List of Australian AM radio stations
This is an incomplete list of AM broadcast (medium wave) radio transmitter stations in Australia, past and present.
1960s AM car radio with NSW dialplate
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.[1]
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,[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
- Among the six licences granted under the "sealed set" regime[5] 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:[6]
- 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.[7]
- 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.[8]
- By 1932 the fee had been reduced to £1/4/-.[9]
- 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).[10] 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"[11] 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.[12]
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 Sydney[13] and 3AR Melbourne[14] 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.[9]
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.[15]
AM Stereo
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 1935[16] following the licensing of another seven "B class" stations.[17] 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.[18]
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.
| Call sign | Location | Type [19] |
First b'cast |
pre-1935[20] | post-1935[21] | c.[19] 1950 kHz |
pre- 1978 kHz |
post- 1978 kHz |
Current kHz / Fate |
Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| λ (m) |
kHz | λ (m) |
kHz | |||||||||
| 1SBS | Canberra | B | 2006 | 1440 | Commenced ca March 2006 using former 2CN/2PB transmitter, initially with DRM30 trials | |||||||
| 2AD | Armidale | B | 1936 | 278 | 1080 | 1130 | 1130 | 1134 | 1134 | |||
| 2AN | Armidale | A | 0720 | freq. change 760 to 720 kHz in 1976 Became 2RN Armidale | ||||||||
| 2AY | Albury | B | 1930 | 203 | 1480 | 203 | 1480 | 1490 | 1494 | 1494 | 227 metres in 1930[22] | |
| 2BA | Bega | A | 1956 | 0810 | 0810 | 810 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | ||||||
| 2BE | Sydney | B | 1924[23] | 204 | C 1928 | 326 m. in 1926[24] 442 m. 1926–1929;[25] Australia's first commercial station.[26] | ||||||
| 2BE | Bega | B | 1937 | 207 | 1450 | 1480 | 0765 | B | Callsign change to 2EC Bega | |||
| 2BE | Moruya | B | 1980s | 1480 | 0765 | F | Callsign change to 2EC | |||||
| 2BE | Narooma | B | 1980s | 01584 | B | Repeater for mush zone between synch Bega & Moruya. Callsign change to 2EC | ||||||
| 2BH | Broken Hill | B | 1934 | 221 | 1360 | 226 | 1330 | 0660 | 0567 | 0567 | In 1948 moved to 650 kHz.[27] Numerous frequency changes, perhaps the most of any Australian station. | |
| 2BL | Sydney | B | 1925[28] | 353 | B | Originally 2SB Became National station with 2FC in 1932.[29] | ||||||
| 2BL | Sydney | A | 1932[29] | 351 | 0855 | 405 | 0740 | 0740 | 0702 | 0702 | Wavelength 353 m. 1925[30]–1931. | |
| 2BS | Bathurst | B | 1937 | 200 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 | 1503 | F 2018 | Converted to FM Dec 2018 | ||
| 2BY | Byrock | A | 0657 | |||||||||
| 2CA | Canberra | B | 1931[31] | 286 | 1050 | 286 | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 | 1053 | 1053 | |
| 2CC | Canberra | B | 1975[32] | 1210 | 1206 | 1206 | ||||||
| 2CH | Sydney | B | 1932[33] | 248 | 1210 | 252 | 1190 | 1170 | 1170 | 1170 | 1170 | 1170 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 |
