List of early radio broadcast stations in Western Australia

This is a list is of local medium wave radio broadcast stations, by date of establishment in Western Australia, as they developed from the 1920s to the 1940s.

6WF, 1924

Main article: ABC Radio Perth

Established by Wesfarmers in 1924,^[1] 6WF was eventually taken over by the national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, in 1932.^[2]

6ML, 1930

6ML was established in 1930.^[3]

6KG, 1931

6KG in Kalgoorlie was established in 1931.^[4][5]

6PR, 1931

6PR was established in 1931.^[6]

6IX, 1933

6iX was established in 1933.^[7]

6PM, 1936

6PM was established in 1936.^[8]

6GE Geraldton was established in 1937

6WN, 1938

 

ABC building in Perth in 1937

6WN was established in 1938 as the second Perth station in the Australian Broadcasting Commission radio network.^[9]

6KY, 1941

6KY opened in 1941.^[10]

Networks

At various stages in the radio stations' histories they were linked to broadcasting networks, and operated by broadcasting companies.

Typically in the 1960s 6PR was linked^{[clarification needed]} to two other stations, 6TZ and 6CI.^[11]

Broadcasting companies and organisations

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Nicholsons Broadcasters^[12]
• West Australian Broadcasters^[13]
• Whitfords Broadcasting Network^[14]

See also

• History of broadcasting in Australia
• List of Australian AM radio stations
• List of radio station callsigns in Western Australia

Notes

1. "SOME EARLY HISTORY". The West Australian. Western Australia. 8 April 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
2. https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2005/04/29/1356554.htm ABC Local stories – 2 July 2012 9:00AM AWST – ABC celebrates 80 years on-air By Matthew Perkin
3. Australasian Radio Relay League (19 September 1930), "6ML IS NEW PERTH STATION (19 September 1930)", The Wireless Weekly, Wireless Press, 16 (13), retrieved 23 January 2020
4. "Birthday of 6KG". Kalgoorlie Miner. Western Australia. 1 October 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
5. "FIRE DESTROYS 6KG LIBRARY". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 27 September 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
6. "NICHOLSONS NEW STATION". The West Australian. Western Australia. 10 October 1931. p. 17. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
7. W.A. Broadcasters Ltd (1934), 6IX 6ML: new pleasure in the air, W.A. Broadcasters Ltd, retrieved 23 January 2020
8. "NEW RADIO STATION". The West Australian. Western Australia. 4 November 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
9. "6WN Opens Wednesday; Radio Epoch". The Daily News. Western Australia. 8 October 1938. p. 18 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
10. "6KY Opens". Sunday Times (Perth). Western Australia. 26 October 1941. p. 13. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
11. "London Wool Tops Market". The West Australian. Western Australia. 26 September 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
12. "NICHOLSONS LTD". The Daily News. Western Australia. 23 August 1933. p. 9 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
13. "Three seek TV permits in WA". The News. Adelaide. 12 May 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
14. "RADIO FEATURES". Sunday Times (Perth). Western Australia. 5 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

References

 

The Wikibook History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia has a page on the topic of: WA AM Stations

• Leigh Edmonds and Brian Shoesmith 'Radio' in Gregory, Jenny; Gothard, Janice; Gregory, Jenny; Gothard, Jan (2009), Historical encyclopedia of Western Australia, University of Western Australia Press, ISBN 978-1-921401-15-2