[IRCA] Christchurch Earthquake Radio Status

[Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

Christchurch Earthquake
New Zealand
Radio Broadcasting Status
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A major 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch on the South Island of New
Zealand on February 22 2011 with nearly 400 killed or missing and
most of the CBD of this city of 350,000 ruined.

A complete list of AM and FM radio services in Christchurch with
updates on their current status is now available.

Many studios are located in the CBD, are damaged and no longer
accessible and several locally based stations [such as Plains FM] are
no longer broadcasting.

Main transmitter sites are operational, but several local low power
FM stations in the eastern suburbs of Aranui, South New Brighton and
Sumner have all sustained damage and are silent.

Other local LPFM stations such as Power Hits 87.7 FM have been
broadcasting emergency accommodation messages for the St
Albans/Mairehau community and offers to help stations have come from
other local stations as far away as Wellington and Queenstown.

Volcano Radio 88.5 FM in Lyttelton returned to the air shortly after
the quake and has been broadcasting community messages and
information since.

The detailed list is available for download from
www.radioheritage.com and is located at the homepage under the header
'Christchurch Earthquake 2011'.

Donations towards the 'Helping Rebuild Christchurch' project which
was launched only the day before the earthquake as part of the Kiwi
Radio Campaign are also welcomed through Paypal at the website or can
be mailed to the Radio Heritage Foundation, PO Box 20024, Newtown,
Wellington 6242. Donations are tax deductible.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage. 

We host the PAL Mediumwave and Shortwave Radio Guides, the New
Zealand Low Power FM Radio Guide and maintain Pacific country
directory listings for the World Radio TV Handbook. 

Our latest radio heritage radio documentary about the FM radio dial
in Bacolod City, Philippines can be downloaded from the Mailbox audio
page for February 21 at Radio New Zealand International www.rnzi.com.
The second in this series is scheduled for broadcast March 7.

Our global website is www.radioheritage.net. Thank you for supporting
our ongoing operational costs through Paypal donations.
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Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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