Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
Radio 2YD Wellington
Radio 2ZB Wellington
75 Years of Kiwi Radio
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One of the greatest radio ambushes in New Zealand radio history took
place in the last week of April 1937, and two new features from the
Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.com celebrate the 75th
anniversary of this cheeky event.
Commercial station 2ZB was launching with much fanfare on April 28
but was upstaged by commercial sounding [but non-commercial] station
2YD launching on April 25.
Feature Station 2YD Wellington Ambush
www.radioheritage.net/story259.asp includes original surprised press
reports, a rare listener card issued for the first day of broadcast
and personal memories from a former 2YD technician.
Radio 2YD introduced such popular radio serials as 'Dad and Dave' and
'Fred and Maggie Everybody' to Kiwi audiences, later becoming 2ZM
before joining the now Auckland based ZMFM music network that still
operates in Wellington today.
Meanwhile, 2ZB Wellington 75 Years Early Personalities is the second
new feature found at www.radioheritage.net/story258.asp which
introduces many favorite Kiwi radio stars such as Aunt Daisy and
Selwyn Toogood.
Packed with long lost images of early personalities and other 2ZB
memorabilia, this 75th anniversary feature will bring back happy
memories for older listeners and give today's listeners a taste of
the legacy of what has now become the local outlet of the Auckland
based NewstalkZB network.
Radio 2YD and Radio 2ZB, two stations from 1937 that illustrate how
even state radio could spring surprises on themselves and their
listeners. For the stories of these and other New Zealand, Australian
and Pacific radio broadcasters see hundreds of features at
www.radioheritage.com today.
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connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage.