List of early radio broadcast stations in Western Australia

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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[edit]

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[edit]

6ML was established in 1930.[3]

6KG, 1931[edit]

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

6PR, 1931[edit]

6PR was established in 1931.[6]

6IX, 1933[edit]

6iX was established in 1933.[7]

6PM, 1936[edit]

6PM was established in 1936.[8]

6GE, 1937[edit]

6GE Geraldton was established in 1937.[9]

6WN, 1938[edit]

ABC building in Perth in 1937

6WN was established in 1938 as the second Perth station in the Australian Broadcasting Commission radio network.[10]

6KY, 1941[edit]

6KY opened in 1941.[11]

Networks[edit]

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.[12]

Broadcasting companies and organisations[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "SOME EARLY HISTORY". The West Australian. Western Australia. 8 April 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "ABC celebrates 80 years on-air - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League (19 September 1930), "6ML IS NEW PERTH STATION (19 September 1930)", The Wireless Weekly, 16 (13), Wireless Press, 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. ^ "NEW RADIO STATION". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 16, 000. Western Australia. 8 October 1937. p. 11. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "6WN Opens Wednesday; Radio Epoch". The Daily News. Western Australia. 8 October 1938. p. 18 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "6KY Opens". Sunday Times (Perth). Western Australia. 26 October 1941. p. 13. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  12. ^ "London Wool Tops Market". The West Australian. Western Australia. 26 September 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
  13. ^ "NICHOLSONS LTD". The Daily News. Western Australia. 23 August 1933. p. 9 (LATE CITY). Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  14. ^ "Three seek TV permits in WA". The News. Adelaide. 12 May 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
  15. ^ "RADIO FEATURES". Sunday Times (Perth). Western Australia. 5 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

References[edit]

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
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