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[IRCA] Antarctic Radio Unfreezes - Radio Heritage Media Release
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Antarctic Radio Unfreezes
Global Warming Hits the Dial!
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The Radio Heritage Foundation has now released an introductory guide
to broadcasting in Antarctica at its global website
www.radioheritage.net and with some four stations at McMurdo Station
alone, it seems 'global warming' is now unfreezing the Antarctic
radio dial.
'Antarctic Radio Unfreezes' journeys back to AFRS radio station WASA
600 AM at McMurdo and traces broadcasting through the American Forces
Antarctic Network [AFAN] on shortwave 6012 through to today's Ice FM
104.5.....where old vinyls have kept on spinning for a new audience.
Local 'pirate' station 88.7 FM is heard whilst cruising around
Mactown, and along the ice highway linking McMurdo with New Zealand's
nearby Scott Base, techno music from Radio Scott Base 97.0 FM can
blast away the icicles.
Even deep down at the South Pole, it's KOLD 87.5 FM and across the
continent, stations as diverse as Radio W.I.L.K.E.S, LRA36 Radio
Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Soberamia FM, and Radio Ker 98.0 FM
keep scientists and support staff entertained and informed through
the seasons of snow and ice.
This well illustrated article at www.radioheritage.net helps shine
the light on little known radio stations across the entire 'ice' and
may even result in more stations being discovered. Not all stations
mentioned may still be on the air.
With all kinds of music coming from over 10 radio stations, volunteer
DJ's, a Wells Fargo Bank ATM, increasing numbers of adventure
travellers, cafes, and more trappings of 'civilization' the Antarctic
of today is very different from when explorers barely a century ago
first stepped ashore.
For a fascinating and unique look at radio broadcasting in the
Antarctic, we warmly recommend your visiting 'Antarctic Radio
Unfreezes' today at www.radioheritage.net.
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Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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