[IRCA] WASA McMurdo Antarctica - Radio Heritage Media Release

[Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

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WASA McMurdo, FM 100 The Voice of Antarctica
The Most Wonderful Antarctic Station Anywhere

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Bob Flint, Station Manager of WASA McMurdo during the 1972 winter
season, shares extracts from his personal diary in the latest feature
about radio in Antarctica just released by the Radio Heritage
Foundation at www.radioheritage.net.

You'll learn of the trials and tribulations of running a radio
station in one of the most challenging environments on earth.
Obstacles included isolation, the weather, demolishing of studio
facilities and a commanding officer who ordered the morale boosting
station off the air.

In a short one year period, WASA moved from 600 AM to 100 FM,
lurching briefly into MUGR [McMurdo Under Ground Radio] and WRFM
[Radio Free McMurdo] along the way.

Bob has also dug deeply into his personal photo collection to share a
range of images of the station studio, DJ's on the air, station
signage, an interview with 'National Review' founder and journalist
William F Buckley Jnr and much more that you'll enjoy today at
www.radioheritage.net.

The first live Antarctic sports broadcast, live coverage of moon
landings, and the first live broadcast from the USA are just some of
the highlights in our new feature 'WASA McMurdo, Antarctica'.

This is the second in a series about broadcasting in the Antarctic
presented by the Radio Heritage Foundation as part of its ongoing
project to preserve, protect and remember radio heritage from around
the Pacific region. You'll also enjoy 'Antarctic Radio Unfreezes' at
www.radioheritage.net for coverage of other stations on the Ice
Continent.

If you have your own memories, memorabilia and more to share about
broadcasting at McMurdo and elsewhere in the Antarctic, we'd very
much like to hear from you.

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Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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