VILLAGE RADIO WELCOMES CHINESE VISITORS

Saturday 7th June we had the pleasure of giving a tour of Village Radio to a group of about 30 from the Auckland Eastern Chinese Society. The group was organised by Mimi Hung who does a regular broadcast every month on Village Radio.The photo is of Grace whose birthday it was and our announcer, Penny Vaughan played a "Happy Birthday" record for her. For further photos check out our website www.villageradio.co.nz under Photo Gallery.

BACK LIVE STREAMING

     Thanks to our wonderful Tech Volunteers we are back to "Live" Streaming.     We had some great feedback that our Streaming had been missed. which we are pleased to say was for a short time only.

STREAMING PROBLEMS

We would like to apologise to our many listeners that use our Live Streaming App. We are having technical difficulties at present but hope to have it rectified shortly.

HISTORIC BROADCAST

This Sunday the 13th of April our 41st Birthday, Village Radio will be broadcasting on the historic vintage “High Fidelity” Collins 1 kw transmitter, that was donated by the NZ Broadcasting Service . The old transmitter was one of four identical units that were purchased by the Government, for the newly formed Commercial Broadcasting Service, in 1936. Our transmitter was originally broadcasting the programmes from the Auckland studios of 1ZB. It was later moved to the Bay of Plenty transmission complex that was situated at Paengaroa, near Te Puke, where it had been a “standby” emergency transmitter. From research and correspondence with the Collins Collectors Society in the USA it is believed that our transmitter, known as the Model 20C, may be the last one of its type still In perfect working condition, in the World.   Photo George Stewart with the historic Collins Transmitter.

GARETH WALLIS OF TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEWED

George Stewart’s studio guest on Monday afternoon was the General Manager of City Partnerships and Development, Gareth Wallis. He told our listeners about growing up in Tauranga, attending Tauranga Boy’s College before heading off overseas and playing in various bands.  Back in New Zealand he found work in a number of city councils before being appointed to lead the Tauranga Civic Precinct, Te Manawataki – o- Te papa...one of the largest transformational programmes ever undertaken by a local authority in New Zealand.    The buildings are pre-fabricated from treated pinus radiata in Nelson before being shipped to Tauranga to be assembled like a giant lego kit set...which speeds up the construction considerably. The Library and Community Hub are the first to be completed, followed by a Civic Whare (Meeting House) a museum and an exhibition gallery.

THE HENRY RUDOLPH SINGERS REUNION

Henry Rudolph formed his first singing group in Wellington in 1924, and by the 1960's, earlier choirs had evolved into a The Henry Rudolph Singers, a 20 voice singing and dancing troupe that performed throughout New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Sydney and Brisbane.   The Henry Rudolph Singers last performed in 1978, and now 47 years later, a final reunion was held in Tauranga from 14th to 16th February 2025.    Brian Williams interviewed former singer, Janice Winter, on Village Radio, on Wednesday 12th February and played tracks from their LP record. Others visited Village Radio during Eileen Roach's broadcast on Saturday morning, with some of the group having fun announcing the broadcasting of records of the earlier Henry Rudolph Serenaders. These were 78 RPM records recorded on the very historical TANZA label (To Assist NZ Artists).        Pictured are singers Janice Winter and Kay Hutchins at Tauranga Village Radio.