Short Term Radio Memories The Kiwi Radio Dial in the 70's & 80's ______________________________________
For Kiwis who listened to their AM radios way back in the 1970's, here's a real test of the long term memory.....remember Radio Sam? How about, dare we say it, 'Radio Bosom' [soooo respectable now as b95fm] or even Radio Yesterday? The Radio Heritage Foundation features a memory jerker at its website www.radioheritage.net, so check it out today. Some 30 years ago, New Zealand airwaves bounced with summer sounds from short term radio stations like Radio Waikato's 'Radio Sam' on the Coromandel, or the NZBC's Beach Radio from Paihia. As the new university year began in March, Radio Ribbet burst forth from beneath the lily ponds at Otago University, Radio U from a concrete block at Ilam, Radio Active from somewhere on Kelburn Parade and, 1XB from a dark corner of Auckland University.....and students were allowed freedom of the airwaves...for just a week or two. A whole range of short term licences were issued for all sorts of purposes, ranging from a few hours to a few weeks. Radio Rhema got its start with a few hours one day in Christchurch....Maori radio from a 'Maori Language Week' broadcast in Wellington...and university radio was born this way. We've put some memory ticklers at www.radioheritage.net, along with some nice images, logos and artwork from some of these stations that later blossomed into fulltime broadcasters. Household name DJ's got their start behind a microphone in a caravan on sports day, or from a rundown campus studio, or from judging beauty contests and talent quests at the beach. If you, your family or your friends were involved with any of these many short term New Zealand radio stations, we'd love to hear from you. As part of our 2007 campaign 'Celebrating over 85 Years of Popular Kiwi Radio' we're collecting as many photos, items of memorabilia, tape recordings and stories about these stations as we can find. They may be just 'short term memories', but the Radio Heritage Foundation gives them a permanent home at www.radioheritage.net. Write to us at Radio Heritage Foundation, PO Box 14339, Wellington 6241, New Zealand or send us an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helping preserve and celebrate a fun part of New Zealand's cultural heritage. David Ricquish Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net A registered non-profit charity. Unsubscribe? Send an email with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.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://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
