{"id":11137,"date":"2014-10-21T08:09:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11137"},"modified":"2014-10-21T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T12:10:09","slug":"rnzi-sounds-historical-90-years-since-first-nzuk-radio-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/rnzi-sounds-historical-90-years-since-first-nzuk-radio-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"RNZ Sounds Historical: 90 years since first NZ\/UK radio contact"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Frank Holden, for sharing this episode of Sounds Historical<\/em> <\/a>via Radio New Zealand. In commemoration of the first radio link between New Zealand and the UK, host\u00a0Jim Sullivan<\/a>\u00a0features\u00a0a 1964 recording of New Zealand radio pioneers, Frank and Brenda Bell:<\/p>\n

(Source: Radio New Zealand<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The first radio link between New Zealand and England took place 90 years ago yesterday and last night it was re-enacted. In 1964 at the time of the 40th anniversary Frank and Brenda Bell recalled the 1924 event which Frank Bell orchestrated from their home in Shag Valley, East Otago. His sister Brenda recalls the historic occasion from her home. The recording was made at Shag Valley to mark the 40th anniversary between Frank and Cecil Goyder of London. Allan Frame and Clive Liddell also recall the event. Then Martin Balch reports from the vents at Shag Valley Station on 18 October 2014. He talks to Mike ZL4OL from Dunedin, Dave Mulder, ZL4DK and Mike Mather ZL2CC from Gisborne. Frank Bells’ great-grandchildren Henry and Lucy re-create the 1924 event by talking to children at Mill Hill School, London.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Below, I have embedded audio players for Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a> of Sounds Historical<\/em>. While I would encourage you to listen to the whole show, you’ll find the anniversary recording in Part 2 beginning around 36:00. Enjoy:<\/p>\n

Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/history\/history-20141019-2005-sounds_historical_for_sunday_19_october_2014_part_1-048.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/history\/history-20141019-2105-sounds_historical_for_sunday_19_october_2014_part_2-048.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

If you’d like to read more about this historic event, check out this article on\u00a0nzhistory.net.nz<\/a>. The Otago Daily Times also features a photo of the transmitter the Bells used<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m a little surprised to discover no articles about Frank or Brenda Bell on Wikipedia (of course, their\u00a0uncle, Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell\u00a0is featured<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Frank Holden, for sharing this episode of Sounds Historical via Radio New Zealand. In commemoration of the first radio link between New Zealand and the UK, host\u00a0Jim Sullivan\u00a0features\u00a0a 1964 recording of New Zealand radio pioneers, Frank and Brenda Bell: (Source: Radio New Zealand) The first radio link between New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,305,288,43],"tags":[3331,3329,3330,3334,3332,259,87,3333],"class_list":["post-11137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-brenda-bell","tag-frank-and-brenda-bell","tag-frank-bell","tag-jim-sullivan","tag-new-zealand-radio-history","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnzi","tag-sounds-historical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2TD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34518,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/1917-first-wireless-transmission-from-new-zealand-to-london\/","url_meta":{"origin":11137,"position":0},"title":"1917: First wireless transmission from New Zealand to London","author":"Thomas","date":"October 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: New Zealand History\u00a0via Andrea Borgnino) First trans-global radio transmission to London From the family sheep station in Shag Valley, East Otago, amateur radio operator Frank Bell sent a groundbreaking Morse code transmission received and replied to by London-based amateur operator Cecil Goyder. 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