CHM Supersound

Papua New Guinea popular music has come a long way since the country got its Independence from the Australian Administration in 1975. Little notice is given to the promotional aspect of music by our radio stations in PNG. This article aims to give tribute to both music entrepreneurs and radio stations who have immensely contributed to the overall development of PNG popular music and at the same time creating the local music scene.

CHM Supersound Studios will re-emerge its video programs through EMTV on February 11th this year. The program will be under the title, “Rait Muzik” which according to Managing Director Raymond Chin, MBE will give a sense of relatively in audience–program interaction and basically give back to the people of Papua New Guinea a dose of their own, home-grown and locally produced music in the form of music video clips.

Technology has developed so fast in the past years. When I was growing up, the best way to listen to new music was on our radio which was a gigantic box with 2 speakers, a wide dial with lots of numbers on it and an antenna which extends to about a meter. Today, if you want new music, all you have to do is to connect to the World Wide Web. The web instantly gives you access to hundreds of thousands of music spanning genres, countries and artists.