| 2CK | Cessnock | B | 1938 | 205.5 | 1460 | C 1952 | studio destroyed by fire in 1952, and not replaced; transmitter equipment at Neath unaffected but closed[34] 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; 1440 tx eventually used by 2PB. | |||||
| 2CO | Corowa | A | 1931 | 536 | 0560 | 448 | 0670 | 0670 | 0675 | 0675 | ABC Regional | |
| 2CP | 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 | [35] | ||
| 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 Radio | ||||||||
| 2EC | Bega | B | 0765 | Changed callsign from 2BE 1980s | ||||||||
| 2EC | Moruya | B | 0765 | Changed callsign from 2BE 1980s, converted to FM 1990s | ||||||||
| 2EC | Narooma | B | 1584 | 1584 | Changed callsign from 2BE 1980s, originally repeater to cover Bega / Moruya synch mush zone | |||||||
| 2EL | Orange | B | after 1996 | 1089 | was 2GZ | |||||||
| 2EU | 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. 1926[36]–1929.[25] Became ABC station 1932 | ||||||
| 2FC | Sydney | A | 1932[29] | 451 | 0665 | 492 | 0610 | 0610 | 0576 | 0576 | Renamed 2RN Sydney in October 1990 | |
| 2GB | 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[37] | 0819 | 0819 | |||||||
| 2GN | Goulburn | B | 1931[32] | 216 | 1390 | 216 | 1390 | 1380 | 1380 | 1368 | 1368 | 201.3 m. in 1930 1370 kHz after 1976? |
| 2GO | Gosford | B | 1971 | 1310 | 1323 | F 1991 | 801 kHz from 1986 to 1991.[38] | |||||
| 2GZ | Orange | B | 1935 | 303 | 0990 | 1089 | B 1996 | became 2EL after 1996 | ||||
| 2HC | Coffs Harbour | B | 1985 | 0639 | ||||||||
| 2HD | Newcastle | B | 1925 | 270 | 1110 | 263 | 1140 | C 1941 | initially 333 metres then 288 m. 1925–1931 closed 1941 with 4AT, 5KA, 5AU during World War II following allegations of fifth column activities.[39] | |||
| 2HD | Newcastle | B | 1945 | 1140 | 1140 | 1143 | 1143 | reopened as ALP station[40] | ||||
| 2HR | Singleton | B | 1937 | 441 | 0680 | became 2NX, Newcastle c. 1955 | ||||||
| 2JJ | Sydney | A | 1975 | 1540 | 1539 | F 1980 | Originally an experimental ABC station which later obtained permanent status. | |||||
| 2KA | Katoomba | B | 1935[41] | 259[42] | 1160 | 0780 | 0783 | C 1992 | moved to 780 kHz in 1937. Wavelength was allocated 1935 for competitor 2KB[43] but never implemented. | |||
| 2KM | Kempsey | A | 1937 | 306 | 0980 | 306 | 0980 | 0980 | Did this become a Labor Party broadcaster in 2000 ?[32] | |||
| 2KO | Newcastle | B | 1931[44] | 212[45] | 1415 | 213 | 1410 | 1410 | 1413 | F 1990s | Converted to FM in 1990s and changed callsign to 2KKO | |
| 2KP | Kempsey | A | 1954 | 0680 | 0680 | 0684 | 0684 | |||||
| 2KY | Sydney | B | 1925 [46] | 280 | 1070 | 294 | 1020 | 1020 | 1020 | 1017 | 1017 | 280 metres from 1925 |
| 2LF | Young | B | 1938 | 224 | 1340 | 1350 | 1350 | linked with 2WG | ||||
| 2LG | Lithgow | A | 1949[47] | 1370 | 1395 | |||||||
| 2LM | Lismore | B | 1936 | 333 | 0900 | 0900 | 0900 | replaced 2XN | ||||
| 2LT | Lithgow | B | 1939 | 278 | 1080 | 1390 | 1395 | 0900 | freq. 1370 kHz in 1976 900 kHz from 1984 | |||
| 2LV | Inverell | B | 1936 | 366[48] | 0820 | B | linked with 2AD. Became 2NZ in 1937.[49] | |||||
| 2MG | Mudgee | B | 1938[32] | 1450 | 1450 | 1449 | 1449 | |||||
| 2MK | Bathurst | B | 1925 | 260 | 1155 | C 1931.[50] | 275 metres in 1925. MK = Mockler's Store | |||||
| 2ML | Murwillumbah Terranora | A | 1954 | 0720 | 0720 | 720 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | ||||||
