“Having Fun in Taipei”

2009 Mandarin and Taiwanese Speech Contest for Non-native Speakers
Sign up before April 30^th!

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is the most familiar Taiwanese city for people living in other countries. In order to encourage foreigners to learn Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese, Radio Taiwan International (RTI) and the Taipei City Department of Information and Tourism are hosting a speech contest for foreigners. As long as you have lived in Taiwan for less than six years, you are eligible to enter. The contest offers an opportunity to not only learn more about Taiwan, but also to speak about how you have fun in Taipei and demonstrate your language skills.

All contestants will be treated to afternoon tea at the Grand Hotel, and we will be present the first-place winner with a prize of NT$30,000 and a free night’s stay at the Grand Hotel. › Continue reading…

What is DIGITAL STADIUM

Helping undiscovered talent to make a world debut
” Digital Stadium,” also known as “Digista” is a TV program that invites artists to submit a wide range of digital art works for judging, comments, and advising from leading professionals active in the field. Digista is dedicated to supporting and nurturing young artists and thereby helping to create a new visual culture for the digital era.
One of the special features of the program is a kind of reverse selection process whereby applicants get to choose the professional artists who will act as “curators” on the show.
Applicants submit their work to a specific member of the curatorial team, whose names are announced in advance via the program web site or on the program itself. The curators then judge the designated artworks, strictly yet kindly, from their professional viewpoint.
Curators choose a “best work of the week” from among the submissions, thereby granting it entry to the Digital Stadium or “Hall of Fame” cherished by all the young artists who apply. Each winner’s name is forever engraved in the Stadium.

Go for the DIGISTA Grand Prize!
The “DIGISTA Awards” are held once a year to select the year’s best works from among those admitted to the Digital Stadium.
After the best works of each category have been selected, judges decide on one work to receive the Grand Prize. Who knows which artist will be the winner of this year’s coveted Grand Prize?
The program is presented by two hosts.
One is NHK commentator Hide Nakaya, who assumes the role of program Navigator. Nakaya is known as the person who designed NHK’s famous egg-shaped logo. Responsible for commentary across the fields of the arts, culture and the digital world, Nakaya supplies us throughout the program with the latest information on digital art.
TV announcer Mayuko Ishii serves as the program MC. Well-known through her appearances on various news programs, Ishii helps out the artists with her concise comments and warm advice.

HOW TO APPLY? › Continue reading…

Just released in the UK, Australia and New Zealand is the new pirate radio movie ‘The Boat That Rocked’, a comedy about the British pirate radio scene in the early 1960′s. It’s coming your way soon too.

It’s produced by New Zealander Tim Bevan, who was just 8 years old when Radio Hauraki burst onto the Kiwi airwaves in 1966….and to celebrate the movie and it’s Kiwi connection, we’ve got a copy of the
original CD ‘A Fresh Pacific Wind – Radio Hauraki 1966-1970′ as the prize in our Easter 2009 competition!

To enter this new competition simply answer this question: › Continue reading…

This year is pivotal for the country to combat the financial crisis and maintain a steady and relatively rapid economic growth.

At the same time, this year begins with a vigorous and forceful diplomacy from Chinese leaders to expand the Chinese presence, seek cooperation and fight against trade protectionism with shopping sprees in European countries.

Join CRI special guests in Beijing, Australia and Britain as they analyze the currect situation in China and share their insights on its role in world affairs.

For more information, › Continue reading…

A major new interview about the work of the Radio Heritage Foundation can be heard as audio on demand from HCJB for the DX Partyline program of January 30 2009 at www.hcjb.org.

Host Allen Graham in the Quito studios talks with Radio Heritage Foundation chairman David Ricquish about how the Pacific wide radio heritage preservation project got started, its progress, and the importance of making such an effort to protect and preserve the stories of radio. › Continue reading…

A new Radio Heritage Foundation documentary exploring the history of radio in the Cook Islands can be heard as audio on demand from RNZI for the Mailbox program of February 8 2009 at www.rnzi.com.

This special documentary covers early broadcasting in the 1940′s and 50′s right through until today, looks at the difficulties involved with providing radio service to 2.2 million square kilometers of the South Pacific from a population base of less than 20,000, and is accompanied by traditional Cook Islands music. › Continue reading…

A new Radio Heritage Foundation documentary looking back at how new radio stations signed on the air in New Zealand since the 1970′s can be heard as audio on demand from RNZI for the Mailbox program of January 25 2009 at www.rnzi.com.

Featuring many recordings of announcements and jingles, the program includes › Continue reading…

Have you ever entered a Kang Guru Writing Competition? If you haven’t, or even if you have, be sure to enter this special 20th Anniversary Writing Competition fro KGI. This annual competition is being announced earlier than usual this year. The reason for this is that KGI want ALL of you to enter no matter what age you are! Write a maximum of 250 words, in English, and send to KGI before March 31st, 2009.

What do you like most about Kang Guru Indonesia? (Choose between 1, 2, or 3 things only)

KGI encourage entrants to evidence for their response to this simple question. Winner will be announced on the KGI Forum and website in April 2009. The grand winner, and a friend, will visit Bali in the middle of 2009 while two Runner Up will also be invited to Bali. All three winners be interviewed for KGI and they will all appear in the June 2009 magazine talking about their life and their connection with Kang Guru. Their interviews will also be featured during the final series of KGI radio programs across Indonesia in August and September 2009. The Best 25 entries will also win a KGI 20th Anniversary T-shirt and a special KGI Prize Pack.

(Resource: KGI)

The Radio Heritage Foundation terdaftar dalam Charities Commission dan selalu menyambut Anda untuk berkontribusi dalam berbagai hal

Radio Heritage Foundation mempunyai misi untuk mengabadikan dan mempromosikan sejarah dan cerita mengenai radio siaran dari Selandia Baru dan Pasifik melalui arsip  virtual di www.radioheritage.net

Situs Radio Heritage Foundation berisi berbagai macam informasi yang meliputi sejarah, kejadian terkini, pirate radio, radio-radio mancanegara, dan lain sebagainya.

Dan tahun ini, Media Monitoring Club mendapat kesempatan istimewa untuk mengadakan kerja sama, melalui balasan emailnya yang isinya sebagai berikut: › Continue reading…

New Zealand shortwave station, ZLXA of the
Radio Reading Service, is about to permanently sign off the air.

In fact, it has already been silent since December 1 2008 and, as the
following message from Kelvin Brayshaw [QSL Manager] to Radio Heritage Foundation says, the
chances of it returning, except for a last special broadcast for
DXers, are very unlikely. › Continue reading…