6PR
Encyclopedia
6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station
based in Perth
, Australia
. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback
radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media
, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and New Zealand. It commenced broadcasting on 14 October 1931.
.
In October 1939 their first relay station 6TZ came on Air at Waterloo
,108 miles from Perth using overhead landlines this station had to generate its own power, so the on site Technicians had to be familiar with dieeal power generating plants.
During the Second World war 6PR setup a triple diversity receiving station at the home of George Moss, their only studio technician at Mount Lawley
. This was to receive the BBC
nine o'clock news from London
. George would record this via a landline to the studio on to an acetate disk for replay first on 6PR and then it was taken by bike to 6WF for rebroadcast on the ABC at 9.30pm. After the World War 2, AWA's first Broadcast Transmitter was installed at Collie
with 6CI relaying the 6PR programme. 1955 saw the building of new studios at 340 Hay Street East with three studios this enabled the station to program the country Radio stations separately.
In June 1960 6TZ-CI began broadcasting from a Studio built at back the Nicholson's Shop in Bunbury, Local program from 6.00 AM until 2:00 PM weekdays and in the weekend 6PR's programmes for the duration of the weekend. In 1963 the Victorian Broadcasting Network purchased Nicholson's and Nicholson's Broadcasting Services. Selling off the electrical and Music Warehouse divisions of the organisation to Vox Adeon. The broadcasting business was retained and operated under the name Nicholson's Broadcasting Service Pty Ltd.
with the "Gentle On Your Mind" promotion in 1973. This boosted 6PR's ratings to a consistent number two with a number one position on several occasions.
In 1977 an agreement was made with the TAB by the station's owners to broadcast races in conjunction with a personality/sport format. In the early eighties the station commenced a more comprehensive news and current affairs format with the introduction of regular programs by Howard Sattler, Bob Maumill
and Graham Mabury, which proved extremely popular with listeners.
. In 1985 the station relocated to its current premises at 169 Hay Street, East Perth. In the station's early days there were only four people on the payroll now there are around one hundred. The limited hours of broadcasting in the beginning have gradually been increased to a 24 hour, seven day a week service.
In 1987 the TAB purchased 6PR to secure the future of race broadcasts in Western Australia and races were broadcast across the station during popular talkback programs. During the early nineties the station's current affairs/talkback program hosted by Sattler, Maumill, Mabury, Peter Newman, Gary Carvolth and Rob Broadfield achieved considerable success in spite of the ever increasing level of racing broadcasts on the station.
In 1994 6PR, in conjunction with the TAB, was able to secure a special narrowcast broadcast license which allowed racing broadcasts to be moved from 6PR to the narrowcast broadcaster called Racing Radio. This move allowed 6PR to serve its two distinct audiences, those who listened purely for a talkback/news/current affairs format and those who listened just for racing information, in a more comprehensive manner. In December 1994 6PR was purchased by its current owner Southern Cross Broadcasting
which also owned Melbourne's number one rating talk station 3AW
and television stations in Adelaide
, Canberra
and other places. During the nineties 6PR continued its dominance in the talk format arena with personalities such as David Christison & Lee Tate, Howard Sattler, Jenny Seaton & Gary Carvolth, Liam Bartlett
, Harvey Deegan and Graham Mabury.
On 11 July 2007, Fairfax Media
acquired the former radio assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting
(on-sold from Macquarie Media Group
's purchase of SCB) this included 6PR along with 96fm who also broadcast from 169 Hay street. Fairfax also acquired Sydney station 2UE
, Melbourne stations 3AW
Magic 1278
, and Brisbane stations 4BC
4BH
, as well. Graham Mott general manager at Southern Cross continued in his role as general manager of the broadcast radio group under Fairfax. Mott indicated at the time of the acquisition that national syndication of programming (such as that of the since-retired John Laws
) would largely be replaced on the network with more localised syndication at a state level.
