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Will New Zealand get satellite radio?
Will Sky be NZ's happy place for sat radio? North Americans can be accused of taking our selection of radio broadcasting for granted. Sure, I’ll be amongst the first to complain about the homogenizing...
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New film to tell the story of New Zealand’s own offshore radio pirate
Radio Hauraki’s ship Tiri II in 1969 I was unaware that New Zealand had a pirate radio scene in the 1960s. But upon further reflection it makes sense, since that country’s radio dial was similarly...
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New Zealand Has Legal Unlicensed Low-Power FM
I was in New Zealand over the recent holidays, and while waiting in line at a beachside food stand near Christchurch I noticed a t-shirt the teenager behind the counter was wearing, advertising...
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Podcast #76 – UMass Station Sale, Unlicensed LPFM in NZ & Archive Nuggets
All hands are on deck for our first show of 2017. First up, Jennifer Waits reports on the planned sale of U Mass-Dartmouth’s WUMD to Rhode Island Public Radio. Then Paul Riismandel shares radio...
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Interference Conflict Between Unlicensed Stations in New Zealand
From Wellington, New Zealand comes news that a commercial radio group is planning a new station that threatens one run by an elementary school, MaranuiFM. The commercial radio group Mediaworks plans...
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Podcast #234 – Community Access Radio in New Zealand
In New Zealand a dozen partially government-funded radio stations are charged with providing access to under-represented groups and communities. Wellington Access Radio, situated in New Zealand’s...
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Radio Field Report: Legal Unlicensed LPFM in New Zealand
Catching a low-power FM radio station in the wild in New Zealand requires a bit of luck. Permitted to broadcast with up to one watt of power without a license, these stations have a bit more range –...
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