*Pacific Radio Heritage #16*
*April 2007*

*Latest news from the team at the Radio Heritage Foundation [
www.radioheritage.net], the non-profit organization sharing stories
of radio
from around the Pacific region. *
Now that Easter is over, here's an update on what's new at the
website, some
of our projects, and an invitation to think about ways you can get
involved,
even if it's just for a few hours here and there.

*We get asked 'what do you mean by sharing stories', or 'I'm a DJ on a
contemporary FM station, what's this history stuff got to do with
me?' *
It's simple...we provide a single place online where anyone in the
world can
start looking for anything to do with radio broadcasting in the
Pacific.
We're a free virtual archive. Instead of putting old tapes,
recordings,
photos, cards and letters into a vault and demanding you make an
appointment
and physically travel thousands of miles to come visit us, we want to
serve
them up digitally for free.

So 'sharing stories' can mean anything to do with radio. It might be
writing
a few words about a station you once worked at or listened to. It may
be
sending some photos, or some promotional items that you've kept.
Sending us
an old magazine article. Copying a newspaper clipping. Sending a CD
or tape
recording.

If you work in radio today, think ahead 10 years. When your 'old'
station
celebrates an anniversary, who's going to produce the old on air
clips and
airchecks, the old photos, the old station letterhead? Especially in
these
digital days. Who cares? You'll be surprised how important today's
unimportant little memories and items will suddenly become!

Why not bundle some material up now, and send it to us before you
forget...our address is Radio Heritage Foundation, PO Box 14339,
Wellington
6241, New Zealand.

*Vintage takes on a new meaning for today's audience*
In Newsletter #15 we talked about nostalgia, babyboomers and
'Sentimental
Journeys' and how this all relates to radio. From Philip Knighton in
the UK
we got this response:

*I run a vintage wireless shop in the UK. After trading for 25 years,
I've
seen the market change completely. In the first 15 years, buyers were
collectors. In more recent times, buyers say it's because they want a
radio
just like their parents and grandparents used to have. It seems that
as the
world becomes seemingly more complex and dangerous, many folk want to
have
personal reminders of more comfortable days around them. They
actually want
to sit at home listening to the warm sound of a vintage radio because
it's
calming and offers reassurance. *
**
So, there you have it. People who buy vintage radios are increasingly
younger people, the same way that nearly everyone involved in
commercial
radio around the Pacific today is aged under 40. Listeners range from
the
Radio Disney audience of under 10 year olds in Los Angeles, to the 50+
market targeted by the highly successful Coast brand in New Zealand.

*What's new at the website www.radioheritage.net*
Earlier this year, the woman imprisoned and later pardoned by the US
as
'Tokyo Rose' passed away, and we've got *Tokyo Rose Broadcasts *and
*Radio
Tokyo at War *as an introduction to these WWII propaganda broadcasts.

From the same era, check out *OWI Central Pacific* for Part 1 of a

photo
essay about KRHO Honolulu and KSAI Saipan...and the personal story of
how *Radio
Eniwetok WXLE* was built back in 1944...along with the *original*
artwork
for the station logo that's now in our collection.

*Vietnam Village Radio* is an inside look at local community radio,
whilst *Nelson's
Fifeshire* explores the visual and audio history of a small town
radio dream
that grew into part of the multinational Canwest media empire in New
Zealand...and, some great old artwork to celebrate the *70th
Anniversary of
2ZB Wellington [NZ] * that began broadcasting in 1937.....

Also check out the *3YA Christchurch [NZ]* opening day photo, which
came
from a wonderful afternoon spent with Winstone Harris, son of the 3YA
founder in the mid 1920's. There's also a nice photo of *WDJD American
Samoa.*
**
*Coming Soon* to www.radioheritage.net is the *ANZAC Salute
*featuring a
photo gallery of the WWII Australian Army Amenities Service stations
in the
SW Pacific and the NZBS Middle East Mobile Unit...an inside look at
*1ZB
Auckland *in 1936 [with many thanks to Bill Francis of
NewstalkZB]....more
from our popular *Long Lost Australian Radio Stars Series*.....* *how
radio
began in the *Cook Islands*......photos and audio of *Radio Manukena
FM
Easter Island*.....and some *Great 'ham' Shacks *as we open the
vaults to
look at some of the 30,000 amateur radio QSL cards we recently began
processing into the archive.

