Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.com
February 19 2012
RNZI Airs New Radio
Heritage Documentary
Australian Radio
90 Years Ago in 1922
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Join us from Monday, February 20 2012 to enter the fascinating world of Australian radio broadcasting in 1922 on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.
For 20 years, Australian radio amateurs had the right to broadcast local music and other programs on the standard mediumwave radio dial, sharing frequencies with licenced commercial radio stations in the evenings and on Sunday mornings.
You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand, or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times possible for your area as well as audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.
In the years between 1921 and 1922, over 50 local radio stations were broadcasting in Australia, all run by local radio amateurs.
Some of these operations were very sophisticated for their time, broadcasting for nearly 10 hours each week and operators soon going on to help establish the ABC and commercial radio stations.
2CM Sydney was the first station with 3ME Melbourne, 4CM Brisbane, and 5BG Adelaide also amongst the early starters.
In the program, you'll hear more about these stations and the pioneers such as Charles MacLurcan, Ray Allsop, Harry Douglas, Sydney Neuman, Thomas Elliott and others.
You'll also hear some of the music played by these early radio stations, which stayed on the air until late 1939 when WWII finally silenced them.
So join us from Monday, February 20 2012 as we enjoy some early Australian radio history from 90 years ago on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International [www.rnzi.com].
You can also use our fully up to date Australian AM & FM Radio Guides at our global website www.radioheritage.com.
Use our Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in Australia, including over 50 features about individual stations from the mid-1940s in the Long Lost Australian Radio Guides series.
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Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.com
February 19 2012
RNZI Airs New Radio
Heritage Documentary
Australian Radio
90 Years Ago in 1922
____________________
Join us from Monday, February 20 2012 to enter the fascinating world of Australian radio broadcasting in 1922 on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.
For 20 years, Australian radio amateurs had the right to broadcast local music and other programs on the standard mediumwave radio dial, sharing frequencies with licenced commercial radio stations in the evenings and on Sunday mornings.
You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand, or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times possible for your area as well as audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.
In the years between 1921 and 1922, over 50 local radio stations were broadcasting in Australia, all run by local radio amateurs.
Some of these operations were very sophisticated for their time, broadcasting for nearly 10 hours each week and operators soon going on to help establish the ABC and commercial radio stations.
2CM Sydney was the first station with 3ME Melbourne, 4CM Brisbane, and 5BG Adelaide also amongst the early starters.
In the program, you'll hear more about these stations and the pioneers such as Charles MacLurcan, Ray Allsop, Harry Douglas, Sydney Neuman, Thomas Elliott and others.
You'll also hear some of the music played by these early radio stations, which stayed on the air until late 1939 when WWII finally silenced them.
So join us from Monday, February 20 2012 as we enjoy some early Australian radio history from 90 years ago on the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International [www.rnzi.com].
You can also use our fully up to date Australian AM & FM Radio Guides at our global website www.radioheritage.com.
Use our Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in Australia, including over 50 features about individual stations from the mid-1940s in the Long Lost Australian Radio Guides series.
____________________________________________________
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage. Our website
is www.radioheritage.com. To be removed from this mailing list email
'Please Remove' to info@radioheritage.net. Voluntary annual donation
US$25.
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