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Radio New Zealand. 2008-09-24. 60 years of shortwave broadcasting.

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On September 27, the Dominion Day holiday in 1948, a short-wave service was launched by Prime Minister, Peter Fraser. It took the name 'Radio New Zealand' and was part of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS). Until 1990, the station broadcast on two 7.5kW transmitters from Titahi Bay which had been left behind by the US military after World War II. The service was aimed at listeners in t...
Display date:
2008
Location:
American Samoa
Format:
Sound
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
RNZ Collection
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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