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Category: The Retro Radio Dial

Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Australia FM Radio

Share your own memories of Australian FM Radio Frequency Call Location Owner 89.3 4CRB Gold Coast Gold Coast Christian & Community Broadc Assoc 91.5 4MKt…

Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Australia South Australia/NT AM Radio

Share your own memories of South Australia/NT Radio Frequency Call Location   Owner 531 5UV Adelaide   Radio 5UV University of Adelaide 639 5CK Port…

Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Australia Queensland AM Radio

Share your own memories of Queensland Radio Frequency Call Location Owner 531 4KZ Innisfail Coastal Broadcasters Pty Ltd 540 4QL Longreach ABC Regional 558 4AM…

Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Australia ACT/NSW AM Radio

Share your own memories of ACT/NSW Radio Frequency Call Location   Owner 531 2MC Port Macquarie   Wesgo Communications Pty Ltd 540 2CR Orange  …

Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Australia Victoria/Tasmania AM Radio

Share your own memories of Victoria/Tasmania Radio Frequency Call Location   Owner   531 3UL Warragul   Associated Broadcasting Services Ltd 540 7SD Scottsdale TAS…

Retro Radio Dial: Idaho 1963

Share your own memories of Idaho Radio Frequency Call Location Owner   AM   540 KBRV Soda Springs JC Wallentine 580 KFXD Nampa Fletcher-Mitchell Corporation…

Retro Radio Dial: Texas 1963

Share your own memories of Texas Radio Frequency Call Location Owner   AM   550 KTSA San Antonio Sunshine Broadcasting Company 560 KFDM Beaumont Beaumont…

Blue Hawaii, Elvis and Hawaiian Radio in 1961

In 1961, Hawaii was into its second year as the 50th state of the union, the state wide population was estimated at around 642,000 from…

Japan AM Radio Dial 1941

During 1941, Japanese radio audiences had almost 50 local AM radio stations they could listen to for a large part of each broadcasting day. In…

Australia Radio Dial 1931

Little more than a decade after the end of WWI in 1918, some 6.5m Australians in all states could listen to music, sports commentaries and…

California Radio Dial 1928

by David Ricquish It’s hard to imagine that within living memory, California once had only a little over 50 radio stations on the air. There…

Shanghai Radio Dial 1941

In July 1940, TIME magazine featured a story about Carroll Duard Alcott, an American who broadcast from Shanghai radio station XMHA. The story captures the…

New Zealand Radio Dial 1978 Commentary

Celebrating over 75 Years of Popular Kiwi RadioThe NZ Radio Dial 1978‘Generation X born to the sound of Popular Kiwi Radio’ As the first Generation…

The New Zealand Radio Dial 1930-31

by David Ricquish 1931 Was Highlight Year The year 1931 was a highlight year for early radio broadcasting in New Zealand. Less than a decade…