) contracted to cover Australian Football League
matches in the Perth area. The station also covers matches from the West Australian Football League
.
6PR's Commentators include Karl Langdon
, Mark Readings, Brad Hardie
, Peter Bell, Paul Hasleby
, Graham Dawson, Bruce Eva and Adam Papalia
Some matches are broadcast on-relay from sister stations 3AW
in Melbourne
and FIVEaa
in Adelaide
.
Saturday 11th June- Adelaide v West Coast from AAMI Stadium- 12:30pm- Brad Hardie, Graham Dawson and Adam Papalia
Geelong v Hawthorn from the MCG- 5:00pm- 3AW Commentary Team
Sunday 12th June- Carlton v Brisbane from Etihad Stadium- 11am- Brad Hardie, Graham Dawson and Adam Papalia
Fremantle v Essendon from Subiaco Oval- 2:00pm- Karl Langdon, Mark Readings and Paul Haselby
Monday 13th June- Melbourne v Collingwood from the MCG- 12:00pm- 3AW Commentary Team
competition since 1996 (known then as the National Soccer League
). 6PR's coverage started in Glory's debut 1996/97 Season and the coverage continued until the demise of the NSL in 2003/2004.
In 2005 the A-League
was created and Perth Glory was announced as one of the eight franchise teams. 6PR broadcast Perth Glory's home matches matches only. However, after the A-League's inaugural season in 2005/2006
6PR announced it would stop broadcasting the Perth Glory, the takeover of Perth Glory by Football Federation Australia
is believed to have contributed to 6PR’s decision. In 2007 Perth Glory was back in private ownership and 6PR came back on board as the official Radio Broadcast partner of the Perth Glory.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
based in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax and Sons, later to become John...
, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and New Zealand. It commenced broadcasting on 14 October 1931.
History
Radio in Australia was just twelve years old when 6PR commenced broadcasting on 14 October 1931. 6PR was founded by Electrical and Music warehouse company Nicholson's Limited, which operated the station from a studio's the second floor above its music showroom at 86 Barrack Street, PerthBarrack Street, Perth
Barrack Street is one of two major cross-streets in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. Together with St Georges Terrace, Wellington Street and William Street it defines the boundary of the main shopping precinct of the central city....
.
In October 1939 their first relay station 6TZ came on Air at Waterloo
Waterloo, Western Australia
Waterloo is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, located on the South Western Highway between Bunbury and Brunswick Junction....
,108 miles from Perth using overhead landlines this station had to generate its own power, so the on site Technicians had to be familiar with dieeal power generating plants.
During the Second World war 6PR setup a triple diversity receiving station at the home of George Moss, their only studio technician at Mount Lawley
Mount Lawley, Western Australia
Mount Lawley is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Most of the suburb lies within the Local Government Area of the City of Stirling and small portions are in the City of Vincent and City of Bayswater...
. This was to receive the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
nine o'clock news from London
London
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. George would record this via a landline to the studio on to an acetate disk for replay first on 6PR and then it was taken by bike to 6WF for rebroadcast on the ABC at 9.30pm. After the World War 2, AWA's first Broadcast Transmitter was installed at Collie
Collie, Western Australia
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with 6CI relaying the 6PR programme. 1955 saw the building of new studios at 340 Hay Street East with three studios this enabled the station to program the country Radio stations separately.
In June 1960 6TZ-CI began broadcasting from a Studio built at back the Nicholson's Shop in Bunbury, Local program from 6.00 AM until 2:00 PM weekdays and in the weekend 6PR's programmes for the duration of the weekend. In 1963 the Victorian Broadcasting Network purchased Nicholson's and Nicholson's Broadcasting Services. Selling off the electrical and Music Warehouse divisions of the organisation to Vox Adeon. The broadcasting business was retained and operated under the name Nicholson's Broadcasting Service Pty Ltd.
at 340 Hay st
Throughout the sixties 6PR was consistently the top rating station in Perth with personalities including Garry Meadows, Barry Martin, Gordon O'Byrne and Trevor Smith but lost its dominance in 1972. The image of the station changed from rock n roll to beautiful musicBeautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
with the "Gentle On Your Mind" promotion in 1973. This boosted 6PR's ratings to a consistent number two with a number one position on several occasions.
