[HCDX] Australia Radio Dial 1931

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Radio Heritage Foundation
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Australia Radio Dial 1931

Some 6.3 million Australian radio listeners had just 55 radio
stations they could tune to in 1931, a year when there was 30 per
cent unemployment and the Sydney Harbor Bridge was still being built.

The Radio Heritage Foundation [www.radioheritage.net] has released a
snap shot of the nation's radio dial that year, not only listing long
gone but still familiar radio calls of the era, but including rare
art work from many of the stations themselves.

Sydney was the clear leader in the radio stakes, with powerful 2BL
and 2FC owned by the national broadcasting service, the most powerful
commercial station [2GB] and the two next most powerful private
stations in the Commonwealth [2KY and 2UW] all serving the 1.3
million Sydney listeners. 

As darkness fell, popular radio serials, music, talks and sports
personalities from these Sydney stations were heard deep inside NSW
and far into Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, as people in
small towns and lonely stations together shared this new form of
entertainment.

Barely a decade after the ending of the Great War when radio was
still unknown, local enthusiasts, small groups of businessmen,
churches, trade unions and the new national broadcaster were busy
testing the edges of this new technology.

Says the Radio Heritage Foundation, it's important to name the names,
to remember the people and companies that are now fading fast from
living memory. It's also fun to see that these days can be remembered
in color, as art work from the period was very colorful.  

The 'Australia Radio Dial 1931' is part of a series relating radio
broadcasting to the popular culture of the times. They paint the
broad picture, and often lead into more detailed memories about
individual stations, programs and personalities.

Other Australian radio heritage content at www.radioheritage.net
includes the Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series, Australia's
Early Radio Pioneers from the 1920's, Australian Radio Clubs
[remember 'Jason & The Argonauts?'] and several ANZAC salutes to the
Australian Army Amenities Service stations across the SW Pacific and
Asia in WWII. 

[The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit
organization supported entirely by volunteers. It carries out
research and publishing into the connections between radio
broadcasting and popular culture across the entire Pacific. Donations
of memorabilia, memories and funds are always welcome. Volunteers
always needed. Contact details are at www.radioheritage.net. Media
contact: David Ricquish. Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]   


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