History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Lists/AM Radio Frequencies

This is an incomplete list of AM broadcast (medium wave) radio transmitter stations in Australia, past and present. History See also main article History of broadcasting in Australia The amateur years In the 1920s transmission on the medium wave band was dominated by amateurs who after qualifying by means of an examination and displaying proficiency in Morse code communication (though the band was restricted to telephony), were issued with a call sign consisting of a number denoting for which State the licence was issued (2=NSW, 3=Vic; 4=Qld; 5=SA and NT; 6=WA; 7=Tas) and a two-letter suffix of their own choosing. A licence fee was paid to the Postmaster General's Department, renewable every five years. Amateurs generally designed and built their own equipment. One such amateur was Tom Elliot, who in 1921 established station 4CM for its owner Dr. McDowall. This would be part of the impetus behind the Queensland Government establishing 4QG, Australia's first Government-owned station.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179643994 Radio Topics The Telegraph 16,615 Brisbane 3 March 1926 2 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia Another noted pioneer was Charles "Charlie" Maclurcan, whose station 2CM made many distance records on long and short wave, but apparently never experimented with medium wave, the subject of this article. Radio receivers were also the province of enthusiasts, who were required to own a listener's licence. Much interest revolved around reception of distant signals ("DX" in the amateurs' terminology) and much valuable experience in the vagaries of radio propagation was gained by the listeners, many of whom collected "QSL" cards — acknowledgement of a confirmed reception by the transmitting station. Program material was supplied by the amateur, and included talks, recitations, readings from books and newspapers, and live or recorded music (in those days no copyright fees were payable). Broadcast times may have been for only a few hours a day and a few days a week. Commercialization In August 1923 laws were passed after an American model, as recommended by Ernest Fisk,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51311335 Radio News The Examiner LXXXII 128 Tasmania 29 May 1924 7 November 2017 8 National Library of Australia by which "Sealed Set" receivers were built to receive a single frequency, that of the issuing company, whose income depended on sale or rental of these receivers, a situation analogous to Pay-TV services today. In the early days of the tuned radio-frequency receiver the simplicity of a "sealed set" would have been seen as a great convenience. Amateur constructors were however able to build tuneable (or "open") receivers and thereby gain a wider range of entertainment without fee.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16143737 Broadcasting The Sydney Morning Herald 26,906 31 March 1924 7 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia This situation could not endure, and in mid-1924 "open" sets became legal, but subject to an annual "broadcast listener's licence", the fees of which would be apportioned to "A-class" broadcasters.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16159535 Wireless The Sydney Morning Herald 27,017 7 August 1924 7 November 2017 8 National Library of Australia Among the six licences granted under the "sealed set" regimehttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153569482 The Broadcasting Station The Daily Telegraph XLIV 53 Launceston, Tasmania 1 March 1924 30 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia were several (5MA in Adelaide and 3FC in Melbourne) which were unable to adapt to the changes and failed commercially. Perhaps significantly, the transmitters of both stations mentioned were on long wavelengths (850 m. and 1720 m. respectively) unable to be picked up by ordinary medium-wave receivers. The others were granted "A-class" licences. 2FC was also on a long wavelength (1100 m) but converted to 442 metres. As originally legislated, "A-class" broadcasters' licences were issued to broadcasters who undertook to:http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129826288 Requirements of Regulations The News IV 460 Adelaide 13 January 1925 25 November 2017 10 National Library of Australia Install a transmitter of 5 kW power rating to a standard approved by, and on a frequency allocated by, the Postmaster General (PMG). Make a deposit of £1000 with the PMG and organise a surety of a further £1000 from an approved stakeholder Run regular programmes of general interest to the satisfaction of the PMG. The "A-class" broadcaster was permitted to run advertisements of no longer than 5 minutes duration and no more than 60 minutes in any 12-hour period. The number of "A-class" stations in New South Wales and Victoria was limited to two each, and one to each of the other States. "B-class" stations were not encumbered by the same regulations. They received no part of the listeners' licences, but were permitted to fund their operations through advertising. In 1925 a domestic broadcast listener's licence cost £1/15/-, of which the broadcasting station received £1/10/-. It did not entitle the holder to disseminate information or programmes (that required permission from the broadcaster), nor to amplify the audio for the benefit of customers, as in a barber shop or hotel. That required payment of a further £10/- fee. Radio dealers were prohibited from installing loudspeakers outside the shop's radio department.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129831726 Wireless News The News IV 497 Adelaide 25 February 1925 25 November 2017 11 National Library of Australia Collections for the year 1924/25 amounted to around £114,000 which was apportioned: 2FC: £35,000 | 2BL: £12,000 3LO: £14,000 | 3AR: £4,000 6WF: £4,000; the balance being retained by the Government.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168717007 H.C.L. of Wireless Concerts Truth 1860 Sydney 30 August 1925 1 December 2017 8 National Library of Australia By 1932 the fee had been reduced to £1/4/-.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166224225 Radio Sydney Mail XLI 1058 6 July 1932 25 November 2017 33 National Library of Australia The broadcast listener's licence in 1962 cost £2/15/- per annum, per household, and the Television Licence was £5 (£1/5/- for pensioners and blind people).http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130576214 TV Licences Compulsory The Canberra Times 36 19,236 28 May 1962 5 November 2017 10 National Library of Australia It was a bothersome licence to renew, requiring a trip to a Post Office; difficult to enforce, as evasions could only be detected while a set was in use, and expensive to prosecute. In 1974 these licences were abolished by the reformist Whitlam government. In the late 1920s amateurs were slowly displaced by professional organizations holding "A-class" or "B-class"Not to be confused with "Class A and Class B" amplification, technical terms generally referring to audio amplifiers, nor to the US classification of broadcast transmitters. licences, many of which were a continuation or development of an amateur operation. Amateurs were then obliged to pursue their hobby on higher frequency "amateur" bands.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18906204 Amateurs Have Played Big Part In Broadcasting The Queenslander 27 July 1938 22 November 2017 17 National Library of Australia National Broadcasting Service The takeover by the Commonwealth Government of "A Class" broadcasters began in 1928 when the Australian Broadcasting Company Ltd. (founded 1926 with a capital of £100,000) won a Government contract to provide programming nationwide for the "A-class" stations in each State: 2FC Sydneyhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16552926 Broadcasting The Sydney Morning Herald 28,559 17 July 1929 22 November 2017 10 National Library of Australia and 3AR Melbournehttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141396144 Broadcasting The Australasian CXXVII 4,203 Victoria 27 July 1929 22 November 2017 10 National Library of Australia in 1929, 4QG in Brisbane in 1930, 5CL in Adelaide 1929, and 6WF in Perth. The Postmaster General's Department took over responsibility for provision, maintenance and operation of technical facilities of their studios and transmitters, giving the Government an ultimate veto over ABC broadcasts, a situation which would endure until the 1980s. Most of the commercial and ABC broadcast transmitters were manufactured and installed by either Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) (AWA) or Standard Telephones and Cables (STC), with one or two by Scott and Co., of Sydney. The Australian Broadcasting Company became the Australian Broadcasting Commission in July 1932, with stations 2FC, 2BL, 2NC, 2CO, 3LO, 3AR, 4QG, 4RK, 5CL, 5CK, 6WP and 7ZL forming a national system with six capital city stations and four regional stations forming one network, and 2BL and 3LO the foundation of what would become a second network. In October 1937 the roles of the two arms of the NBS were reversed in Sydney and Melbourne: 2BL took over the No 1 National programme from 2FC; 3AR from 3LO, and the newly commissioned 5AN from 5CL.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17416110 Broadcasting The Sydney Morning Herald 31,132 13 October 1937 25 November 2017 12 National Library of Australia AM Stereo thumb|Realistic TM-152 AM stereo tuner; sold for $A150 in 1988 In the early 1960s, before stereophonic record players became commonplace, and long before FM broadcasting, some stations (notably 3XY and 3UZ) partnered to present stereophonic programmes, one station to each channel, so the listener could set up a pair of radios and experience the stereo effect. The experiment ceased after a few months. In the late 1980s some operators, including capital-city ABC stations, elected to have C-QUAM AM stereo modulation implemented on their transmitters. The system made no noticeable difference on standard radios, and was quite effective on a compatible receiver, but AM is hardly high fidelity and consumer interest was minimal. Few of the (rather expensive) receivers were sold, and the networks abandoned the experiment without fanfare. Frequency assignment By convention, a broadcaster's "spot on the dial" was originally defined in terms of wavelength (in metres), then from around 1940 increasingly by frequency, which was more precise, as all stations were by then crystal controlled to an accurate multiple of 5 KHz (or kilocycles per second in the terminology of the time).A sufficiently accurate formula for converting wavelength to frequency is: f (in kHz) = 300,000 / λ (in metres) In the early days the band was shared between "Class B" operators who operated on a defined wavelength and schedule, and licensed amateurs, who broadcast sporadically, and tried to transmit at a wavelength where risk of interference was minimized. In those days superheterodyne receivers were prohibitively expensive for most listeners; more common were crystal sets, regenerative or tuned radio frequency receivers, which had poor adjacent-channel rejection. Around 1930 a number of stations changed their operating frequencies, apparently independently and no doubt for good, though not published, reasons. A major program of frequency changes, imposed on broadcasters by the Post Master General, came into operation on 1 September 1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81711709 New and Old Wavelengths Singleton Argus New South Wales 2 September 1935 30 October 2017 2 National Library of Australia following the licensing of another seven "B class" stations.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116277711 Wave-length Changes Announced The Land 1237 New South Wales 1 March 1935 8 November 2017 27 National Library of Australia Some were to standardize all frequencies to a multiple of 10 kcs/sec (10 kHz); some to resolve technical problems such as interference from nearby transmitters (in some cases from New Zealand), and a few in an effort to aggregate "A class" stations to the low-frequency (long wavelength) end of the dial, though there remained many exceptions to this policy. Another reshuffle occurred in June 1948, when 24 stations were subjected to a changed frequency allocation. The reason given was increased power output of various New Zealand transmitters.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134323957 New Frequency For 2NA Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 22,360 New South Wales 2 June 1948 12 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia As a result of the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975, on 23 November 1978 all broadcast stations moved to new frequencies on the basis of a 9 kHz "raster", thereby freeing up the crowded AM band by some ten percent. In the following decades many broadcasters moved to the FM band, trading long distance reception for less expensive transmission equipment and clearer sound. Most ABC AM stations continued to operate in the face of a burgeoning variety of competing media (FM, DAB+, podcasts ...) in the interests of universal coverage, but a great many commercial stations closed or turned to FM, and some transmitters were turned over to niche broadcasters (Radio for the Print Handicapped, ethnic radio, University radio, racing, News Radio). A later development was the provision of small AM repeater stations, both National and commercial, at a different frequency but bearing the same call sign as the primary transmitter. This list does not include the many Australian Community radio Broadcasters except as they relate to National or Commercial broadcasters, and with a few exceptions ignores studios, programme material, personalities, networks, branding, slogans, and target audience. Table of frequencies Call sign Location Typehttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139968364 List of Stations Barrier Daily Truth XLVII 14,566 New South Wales 11 November 1954 13 November 2017 3 National Library of Australia Firstb'cast pre-1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207152150 Important To Listeners-In The Wooroora Producer XIV 378 South Australia 27 June 1935 1 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia post-1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234012106 Broadcasting Wave Lengths Macleay Argus 4696 New South Wales 17 September 1935 1 November 2017 7 National Library of Australia c.1950kHz pre-1978kHz post-1978kHz CurrentkHz/ FateNotes λ(m) kHz λ(m) kHz 1SBS Canberra B 1440 2AD Armidale B 1936 278 1080 1130 1130 1134 1134 2AN Armidale A 0720 freq. change 760 to 720 kHz in 1976Became 2RN Armidale2AY Albury B 1930 203 1480 203 1480 1490 1494 1494 227 metres in 1930http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16723199 Eight New "B" Stations The Sydney Morning Herald 28,950 17 October 1930 30 October 2017 8 National Library of Australia 2BA Bega A 1956 0810 0810 810 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE752BE Sydney B 1924http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16893891 Broadcasting; a Review of its Growth The Sydney Morning Herald 29,481 30 June 1932 10 November 2017 8 National Library of Australia 204 C 1928 326 m. in 1926http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83400638 Stations and Wave Lengths The Daily News (Perth) XLV 15,883 Western Australia 22 March 1926 31 October 2017 6 National Library of Australia 442 m. 1926–1929;http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/14699690 Broadcasting The Maitland Daily Mercury 18,118 New South Wales 1 May 1929 30 October 2017 3 National Library of Australia Australia's first commercial station.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134347086 First Radio Voice Was Dots, Dashes Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 22,631 New South Wales 15 April 1949 10 November 2017 5 National Library of Australia2BE Bega B 1937 207 1450 1480 0765 B Callsign change to 2EC Bega2BE Moruya B 1980s 1480 0765 F Callsign change to 2EC2BE Narooma B 1980s 01584 B Repeater for mush zone between synch Bega & Moruya. Callsign change to 2EC2BH Broken Hill B 1934 221 1360 226 1330 0660 0567 0567 In 1948 moved to 650 kHz.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48571212 2BH New WaveLength The Barrier Miner LXI 17,635 New South Wales 28 August 1948 1 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia Numerous frequency changes, perhaps the most of any Australian station.2BL Sydney B 1925http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16303618 Wireless The Sydney Morning Herald 27,613 6 July 1926 7 November 2017 13 National Library of Australia 353 B Originally 2SBBecame National station with 2FC in 1932.2BL Sydney A 1932 351 0855 405 0740 0740 0702 0702 Wavelength 353 m. 1925–1931.2BS Bathurst B 1937 200 1500 1500 1500 1503 F 2018 Converted to FM Dec 20182BY Byrock A 0657 2CA Canberra B 1931http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115398818 The Rest of the News The Evening News 19824 Sydney 9 January 1931 9 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia 286 1050 286 1050 1050 1050 1053 1053 2CC Canberra B 1975http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic022_commercial_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf Archived copy 2017-11-18 yes https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173315/http://acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic022_commercial_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf 3 March 2016 1210 1206 1206 2CH Sydney B 1932http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136863453 Broadcasting Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 17,261 New South Wales 9 February 1932 9 November 2017 7 National Library of Australia 248 1210 252 1190 1170 1170 1170 1170 1170 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE752CK Cessnock B 1938 205.5 1460 C 1952 studio destroyed by fire in 1952, and not replaced; transmitter equipment at Neath unaffected but closedhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140846910 Broadcasts Go On Despite Fire Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser New South Wales 28 June 1952 10 November 2017 3 National Library of Australia Became 2NM.2CN Canberra A 1953 1540 1440 0666 1440 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75. Moved to 666 in 1983.2CO Corowa A 1931 536 0560 448 0670 0670 0675 0675 ABC Regional2CP Monaro A 1956 1602 1602 2CR Cumnock A 1935 545 0550 545 0550 0550 0550 0549 0549 2CS Coffs Harbour B 1980s 0 0 639 F 2CY Canberra A 1938 353 0850 0850 846 Changed callsign to 2RN Oct 1990 2DU Dubbo (Eulomogo B 1936 283 1060 1250 1250 1251 1251 http://www.2du.com.au/2du/2du-further-information.html 2DU further information 25 November 2017 2DU Cobar B 1984 0972 Repeater of 2DU Dubbo 2EA Sydney A 1386 1107 Allocated former 2UW frequency after 2UW converted to FM in early 1990s 2EA Wollongong A 1035 SBS Radio 2EA Wollongong A 1485 SBS Radio 2EA Newcastle A 1413 SBS Radio2EC Bega B 0765 Changed callsign from 2BE 1980s2EC Moruya B 0765 Changed callsign from 2BE 1980s, converted to FM 1990s2EC Narooma B 1584 1584 Changed callsign from 2BE 1980s, originally repeater to cover Bega / Moruya synch mush zone2EL Orange B after 1996 1089 was 2GZ2EU Sydney B 1925 Callsign originally allocated but changed to 2UE prior to commencement 2FC Sydney B 1923 451 0665 was 1100 metres then 442 m. 1926http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222728902 Wireless & Radio The Sun (Sydney) 4947 New South Wales 14 September 1926 31 October 2017 8 National Library of Australia–1929. Became ABC station 19322FC Sydney A 1932 451 0665 492 0610 0610 0576 0576 Renamed 2RN Sydney in October 19902GB Sydney B 1926 316 0950 345 0870 870 870 0873 0873 2GF Grafton B 1933 246 1220 248 1210 1210 1210 1206 1206 2GL Glen Innes A c.1954 0819 0819 2GN Goulburn B 1931 216 1390 216 1390 1380 1380 1368 1368 201.3 m. in 19301370 kHz after 1976?2GZ Orange B 1935 303 0990 1089 B 1996 became 2EL after 19962HC Coffs Harbour B 1985 0639 2HD Newcastle B 1925 270 1110 263 1140 C 1941 initially 333 metres then 288 m. 1925–1931closed 1941 with 4AT, 5KA, 5AU during World War II following allegations of fifth column activities.2HD Newcastle B 1945 1140 1140 1143 1143 reopened as ALP stationhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156594250 2HD is On the Air Again The Newcastle Sun 8442 New South Wales 16 January 1945 2 December 2017 6 National Library of Australia2HR Singleton B 1937 441 0680 became 2NX, Newcastle c. 19552JJ Sydney A 1975 1540 1539 F 1980 Originally an experimental ABC station which later obtained permanent status.2KA Katoomba B 1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193896822 2KA Opens Tonight The Katoomba Daily 15 141 New South Wales 7 September 1935 9 November 2017 3 National Library of Australia 259 1160 0780 0783 C 1992 moved to 780 kHz in 1937. Wavelength was allocated 1935 for competitor 2KBhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17171963 Wireless The Sydney Morning Herald 30,306 20 February 1935 3 November 2017 8 National Library of Australia but never implemented. 2 km Kempsey A 1937 306 0980 306 0980 0980 Did this become a Labor Party broadcaster in 2000 ?2KO Newcastle B 1931http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161502536 New Transmitting Equipment Ensures Finest Reception The Newcastle Sun 11,113 New South Wales 31 December 1953 6 November 2017 9 National Library of Australia 212http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164257254 New Broadcasting Station The Newcastle Sun 4257 New South Wales 1 August 1931 30 October 2017 2 National Library of Australia 1415 213 1410 1410 1413 F 1990s Converted to FM in 1990s and changed callsign to 2KKO2KP Kempsey A 1954 0680 0680 0684 0684 2KY Sydney B 1925 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238117259 FIRST LABOR WIRELESS STATION OPENED The Labor Daily 556 New South Wales, Australia 2 November 1925 21 March 2019 5 National Library of Australia 280 1070 294 1020 1020 1020 1017 1017 280 metres from 19252LF Young B 1938 224 1340 1350 1350 linked with 2WG2LG Lithgow A 1949http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220845803 Brevities Lithgow Mercury New South Wales 26 September 1949 25 November 2017 2 National Library of Australia 1370 1395 2LM Lismore B 1936 333 0900 0900 0900 replaced 2XN2LT Lithgow B 1939 278 1080 1390 1395 0900 freq. 1370 kHz in 1976900 kHz from 19842LV Inverell B 1936 366http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178311320 Inverell Station to Get New Wavelength Glen Innes Examiner 11 1549 New South Wales 18 February 1936 11 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia 0820 B linked with 2AD. Became 2NZ in 1937.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185380865 New Broadcasting Station The Inverell Times New South Wales 20 January 1937 11 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia2MG Mudgee B 1938 1450 1450 1449 1449 2MK Bathurst B 1925 260 1155 C 1931.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159772740 Forced Down The National Advocate New South Wales 31 March 1930 11 November 2017 2 National Library of Australia 275 metres in 1925.MK = Mockler's Store2ML MurwillumbahTerranora A 1954 0720 0720 720 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE752MO Gunnedah B 1931 227 1320 221 1360 1080 1080 1080 1080 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE752MV Moss Vale B 1930 246 1220 208 1440 1440 C 205.4 m. in 1930, 241.8 in 1931.Closed c. 19312MW Murwillumbah B 1937 204 1470 0972 0972 2NA Newcastle A 1943 0820 1233 First ABC regional station. 2NB Broken Hill A 1948 0760 0999 0999 2NI Norfolk Island A 1952 0 1570 0 1566 01566 2NC Newcastle A 1930 241 1245 244 1230 1230 1233 1233 2NM Muswellbrook B c. 1955 205.5 1460 1460 1458 0981 replaced 2CK, moved to 981 in 19802NR Grafton (Lawrence) A 1936 429 0700 0700 0738 0738 2NU Tamworth (Manilla) A 1948 455 0660http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158262309 New A.B.C. Station The Newcastle Sun 9625 New South Wales 5 November 1948 11 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia 0650 0650 0648 0648 2NX Newcastle B c. 1955 221 1360 1360 1341 B previously 2HR Singleton.2NZ Inverell B 1936 256 1170 1190 1190 1188 1188 previously 2LV; took over 2NZ licence issued for Narrabri in 1935 but not implemented.Linked with 3GZ2PB Newcastle A 1458 News Radio2PB Sydney A 0630 News Radio 2PK Parkes B 1937 1400 1400 1400 1404 http://rokfm2pk.wixsite.com/14042pk/our-history History of 1404 2PK 2PM Kempsey B 0531 2PNN Wollongong A 1431 Radio National2QN Deniliquin B 1935 208 1440 1520 1520 1521 1521 2RE Taree B 1953 192 1560 1560 1560 1557 1557 2RG Griffith B 1936http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17265659 New Broadcasting Station The Sydney Morning Herald 30,783 31 August 1936 25 November 2017 7 National Library of Australia 204 1470 1070 0963 2RN Armidale A 0720 Radio National (was 2AN)2RN Canberra A 0846 Previous callsign 2CY, carries Radio National programmes2RN Goulburn A 1098 Radio National2RN Newcastle A 1512 Radio National2RN Nowra A 0603 Radio National2RN Sydney A 0576 Radio National (was 2FC)2RN Wilcannia A 1485 Radio National2SB Sydney B 1923 C 1924 allocated 450 m. in late 1923 ; became 2BL in 1924http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17022435 Wireless The Sydney Morning Herald 29,906 8 November 1933 10 November 2017 9 National Library of Australia It is likely this broadcaster never went to air.2SM Sydney B 1931 236 1270 236 1270 1270 1270 1269 1269 2ST Nowra B 1972 0999 2TM Tamworth B 1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178690555 Wool Reports North West Champion 23 15 New South Wales 28 February 1935 9 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia 201 1490 231 1300 1300 1300 1287 1287 204.5 m. in 19352TR Taree A 0720 0760 0756 0756 freq. change 720 to 760 in 19762UE Sydney B 1925 293 1025 316 0950 0950 0950 0954 0954 Originally 2EU, it was Australia's first commercial radio station,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230700712 2UE's Twenty-Fifth anniversary The Sun 12,478 Sydney 24 January 1950 2 November 2017 17 National Library of Australia and broadcast on 293 metres from at least 1926.2UH Muswellbrook A 1044 2UW Sydney B 1925 267 1125 270 1110 1110 1110 1107 F 1994 263 metres in 1926.Became SBS Radio2VM Moree B 1530 1530 1530 1530 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75.2WA Wilcannia A 1584 2WG Wagga B 1932 260http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143168708 Wagga Broadcasting Station Daily Advertiser (Wagga) New South Wales 30 June 1932 30 October 2017 2 National Library of Australia 1150 261 1150 1150 1150 1152 1152 303 metres in 1932?2WL Wollongong B pre-1931 209 1435 210 1430 1430 F 2WN Wollongong A 1959 F 1991 2WO Tamworth B 1934 A 2WO Tamworth was announced in 1934 but never eventuated.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104372743 Radio Notes The Catholic Press 2025 New South Wales 8 November 1934 30 November 2017 12 National Library of Australia2XL Broken Hill B 1931 220 1365 C 1932http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46648201 2XL to Close The Barrier Miner XLV 13,369 New South Wales 13 April 1932 30 November 2017 2 National Library of Australia 2XL Cooma B 1937 341 0880 0920 0920 0918 0918 2XN Lismore B 1930 224 1340 224 1340 C 1936 replaced by 2LM2XT Mobile station B 1925 ?? C 1927 operated from a NSWGR train. YT = Experimental train3AK Melbourne (night service) B 1931 200 1500 200 1500 1500 1116 1116 branded as "SEN 1116"3AR Melbourne B 1924 3AR moved to 480 metres then 484http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2123820 Wireless Broadcasting The Argus 24,594 Melbourne 5 June 1925 3 November 2017 13 National Library of Australia 1925–1931 then 492.Became ABC station 19323AR Melbourne A c. 1928 492 0610 476 0630 0620 0621 0621 C new (1935) wavelength 476 m.; moved to 517 a few months laterhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32174956 3AR Wave Length Changed Camperdown Chronicle LIX 6640 Victoria 15 October 1935 3 November 2017 2 National Library of AustraliaBy 1937 it had reverted to 484; unchanged 1949.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206071645 Radio Station Wavelengths The Age 29341 Melbourne 12 May 1949 4 November 2017 1 National Library of Australia List of Victorian stationsRenamed 3RN Melbourne in October 19903AW Melbourne B 1932 210 1430 234 1280 1280 0693 0693 relay to 3CV 19553BA Ballarat B 1930 231 1300 227 1320 1320 1320 1314 F 1998 call sign "Radiosport 927"3BO Bendigo B 1931 309 0970 309 0970 0960 F 3BT Ballarat B 1314 1314 repeater of 3UZ 3CR Melbourne B 1976 840 837 855 Commenced as limited commercial, then public, now community3CS Colac B 1939 265 1130 1130 1130 1134 1134 3CV CharltonCentral Vic. B 1938 B was 3MB1470 kHz (204 m.) by 19493CV MaryboroughCentral Vic. B 1944 1440 F was 3MB1470 kHz (204 m.) by 19491440 kHz (208 m.) by 19533DB Melbourne B 1927 254 1180 291 1030 1030 1030 1026 F 1990 became 3TT in 19883EA Melbourne A 1224 SBS Radio3EE Melbourne B 1992 1278 1278 was 3XY3EL Maryborough B 1935 1071 1071 3GG Warragul B 1989 0531 0531 was 3UL3GI Longford near Sale A 1935 361 0830 0830 0830 0828 0828 3GL Geelong B 1930 214 1400 222 1350 1350 1350 1341 F 1990 3GV Sale B 2002 1242 was 3TR3HA Hamilton B 1931 297 1010 297 1010 1000 0981 0981 3HS Horsham B 1933 219 1370 C 1936 taken over by 3DB and closed 1936 in favor of 3LKhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74613642 3DB Takes Over Horsham Wireless Station The Horsham Times 8028 Victoria 25 December 1936 15 November 2017 2 National Library of Australia3KZ Melbourne B 1930 222 1350 254 1180 1180 1180 1179 F 1990 231 m. in 1930?3LK LubeckLubeck is situated between Murtoa and Glenorchy B 1933? 1936?http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229410267 Radio Stations Are Growing Apace The Sun 8529 Sydney 6 May 1937 25 November 2017 38 National Library of Australia 1090 1090 1089 B 1977 became 3WM in 19773LO Melbourne B 1924 375 0800 B 371 m. 1926–19293LO Melbourne A 1928 375 0800 390 0770 0770 0770 0774 0774 371 m. 1926–1932 Relay to 2CO, 3GI, 3WL, 3WV in 19553MA Mildura B 1933http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4738289 Mildura Wireless Station The Argus 27,074 Melbourne 26 May 1933 15 November 2017 3 National Library of Australia 333 0900 1470 1467 B 1360 kHz (221 m.) by 1949 1470 kHz (204 m.) by 1953http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206455778 Australian Radio Wavelengths The Age 30,679 Melbourne 28 August 1953 4 November 2017 1 National Library of Australia later became 3ML.3MB Birchip B 1936 C 1938 became 3CVhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11154661 Advertising The Argus 28,582 Melbourne 31 March 1938 8 December 2017 18 National Library of Australia3ML Mildura B 1467 was 3MA3MP Rowville B 1976 1380 1377 1377 3MT Omeo A 0720 3NE Wangaratta B 1954 1600 1600 1566 1566 3PB Melbourne A 1026 News Radio3RN Albury / Wodonga A 0990 Radio National3RN Melbourne A 0621 Radio National3RN Wangaratta A 0756 Radio National3SH Swan Hill B 1931 1332 3SR Shepparton B 1937 238 1260 1260 1260 1260 Original station, F 1988. previous call sign 3WR. 1260 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE753TR GippslandSaleTrafalgarTraralgon B 1930 234 1280 242 1240 1240 1240 1242 F 2002 became 3GV3UL Warragul B 1937 300 1000 0880 0531 B became 3GG in 19893UZ Melbourne B 1925 322.5 0930 322.5http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11963855 Advertising The Argus 28,220 Melbourne 30 January 1937 2 November 2017 35 National Library of Australia "Argus" network; 3YB previously designated a "mobile station" on 283 m. 0930 0930 0930 0927 0927 319 m. in 1926Now branded "Radio Sport National"3WL Warrnambool A 1954 191 1570 1570 1602 1602 3WM Horsham B 1977 1089 1089 was 3LK3WR Wangaratta B 1925http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173260263 Wireless Shepparton Advertiser 4326 Victoria 13 March 1925 1 December 2017 3 National Library of Australia C 1926? 303 m. in 1926 3WR Wangaratta B 1930http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203273935 New Broadcasting Station. The Age 23,621 Melbourne 23 December 1930 1 December 2017 9 National Library of Australia 238 1260 reopened on 238 m.Moved to Shepparton 1935.http://conversationswithgrandma.com.au/2016/10/04/radio-3wr/ Radio 3WR Jenny Coates 15 November 20173WR Shepparton B 1935 238 1260 became 3SR in 19373WV Horsham B c. 1936 322.5 0930 B became A Class station 19373WV Longford near Horsham A 1937 517 0580 0594 0594 3XY Melbourne B 1935 211 1420 1420 1278 B became 3EE3YB Mobile B 1931 262 1145 248 1210 Broadcast for 4 hours per night for a three-week period from various Victorian towns which didn't radio permanent stations.3YB Warrnambool B 1937 248 1210 1210 0882 0882 Due to become FM station in 20183ZZ Melbourne A 1975 1160 C 1977 An experimental ABC station, broadcasting for only 2 years. Was Australia's first ethnic and community radio station.Dugdale, Joan, Radio Power: Access Radio 3ZZ. Hyland House, Melbourne 19794AA Mackay B 1026 Previous callsign 4MK4AK Oakey B 1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97854589 Radio Topics The Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 280 Queensland 1 September 1935 8 November 2017 9 National Library of Australia 246 1220 1220 1242 1242 studio in Toowoomba4AM Mareeba B 1967 0558 4AM Port Douglas B 1422 Repeater of 4AM Atherton Mareeba4AT Atherton B 1939 306 0980 441 0680 B 1941 closed by Federal government following allegations of fifth column activity.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56191096 Four Broadcasting Stations Put Off The Air The Morning Bulletin 23,127 Queensland 10 January 1941 15 November 2017 7 National Library of AustraliaBecame ABC a month later.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42271567 4AT Resumes Cairns Post 12,148 Queensland 27 January 1941 15 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia4AT Atherton A 1941 441 0680 0600 0720 0720 720 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE754AY Ayr B 1934 306 0980 306 0980 0960 C c. 1970 Changed callsign to 4RR Jan 1987HPON Ayr B c. 1990 0873 0873 Uses On-air Identifier of 4AY4BC Brisbane B 1930 262 1145 268 1120 1120 1120 1116 1116 223http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178919721 A Successful Test The Daily Standard 5586 Queensland 14 August 1930 6 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia in 1930; 235 m. in 1930? 252 in 1933!4BH Brisbane B 1931 217 1380 217 1380 1390 0880 0882 0882 freq. moved 1390 to 880 in 19764BK Brisbane B 1930 233 1290 233 1290 1290 1290 1296 F 1990 4BU Bundaberg B 1935 203 1480 1330 1330 1332 1332 4CA Cairns B 1936 216http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158748712 General News Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser 20,436 Queensland 19 May 1936 3 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia 90th broadcast station in Australia 1390 1010 0846 0846 Complaints of interference from 4MBhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42588360 Radio Wavelengths Cairns Post 14,446 Queensland 23 June 1948 2 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia (both went from 1000 kHz to 1010 kHz) in 1948.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49661062 11 Radio Stations Switched The Courier-Mail 3593 Brisbane 1 June 1948 16 November 2017 1 National Library of Australia4CC Biloela B 1985 930 927 0666 Repeater of 4CC Gladstone, initially synch with 4CD Gladstone, shifted to 666 with power increase 4CC Gladstone B 1985 0927 was 4CD Gladstone4CC Rockhampton B 1985 1584 was 4CD Rockhampton4CD Gladstone B 1970 B became 4CC Gladstone 1985 4CD Rockhampton B 1972 B became 4CC Rockhampton 19854CH Charleville A pre-1931 255 1175 0603 0603 4FC Maryborough / Hervey Bay B 1992 1161 TAB Radio4GC Charters Towers B 1976 0828 0828 4GC Hughenden B 0765 repeater of 4GC Charters Towers4GM Gympie A 1953 1570 1570 1566 1566 4GR Toowoomba B 1925 300 1000 300 1000 0860 0860 0864 0864 294 metres in 1925, 19264GY Gympie B 1941 222 1350 1350 0558 0558 4HI Dysart B 0945 4HI Emerald B 1981 1143 4HI Moranbah / Nebo B 1215 4HU Hughenden A 1485 4IP Ipswich B 1935 208 1440 1010 1010 1008 B became 4IO c. 1985, 4TAB in 19924JK Julia Creek A 0567 4KQ Brisbane B 1947 461.5 0650 0690 0690 0693 0693 4KZ Ingham B 1620 4KZ Innisfail B 1967 0531 4KZ Karumba B 1611 4KZ Tully B 0693 4LG Longreach B 1936 1100 1100 1098 1098 4LM Mt Isa B 1961 0666 0666 4LM Cloncurry B 0693 translator station4MB Maryborough B 1932 283 1060 283 1060 1010 1160 1161 F 337 in 19261160 kHz from 1953http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150515986 New 4MB Frequency Maryborough Chronicle 25,429 Queensland 31 August 1953 1 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia Both 4CA and 4MB went from 1000 to 1010 in 1948. 1160 kHz in 1964Became RadioTAB4MI Mt Isa A 1986 1080 4MK Mackay B 1931 252 1190 259 1160 1380 1026 1026 525 m. in 1930? 1390 in 19484MS Mossman A 0639 0639 4NA Nambour B 0830 0828 0828 0 freq move 940 to 830 kHz in 1976. Became 4SS4PB Brisbane A 0936 News Radio4PM Port Moresby A 221 1360 repeater for, then replaced by, 9PAhttp://www.radioheritage.net/story165.asp 9PA Port Moresby Adrian Peterson 16 November 20174QA Mackay A 1951 0720 0756 0FM 1990s Converted to FM 1990s4QB Pialba –Dundowran(Wide Bay) A 1948 536 0560 0910 0855 0855 Synchronised with 4QO Eidsvold for both original 910kHz operation and post 1978 current operation4QD Emerald A 1548 4QG Brisbane A 1925 395 0760 375 0800 0790 C 385 m. 1926–1929Founded by (Labor) Queensland Government, became ABC station 1932. Renamed 4RN Brisbane in October 19904QL Longreach A 1947 435 0690 0540 0540 0540 0540 540 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE754QN Townsville (Clevedon) A 1936 500 0600 0630 0630 0630 0630 630 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE754QO Eidsvold A 1965 0855 0855 Synchronised with 4QB Pialba for both original 910kHz operation and post 1978 current operation4QR Brisbane A 1938 319 0940 0590 0612 0612 4QS Darling DownsDalbyToowoomba A 0750 0750 0747 0747 4QW Roma / St. George A 0711 4QY Cairns A 1950 0940 0801 0801 4RK Rockhampton A 1930http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194862427 Twelve New Stations The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser 133 New South Wales 11 July 1930 30 October 2017 8 National Library of Australia 330 0910 330 0910 0840 0840 0837 0837 4RN Brisbane A 0792 Radio National4RN Rockhampton B 1926 B Class licence issued to Qld Gov, intended to be a repeater of 4QG but never implemented4RO Rockhampton B 1932 225 1340 226 1330 1000 0990 0990 990 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 4RR Townsville B 1987 0 0FM 1990s Previous callsign 4AY4SB Kingaroy B 1938 1060 1071 1071 call sign 1071AM4SO Southport A 1952 1590 1590 1593 F 1989 4SS Nambour B 0828 F 1990s Previous callsign was 4NA 4TAB Brisbane B 1992 1008 was 4IP then 4IO c. 19854TI Thursday Island(Torres Strait) A 1062 1062 4TO Townsville B 1931 256 1170 256 1170 0780 0780 0774 F 2005 4TOO Townsville B 2005 256 1170 256 1170 0780 0780 0774 C 2015 Former tech facilities of 4TO AM licensed as retransmission, following 4TO FM conversion ca 20054VL Charleville B 1936 0920 0920 0918 0918 4VL Cunnamulla B 1584 4WK Toowoomba B 1359 repeater of 4WK Warwick4WK Warwick B 1935 333 0900 333http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194303157 Warwick Wireless Station The Daily Examiner 26 8454 New South Wales 31 August 1935 31 October 2017 4 National Library of Australia 0900 0880 0963 0963 204.5 m. in 19354WP Weipa A 1044 1044 4ZR Roma / St George B 1937 1480 1480 1476 1476 5AA Adelaide B 1976 1390 1390 1386 1395 5AB Adelaide B 1924 C 1924 340 m (880 kHz); poss. became 5CLhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64063146 AB's Activities The Register LXXXIX 26,162 Adelaide 1 November 1924 28 November 2017 4 National Library of Australia5AD Adelaide B 1930 229 1310 229 1310 1310 1323 C became 5DN, then relinquished5AL Alice Springs A 1948 196 1530 B became 8AL5AN Adelaide A 1937 337 0890 0890 0890 0891 0891 5AU Port Augusta B 1938 214 1400 closed with parent station 5KA 1941 after allegations of fifth column activity5AU Port Augusta B 1943 214 1400 1044 1242 1450 kHz in 19765CC Port Lincoln B 1985 0765 0765 5CK Crystal Brook A 1932 472 0635 469 0640 0640 0640 0639 0639 5CL Adelaide B 1924 B poss. succeeded 5AB.420 metreshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226442872 New Broadcasting Stations The Examiner LXXXII 302 Tasmania 18 December 1924 8 November 2017 6 National Library of Australia or 375 metres then 395 m. from 1925 Became ABC station 1932.5CL Adelaide A 411 0730 411 0730 0730 0730 0729 B became 5RN Adelaide in October 19905CS Port Pirie B 1044 1044 associated with 5AA5DN Adelaide B 1925 313 0960 313 0960 0972 B 313 m. in 1926became 5PB News Radio5DR Darwin A 1947 1500 B Changed callsign to 8DR in 19605KA Adelaide B 1927 250 1200 250 1200 C 1941 closed 1941 with its repeater 5AU after allegations of fifth column activity5KA Adelaide B 1943http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48758377 Licences for Radio Stations The Advertiser LXXXV 26437 Adelaide 29 June 1943 2 December 2017 3 National Library of Australia 1200 1200 1197 B 1990 became 5RPH5LC Leigh Creek A 1971 1602 1602 5LN Port Lincoln A 1950 1530 1485 1485 5MG Mount Gambier North A 1955 1161? 1476 5MU Murray Bridge B 1934 207 1450 1460 1125 1125 5MV Berri A 1957 1590 1590 1593 1062 moved to 1305 in 1988; 1062 in 1996.5PA Penola A 1956 moved to Naracoorte c. 19705PA Naracoorte A c. 1970 1161 1161 5PB Adelaide A 0972 News Radio. Was 5DN 5PI Crystal Brook B 288 1040 288 1040 1040 1040 1044 became 5CS in 1987.http://users.tpg.com.au/users/ldbutler/Broadcast_Station_History.htm Amplitude Modulated (AM) Broadcast Stations in South Australia Lloyd Butler 13 November 20175RM Renmark B 1935 319 0940 353 0850 0800 0800 0801 0801 5RN Adelaide A 0729 Radio National. Was 5CL5RN Riverland (Berri) A 1305 Radio National5SE Mount Gambier B 1937 224 1340 1370 0963 0963 5SY Streaky Bay A 1977 0693 0693 5UV Adelaide C 1970s 530 0531 0F 1990s Initially licensed under WT Act, then Public, then Community, converted to FM 1990s5WM Woomera A 1953 1580 1580 1584 1584 6ABCRN Christmas Island A 1422 Radio National6AL Albany A 1956 0630 6AM Northam B 1934 275 1090 306 0980 0980 0864 0864 6BAY Geraldton B 1512 6BAY Morawa B 1512 repeater of 6BAY Geraldton6BE Broome A 1990 0675 6BR Bridgetown A 1044 6BS Bunbury (Busselton) A 0684 6BY Bunbury B 1933 306 0980 259 1160 C 1935 Call sign revived as 6BY Bridgetown 6BY Bridgetown B 1953 0900 0900 900 900 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75. 6CA Carnarvon A 0846 6CI Collie B 1947 1340 1134 B became 6TZ Collie6DB Derby A 0873 6DL Dalwallinu A 0531 6ED Esperance A 0837 6EL Bunbury B 2000 0621 Same frequency used by network's stations at Busselton, Capel, Collie, Donnybrook6FMS Exmouth B 0747 6GE Geraldton B 1010 1010 1008 F 1991 6GF Kalgoorlie A 1935 417 0720 0720 0720 0648 6GL Perth B 1988 C 1991 1088 kHz; merged with 6IX6GN Geraldton A 0830 0830 0828 0828 6IX Perth B 1933 204 1470 242 1240 1240 1080 1080 1080 1130 in 1943 1080 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75. 6KA Karratha B 1978 1260 6KG Kalgoorlie B 1931 246 1220 248 1210 1210 0981 246 m. in 19336KP Karratha A 0702 6KW Kununurra A 0819 6KY Perth B 1941 210 1430 1320 1206 F 1991 1430 kHz in 1941; 1320 in 1943http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148423253 Change of Wave Lengths Westralian Worker 1829 Western Australia 26 November 1943 25 November 2017 1 National Library of Australia6LN Carnarvon B 1983 0666 6MD Merredin B 1941 1100 1100 1098 1098 6MJ Manjimup A 0738 6ML Perth B 1930http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31068384 NEW BROADCAST STATION. The West Australian XLVI, 8,657 Western Australia 20 March 1930 20 March 2019 14 National Library of Australia 297http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53500481 New Wireless Station in Perth The Register News-Pictorial XCV 27,640 South Australia 18 March 1930 30 October 2017 15 National Library of Australia 1010 265 1130 C 1943 Commenced 31 Mar 1930 on 1010kHz; 29 Jul 1931 changed to 1135kHz (frequency selected by listeners from two choices offered by PMGD); 1 Sep 1935 changed to 1130kHz; Closed 1943 allegedly due WW2 staff losses; 6IX subsequently allocated former 6ML frequency 1130kHz6MM Mandurah B 1988 1116 6MN Newman A 0567 6NA Narrogin B 1951 0920 0920 0918 0918 6NM Northam A c.1954 1215 6NW Port Hedland B 1977 1026 1026 6PB Bunbury (Busselton) A 1152 News Radio.6PB Perth A 0585 News Radio6PH Port Hedland A 0603 6PM Perth B 1937 1130 1000 0990 F 1990 http://watvhistory.com/2010/04/radio-6pm-reunion/ 6PM Reunion WA TV History 25 November 2017 1320 to 1240 kHz in 1943 990 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75. 6PN Pannawonica A 0567 6PR Perth B 1931 341 0880 341 0880 0880 0880 0882 0882 6PU Paraburdoo A 0567 6RN Busselton A 1296 Radio National6RN Dalwallinu A 0612 Radio National6RN Perth A 0810 Radio National6RN Wagin A 1296 Radio National6SAT Paraburdoo B 0765 6SAT Tom Price B 0765 6SE Esperance B 1982? 2000? 0747 0747 6TP Tom Price A 0567 6TZ Bunbury B 1939 0960 0960 0963 0963 6TZ Busselton B 1995 0756 6TZ Collie B 1134 was 6CI Collie6VA Albany B 1956 780 783 0783 6WA Wagin (Minding) A 1936 0560 0560 0558 0558 6WB Katanning B 1936 1070 1070 1071 1071 6WF Perth (Wanneroo) B 1924 B 1250 m. (240 kHz) in 1926Became ABC station 19326WF Perth (Wanneroo) A 1929 435 0690 435 0690 0690 0690 0720 0720 moved to 690 kHz in 1929 with change of ownership.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147413122 State Broadcasting. Great Southern Herald XXVII 2,894 Western Australia 3 August 1929 24 November 2017 7 National Library of Australia 720 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75. 