| 2MO | Gunnedah | B | 1931[32] | 227 | 1320 | 221 | 1360 | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | |
| 2MV | Moss Vale | B | 1930 | 246 | 1220 | 208 | 1440 | 1440 | C | 205.4 m. in 1930, 241.8 in 1931. Closed c. 1931 | ||
| 2MW | 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 1980 | |||
| 2NR | Grafton (Lawrence) | A | 1936 | 429 | 0700 | 0700 | 0738 | 0738 | ||||
| 2NU | Tamworth (Manilla) | A | 1948 | 455 | 0660[51] | 0650 | 0650 | 0648 | 0648 | |||
| 2NX | Newcastle | B | c. 1955 | 221 | 1360 | 1360 | 1341 | B | previously 2HR Singleton. | |||
| 2NZ | Inverell | B | 1936[32] | 256 | 1170 | 1190 | 1190 | 1188 | 1188 | previously 2LV;[49] took over 2NZ licence issued for Narrabri in 1935 but not implemented. Linked with 2GZ | ||
| 2OO | Wollongong | B | 1979 | 1575 | F 1992 | Became i98FM[52] | ||||||
| 2PB | Canberra | A | 1440 | F | ABC News Radio, converted to FM early 2006 | |||||||
| 2PB | Newcastle | A | 1458 | News Radio | ||||||||
| 2PB | Sydney | A | 0630 | News Radio | ||||||||
| 2PK | Parkes | B | 1937[32] | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 | 1404 | [53] | ||||
| 2PM | Kempsey | B | 0531 | |||||||||
| 2PNN | Wollongong | A | 1431 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 2QN | Deniliquin | B | 1935 | 208 | 1440 | 1520 | 1520 | 1521 | 1521 | |||
| 2RE | Taree | B | 1953 | 192 | 1560 | 1560 | 1560 | 1557 | 1557 | |||
| 2RG | Griffith | B | 1936[54] | 204 | 1470 | 1070 | 0963 | |||||
| 2RN | Armidale | A | 0720 | Radio National (was 2AN) | ||||||||
| 2RN | Canberra | A | 0846 | Previous callsign 2CY, carries Radio National programmes | ||||||||
| 2RN | Goulburn | A | 1098 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 2RN | Newcastle | A | 1512 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 2RN | Nowra | A | 0603 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 2RN | Sydney | A | 0576 | Radio National (was 2FC) | ||||||||
| 2RN | Wilcannia | A | 1485 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 2SB | Sydney | B | 1923 | C 1924 | allocated 450 m. in late 1923 ; became 2BL in 1924[29] 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[32] | 0999 | ||||||||
| 2TM | Tamworth | B | 1935[55] | 201 | 1490 | 231 | 1300 | 1300 | 1300 | 1287 | 1287 | 204.5 m. in 1935 |
| 2TR | Taree | A | 0720 | 0760 | 0756 | 0756 | freq. change 720 to 760 in 1976 | |||||
| 2UE | Sydney | B | 1925 | 293 | 1025 | 316 | 0950 | 0950 | 0950 | 0954 | 0954 | Originally 2EU, it was Australia's first commercial radio station,[56] 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.[24] Became SBS Radio |
| 2VM | 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 | 260[57] | 1150 | 261 | 1150 | 1150 | 1150 | 1152 | 1152 | 303 metres in 1932? |
| 2WL | Wollongong | B | pre-1931 | 209 | 1435 | 210 | 1430 | 1430 | 1314 | 1314 | F | Became WaveFM |
| 2WN | Wollongong | A | 1959 | F 1991 | ||||||||
| 2WO | Tamworth | B | 1934 | A 2WO Tamworth was announced in 1934 but never eventuated.[58] | ||||||||
| 2WS | Sydney (Western Suburbs) | B | 1978 | 1224 | F 1993 | Now WSFM[59] | ||||||
| 2XL | Broken Hill | B | 1931 | 220 | 1365 | C 1932[60] | ||||||
| 2XL | Cooma | B | 1937 | 341 | 0880 | 0920 | 0920 | 0918 | 0918 | |||
| 2XN | Lismore | B | 1930 | 224 | 1340 | 224 | 1340 | C 1936 | replaced by 2LM | |||
| 2XT | Mobile station | B | 1925 | ?? | C 1927 | operated from a NSWGR train. XT = Experimental train | ||||||
| 2XL | Cooma | B | 1937 | 341 | 0880 | 0920 | 0920 | 0918 | 0918 | |||
