[HCDX] Australian Radio Anniversaries Celebrated

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Australian Radio Anniversaries Celebrated
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October 2005 sees a number of important Australian radio station
anniversaries being celebrated.

The oldest is 2KY Sydney, which has been on air for 80 years. You can
read more about 2KY's early days, and see photos of its personalities
from the 1940's in the article '2KY Sydney' at www.radioheritage.net.

Celebrating 70 years of broadcasting are 2GZ Orange NSW [now on FM],
ABC regional 3GI Sale in Victoria, and 7BU Burnie in Tasmania.

In 1935, AWA also began broadcasting from 4PM Port Moresby in the
Territory of Papua. This station closed down in 1941 with the
beginning of the Pacific war. You can read more about 4PM in
'Broadcasting in Papua New Guinea' by Ian K Mackay, available now
from The Emporium Radio Heritage Store at www.radioheritage.net.

It's also the 55th anniversary of ABC regional 5LN Port Lincoln,
South Australia, and the 35th anniversary of a very shortlived 3DR in
Melbourne, Victoria. This was a 'draft resistance' pirate station
established by students at Melbourne University in 1970.

A growing number of stories about early Australian radio stations are
now on-line at www.radioheritage.net, including a detailed guide to
over 100 stations from the 1919-1929 period.

Warm regards
David Ricquish
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net 


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