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6WF, 1924 [ edit ]
Established by Wesfarmers in 1924,[1] 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 ]
^ "ABC celebrates 80 years on-air - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation" . www.abc.net.au . Retrieved 11 October 2023 .
^ 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
^ "Birthday of 6KG" . Kalgoorlie Miner 2 . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "FIRE DESTROYS 6KG LIBRARY" . The Herald 3 . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "NICHOLSONS NEW STATION" . The West Australian 17 . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ W.A. Broadcasters Ltd (1934), 6IX 6ML: new pleasure in the air , retrieved 23 January 2020
^ "NEW RADIO STATION" . The West Australian 13 . Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "NEW RADIO STATION" . The West Australian 11 . Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "6WN Opens Wednesday; Radio Epoch" . The Daily News . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "6KY Opens" . Sunday Times (Perth) 13 . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "London Wool Tops Market" . The West Australian 15 . Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "NICHOLSONS LTD" . The Daily News . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Three seek TV permits in WA" . The News 10 . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
^ "RADIO FEATURES" . Sunday Times (Perth) 3 . Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.
References [ edit ]
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
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_early_radio_broadcast_stations_in_Western_Australia&oldid=1218098981 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● R a d i o s t a t i o n s i n W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a ● R a d i o s t a t i o n s e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e 2 0 t h c e n t u r y ● H i s t o r y o f W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a ● L i s t s o f r a d i o s t a t i o n s i n A u s t r a l i a ● W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a - r e l a t e d l i s t s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● U s e A u s t r a l i a n E n g l i s h f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 0 ● A l l W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n i n A u s t r a l i a n E n g l i s h ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 0 ● W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s n e e d i n g c l a r i f i c a t i o n f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 0
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 9 A p r i l 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 8 : 2 1 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