| 3AK | Melbourne (night service) | B | 1931 | 200 | 1500 | 200 | 1500 | 1500 | 1116 | 1116 | branded as "SEN 1116"[32] | |
| 3AR | Melbourne | B | 1924 | 3AR moved to 480 metres then 484[30] 1925–1931 then 492. Became ABC station 1932 | ||||||||
| 3AR | Melbourne | A | c. 1928 | 492 | 0610 | 476 | 0630 | 0620 | 0621 | 0621 | C | new (1935) wavelength 476 m.; moved to 517 a few months later[61] By 1937 it had reverted to 484; unchanged 1949.[62] Renamed 3RN Melbourne in October 1990 |
| 3AW | Melbourne | B | 1932[32] | 210 | 1430 | 234 | 1280 | 1280 | 0693 | 0693 | relay to 3CV 1955 | |
| 3BA | Ballarat | B | 1930[32] | 231 | 1300 | 227 | 1320 | 1320 | 1320 | 1314 | F 1998 | call sign "Radiosport 927"[32] |
| 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 community | |||||
| 3CS | Colac | B | 1939 | 265 | 1130 | 1130 | 1130 | 1134 | 1134 | |||
| 3CV | Charlton Central Vic. | B | 1938 | B | was 3MB 1470 kHz (204 m.) by 1949[63] | |||||||
| 3CV | Maryborough Central Vic. | B | 1944 | 1440 | F | was 3MB 1470 kHz (204 m.) by 1949 1440 kHz (208 m.) by 1953[63] | ||||||
| 3DB | Melbourne | B | 1927 | 254 | 1180 | 291 | 1030 | 1030 | 1030 | 1026 | F 1990 | became 3TT in 1988 |
| 3EA | Melbourne | A | 1224 | SBS Radio; opened 9 June 1975 | ||||||||
| 3EE | Melbourne | B | 1992 | 1278 | 1278 | was 3XY | ||||||
| 3EL | Maryborough | B | 1935 | 1071 | 1071 | |||||||
| 3GG | Warragul | B | 1989 | 0531 | 0531 | was 3UL | ||||||
| 3GI | 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 3TR | |||||||
| 3HA | 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 3LK[64] | |||||
| 3KZ | Melbourne | B | 1930 | 222 | 1350 | 254 | 1180 | 1180 | 1180 | 1179 | F 1990 | 231 m. in 1930?[65] |
| 3LK | Lubeck[66] | B | 1933?[32] 1936?[67] | 1090 | 1090 | 1089 | B 1977 | became 3WM in 1977 | ||||
| 3LO | Melbourne | B | 1924 | 375 | 0800 | B | 371 m. 1926[24]–1929[25] | |||||
| 3LO | Melbourne | A | 1928 | 375 | 0800 | 390 | 0770 | 0770 | 0770 | 0774 | 0774 | 371 m. 1926[24]–1932[25] Relay to 2CO, 3GI, 3WL, 3WV in 1955 |
| 3MA | Mildura | B | 1933[68] | 333 | 0900 | 1470 | 1467 | B | 1360 kHz (221 m.) by 1949[62] 1470 kHz (204 m.) by 1953[63] later became 3ML. | |||
| 3MB | Birchip | B | 1936[67] | C 1938 | became 3CV[69] | |||||||
| 3ML | Mildura | B | 1467 | was 3MA | ||||||||
| 3MP | Rowville | B | 1976 | 1380 | 1377 | 1377 | ||||||
| 3MT | Omeo | A | 0720 | |||||||||
| 3NE | Wangaratta | B | 1954 | 1600 | 1600 | 1566 | 1566 | |||||
| 3PB | Melbourne | A | 1026 | News Radio | ||||||||
| 3RN | Albury-Wodonga | A | 0990 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 3RN | Melbourne | A | 0621 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 3RN | Wangaratta | A | 0756 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 3SH | Swan Hill | B | 1931 | 1332 | ||||||||
| 3SR | Shepparton | B | 1937 | 238 | 1260 | 1260 | 1260 | 1260 | Original station, F 1988. | previous call sign 3WR.[70] 1260 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | ||
| 3TR | Gippsland Sale Trafalgar Traralgon | B | 1930 | 234 | 1280 | 242 | 1240 | 1240 | 1240 | 1242 | F 2002 | became 3GV |
| 3UL | Warragul | B | 1937 | 300[71] | 1000 | 0880 | 0531 | B | became 3GG in 1989 | |||
| 3UZ | Melbourne | B | 1925 | 322.5 | 0930 | 322.5[71] | 0930 | 0930 | 0930 | 0927 | 0927 | 319 m. in 1926[24] Now branded "Radio Sport National" |
