--------------------------------------------------------- Christmas Radio Heritage Stories at www.radioheritage.net ---------------------------------------------------------
For the past few weeks, the most popular search term here at www.radioheritage.net has been 'Christmas Radio', so here're three Pacific Christmas stories you'll enjoy this holiday season. Adrian Peterson's latest column features a Christmas time broadcast in 1938 from PITC Radio, the shortwave broadcaster from Pitcairn Island. This is the latest in his 'Radio to the Rescue' series, and it's a story with a personal twist. There are amazing photos of broadcasting on Pitcairn as well, including the inside of the local ham shack in the 1950's, a photo of the 1930's shortwave transmitter, and inside and outside photos of the Royal NZ Air Force shortwave station on the island in the 1940's. Next is the story of Christmas Island Radio, located in London. There's no snow in this town though, as this is the story about the building of a local community radio station on lonely Christmas Island in Kiribati, in the center of the South Pacific. Finally, come celebrate the 60th anniversary of Christmas 1945 in Tokyo, Japan. This is a fabulously illustrated item about WVTR, the Armed Forces Radio Service station that had been on the air for just a few months. See how Christmas was celebrated at this new station serving troops in occupied Japan. And, if you're interested in other AFRS Japan stations, check out our latest listing of every known outlet, plus more great images from the 1940's and 1950's. All on line now at www.radioheritage.net, all free access, and a small way of sharing this Christmas season with our friends from around the Pacific and across the world. Happy Holidays! David Ricquish Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is coming out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
