Inaugural shortwave broadcast of Wantok Radio Light, Papua New Guinea - a podcast by Cities and Memory

Inaugural shortwave broadcast and celebration of Wantok Radio Light, Papua New Guinea on June 11, 2005. Frequency was 7120 kHz. Receiver: AOR AR7030+. Antenna: Wellbrook Communications ALA100 Phased Delta Loop Antenna. Recorded by Guy Atkins at Grayland, Washington USA.

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00:00 Introduction by speaker or host named "Witness"

01:31 Song "Naso Joda" by the band P2-UIF ("P2-United in Faith"; the Gospel band's name honors those killed in the missionary aviation plane P2-UIF that crashed in Papua New Guinea ). A YouTube video of the song being performed live in August 2012 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvkKWROal0

03:00 Praise for the signal of Wantok Radio Light to go out through all the world

03:50 Testimony of James

09:18 Solo music on harmonica: "Jesus Saves" performed by James

12:06 Phone conversation with "Brother Paul": salutations to Wantok Radio Light; praise for the new shortwave transmitter

15:52 More talk by Witness

17:50 Live music

23:40 Praise & talk with announcer Witness

24:52 Live Music

28:52 Talk & praise by Witness

29:43 "You're listening to Radio Light, Wantok Radio Light, live right here,  the one and only; live right here Amen, at the top of Minion House, right at the top. That's right! We're right at the top."



Recorded by Guy Atkins, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive.

Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave