McMurdo Antarctica "The Most Wonderful Antarctic Station Anywhere" by Bob Flint

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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July 12 Pacific AFRS Radio History - KTLG Radio, US Naval Station Sangley

By Matt McGuigan. Before enlisting in the Army in 1952 I had done some commercial broadcasting at a local radio station...




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July 12 Pacific AFRS Radio History - KTLG Radio, US Naval Station Sangley

By Louis McClure Snr. I was sent TDY to the Naval Air Station, at Sangley Point, across the bay from Manila...




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July 12 Pacific AFRS Radio History - The KYOI Story

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...




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July 16 2009 New Heritage Friends WVUV-FM and KKHJ-FM

Welcome to South Seas Broadcasting, Inc stations V103 and 93KHJ in American Samoa, latest Heritage Friends of the Radio Heritage Foundation.




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July 19 2009 Radio Heritage Foundation - Book Review

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...




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July 19 2009 Radio Heritage Foundation - Book Review

Aunt Gwen of 2YA by Margaret Willis. "Putting together this story about my mother has taken a long time, all my life in fact."




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July 21 2009 New Heritage Friend The Happy Station Show

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.




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July 21 Pacific AFRS Radio History - 9PA Port Moresby - By Adrian Petersen

For a period of around two years during the Pacific War, there was no radio broadcasting station on the air in Port Moresby. ...




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July 27 2009 Radio Heritage Foundation - Book Review

Treason on the Airwaves by Judith Keene from the University of Sydney.




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July 27 2009 Radio Heritage Foundation - Tema Beach Bungalow Beach Stays

Enjoy a refreshing beach stay at our heritage 1920's beach bungalow. North Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand.




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August 11 2009 Radio Heritage Foundation - Book Review

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.




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September 7 2009 Radio Station History Australia: 2LF - YOUNG 'The Voice of the South West'

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...




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September 13 2009 Radio Station History Australia: 3XY Melbourne, Efftee Broadcasters Pty Ltd

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...




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September 19 2009 Radio Station History Australia: 2AD Armidale - The Voice of New England

A decade has passed since Station 2AD took the air to serve the New England Tableland...




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September 20 2009 Radio Station History Australia: 2LM Lismore - The Feature Station

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...




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October 17 2009 World Radio TV Handbook 2010: The Directory of Global Broadcasting

Support the Radio Heritage Foundation by purchasing your new copy of the WRTV Handbook 2010 via Amazon through us....




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January 11 2010 Radio Heritage Foundation - Book Review

Changing Stations. The Story of Australian Commercial Radio by Bridget Griffen-Foley...




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January 12 2010 Radio Heritage Foundation - Annual and Lifetime Supporter Packages

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....




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January 20 2010 Radio Heritage Foundation - Borderless Radio is Here

What do ABC Radio, Radio NZ, RFO Radio, Communications Fiji, KCCN-FM and KUAM have in common?




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January 20 2010 Radio Heritage Foundation - Borderless Radio Rankings

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.




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March 12 2010 The Radio Heritage Foundation has a new snail mail address...

If you'd like to write to us, our new address is PO Box 2002, Newtown, Wellington 6242, New Zealand.




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May 17 2010 Radio Heritage Foundation - Diamonds of the Dial, Australian Heritage AM Radio Celebrating 75 Years

'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...




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September 20 2010 Radio Heritage Foundation - Radio Heritage Heaven

Keith Richardson did not spend his entire radio career collecting industry treasures to make his name made synonymous with radio heritage...




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February 06 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Roll of Honor update

Welcome to our new Introductory Supporters.




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February 12 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - NZ Radio

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...




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February 20 2011 Pacific-Asian Log (PAL) MW PDF updated

The mediumwave PDF for Bruce Portzers Pacific-Asian Log Online Radio Station Guide has been updated.




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February 27 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Most Viewed

Radio History Archive Top Twenty and Long Lost Radio Images Top 10 updated.




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March 1 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Christchurch Earthquake - Updated: AM and FM Stations in Christchurch

Updated: Here is a complete list of current AM and FM radio services in Christchurch...




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April 5th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Australian Radio Heritage - 2BS Bathurst - The Centre of the West

2BS The Centre of the West transmitting on a frequency of 1500 Kc/s, wavelength of 200 metres, commenced operation in 1937...




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April 7th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Australian Radio Heritage - 2GZ Central NSW Country Service

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...




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April 7th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Australian Radio Heritage - 2HD Newcastle

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...




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April 14th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - Christchurch [New Zealand] Radio Services List Updated

Our list of Christchurch Radio Services has been updated.




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July 9th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - New Feature - Papua New Guinea Radio

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...




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November 4th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - New Feature - This is Station WLKT Miho

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...




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November 12th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - New Feature - VU2ZP Yank Radio....Bangalore: The Brochure

VU2ZP Yank Radio.... Bangalore: The Brochure...




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December 12th 2011 Radio Heritage Foundation - New Feature - 2KM Kempsey

2KM Kempsey 'The Voice of the Macleay'