AREC FM

100 years of BBC

Admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:28:16 +0000

This November 2022 the BBC is celebrating their 100-year anniversary. You can listen to a range of programmes on the history of the corporation via the BBC World Service.

The story starts with the radio station 2LO in central London. This was built and operated by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company opening on May 11th, 1922, and originally operating for one hour a day using a power of 100W on 350m (about 857 kHz).

On November 14th control of 2LO passed from the Marconi Company to the BBC with Arthur Burrows, later Director of the British Broadcasting Cooperation, announcing the transmission at 18.00 with: “This is 2LO, Marconi House, London calling” ushering in what has become a wide range of BBC radio and television broadcasting. BBC became a corporation on January 1st, 1927.

The remains of the 2LO master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) transmitter is at the Science Museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. The exhibit is called the 2LO London Calling Transmitter and is the first transmitter to be used by the BBC.

HM Queen Elizabeth II

Admin — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 06:14:32 +0000

There will be a number of programmes remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II broadcast over the coming days. The schedule in local time is available here:

BBC World Service Australasia – Schedules, 12 – 18 September 2022

More detail is available on a daily basis by clicking on the date at the top of each day’s programming.

New Wellington service

Admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:11:32 +0000

We are pleased to announce Wellington CBD coverage with service out towards Kilbirnie and Rongotai. The frequency for these areas is 107.0 MHz.

All AREC FM transmitters now have RDS with the Alternative Frequency (AF) option to enable RDS equipped receivers to automatically retune to our different frequencies as you drive around the greater Wellington area. Simply set one memory when you see AREC FM on your car radio display and our programme will be found by your radio wherever you are within our coverage area.

For the technically minded, the Program identification code (PI code) for AREC FM is 9400.

New frequency for Waikanae listeners

Admin — Sun, 16 May 2021 08:38:32 +0000

As part of our programme to improve coverage the Waikanae transmitter is now on 87.9 MHz, this is to avoid co-channel interference in parts of Paraparaumu.

Time Pips

Admin — Sun, 02 May 2021 14:41:56 +0000

Please note that the Time Pips from the BBC are delayed a few seconds or so due to network delays from the UK to our transmitters.

RDS

Admin — Sun, 02 May 2021 01:39:35 +0000

We’re testing RDS on the Waikanae transmitter. Note that we transmit a mono service only.

Hello world!

Admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:00:19 +0000

Welcome to AREC FM at the bottom of the FM dial.

This new website replaces the original site at Waikanae.live which outlived it usefulness. We’ve just concluded arrangements for carrying the BBC World Service and we will be transmitting this shortly. Stay tuned!