--------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Peterson's new columns visit Pitcairn Island and wartime Adelaide at www.radioheritage.net ---------------------------------------------------------------
Renowned radio historian and broadcaster, Dr Adrian Peterson continues his regular monthly columns at www.radioheritage.net. In the latest in his 'Reminiscing with a Radio' and 'Radio to the Rescue' series, he writes about early broadcasting on remote Pitcairn Island, and about wartime visits to local radio in Adelaide, South Australia. Pitcairn has relied on radio for emergency contact with the world since the early days of radio broadcasting. Adrian explores some of this history, and adds some unique images from his collection. These include PITC Radio in the 1930's, and ZKG the Royal NZ Air Force WWII radio station. Another image from the early 1950's shows the inside of the local Pitcairn Island amateur radio ham shack. In the January 2006 column at www.radioheritage.net, Adrian takes readers inside the local commercial and government radio stations in Adelaide during WWII. Having 'inside' contacts made all the difference, and enabled him to get beyond the barbed wire and the barricades in this unique look at how Australian broadcasters operated under wartime conditions. As usual, lots of great images accompany the column, including rare old QSL cards from stations such as 5KA and 5DN. The Radio Heritage Foundation is expanding its columns in 2006, with guest columnists and more regulars joining Adrian Peterson. Enjoyable reading this year, personal viewpoints about radio broadcasting around the Pacific, only in the 'columns' at www.radioheritage.net. David Ricquish Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is 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
