[IRCA] Pacific Radio Heritage # 15 - January 2007

[Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

For those interested:
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Pacific Radio Heritage #15
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January 2007
The latest news from the team at the Radio Heritage Foundation 
[www.radioheritage.net]. a non-profit organization sharing the
stories of radio 
from around the wider Pacific.


Hi everyone...we're already three weeks into 2007, and hoping your
new year is 
shaping up good. We just celebrated our second full year on line, and
judging 
by the search entries, literally thousands of different things
connected to 
radio bring you to the site every month!


I'm going to ask you to do just a couple of things after you've read 
this ......the first is to stop by and visit www.radioheritage.net
over the 
next few days and see what's new since you last
visited......secondly, I'd like 
you to take some time to reflect about what you enjoy most about
radio....and 
thirdly, to find a way to share that enjoyment with someone else this
year. 


Gerald Celente is a trend spotter, he gave us organic food and the
coffee 
drinking revolution, and in a recent issue of his 'Trends Journal'
writes a 
piece about nostalgia called 'Sentimental Journeys'. Designed for an
American 
audience, the themes are universal. 


"Aging baby boomers, working madly to make ends meet as they watch
their lives 
slip by, wax nostalgic for times from their youth that seemed more
fulfilling 
than the rat races their lives have now become." 


We've noticed this. Our images from the 1950's and 1960's are in
great demand. 
Emails tell us about the 'good old days', books about radio events in
the 
1960's are top sellers. People want to remind themselves of those
days. Our 
stories at www.radioheritage.net are clearly helping fulfill this
need to 
connect again with the past. 


Celente then spots the key trend: 'It's not only the boomers or their
elders 
that see a brightly colored past. America's 'cultural creative'
teens-to-
twenties are also looking back to find the cutting edge'.


That's right, ipod firmly fixed in the ear, texting their friends
across town, 
todays radio listeners are 'looking back to find the cutting edge'. I
heard a 
top contemporary record producer say today that nothing new has
happened in 
music since the Beatles!  


In 'The Trends Journal', Celente concludes 'If society embraces the
best of 
yesterday, a tomorrow of new ideas and actions will begin to
flourish'. As you 
look around the content at www.radioheritage.net, I hope you'll find
a lot 
of 'the best of yesterday' that inspires your tomorrows in 2007.


Amongst our new content these past few weeks, we've added 'Incredible
India' -
the story of how 16% of the world's population has moved from one
radio service 
just over five years ago to a crazy new world of RJ's, city-wise
stations and 
jangling jingles.....the Art of Radio Hawaii (c) which looks at
classic images 
of Hawaiian radio from the 1940's to 60's and has already brought
back memories 
for Harry Soria whose 'Territorial Airwaves' radio shows in Honolulu
have been 
going for nearly 30 years......


Harry writes 'I've visited www.radioheritage.net and enjoyed your Art
of Radio 
Hawaii (c) exhibit. It brought back many memories for me, as my
father, Harry B 
Soria Sr worked at several of these stations as they sprang up in
Honolulu 
after the war. I also got to know that rascal Alan Roycroft through
my Dad. I 
read about him on your site and found myself reminiscing about those
times as 
well.'


If you have a love of Pacific radio and music, go visit Harry's new
site: 
www.territorialairwaves.com for old Hawaiian radio shows, interviews,
music, 
and so much more. 


The Long Lost Australian Radio Stars Series has many new stars on
line, 
covering 2CK Cessnock, 2UE Sydney, 4TO Townsville and 6IX-6MD-6WB
Perth and 
regionals...and even more will be at www.radioheritage.net
shortly.....whilst 
the Armed Forces Radio History Series adds an excerpt from Peter H
Green's very 
readable book 'Dad's War with the US Marines' covering his father's
time with 
WXLI Guam....check out the cartoon!


Adrian Peterson adds to his Wavescan Series, this time Radio in
Sabah. We've 
found some rare photos of mobile radio station 9AO before it left for
the area, 
as well as photos of 9AF Labuan from the 1940's. The second in his
Radio in 
Singapore stories will be added soon, again with unique images you
won't find 
elsewhere.


Short Term Kiwi Radio Memories gets us closer to the 2007 campaign to
find and protect radio ephemera throughout New Zealand. Radio Hauraki
fans will soon be able to enjoy a new Hauraki blog for memories,
questions, answers and comments......and stay tuned for some big
announcements....plus there's a new blog for those involved in the
local Low Power FM radio scene with images, audio and more....


The Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides have all been updated. These carry
almost 
50,000 data entries and include all mediumwave and shortwave stations
in the 
region. It gets rave reviews and hundreds use it weekly to plan their
radio 
listening! The NZ Low Power FM Radio Guide is now updated daily, and
has about 
4,000 data entries and growing. 


I'd like to wrap this newsletter with special thanks to all those
who've 
contributed time, memorabilia, CD's, books, donations, messages, and 
suggestions during 2006. They inspire us to keep providing more of
the best of 
yesterday's radio stories at www.radioheritage.net.


We're shortly having a fund raising pledge drive to help put us on a
firmer 
financial footing for the next few months, and we've got some great
items as 
thank you gifts. When you get the email, please support us. Our
financial year 
ends on March 31 and with so much radio heritage and history waiting
to be 
saved and shared, what you can do now really does make a difference.


Remember, please take time to reflect on what radio means to you, and
how you 
can share that enjoyment with others in 2007.  Happy New Year!


David Ricquish, Chairman
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The Radio Heritage Foundation is an independent and registered
non-profit 
charity supported by individuals and businesses sharing the vision to
protect 
the many colorful aspects of Pacific radio heritage for future
generations.


Radio Heritage Foundation, PO Box 14339, Wellington 6241, New
Zealand. Website: 
www.radioheritage.net. Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reg. No.
1473801 
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Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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