[IRCA] New RNZI Radio Heritage Documentary - Radio Heritage Media Release

[Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

For anyone interested:
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Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

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RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary
AFRS Mosquito Network June 01 2009
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Join us on June 01 2009 when the Radio Heritage Foundation airs a new
radio heritage documentary on the Radio New Zealand International
[RNZI] Mailbox program.

You can listen via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following
month] with full details of frequencies and times and audio download
at www.rnzi.com.

The program features the story of the six stations of the famous AFRS
Mosquito Network during World War II, and how they got their name.

American Expeditionary Stations in Noumea, Munda, Guadalcanal,
Espiritu Santo, Bougainville and Auckland all went on air in 1944,
some 65 years ago, and were staffed by professional broadcasters
drawn from American radio stations.

Featuring top Hollywood and music show stars, the stations
entertained hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, and introduced
structured radio broadcasting to the Solomon Islands and [now]
Vanuatu for the first time.

Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation on this journey
back to 1944, details about the special four station off-air network
broadcast, and the music of forces favorite GI Jill who joins the
program.

This new radio heritage documentary on RNZI complements three new
stories about the Mosquito Network just released at
www.radioheritage.net.

You'll read more about the stations and their place in Pacific radio
heritage in AFRS Guadalcanal, AFRS Radio City and AFRS Mosquito Bites.

The stories are based on interviews with surviving Mosquito Network
personnel and extensive research by Martin Hadlow, former manager of
the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service.

June 01 2009, be listening to Mailbox on Radio New Zealand
International for AFRS Mosquito Network, the new radio heritage
documentary from the Radio Heritage Foundation.

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Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific.
Visit the global website www.radioheritage.net to see fresh new
articles, images, competitions and much more about Pacific radio.
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Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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