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ABC Community Music

The Australian Broadcasting Company produced a series of community music books around 1930. Such sing-a-longs were very popular, and No.1 includes such favorites as ‘Aloha-oe’,…

Frank Berkery Radio Station 3FB 1929

© Carmel Bermingham Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation. Frank Berkery’s original amateur radio station 3FB in Trafalgar, Victoria [Australia] later grew into popular commercial radio station…

Jim Collins WXLE

Jim Collins WXLE© Jim Collins Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation. “I’m Jim Collins. I had the task of replacing ‘The Tree’ at WXLE. I was there…

US Forces Broadcast Over 4QR Brisbane

[L-R] Gerry De Vries, George Mattar and John G Dietrich prepare to go on the air from 4QR.© John Dietrich Collection, courtesy Ruth Dietrich, Radio…

Dr Paul, Popular Radio Serial

‘Dr Paul’ cast is:Back row [L-R]: Alan White [Dr John Cabot], Pat Burrington [Vicki Cabot], Neva Carr Glyn [Elizabeth Lowe], Dinah Shearing [Virginia Martin], Ron…

SIBS “Pop Inn!” in 1960’s Honiara

Front cover of the July-August 1969 issue of ‘Preview’, edited by Barry Whitehall for SIBS .© Keith Rogers Collection, Radio Heritage Foundation.

Cowtown Boys and KELW Radio

The first in our new series of ‘Long Lost Radio Images’ features the Cowtown Boys, Long Horns, Hill Billies and KELW Radio Station. This mixed…

2KY Raids Sydney from the Air

This stunning poster for 2KY Sydney was painted by Anthony W White, and appears in the 1939 Broadcasting Business Yearbook of Australia. © Radio Heritage…

National Advertisers Endorse NZ’s ZB Network

Radiovision Pty Ltd represented New Zealand’s 1ZB, 2ZB, 2ZA, 3ZB and 4ZB in Australia. This promotional full page advert appeared in the 1939 Broadcasting Business…

2KY 12th Anniversary

2KY 12th Anniversary Booklet Cover, 1937. © Robin Voigt Collection. In 1937, 2KY Sydney produced a booklet to celebrate 12 years of broadcasting. This is…

AES Auckland

© The Listener in ‘Voices in the Air’, Radio New Zealand/Methuen 1976. Radio Heritage Foundation Collection. For nine months during 1944, the NZ Broadcasting Service…