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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.
Solid FM 107.4 Dargaville Intermediate SchoolPupils air their ideas on radioVIV 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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Original 2XL Cooma logo on 1947 listener card |
2XL has progressed a long way since the second Great War started when it was operated largely by a part time staff. The station is owned by Cooma Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. with the following staff...
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Original 4GY logo and letterhead from 1945 |
4GY is one of Australia’s newest broadcasting stations. It was officially opened on November 3, 1941 - three weeks before the outbreak of the Pacific War, and was therefore available to serve the local community at a time when it was most needed...
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Radio 2WL celebrates its fifteenth anniversary “on the air” in July of this year, 1946. Those fifteen years have seen the birth and growth of a new metropolis, Port Kembla, to-day the third largest investment centre in N.S.W. With it has grown 2WL, now at the height of its persuasiveness and prestige. Behind this statement is a story, for naturally there is a reason for the uninterrupted growth of 2WL...
Station 2GN commenced operation on 25th January, 1932, and transmits on a wave-length of 216 Metres (1390 K/C’s.). Programmes include most of the best Metropolitan shows, either on relay or on disc, and the Station gives an uninterrupted trouble-free service to listeners in Goulburn and District. Station 2GN takes an active part in local civic affairs, and covers all important items of local appeal.
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2GN STUDIO AND OFFICE STAFF. |
2DU Dubbo, "The Western Station," operating on 455 metres (Frequency 660 Kc.) and with an aerial power of 200 Watts, commenced transmission on July 3rd, 1936.
Hours of transmission are Mondays to Fridays: 6.45 a.m. - 2 p.m., 5.30 - 10 p.m. Saturdays: 6.45 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sundays: 7.45 a.m. - 3 p.m., 4.30 - 10 p.m. It is hoped shortly to extend the hours to 6.45 a.m. to 10.15 p.m. each day.
The station is owned, controlled and operated by Western Broadcasters Pty. Ltd., with directors W. T. Grant and E. N. Williams.
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2DU Dubbo issued this confirmation of reception in 1945 |
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3TR Sale Early Station Logo 1934 |
The modern studios of 3TR are well equipped and its transmitter is of the latest approved type with a vertical radiator and an elaborate earth system.
At Swan Hill, on the River Murray, is 3SH Northern Victoria, serving the progressive towns of Swan Hill and Kerang and reaching out to the surrounding rich River Murray settlements, the Mallee and across the river into the western Riverina.
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3SH Swan Hill Letterhead 1944 |
Because of its favourable geographical situation and its modern vertical steel radiator standing 250 feet in height on top of Mount Bainbridge, five miles from Hamilton, which is 1,140 feet above sea level, 3HA covers all western Victoria, the Wimmera and the south east of South Australia.
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3HA Listener Card 1944 |
It is a unit of the Victorian Broadcasting Network (“The Age” Broadcasting Service) and the Macquarie
Network which means that it is included in the most important network features whereby its programmes are
among the best in Australia.
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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. |
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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We're delighted to add this introductory feature on European Mediumwave & Longwave Radio History to our online resources.
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E.I.A.R Statzione Di Bari studio building 1934
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Originally prepared by Herman Boel in Flanders [Belgium] over the past decade,
this feature introduces you to a variety of great moments in European
broadcasting history, and includes many audio samples and images.
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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. |
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.
"If a civil emergency does happen, people would probably forget the station so I thought why not make it a regular broadcast then people would know exactly what station to tune into," he said.
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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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Radio Milne Bay, Alotau team members Daniel George and Mayambo Peipul © NBC |
Hello, I’m David Ricquish in the Wellington studios of Radio New Zealand International, and today
we’re going to attempt to shed some light on today’s broadcasting scene in Papua New Guinea. It’s
much more than shortwave radio...
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Covering all the North West of Tasmania, these two popular stations operate under one management. They provide a continuous day-time, and a dual night-time transmission.
The principal towns served are Deloraine, Latrobe, Devonport, Ulverstone, Penguin, Burnie, Wynyard, Smithton and Stanley. Primary producers in the adjacent country are specially catered for, and the control of primary produce delivery is part of these stations’ activities.
Several important factories operate in the district served including the Ovaltine Factory,
Pulp and Paper Mills, Canning Factories, Dehydration Plants, Foundries and Railway workshops.
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In its fourteen years of existence, the 5AD Kangaroo Club has enrolled 65,000 young members (‘KANGAS’)
from all over Australia. Through its efforts on behalf of charitable organisations over £30,000 has
been raised. Much of this was received during frequent concert tours in country districts,
and in every case, the money was given to institutions in the locality.
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Station 4SB is controlled by the South Burnett Broadcasting Co. Ltd. The studio is in Alfred Street, Kingaroy.
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4SB broadcasting studio, Alfred Street, Kingaroy |
Hours of Broadcasting: Monday to Saturday 6 am, to 11 p.m.; Sunday 7 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.. Wave-length: 283 metres.
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The vast area of Queensland, extending between Quilpie and Normanton and from Springsure to Camooweal is covered by the Central Queensland station, 4LG, which radiates a programme from Longreach, the geographical centre of the State. The towns of Blackall, Barcaldine, Windorah, Winton, Aramac, Tambo, Richmond, Hughenden, Cloncurry, Mt. Isa, Burketown, Charters Towers, Clermont and Jundah are all in the 4LG range.
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4LG letterhead |
This huge coverage may at first seem impossible, but the acid test of its accuracy lies in the fact that
businesses from each of these centres, as well as from many smaller ones, use 4LG as a medium for their
programmes. Listener mail from these places pours into 4LG in a regular stream. The great coverage of
this 500 watt station is made possible by the favourable ground formation of the area, together with the
fact that the nearest broadcasting station is over 300 miles away.
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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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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 |
Mamaku School student radio DJ Elaine Henneveld, 10, said the station was awesome.
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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
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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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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.
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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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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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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. |
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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Cassandra Pokoney, Southland Times
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Greg Selman, Peter Holmes and Richard Scott of Ifinity FM, Invercargill
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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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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. |
Daniel Holland, Waikato Times
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The Yak 107.1 logo |
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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