In 1977 an agreement was made with the TAB by the station's owners to broadcast races in conjunction with a personality/sport format. In the early eighties the station commenced a more comprehensive news and current affairs format with the introduction of regular programs by Howard Sattler, Bob Maumill
Bob Maumill
Walter Robert Maumill is an Western Australian radio presenter.-Early life:Maumill was born in Bunbury, Western Australia. His Father was Walter William Maumill and his Mother Elsie He moved with his family to South Fremantle as a child...
and Graham Mabury, which proved extremely popular with listeners.
at 169 Hay St
The 6PR studio remained at 340 Hay Street for 22 years before it was demolished to make way for the expansion of Mercedes CollegeMercedes College (Perth)
Mercedes College is a private, all girls' high school located in the CBD of Perth, Western Australia.The school was founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, thus making it the oldest independent Catholic girls' school in Australia, and the oldest existing secondary school in Perth.There are...
. In 1985 the station relocated to its current premises at 169 Hay Street, East Perth. In the station's early days there were only four people on the payroll now there are around one hundred. The limited hours of broadcasting in the beginning have gradually been increased to a 24 hour, seven day a week service.
In 1987 the TAB purchased 6PR to secure the future of race broadcasts in Western Australia and races were broadcast across the station during popular talkback programs. During the early nineties the station's current affairs/talkback program hosted by Sattler, Maumill, Mabury, Peter Newman, Gary Carvolth and Rob Broadfield achieved considerable success in spite of the ever increasing level of racing broadcasts on the station.
In 1994 6PR, in conjunction with the TAB, was able to secure a special narrowcast broadcast license which allowed racing broadcasts to be moved from 6PR to the narrowcast broadcaster called Racing Radio. This move allowed 6PR to serve its two distinct audiences, those who listened purely for a talkback/news/current affairs format and those who listened just for racing information, in a more comprehensive manner. In December 1994 6PR was purchased by its current owner Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian media company, that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television.-History:...
which also owned Melbourne's number one rating talk station 3AW
3AW
3AW is a talkback radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.-History:...
and television stations in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
and other places. During the nineties 6PR continued its dominance in the talk format arena with personalities such as David Christison & Lee Tate, Howard Sattler, Jenny Seaton & Gary Carvolth, Liam Bartlett
Liam Bartlett
Liam Bartlett is a journalist from Perth, Western Australia.He currently works on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes current affairs program. Previously, he had a six year stint with ABC radio station 720 ABC Perth, presenting the morning program. He had previously worked for GWN in Bunbury as a news...
, Harvey Deegan and Graham Mabury.
On 11 July 2007, Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax and Sons, later to become John...
acquired the former radio assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian media company, that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television.-History:...
(on-sold from Macquarie Media Group
Macquarie Media Group
Southern Cross Media Group is one of Australia's major media companies. On 3 July 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of A$1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. Under the deal, Macquarie Media Group will then on sell the metropolitan radio...
's purchase of SCB) this included 6PR along with 96fm who also broadcast from 169 Hay street. Fairfax also acquired Sydney station 2UE
2UE
2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new...
, Melbourne stations 3AW
3AW
3AW is a talkback radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.-History:...
Magic 1278
3EE
Magic 1278 is a radio station operating in Melbourne, Australia.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in 1992, but was derived from legendary radio station 3XY which began transmission in 1935...
, and Brisbane stations 4BC
4BC
4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 1116kHz AM. 4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station, using the promotional phrase "News Talk 1116". Like most talk radio stations, it caters to a predominantly conservative audience...
