[IRCA] Fwd: Radio Heritage Buildings Tell Stories

[Lynn Hollerman <lynn@xxxxxxxxx>]

For anyone interested:

>Radio Heritage Buildings Tell Stories
>New radio heritage documentary at RNZI
>
>When Radio New Zealand opened its refurbished art deco design
>transmitter building near Wellington recently, old radio hands had
>plenty of stories to tell.
>
>You'll hear some of them in the latest Radio Heritage Foundation
>[www.radioheritage.net] documentary from Radio New Zealand
>International.
>
>Built in 1935, the Titahi Bay transmitter building housed the most
>powerful mediumwave transmitter in the Southern Hemisphere, the 60kW
>water cooled rig of 2YA.
>
>A decade later, the building housed the giant 7.5kW transmitters of
>fledgling Radio New Zealand, the new shortwave service.
>
> From building racing cars to bombs, from lightning strikes to
>building the engineering expertise to spread radio and TV across the
>country, listen to the first hand stories from those who worked at
>the Titahi Bay complex from the early days into the 1990's.
>
>You'll also hear how another New Zealand radio heritage site has been
>saved from the bulldozers. Dating from the same era, the former 3ZB
>transmitter building in Christchurch faces a bright new future, with
>a local radio station planning to give the historic building a new
>lease of life.
>
>In Samoa, the colonial style wooden home of the old 2AP celebrates
>nearly 60 years on the air, and now has the new SBC-FM studios giving
>it an extended future.
>
>This building though is in danger of demolition, and in urgent need
>of restoration and repair as a Pacific heritage site in Apia.
>
>The documentary is scheduled for broadcast on October 24, and is then
>available in the 'more audio' section of the RNZI website
>[www.rnzi.com] under the Mailbox heading.
>
>The program is produced by the Radio Heritage Foundation
>[www.radioheritage.net] in association with RNZI and continues a
>series looking at radio issues around the Pacific region.
>
>Free access stories and images about Radio New Zealand, 3ZB, 2AP Samoa
>and many other Pacific radio stations can be found at
>www.radioheritage.net.
>
>The previous documentary, Radio Memories across the Pacific,
>featuring WXLG, WXLE and the 1942 Mail Call show to New Guinea,
>remains at www.rnzi.com for downloading. It's also in the 'more
>audio' section, under the October 10 dateline.
>
>Warm regards
>David Ricquish
>Radio Heritage Foundation
>www.radioheritage.net

Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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