Radio Norfolk (

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: VL2NI) is one of three radio stations servicing

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

. Radio Norfolk is the government-owned and run radio station. The island’s other two local stations are 87.6 FM Norfolk Island owned by the

Bounty Folk Museum Bounty Museum, also Bounty Folk Museum, is the original museum on Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory in the Pacific. Its collection includes archival photographs, HMS Bounty memorabilia, Norfolk Island artifacts, stamps, paintin ...

and the community radio station 99.9 Pines FM

History

Radio broadcasting began as a means of announcing incoming aircraft during World War II. During the 1960s and 1970s, the station provided primarily shipping and aircraft news. In the early days of radio on Norfolk Island, the station was situated in the administration buildings in Kingston, inside what was then the new military barracks (now the office of the Norfolk Island Administrator). The station's studios were damaged by fire in the 1970s and since then, Radio Norfolk has been housed in its current premises in New Cascade Road, close to

Burnt Pine Burnt Pine ( Norf'k: ''Ban Pain''Buffett, Alice Inez, ''Speak Norfolk Today: An Encyclopedia of the Norfolk Island language'', Himii Publishing, Norfolk Island, 1999: 25) is the largest town on Norfolk Island (in the Pacific Ocean located betwee ...

. In 1999, Radio Norfolk installed a 10-metre satellite dish to continue to receive and relay overseas TV and radio services on their own dedicated frequencies and re-transmitting other services overnight while the local station is closed. In 1991, the Norfolk Island Broadcasting Service (which includes both television and radio services on Norfolk Island) became an additional full member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union - Members Directory 2007, page 89

References

External links

The Norfolk Island Government
Communications in Norfolk Island Radio stations in Australia Public radio in Australia {{NorfolkIsland-stub