[HCDX] Celebrating over 85 Years of Popular Kiwi Radio

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Celebrating over 85 Years of Popular Kiwi Radio
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As part of a new campaign scheduled for 2007, the Radio Heritage
Foundation has 
released two introductory articles about 1930's broadcasting in New
Zealand at 
its website www.radioheritage.net.

The first article 'Kiwi Radio Dial 1931' features a complete list of
private 
and Radio Broadcasting Company stations on air at the peak of private
radio, 
before removal of sponsorship revenue and a state nationalization
campaign.

>From long gone stations such as 2ZP Wairoa, 3ZE Cobden, 4ZM Dunedin,
4ZR 
Inchclutha, 1ZJ Auckland and 2ZW Wellington, this is a fascinating
look back at 
the 'Golden Age' of radio in New Zealand.

Profusely illustrated with art work from many of the stations such as
branding 
logos and letterheads, the article confirms that New Zealand had a
vibrant 
radio broadcasting scene that could easily have followed the same
development 
path as Australia and Canada. 

Instead, blatant government regulation and interference [literally in
the case 
of the jamming of 1ZB Auckland] killed private and community radio
and replaced 
it with a dull BBC style service that effectively muzzled free and
independent 
thought and expression until pirate Radio Hauraki arrived in 1966.

The second in the new series at www.radioheritage.net, features 1ZB
Auckland 
radio personality 'Gran', a no nonsense Scottish woman [Nancy M.
Donne] who 
built a loyal following of listeners to her mixture of practical
advice, and 
homespun philosophies.

In the article at www.radioheritage.net, we've included '10 Top Tips'
from 
Gran, such as how to get thin, how to waterproof a tent, and how to
bake the 
most perfect banana cake! And, plenty of other 'Bits 'n' Pieces' from
her 
1930's era book.

There are photos of the early 1ZB radio personalities, including
Marina, who 
helped establish the National Commercial Broadcasting Service as a
popular 
entertainment and 'features station' network. Although run by public
service 
rules, the broadcasters themselves, many of whom came from closed
down 
private 'B' stations, made a valiant effort to entertain the nation.

We have a special offer to celebrate the new campaign, just visit our
'Voices 
in the Air' pages at www.radioheritage.net. We have just 5 copies
available of 
this 30 year old out-of-print book about the history of New Zealand
radio 
broadcasting as well as 5 sets of 1920's 'The Emerging Years' postage
stamps - 
including the anniversary of radio issue - and they're available on a
first 
come first served basis! Make sure of your unique set today, only 5
are 
available worldwide.

For a comparison of early 1930's broadcasting in Australia, New
Zealand and 
Canada, our earlier story 'A Tale of Three Cities' at
www.radioheritage.net 
looks at Auckland, Sydney and Toronto. Each city had almost the same
number of 
stations, despite their big population differences. As usual, some
great photos 
and images of station logos and other radio art work from the art
deco design 
period. Enjoy it today, along with our large range of other radio
history 
resources!

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The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
based in 
Wellington, New Zealand and 'Celebrating over 85 Years of Popular
Kiwi Radio' 
is a new series launched as part of our new 2007 campaign. Our free
access 
website is www.radioheritage.net and you can be removed from this
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