| 3WL | Warrnambool | A | 1954[37] | 191 | 1570 | 1570 | 1602 | 1602 | ||||
| 3WM | Horsham | B | 1977 | 1089 | 1089 | was 3LK | ||||||
| 3WR | Wangaratta | B | 1925[72] | C 1926? | 303 m. in 1926[24] | |||||||
| 3WR | Wangaratta | B | 1930[73] | 238 | 1260 | reopened on 238 m. Moved to Shepparton 1935.[70] | ||||||
| 3WR | Shepparton | B | 1935 | 238 | 1260 | became 3SR in 1937[70] | ||||||
| 3WV | Horsham | B | c. 1936 | 322.5 | 0930 | B | became A Class station 1937 | |||||
| 3WV | Longford near Horsham | A | 1937 | 517 | 0580 | 0594 | 0594 | |||||
| 3XY | Melbourne | B | 1935 | 211 | 1420 | 1420 | 1278 | B | became 3EE | |||
| 3YB | 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 2018 | |||
| 3ZZ | Melbourne | A | 1975 | 1160 | C 1977 | An experimental ABC station, broadcasting for only 2 years. Was Australia's first ethnic and community radio station.[74] | ||||||
| 4AA | Mackay | B | 1026 | Previous callsign 4MK | ||||||||
| 4AK | Oakey | B | 1935[42] | 246 | 1220 | 1220 | 1242 | 1242 | studio in Toowoomba | |||
| 4AM | Mareeba | B | 1967[32] | 0558 | ||||||||
| 4AM | Port Douglas | B | 1422 | Repeater of 4AM Atherton Mareeba | ||||||||
| 4AT | Atherton | B | 1939 | 306 | 0980 | 441 | 0680 | B 1941 | closed by Federal government following allegations of fifth column activity.[39] Became ABC a month later.[75] | |||
| 4AT | Atherton | A | 1941[75] | 441 | 0680 | 0600 | 0720 | 0720 | 720 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | |||
| 4AY | Ayr | B | 1934 | 306 | 0980 | 306 | 0980 | 0960 | C c. 1970 | Changed callsign to 4RR Jan 1987 | ||
| HPON | Ayr | B | c. 1990 | 0873 | 0873 | Uses On-air Identifier of 4AY | ||||||
| 4BC | Brisbane | B | 1930 | 262 | 1145 | 268 | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | 1116 | 1116 | 223[76] in 1930; 235 m. in 1930?[65] 252 in 1933! |
| 4BH | Brisbane | B | 1931 | 217 | 1380 | 217 | 1380 | 1390 | 0880 | 0882 | 0882 | freq. moved 1390 to 880 in 1976 |
| 4BK | 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 | 216[77] | 1390 | 1010 | 0846 | 0846 | Complaints of interference from 4MB[78] (both went from 1000 kHz to 1010 kHz) in 1948.[79] | |||
| 4CC | 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 Gladstone | |||||||
| 4CC | Rockhampton | B | 1985 | 1584 | was 4CD Rockhampton | |||||||
| 4CD | Gladstone | B | 1970[32] | B | became 4CC Gladstone 1985 | |||||||
| 4CD | Rockhampton | B | 1972 | B | became 4CC Rockhampton 1985 | |||||||
| 4CH | Charleville | A | pre-1931 | 255 | 1175 | 0603 | 0603 | |||||
| 4FC | Maryborough / Hervey Bay | B | 1992 | 1161 | TAB Radio | |||||||
| 4GC | Charters Towers | B | 1976[32] | 0828 | 0828 | |||||||
| 4GC | Hughenden | B | 0765 | repeater of 4GC Charters Towers | ||||||||
| 4GM | Gympie | A | 1953 | 1570 | 1570 | 1566 | 1566 | |||||
| 4GR | Toowoomba | B | 1925 | 300 | 1000 | 300 | 1000 | 0860 | 0860 | 0864 | 0864 | 294 metres in 1925, 1926[24] |
| 4GY | Gympie | B | 1941 | 222 | 1350 | 1350 | 0558 | 0558 | ||||
| 4HI | Dysart | B | 0945 | |||||||||
| 4HI | Emerald | B | 1981[32] | 1143 | ||||||||
| 4HI | Moranbah / Nebo | B | 1215 | |||||||||
| 4HU | Hughenden | A | 1485 | |||||||||
| 4IP | Ipswich | B | 1935[42] | 208 | 1440 | 1010 | 1010 | 1008 | B | became 4IO c. 1985, 4TAB in 1992 | ||
| 4JK | Julia Creek | A | 0567 | |||||||||
| 4KQ | Brisbane | B | 1947 | 461.5 | 0650 | 0690 | 0690 | 0693 | 0693 | |||
| 4KZ | Ingham | B | 1620 | |||||||||
| 4KZ | Innisfail | B | 1967[32] | 0531 | ||||||||