*Our bookstore and more.......*
A small means of raising funds for us involves our online book store
with
great selections of radio and media related books, and vintage radio
books...and **NEW** we've recently added *Pacific Radio Shack* our new
online store with hundreds of radio related books, magazines,
electronics,
CD's and DVD's...so visit www.radioheritage.net soon and support us
whilst
stocking up on your favorite radio items.

*Special Book Offers*
We've got just a couple of *Pirate Years* Radio Hauraki 40th
Anniversary
books left...only 500 are being printed...and you get your name
printed in
the book..but, you must be quick as we sold out of our original
allocation!
Full details right here at www.radioheritage.net.

The original *Shoestring Pirates* story of Radio Hauraki and the CD
*Fresh
Pacific Wind* [full of Hauraki jingles, interviews and more] are
almost out
of stock, but we have a few left and full details are again, at the
website.
Well worth collecting.

Not only was Radio Hauraki inspired by the British pirate radio
stations of
the 1960's, but Australians and NZers featured as financial backers
and DJs
for a number of them and some, such as Radio Veronica, were even
heard in
the Pacific!
Mike Leonard's classic *'Beat Fleet' *guide to the UK pirates will
soon be
available from us as well...and keep an eye out for *Don't Touch That
Dial*the story of Australian commercial radio that you'll also be able
to get
directly from us soon.

*Art of Radio*...your votes are still coming in for the next
exhibition you
want to see online at www.radioheritage.net and you can still cast
your vote
until May 1. Leading choices are NZ [24%], Country Australia [17%] and
Pacific Islands [14%] and, a reminder that our latest *RNZI Radio
Heritage
Documentary* looks at Australian Country Radio in 1962, and is
available as
audio-on-demand from www.rnzi.com under 'more audio' for the April 2
edition
of Mailbox. Listen for our next documentary on April 16.

*Radio Guides.......*our free access radio guides are used by
hundreds of
listeners and station personnel each week..with *Pacific Asia Log
Mediumwave
*and *Pacific Asia Log Shortwave *[both compiled in Seattle by Bruce
Portzer] full of useful data, *NZ Low Power FM* [and *LPFM Blog*]
gaining in
popularity and the *ONLY *database of its kind available...and *NZ @ a
Glance* for station brands and formats on AM. All easy to use and,
best of
all, free!

*Great Australian Vintage Radio DVD*...is a double DVD with 90
minutes of
exclusive coverage of Australia's greatest vintage radio collections,
interviews, rare models and makes, and the only DVD of its
kind...produced
by Steve Savell from Perth....it's an absolute must for any vintage or
classic radio collector. Available right now, visit
www.radioheritage.netfor all the details of how to make sure of your
copy whilst stocks last! Let
your friends know too!

*Radio Stories from Malaysia, Hawaii, Vietnam, Australia, NZ, Los
Angeles,
India, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia, Japan, Philippines, Papua New
Guinea and
many many more....*all available online right now, plus direct links
to all
major *Pacific *and *Asian radio broadcasters!*

*Newsletter #17* follows shortly and features our new *'Celebrating
our
Sounds' *heritage campaign details...and how you can get involved
whether
you live in Auckland, NY, Nice or Tokyo! We'll also have details
about the
*Pacific Radio Conference* planned for September 2008.

*Volunteers* already support us in many ways and from many places. Do
you
have a few hours a month to do some online research? Will you help
write press releases for local newspapers and magazines in your area
about
our programs and activities? Can you monitor your local radio dial
for a few
minutes each week and help keep our radio guides accurate?
This global platform of www.radioheritage.net means you can live
anywhere in
the world and support us! Email us today.

*Radio. How could we live without it?*

The Radio Heritage Foundation is an independent and registered
non-profit
charity supported by individuals and businesses with donations of
funds and
materials. We share the vision to collect, protect and celebrate the
radio
heritage of the Pacific.

*Radio Heritage Foundation, PO Box 14339, Wellington 6241, New
Zealand.
Website:
www.radioheritage.net . Email: . Reg
No:
1473801.*