{"id":8801,"date":"2014-02-16T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T14:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8801"},"modified":"2014-02-16T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T14:39:59","slug":"eight-new-recordings-in-the-media-network-vintage-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/eight-new-recordings-in-the-media-network-vintage-vault\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight new recordings in the Media Network Vintage Vault"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1190\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RNW-Hilver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1190\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1190\" alt=\"RNW headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands (photo coutesty: RNW)\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RNW-Hilver-300x152.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RNW-Hilver-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RNW-Hilver.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RNW&#8217;s former headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands (photo: RNW)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jonthan Marks has just informed me that he&#8217;s added new studio recordings \u00a0to the Media Network Vintage Vault.<\/p>\n<p>They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"Media Network.7.10.1992. AM Stereo; what went wrong?\" target=\"_blank\">7.10.1992. AM Stereo; what went wrong?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn28011999-radios-future\" target=\"_blank\">28.01.1999 Radio&#8217;s Future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn31121999-radio-new-zealand-profile\">31.12.1999 Radio New Zealand Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn25021999-budel-radio-museum\">25.02.1999 Budel Radio Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn22041999-radio-minurca\">22.04.1999. Radio Minurca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn16011997-radio-ham-revisited\">16.01.1997. Radio Ham Revisited<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn12081999-birthday-and-the-congo\">12.08.1999 Birthday and the Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn11021999-remembering-jyi-jordan\">11.02.1999. Remembering JYI Jordan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Of course the MN Vintage Vault has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">many more recordings!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jonathan comments, &#8220;I think you might like <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn31121999-radio-new-zealand-profile\" target=\"_blank\">the Radio New Zealand stuff<\/a>. Sounds like it was recorded yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6082\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/New_Zealand-Bellbird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6082\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6082\" alt=\"The New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) provides the interval signal for RNZI (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/New_Zealand-Bellbird-300x240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/New_Zealand-Bellbird-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/New_Zealand-Bellbird-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/New_Zealand-Bellbird.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) provides the interval signal for RNZI (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Indeed it does!<\/p>\n<p>To top it off, I&#8217;m still amazed RNZI is still on the air and pumping out an amazing signal into North America. <a title=\"Radio New Zealand\u2019s Peter Fry will take you on a musical journey\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/radio-new-zealands-peter-fry-will-take-you-on-a-musical-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a recording made only one week ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having never heard a New Zealand Bellbird live, I was most impressed to hear how RNZI (in the 1950s!) modified the Bellbird&#8217;s call for the distinctive RNZI interval signal. Don&#8217;t want to give it away, though, <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn31121999-radio-new-zealand-profile\" target=\"_blank\">listen for yourself.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonthan Marks has just informed me that he&#8217;s added new studio recordings \u00a0to the Media Network Vintage Vault. They include: 7.10.1992. AM Stereo; what went wrong? 28.01.1999 Radio&#8217;s Future 31.12.1999 Radio New Zealand Profile 25.02.1999 Budel Radio Museum 22.04.1999. Radio Minurca 16.01.1997. Radio Ham Revisited 12.08.1999 Birthday and the Congo 11.02.1999. Remembering JYI Jordan Of [&hellip;]<\/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":[960,305,1557,288,746,43],"tags":[246,1717,1819,2576,1821,1820],"class_list":["post-8801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-nostalgia","category-podcast","category-radio-history","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-jonathan-marks","tag-media-network-vintage-vault","tag-new-zealand-bellbird","tag-radio-new-zealand-international","tag-radio-new-zealand-international-interval-signal","tag-rnzi-interval-signal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2hX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-new-zealand-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":8801,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio New Zealand International","author":"Thomas","date":"March 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite shortwave radio broadcasters is Radio New Zealand International. 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