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[Early radio, Frank and Brenda Bell].

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Year
1964
Reference
236440
Media type
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Year
1964
Reference
236440
Media type
Audio
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Categories
Interviews (Sound recordings)
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Duration
00:14:00
Broadcast Date
1964
Credits
RNZ Collection
Bell, Brenda, 1891-1979, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Bell, Francis Wirgman Dillon, 1896-1987, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Frame, Allan, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Liddell, Clive, 1909-1996, Speaker/Kaikōrero

Frank Bell recalls establishing the first radio communication between New Zealand and England at Shag Valley station in Otago in 1924. His sister Brenda also recalls the historic occasion from her home.

This recording was made at Shag Valley to mark the 40th anniversary of the first radio communication between Frank and Cecil Goyder of London on 18 Oct. 1924. Allan Frame and Clive Liddell also recall the events.