Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.com
November 5 2011
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Two New First-Hand Radio Stories
Opening a Radio Station in Peking
& a Mobile Truck Radio in Japan
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The Radio Heritage Foundation releases two new features with first-hand personal stories about early broadcasting in Asia at www.radioheritage.com.
The first is 'Early Chinese Radio in Peking' and tells how Melvin Bok left school early to begin building radio sets and eventually ended up starting a radio station in Peking known as XOMO.
Melvin later went on to work with radio in Shanghai, and his story has remained untold ever since. It's based on a series of interviews in Hong Kong shortly before his death.
Today we don't associate private commercial radio with broadcasting in China, but before 1949, there was a vibrant radio scene in that sprawling country.
This is documented in another recent feature 'Chinese Radio in the 1930's' also now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website.
In southern Japan in 1946, an Australian broadcasting truck provided entertainment for British Commonwealth Occupation Forces.
"This is Station WLKT Miho' is the personal story of Peter Knowlden, a British RAF serviceman who ended up broadcasting from this small station at a small airfield.
Based on a series of recent interviews from Vancouver, Peter's story of how he ended up spinning disks from an Australian station with an American call-sign in Japan sheds light on the largely undocumented history of the small number of non-US radio stations that broadcast at the time.
Both features are well illustrated with rare images and form part of an ongoing project to document radio heritage across the Asian region.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a non-profit foundation connecting radio, popular culture and heritage. The global website is www.radioheritage.com.
New sponsors receive a free World Radio TV Handbook 2012 shipped worldwide [including details of Chinese and Japanese radio broadcasting today] and can also choose a favorite feature to publicly sponsor. Full details are at www.radioheritage.com.
Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.com
November 5 2011
_________________________________
Two New First-Hand Radio Stories
Opening a Radio Station in Peking
& a Mobile Truck Radio in Japan
_________________________________
The Radio Heritage Foundation releases two new features with first-hand personal stories about early broadcasting in Asia at www.radioheritage.com.
The first is 'Early Chinese Radio in Peking' and tells how Melvin Bok left school early to begin building radio sets and eventually ended up starting a radio station in Peking known as XOMO.
Melvin later went on to work with radio in Shanghai, and his story has remained untold ever since. It's based on a series of interviews in Hong Kong shortly before his death.
Today we don't associate private commercial radio with broadcasting in China, but before 1949, there was a vibrant radio scene in that sprawling country.
This is documented in another recent feature 'Chinese Radio in the 1930's' also now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website.
In southern Japan in 1946, an Australian broadcasting truck provided entertainment for British Commonwealth Occupation Forces.
"This is Station WLKT Miho' is the personal story of Peter Knowlden, a British RAF serviceman who ended up broadcasting from this small station at a small airfield.
Based on a series of recent interviews from Vancouver, Peter's story of how he ended up spinning disks from an Australian station with an American call-sign in Japan sheds light on the largely undocumented history of the small number of non-US radio stations that broadcast at the time.
Both features are well illustrated with rare images and form part of an ongoing project to document radio heritage across the Asian region.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a non-profit foundation connecting radio, popular culture and heritage. The global website is www.radioheritage.com.
New sponsors receive a free World Radio TV Handbook 2012 shipped worldwide [including details of Chinese and Japanese radio broadcasting today] and can also choose a favorite feature to publicly sponsor. Full details are at www.radioheritage.com.
