Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Date
1980-1998
By
Radio Active 89FM (Radio station : Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference
MS-Group-1913
Description

Comprises cassettes of music recordings collected by Radio Active 89FM between 1980 and 1998. Contains demo tapes, pre-release or live recordings by New Zealand bands and performers. Performers include David Eggleton, Garageland, King Loser, Sam Manzanza, Shihad, Sneaky Feelings, Supergroove, and Paul Ubana Jones, as well as many other artists and groups, both well-known and unfamiliar. Collection also contains original paper listing of tapes provided by Radio Active and a folder of business cards, notes, and other ephemera.

Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music

Radio Active 89FM began broadcasting in 1977 as the radio station for the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association. It became a commercial radio station in 1989. In 2016 it broadcasts on 88.6FM and is known as RadioActive.

Quantity: 665 C60 cassette(s). 137 C30 cassette(s). 117 C90 cassette(s). 52 DAT tape(s). 16 C45 cassette(s). 9 audiocassette(s). 5 C10 cassette(s). 3 folder(s). 3 C20 cassette(s). 1 C15 cassette(s).

Transfers: From Published Sound Collection - IRN number for Printed Sound accession is 594446.

Processing information: Some cassette cases included an original Radio Active alphabetical classification sticker. This is noted in brackets after cassette title.

Additional description

Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Use/Reproduction
No public use without permission of copyright owners
Access restrictions
Partly restricted material
Format
665 C60 cassette(s), 137 C30 cassette(s), 117 C90 cassette(s), 52 DAT tape(s), 16 C45 cassette(s), 9 audiocassette(s), 5 C10 cassette(s), 3 folder(s), 3 C20 cassette(s), 1 C15 cassette(s), Sound recordings, Audiocassettes, Digital audio tapes
There are 1,008 items in total.
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Copyright

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There are 1,008 items in this group.
Audio

Depot theatre for Radio Active

Date: Date unknown

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032139

Description: Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 C10 cassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Audio

Ads radio x3

Date: Date unknown

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032138

Description: Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Audio

Little stings. Ads 1 and 2 for Radio Active 89 FM

Date: Date unknown

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032137

Description: Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Audio

Radio Active. Overnight charter coaches

Date: 14 March 1983

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032136

Description: Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Audio

P Fune. Stings you'll need to amend. 'B card'

Date: Date unknown

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032135

Description: Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Audio

Simon Bates Radio 1. 'Red Hot & Blue' programme

Date: Date unknown

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032133

Description: Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Audio

Roland Ebbing. Demo for radio active production manager application

Date: Date unknown

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032132

Description: Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Audio

Interview with Mark Diglio. XY2 Contact 89 FM

Date: 5 August 1991

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MSC-032134

Description: Title taken from item. Interviewer - Paul Martin Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Other

Cardboard cassette tape envelopes, notes, and business cards

Date: [between 1980 and 1998]

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-12053

Description: Contains cardboard envelopes, and loose material originally enclosed in cassette tape cases. This includes business cards, notes, and one letter. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Other

Lists of cassettes

Date: 2003

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-10982-3

Description: Lists of the demo cassettes donated by Radio Active, arranged by title/artist. Many of these cassettes have been individually entered on Tapuhi, the remainder (MS-Papers-10982-1, MS-Papers-10982-2) are uncatalogued Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript