Radio in Australia

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Australian Radio Timeline 1901: Section 51(v) of the Australian Constitution gives

Australian Radio Timeline

1901: Section 51(v) of the Australian Constitution gives the

federal government power over "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services".
1905: Wireless Telegraphy Act placed broadcasting in the control of the Australian Government.
1906: first official telegraph transmission between Queenscliff and Devonport, Tasmania.
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Australian Radio Timeline 1910: The Maritime Wireless Co. Ltd formed by

Australian Radio Timeline

1910: The Maritime Wireless Co. Ltd formed by Edward

Hope Kirkby, his workers and Father Archibald Shaw.
1912: The first Coastal wireless station opened in Melbourne.
1919: The first radio "broadcast" in Australia was organised by George Fisk of AWA on 19 August.
* AWA – Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd
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Australian Radio Timeline 1921: Amateur radio broadcasters commenced transition. 1922: Australia's

Australian Radio Timeline

1921: Amateur radio broadcasters commenced transition.
1922: Australia's first

broadcast licence (2CM in Sydney) issued to Charles MacLurcan in December.
1923: 2SB in Sydney is the 2nd official station licensed on 23 November.
1924: The Government introduces a two-tiered licence system in July.
1925: Number of licences issued reaches 80,000.
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Types of Licences

Types of Licences

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Australian Radio Timeline 1932: The Australian Broadcasting Company is nationalised by

Australian Radio Timeline

1932: The Australian Broadcasting Company is nationalised by the

Australian Broadcasting Commission Act. Class A: 12 stations. Class B: 43 stations.
1935: The Sydney studios of the ABC installs a disc recorder, enabling the recording of programs to occur for the first time.
1948: The regulatory body, the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, is created.
1967: Talkback radio began on 6PR in Perth.
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Australian Radio Timeline 1970: TUNE! FM launches as Australia's first university

Australian Radio Timeline

1970: TUNE! FM launches as Australia's first university radio

station.
1972: 5UV in Adelaide becomes the first public radio station on air.
1974: 2MBS Sydney commences broadcasting as the first full-time FM station, playing classical music 24 hours a day.
1975: Multi-cultural radio is launched with the formation of 2EA Sydney and 3EA Melbourne.
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Australian Radio Timeline 1992: 1st Indigenous-produced community radio program went to

Australian Radio Timeline

1992: 1st Indigenous-produced community radio program went to air

on 5UV in Adelaide.
1998: NetFM broadcasts Australia's first Internet radio transmission.
2009: Digital radio officially launches in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
2011: Aussie.fm launches its free online radio portal dedicated to Australian radio.
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Aussie.fm – Listen live to Australian radio for free!

Aussie.fm – Listen live to Australian radio for free!

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2CM – an Australian pioneer broadcaster 2CM was an experimental Australian

2CM – an Australian pioneer broadcaster

2CM was an experimental Australian

broadcasting station by Charles MacLurcan.
In 1921, 2CM became the 1st Australian station to regularly broadcast music and talk.
First licensed in 1911 as a Morse code station with the call sign XDM.
He was probably the only Australian amateur allowed to operate during World War I.
Maclurcan received over 2,000 letters from listeners who had heard his initial transmissions.
2CM was the 1st station to publish a program guide.
Each day’s broadcasting ended with the invocation: don’t forget to wind up the clock and put out the cat.
Callsign 2CM is listed by the Federal Government as “Never to be Reissued”, in recognition of the pioneering achievements of Charles MacLurcan.
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Commercial Radio Broadcasting There are ~260 commercial radio broadcasting stations currently

Commercial Radio Broadcasting

There are ~260 commercial radio broadcasting stations currently operating

in Australia.

* MRR owns and operates the largest commercial radio network in Australia, with 87 commercial radio stations in 45 licence areas in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, SA and WA.