[HCDX] Special New Years Eve Broadcast from 3XP Christchurch, New Zealand

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New Years Eve Extended Broadcast Hours
Radio Ferrymead 1413 AM Christchurch NZ

A possible long distance 'DX' catch for listeners in Australia and
North America is Radio
Ferrymead in Christchurch, New Zealand.

It will stay on air until after midnight local time [1100 UTC] on
December
31 with traditional New Years Eve programs of music, celebrations,
midnight
countdown.

The format is nostalgia, so the music will range from 1930's-1970's
and
nearly all music is broadcast using original 78, 45 and 33 rpm
recordings.

A well maintained 1kW transmitter running at proper modulation levels
and a
well engineered tower on swampland by the coast and two river
estuaries combine to give Radio Ferrymead a clear 'old fashioned'
signal.

The station is run by volunteers, including ex-broadcasters and
amateur
radio enthusiasts.

Radio Ferrymead also uses the ID '3XP' as a throwback to previous
decades
when NZ stations used callsigns. 'Your love affair with yesteryear'.

The other NZ station on 1413 is NewstalkZB in Tokoroa which usually
runs a
nostalgia program on Sunday nights as well so listen carefully!

Happy New Year 2007 from the team at the Radio Heritage Foundation,
you can
find us at www.radioheritage.net



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