| 4KZ | Karumba | B | 1611 | |||||||||
| 4KZ | Tully | B | 0693 | |||||||||
| 4LG | Longreach | B | 1936 | 1100 | 1100 | 1098 | 1098 | |||||
| 4LM | Mt Isa | B | 1961[32] | 0666 | 0666 | |||||||
| 4LM | Cloncurry | B | 0693 | translator station | ||||||||
| 4MB | Maryborough | B | 1932 | 283 | 1060 | 283 | 1060 | 1010 | 1160 | 1161 | F | 337 in 1926[24] 1160 kHz from 1953[80] Both 4CA and 4MB went from 1000 to 1010 in 1948.[79] 1160 kHz in 1964 Became RadioTAB |
| 4MI | Mt Isa | A | 1986 | 1080 | ||||||||
| 4MK | Mackay | B | 1931 | 252 | 1190 | 259 | 1160 | 1380 | 1026 | 1026 | 525 m. in 1930?[65] 1390 in 1948[79] | |
| 4MS | Mossman | A | 0639 | 0639 | ||||||||
| 4NA | Nambour | B | 0830 | 0828 | 0828 | 0 | freq move 940 to 830 kHz in 1976. Became 4SS | |||||
| 4PB | Brisbane | A | 0936 | News Radio | ||||||||
| 4PM | Port Moresby | A | 221 | 1360 | repeater for, then replaced by, 9PA[81] | |||||||
| 4QA | Mackay | A | 1951 | 0720 | 0756 | 0FM 1990s | Converted to FM 1990s | |||||
| 4QB | Pialba – Dundowran (Wide Bay) | A | 1948 | 536 | 0560[79] | 0910 | 0855 | 0855 | Synchronised with 4QO Eidsvold for both original 910kHz operation and post 1978 current operation | |||
| 4QD | Emerald | A | 1548 | |||||||||
| 4QG | Brisbane | A | 1925 | 395 | 0760 | 375 | 0800 | 0790 | C | 385 m. 1926[24]–1929[25] Founded by (Labor) Queensland Government, became ABC station 1932. Renamed 4RN Brisbane in October 1990 | ||
| 4QL | Longreach | A | 1947 | 435 | 0690 | 0540 | 0540 | 0540 | 0540 | 540 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | ||
| 4QN | Townsville (Clevedon) | A | 1936 | 500 | 0600 | 0630 | 0630 | 0630 | 0630 | 630 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | ||
| 4QO | Eidsvold | A | 1965 | 0855 | 0855 | Synchronised with 4QB Pialba for both original 910kHz operation and post 1978 current operation | ||||||
| 4QR | Brisbane | A | 1938 | 319 | 0940[79] | 0590 | 0612 | 0612 | ||||
| 4QS | Darling Downs Dalby Toowoomba | A | 0750 | 0750 | 0747 | 0747 | ||||||
| 4QW | Roma / St. George | A | 0711 | |||||||||
| 4QY | Cairns | A | 1950 | 0940 | 0801 | 0801 | ||||||
| 4RK | Rockhampton | A | 1930[65] | 330 | 0910 | 330 | 0910 | 0840 | 0840 | 0837 | 0837 | |
| 4RN | Brisbane | A | 0792 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 4RN | Rockhampton | B | 1926 | B Class licence issued to Qld Gov, intended to be a repeater of 4QG but never implemented | ||||||||
| 4RO | 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 4AY | ||||||
| 4SB | Kingaroy | B | 1938 | 1060 | 1071 | 1071 | call sign 1071AM[32] | |||||
| 4SO | 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. 1985 | |||||||
| 4TI | 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 2005 |
| 4VL | Charleville | B | 1936 | 0920 | 0920 | 0918 | 0918 | |||||
| 4VL | Cunnamulla | B | 1584 | |||||||||
| 4WK | Toowoomba | B | 1359 | repeater of 4WK Warwick | ||||||||
| 4WK | Warwick | B | 1935 | 333 | 0900 | 333[82] | 0900 | 0880 | 0963 | 0963 | 204.5 m. in 1935 | |
| 4WP | 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 5CL[83] | |||||||
| 5AD | Adelaide | B | 1930 | 229 | 1310 | 229 | 1310 | 1310 | 1323 | C | became 5DN, then relinquished | |
| 5AL | Alice Springs | A | 1948 | 196 | 1530 | B | became 8AL | |||||
| 5AN | 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 activity | ||||||
| 5AU | Port Augusta | B | 1943[84] | 214 | 1400 | 1044 | 1242 | 1450 kHz in 1976 | ||||
