The creation of further licences for general commercial broadcasting purposes in the FM band above 100 MHz was considered by the Government in 2003 and a three year prohibition established. Policies for licensing after the three year period expires are contained in the discussion document of September 2005.
Mark has a track featured at Scenestars, one of the better mp3 blogs around. Best track on the new album too, if you ask me. Read, download, listen, then buy the album.
Kia Tupato (Be Careful) features the late Sir John Turei as he presents Maori views on Genetic Modification with reference to the land and the teaching of his Grandparents.
Radio NZ is running a trial podcast until March 31. This Way Up is the only programme available in this way at present, but it's great to see that RNZ is trialling that method of distribution.
Nothing says 'you're a long way from home' like being live on Saturday Morning with Kim Hill on National Radio as a 'foreign correspondent' before you've even had your dinner on a Friday night. We talked about new technology, this blog, podcasting, Birmin
Just got back from the Post Office, where there was a significant parcel of goodies from New Zealand waiting to be collected (Thanks, Jicki & Steve!). Some of the best things you can't get here in the UK were waiting, somewhat battered from the journey, b
May is New Zealand Music Month and to kick it off, the New Zealand Government has announced a deal with commercial broadcasters CanWest to save the ailing all-NZ music radio station Kiwi FM.
Well, I've been cross about the whole 'Kiwi FM being given public frequencies' debacle over the past 24 hours, and I've been receiving a whole lot of hand-wringing emails and comments on the blog that generally go along the lines of "Steve Maharey has bet
Last night, NZ Communications Minister David Cunliffe finally announced the unbundling of the local loop. This means that Telecom's monopoly over the copper wires has come to an end, and the way has been cleared for competitive service provision. Most imp
Today on RDU98.5FM Mornings, Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey confirmed that: Canwest will sell advertising on the Public-owned frequencies that it has been gifted by the Government.
But a casualty of that battle is that Kiwi is a dead duck. The government paying someone to have it stuffed and put it under glass isn't going to make it quack any louder.