[IRCA] Fw: Fwd: Australian Amateur Radio DJs in 1921

[Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

For anyone interested:

 
Lynn.
Lafayette, LA



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>Subject: Australian Amateur Radio DJs in 1921 
>Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:54:44 +1300 
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>Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.com February 23 2012 Australian Radio 
90 Years Ago in 1922
Amateur Radio DJ's 
Lead the Way
____________________  For some 20 years, Australian radio amateurs had the right to
broadcast local music and other programs on the standard mediumwave
radio dial, sharing frequencies with licenced commercial radio
stations in the evenings and on Sunday mornings.  The Radio Heritage Foundation has just released its latest feature
'Amateur Radio DJs Lead the Way" at www.radioheritage.com co-inciding
with the broadcast of the new radio documentary currently being heard
on Radio New Zealand International. In the years between 1921 and 1922, over 50 local radio stations were
broadcasting in Australia, all run by local radio amateurs.  Some of these operations were very sophisticated for their time,
broadcasting for nearly 10 hours each week and operators soon going
on to help establish the ABC and commercial radio stations. 2CM Sydney was the first station with 3ME Melbourne, 4CM Brisbane,
and 5BG Adelaide also amongst the early starters. In the feature you'll hear more about these stations and the
pioneers such as Charles MacLurcan, Ray Allsop, Harry Douglas, Sydney
Neuman, Thomas Elliott and others. You'll also see images of early Australian radio from 1921 including
rare QSL postcards issued by some of the early amateur radio DJs from
our collections. You can also use our fully up to date Australian AM, FM & Digital
Radio Guides at our global website www.radioheritage.com.  Use our Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in
Australia, including over 50 features about individual stations from
the mid-1940s in the Long Lost Australian Radio Guides series. You can listen to the documentary for one month from February 19 2012
by visiting the audio-on-demand service for Mailbox audio at the RNZI
website www.rnzi.com. This audio will later be added to the feature
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