4BH
4BH
4BH is a radio station in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its analogue broadcast frequency is 882 KHz AM and markets itself for the baby boomer market. 4BH also broadcasts in digital using the dab+ format on the Brisbane 2 DAB ensemble channel 9B 204.640 MHz...
, as well. Graham Mott general manager at Southern Cross continued in his role as general manager of the broadcast radio group under Fairfax. Mott indicated at the time of the acquisition that national syndication of programming (such as that of the since-retired John Laws
John Laws
Richard John Sinclair "John" Laws, CBE , an Australian radio presenter, sometimes known as Lawsie, was from the 1970s until his retirement in 2007, the host of a hugely successful morning radio program, which mixed music with interviews, opinion, live advertising readings and listener talkback...
) would largely be replaced on the network with more localised syndication at a state level.
Australian Rules Football
The station is one of two radio outlets (the other being 720 ABC Perth720 ABC Perth
720 ABC Perth is a radio station located in Perth, Western Australia broadcasting on 720 kHz on the AM band. The station is a member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Local Radio network.-History:...
) contracted to cover Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
matches in the Perth area. The station also covers matches from the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
.
6PR's Commentators include Karl Langdon
Karl Langdon
Karl John Langdon is a leading sports commentator and radio personality in Western Australia and a former Australian rules footballer with the Subiaco Football Club and the West Coast Eagles.- Early life :...
, Mark Readings, Brad Hardie
Brad Hardie
Bradley John "Brad" Hardie is a former Australian rules footballer and current radio commentator. He began his career as an attacking back pocket player, but ended as a dangerous goal kicking forward pocket...
, Peter Bell, Paul Hasleby
Paul Hasleby
Paul Hasleby is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League and the and South Fremantle Football Clubs in the West Australian Football League...
, Graham Dawson, Bruce Eva and Adam Papalia
Some matches are broadcast on-relay from sister stations 3AW
3AW
3AW is a talkback radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.-History:...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and FIVEaa
FIVEaa
5AA , is 50% owned by dmg Radio Australia and Lachlan Murdoch's company Illyra, and Adelaide's only commercial talkback radio station. The station has a range of programs including news, sport, current affairs, social issues, gardening, lifestyle, cars, travel and health...
in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
.
This Weeks AFL Broadcasts
Friday 10th June- St Kilda v Western Bulldogs from Etihad Stadium- 5:30pm- Brad Hardie, Graham Dawson and Adam PapaliaSaturday 11th June- Adelaide v West Coast from AAMI Stadium- 12:30pm- Brad Hardie, Graham Dawson and Adam Papalia
Geelong v Hawthorn from the MCG- 5:00pm- 3AW Commentary Team
Sunday 12th June- Carlton v Brisbane from Etihad Stadium- 11am- Brad Hardie, Graham Dawson and Adam Papalia
Fremantle v Essendon from Subiaco Oval- 2:00pm- Karl Langdon, Mark Readings and Paul Haselby
Monday 13th June- Melbourne v Collingwood from the MCG- 12:00pm- 3AW Commentary Team
Football (soccer)
6PR has broadcast almost all Perth Glory Home and Away matches for the Australian national soccerFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
competition since 1996 (known then as the National Soccer League
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
). 6PR's coverage started in Glory's debut 1996/97 Season and the coverage continued until the demise of the NSL in 2003/2004.
In 2005 the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
was created and Perth Glory was announced as one of the eight franchise teams. 6PR broadcast Perth Glory's home matches matches only. However, after the A-League's inaugural season in 2005/2006
A-League 2005-06
The 2005-06 season was the first season of the A-League, a domestic club competition for football in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on 26 August 2005...
6PR announced it would stop broadcasting the Perth Glory, the takeover of Perth Glory by Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
is believed to have contributed to 6PR’s decision. In 2007 Perth Glory was back in private ownership and 6PR came back on board as the official Radio Broadcast partner of the Perth Glory.