Rather than competing for the airwaves, radio stations Paekakariki 88.2FM and Beach 106.3 FM are joining forces for the love of a music medium undergoing a revival: the record. 

Beach FM are selling the majority of their record collection, amassed over decades, at the first ever Village Vinyl Fair, organised by Paekākāriki Informed Community, at Paekākāriki Bowling Club 12-4pm, Saturday 15 February. 

The fair will have record dealers from around the Wellington region alongside locals with impressive collections to sell, with the public also able to enjoy live Paekākāriki FM DJ sets  with the Bowler bar open for refreshments. 

Paekākāriki Informed Community runs Paekākāriki FM and village website Paekākāriki.nz 

“It’s predicted that 2020 worldwide will see the sale of vinyl outstrip CDs for the first time since 1986,” says Mark Amery, who is organising the event with Vinyl and Proud DJs Val Little and  Pat McIntosh. “Records have been having quite the resurgence. At the same time local radio stations are becoming even more community empowered by being able to access music digitally and broadcast online.”

Beach FM are moving their collection on because that music is now at their fingertips.

“We really love the idea that these records can find a home back in the Kapiti community that have listened to them,” says Beach FM Station Manager Tee Cameron.

This inaugural Vinyl Fair is being followed from 7.30pm by a dance with Paekākāriki FM’s DJs. Tickets are $10 and available from the Paekākāriki Fruit and Vege Shop and Bowling Club.

Launched in 1998, Beach FM celebrated its 21st birthday last year, informing and entertaining communities on the Kapiti Coast and Horowhenua on a single radio frequency 106.3FM – live seven days a week. 

Paekakariki 88.2FM is celebrating its seventh birthday this month. This community radio station has 35 radio shows hosted by community members and an active schools programme, with many budding young DJs. Co-organisers Val Little and Pat McIntish run Vinyl and Proud, a radio show dedicated to introducing people to a love of vinyl.

For more information contact Mark Amery 0273566128