[HCDX] Pacific Radio at the Crossroads - Radio Documentary

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A message from the folks at the non-profit Radio Heritage Foundation 
[www.radioheritage.net] about our latest radio documentary now
available for 
download via Radio New Zealand International

Pacific Radio at the Crossroads
-------------------------------

'Just staying on air is a struggle'

The latest radio heritage documentary from the Radio Heritage
Foundation 
[www.radioheritage.net] examines the current state of radio
broadcasting in the 
Pacific region, and concludes that 'just staying on air' is a
struggle.

Issues facing radio stations across the region include natural
disasters such 
as cyclones [hurricanes], volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and
tsunamis [tidal 
waves], human interference such as riots, coups, intimidation of
staff and 
corruption, as well as resource problems such as skyrocketing oil
prices, old 
equipment and the lack of trained technical staff. Hear vivid
examples of these 
issues, and more!

'Solar powered panels don't last long in cyclones'!
 
The Pacific Plan calls for a study into the current state of radio
broadcasting 
in the islands. It wants to see internet technology, satellite
services and 
other ICT options introduced to provide more services for targeted
groups such 
as rural and women listeners. However, as the documentary explains,
these 
answers by themselves may not be enough to rescue Pacific island
radio 
broadcasting from a precarious future.

'Bureaucrats get involved'!

Worse still, the listeners, the stations, program suppliers and
others are 
being seemingly ignored by the deskbound bureaucrats behind the
Pacific Plan. 
The already fragile nature of daily broadcasting by highly dedicated
staff 
seems likely to be irreparably damaged - not enhanced - by the
bureaucratic 
structures promised by the Pacific Plan.

ZCO Tonga 'nose-flute' Interval Signal Heard Again

The documentary includes rare station ID's, cyclone alert
announcements and 
jingles from stations such as Radio Tonga, Sunshine Radio Niue and
Radio Cook 
Islands. The program also features the original ZCO [Tonga] Call of
the 
Friendly Islands station interval signal played on a traditional nose
flute.

Listen to this documentary today by visiting www.rnzi.com, clicking
on 'more 
audio' and then clicking on the July 9 Mailbox MP3 file. Available
until July 
23 when our new documentary 'Babyboomer Radio' with the original
pirate Radio 
Hauraki airs.

For everyone interested in broadcasting in the Pacific, this
documentary from 
the Radio Heritage Foundation shows that even contemporary radio can
sometimes 
be more endangered than radio from the past. 

Issued by:
Radio Heritage Foundation
Wellington, New Zealand
www.radioheritage.net 
July 12 2006



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