| 5CC | Port Lincoln | B | 1985[32] | 0765 | 0765 | |||||||
| 5CK | Crystal Brook | A | 1932 | 472 | 0635 | 469 | 0640 | 0640 | 0640 | 0639 | 0639 | |
| 5CL | Adelaide | B | 1924 | B | poss. succeeded 5AB. 420 metres[85] or 375 metres then 395 m. from 1925[30] Became ABC station 1932. | |||||||
| 5CL | Adelaide | A | 411 | 0730 | 411 | 0730 | 0730 | 0730 | 0729 | B | became 5RN Adelaide in October 1990 | |
| 5CS | Port Pirie | B | 1044 | 1044 | associated with 5AA | |||||||
| 5DN | Adelaide | B | 1925 | 313 | 0960 | 313 | 0960 | 0972 | B | 313 m. in 1926[24] became 5PB News Radio | ||
| 5DR | Darwin | A | 1947 | 1500 | B | Changed callsign to 8DR in 1960 | ||||||
| 5KA | Adelaide | B | 1927 | 250 | 1200 | 250 | 1200 | C 1941 | closed 1941 with its repeater 5AU after allegations of fifth column activity | |||
| 5KA | Adelaide | B | 1943[84] | 1200 | 1200 | 1197 | B 1990 | became 5RPH | ||||
| 5LC | Leigh Creek | A | 1971[86] | 1602 | 1602 | |||||||
| 5LN | Port Lincoln | A | 1950[86] | 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. 1970 | ||||||||
| 5PA | 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.[86] | ||
| 5RM | Renmark | B | 1935 | 319 | 0940 | 353 | 0850 | 0800 | 0800 | 0801 | 0801 | |
| 5RN | Adelaide | A | 0729 | Radio National. Was 5CL | ||||||||
| 5RN | Riverland (Berri)[86] | A | 1305 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 5SE | Mount Gambier | B | 1937 | 224 | 1340 | 1370 | 0963 | 0963 | ||||
| 5SY | Streaky Bay | A | 1977[86] | 0693 | 0693 | |||||||
| 5UV | Adelaide | C | 1970s[86] | 530 | 0531 | 0F 1990s | Initially licensed under WT Act, then Public, then Community, converted to FM 1990s | |||||
| 5WM | Woomera | A | 1953 | 1580 | 1580 | 1584 | 1584 | |||||
| 6ABCRN | Christmas Island | A | 1422 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 6AL | 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 Geraldton | ||||||||
| 6BE | 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 Collie | |||||
| 6DB | 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, Donnybrook | |||||||
| 6FMS | 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 6IX | |||||||
| 6GN | Geraldton | A | 0830 | 0830 | 0828 | 0828 | ||||||
| 6IX | Perth | B | 1933 | 204 | 1470 | 242 | 1240 | 1240 | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 | 1130 in 1943[87] 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 1933 | ||
| 6KP | Karratha | A | 0702 | |||||||||
| 6KW | Kununurra | A | 0819 | |||||||||
| 6KY | Perth | B | 1941 | 210 | 1430 | 1320 | 1206 | F 1991 | 1430 kHz in 1941; 1320 in 1943[87] | |||
| 6LN | Carnarvon | B | 1983 | 0666 | ||||||||
| 6MD | Merredin | B | 1941 | 1100 | 1100 | 1098 | 1098 | |||||
| 6MJ | Manjimup | A | 0738 | |||||||||
| 6ML | Perth | B | 1930[88] | 297[89] | 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 1130kHz | |||
| 6MM | Mandurah | B | 1988[32] | 1116 | ||||||||
| 6MN | Newman | A | 0567 | |||||||||
| 6NA | Narrogin | B | 1951 | 0920 | 0920 | 0918 | 0918 | |||||
| 6NM | Northam | A | c. 1954[37] | 1215 | ||||||||
| 6NW | Port Hedland | B | 1977 | 1026 | 1026 | |||||||
| 6PB | Bunbury (Busselton) | A | 1152 | News Radio. | ||||||||
| 6PB | Perth | A | 0585 | News Radio | ||||||||
| 6PH | Port Hedland | A | 0603 | |||||||||
| 6PM | Perth | B | 1937 | 1130 | 1000 | 0990 | F 1990 | [90] 1320 to 1240 kHz in 1943[87] 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 National | ||||||||
