AWARUA RADIO - VLB - ZLB.

 This section comprises a selection of photographs and other information courtesy of
Alan Glennie ZL4ACG, whose father was one of those who worked at Awarua.

ZLB senior staff list
Wall plaque of all the managers, etc, of Awarua from inception to closure. The original plaque was held by Lestor Price ZL4PO in Nelson, but it has now been donated to the Southland Museum in Invercargill.
 
ZLB mast lowering
The original 410 ft mast being lowered on
25th March 1938 .

ZLB from mast
Looking North from one of the 450 ft steel towers which have since been pulled down.
Main road from Invercargill to Bluff running across centre.

ZLB operators
Charles Alan Glennie (in foreground) at Awarua around 1960. The operator in the
background is Bert McKechnie the father of All Black and NZ cricket rep Brian McKechnie.

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