6WH Wyndham A 1017 6WN Perth A 0810 Became 6RN Perth in October 19906XM Exmouth A 1188 7AD Devonport B 1932 0900 0900 0900 F 2019 Took over 7UV in 1940; 900 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75. converted to FM Mar 20197BU Burnie B 1935 221 1360 216 1390 0560 0560 0558 0F 2019 Converted to FM Mar 20197DY Derby B 1938http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68401797 Derby Wireless Station The Advocate Tasmania 24 January 1938 2 December 2017 6 National Library of Australia 1450 B 1954 became 7SD, Scottsdalehttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205398513 New Stations in Two States The Age 31,006 Melbourne 17 September 1954 4 November 2017 1 National Library of Australia7EX Launceston B 1938http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52190881 Official Opening of Station 7EX The Examiner XCVI 282 Tasmania 7 February 1938 2 December 2017 6 National Library of Australia 300 1000 1000 1010 1008 F 2008 Converted to FM 2008 and changed callsign to 7EXXHPON Launceston H 2009? 1008 1008 TAB HPON, licence awarded after 7EX AM-FM conversion, uses old 7EX tech facilities7FG Fingal A 1160 1161 1161 opened after 19767HO Hobart B 1930 337 0890 366 0820 0860 0860 0864 F 1990 349 metres in 1937. Became 7RPH7HT Hobart B 1936 278 1080 1080 1080 1080 F 1998 1080 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE757LA Launceston B 1930 273 1100 273 1100 1100 1098 1098 F 1998 started as amateur station 7BNbecame TAB station7NT Kelso near Launceston A 1935http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86571001 Opening of 7NT The Advocate Tasmania 2 August 1935 2 December 2017 8 DAILY National Library of Australia 400 0750 400 0750 0710 0710 0711 F 2006 assertion 7NT founded 1928 could not be verified7PB Hobart A 0747 News Radio7QN Queenstown A 1954 556 0540 0540 0630 F 1991 630 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE757QT Queenstown B 0720 0837 became 7XS in 19987RN Hobart B 1991 was 7ZL7RPH Hobart B 1990 0864 was 7HO7SD Scottsdale B 1954 1450 0540 0540 transferred from 7DY, Derby, 540 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE757SH St Helens A 1570 1584 1584 opened after 19767UV Ulverstone B 1932http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67963800 7UV Ulverstone The Advocate Tasmania 6 August 1932 25 November 2017 2 National Library of Australia 205.5 1460 205.5 1460 B became 7AD Devonport in 1940 7XS Queenstown B 1937 0837 0837 took over 7QT in 19987ZL Hobart B 1926 B 1927 417 metres in 19267ZL Hobart A 1932http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Radio.htm Companion to Tasmanian history: Radio Alison Alexander Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies 2 December 2017 517 0580 508 0590 0600 C 1991 461 m. in 1937 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25400495 became 7RN Hobart in October 1990 7ZR Hobart A 1938 0940 8AL Alice Springs A 1960 1530 1380 0783 0783 began as 5AL on 1530 kHz; moved to 1380 kHz in 19768DR Darwin A 1960 0657 F 1989 previously 5DR on 1500 kHz8DN Darwin B 1240 1240 1242 C 1992 8GO Nhulunbuy A 0990 8HA Alice Springs B 1971 0900 0900 8JB Jabiru A 0747 0747 8KN Katherine A 0639 F 1991 8RN Darwin A 0657 8RN Katherine A 0639 0639 8RN Tennant Creek A 0684 0684 8TC Tennant Creek A 0684 F 1991 9PA Port Moresby A 1946 1250 Founded by Aust. and US Army 1944. Replaced 4PM For other wartime call signs see below. Legend Type A = Government funded (including SBS radio). B = self funded (now called "commercial" but historic term retained here) Fate Frequency if currently active, otherwise B = Broadcasts still occurring from same location and frequency but call sign changed; C = Licence cancelled or lapsed (may be followed by date); F = Moved to FM band (may be followed by date). Overseas broadcasters during World War II A large number of AM radio stations were established by Australian and US forces in bases to the north of Australia in the years 1943–1946, of which around 20 were operated by the Australian Army Amenities Service. This is an incomplete list of those overseas broadcasters whose callsign commenced with "9". 9AT in Kure, Japan operated during the post-war occupation period.Major Jim Gordon, Museum Manager, Royal Australian Signals MuseumCarty, Bruce, On the Air: Australian Radio History, privately published Gosford N.S.W., 2013 Call sign Base Country FrequencykHzcite web|url=http://www.radioheritage.net/story69.asp|title=Australian World War II Pacific Radio |publisher=Radio Heritage Foundation|access-date=6 January 2018 Opened Closed Notes 9A? Weston Borneo 1945 east of Labuan Island on Brunei Bay 9AA Port Moresby Papua New Guinea This call sign used briefly, then reverted to 9PA 9AB Laehttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/099444/?image=1 Lae, New Guinea Australian War Memorial 6 January 2018 The photo depicts J. B. "Ben" Chifley addressing the troops. Papua New Guinea 1070/1340 !945 9AC Torokinahttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C76300 Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands Australian War Memorial 6 January 2018 The soldier on far right, Robert "Bob" Caldicott, had a long career with ABC radio and television, Adelaide. Papua New Guinea 1280 1945 1946 9AD Aitape Papua New Guinea 1140/1180 1945 9AD Morotai Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 1180/1440 9AE Jacquinot Papua New Guinea 1370/1425 9AE Rabaul Papua New Guinea 1310/1370/1375/1425 1945 9AF Tarakan Borneo 1945 9AF Labuan Borneo 960/1340 1945 9AG Balikpapan Borneo 960/1240/1340/1360 9AJ Bosley Fieldhttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C79503 Bosley Field, Bougainville, Solomon Islands Australian War Memorial 6 January 2018 Solomon Islands 960 9AJ Wewak Papua New Guinea 960/980/1030 1945 9AL Rabaul Papua New Guinea 1945 9AL Fauro Island Solomon Islands 1030 1945 9AO Rabaul Papua New Guinea 980 9AO Jesselton Sabah 980 1946 1946 now Kota Kinabalu 9AP Labuan Borneo 9AT Kure Japan 1470 1946 joint broadcast with US Army station WLKS 9PA Port Moresbyhttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C47954 Port Moresby Australian War Memorial 6 January 2018 Papua New Guinea 1250 1944 1946 for a time 9AA See also History of broadcasting in Australia List of radio stations in Australia Timeline of Australian radio References External links Radio Heritage: AM Radio ACT Radio Heritage: AM Radio NSW Radio Heritage: AM Radio Vic Radio Heritage: AM Radio Qld Radio Heritage: AM Radio SA Radio Heritage: AM Radio WA Radio Heritage: AM Radio Tas Radio Heritage: AM Radio Tas Radio Heritage: AM/FM AM & FM Radio Australian Territories Australian