| 6RN | Dalwallinu | A | 0612 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 6RN | Perth | A | 0810 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 6RN | Wagin | A | 1296 | Radio National | ||||||||
| 6SAT | 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 Collie | ||||||||
| 6VA | 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 1926[24] Became ABC station 1932 | |||||||
| 6WF | Perth (Wanneroo) | A | 1929 | 435 | 0690 | 435 | 0690 | 0690 | 0690 | 0720 | 0720 | moved to 690 kHz in 1929 with change of ownership.[91] 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 1990 | ||||||||
| 6XM | 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 2019 | ||||
| 7BU | Burnie | B | 1935 | 221 | 1360 | 216 | 1390 | 0560 | 0560 | 0558 | 0F 2019 | Converted to FM Mar 2019 |
| 7DY | Derby | B | 1938[92] | 1450 | B 1954 | became 7SD, Scottsdale[37] | ||||||
| 7EX | Launceston | B | 1938[93] | 300 | 1000 | 1000 | 1010 | 1008 | F 2008 | Converted to FM 2008 and changed callsign to 7EXX | ||
| HPON | Launceston | H | 2009? | 1008 | 1008 | TAB HPON, licence awarded after 7EX AM-FM conversion, uses old 7EX tech facilities | ||||||
| 7FG | Fingal | A | 1160 | 1161 | 1161 | opened after 1976 | ||||||
| 7HO | Hobart | B | 1930 | 337 | 0890 | 366 | 0820 | 0860 | 0860 | 0864 | F 1990 | 349 metres in 1937. Became 7RPH |
| 7HT | Hobart | B | 1936 | 278 | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 | F 1998 | 1080 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | ||
| 7LA | Launceston | B | 1930 | 273 | 1100 | 273 | 1100 | 1100 | 1098 | 1098 | F 1998 | started as amateur station 7BN[94] became TAB station |
| 7NT | Kelso near Launceston | A | 1935[95] | 400 | 0750 | 400 | 0750 | 0710 | 0710 | 0711 | F 2006 | assertion 7NT founded 1928[94] could not be verified |
| 7PB | Hobart | A | 0747 | News Radio | ||||||||
| 7QN | Queenstown | A | 1954[37] | 556 | 0540 | 0540 | 0630 | F 1991 | 630 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | |||
| 7QT | Queenstown | B | 0720 | 0837 | became 7XS in 1998 | |||||||
| 7RN | Hobart | B | 1991 | was 7ZL | ||||||||
| 7RPH | Hobart | B | 1990 | 0864 | was 7HO | |||||||
| 7SD | Scottsdale | B | 1954 | 1450 | 0540[32] | 0540 | transferred from 7DY, Derby[37], 540 sits in both 10kHz & 9kHz rasters, therefore no change for GE75 | |||||
| 7SH | St Helens | A | 1570 | 1584 | 1584 | opened after 1976 | ||||||
| 7UV | Ulverstone | B | 1932[96] | 205.5 | 1460 | 205.5 | 1460 | B | became 7AD Devonport in 1940 | |||
| 7XS | Queenstown | B | 1937 | 0837 | 0837 | took over 7QT in 1998 | ||||||
| 7ZL | Hobart | B | 1926 | B 1927 | 417 metres in 1926[24] | |||||||
| 7ZL | Hobart | A | 1932[94] | 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 1976 | ||||
| 8DR | Darwin | A | 1960 | 0657 | F 1989 | previously 5DR on 1500 kHz | ||||||
| 8DN | 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[81] 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.[97][98]
| Call sign | Base | Country | Frequency kHz[99] | 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 | Lae[100] | Papua New Guinea | 1070/1340 | !945 | ||
| 9AC | Torokina[101] | 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 Field[102] | 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 Moresby[103] | Papua New Guinea | 1250 | 1944 | 1946 | for a time 9AA |
See also
References
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