Timeline of Australian radio
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of the main events that charted the course of 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...
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1900-1909
- 1901: The six states federateFederation of AustraliaThe Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation...
into the Commonwealth of Australia. Section 51(v) of the Australian ConstitutionSection 51(v) of the Australian ConstitutionSection 51 of the Constitution of Australia is a subsection of Section 51 of the Constitution of Australia that gives the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia power to legislate on "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services".-Postal Services:...
gives the federal governmentGovernment of AustraliaThe Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
power over "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services". - 1905:
- Wireless Telegraphy Act (1905) placed broadcasting in the control of the Australian Government. This has remained in place ever since.
- Italian Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
’s company builds AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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...
's first two-way wireless telegraphy station at Queenscliff, VictoriaQueenscliff, VictoriaQueenscliff is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula in southern Victoria, Australia, south of Swan Bay at the entrance to Port Phillip. It is the administrative centre for the Borough of Queenscliffe...
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Also in 1900-1909 the 200000 pound radio was prouduced
1911-1915
- 1913: Marconi and its main competitor TelefunkenTelefunkenTelefunken is a German radio and television apparatus company, founded in Berlin in 1903, as a joint venture of Siemens & Halske and the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft...
amalgamated to form Amalgamated Wireless Australasia LimitedAmalgamated Wireless Australasia LimitedAmalgamated Wireless Ltd . Throughout most of the 20th century AWA was Australia's largest and most prominent electronics organisation, undertaking development, manufacture and distribution of radio, telecommunications, television and audio equipment as well as broadcasting services.After the...
(AWA). - 1911: The first radio "broadcast" in Australia was organised by George Fisk of AWA on 19 August 1913. He arranged for the National Anthem to be broadcast from one building to another at the end of a lecture he'd given on the new medium to the Royal Society of NSW.
1920-1929
- 1923:
- Following intensive lobbying for the introduction of radio broadcasting, the Government, in May 1923, calls a conference of the main players in the radio manufacturing industry. This led to the sealed setSealed unitIn the early days of radio in Australia, AWA, the Amalgamated Wireless Australia corporation, had a program to implement the "sealed unit" project where radio receivers could only receive the transmitting service to which they were licensed...
regulations where stations could be licensed to broadcast and then sell sets to 'listeners-in'. The receiving device would be set to receive only that station. - 2FC in SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
is the first radio station to be licensed on 1 July, 1923 but its opponent 2SB (later to be called 2BL) was first to go to air officially starting on 23 November that year.
- Following intensive lobbying for the introduction of radio broadcasting, the Government, in May 1923, calls a conference of the main players in the radio manufacturing industry. This led to the sealed set
- 1924:
- 3AR and 3LO went to air on 26 January and 13 October 1924 in MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne 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...
. - The Government introduces a two-tiered licence system in July 1924. In the first half of 1924, only 1400 people took out sealed set licences. It was quite easy for listeners to avoid the licence fee by building their own sets or modifying one they had bought to receive more than one station. The radio industry successfully lobbied the Government to introduce a two-tiered system, the 'A' licences to be financed by listeners' licence fees imposed and collected by the Government, and 'B' class licences to be offered to anyone else who wanted to have a go. The B stations would have to generate their own revenue through advertising. A class stations could also advertise but few did. This system was an amalgam of the British system where the non-commercial BBC had a government-imposed monopoly and the USA where the free market was the driving force. The 'A' class stations were the original sealed set stations plus one in each other capital city - 2BL, 2FC, 3AR, 3LO, 7ZL, 5CL, 6WF. By years end, 40,000 licences have been issued.
- The first 'B' class station on air was 2BE in November 1924.
- South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
’s first radio station 5CL (A class) went to air on 20 November.
- 3AR and 3LO went to air on 26 January and 13 October 1924 in Melbourne
- 1925:
- The oldest surviving 'B' class (commercial) station is 2UE2UE2UE 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...
, which went on air on Australia DayAustralia DayAustralia Day is the official national day of Australia...
1925. - 3UZ3UZ3UZ is the official callsign of a medium-wave radio station in Melbourne, Australia which broadcasts under the name Radio Sport National.-History:...
Melbourne begins broadcasting - South Australia’s first commercial radio station 5DN goes to air 24 February.
- Number of licences issued reaches 80,000.
- The oldest surviving 'B' class (commercial) station is 2UE
- 1926: The British Government nationalises radio by buying out the British Broadcasting CompanyBritish Broadcasting CompanyThe British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on 18 October 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom and licensed by the British General Post Office...
and forming the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Australian Government held a Royal CommissionRoyal CommissionIn Commonwealth realms and other monarchies a Royal Commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue. They have been held in various countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia...
into Wireless but didn't immediately follow the British lead. It did encourage the 'A' class stations to amalgamate in order to maximise efficiencies and maintain standards. - 1927:
- AWA conducts a series of transmissions to Britain. These regular broadcasts were heralded by a kookaburraKookaburraKookaburras are terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They are large to very large, with a total length of . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, and is onomatopoeic of its call...
's laugh - a practice that's still used by Radio Australia today, nicknamed 'Jacko'. - 3DB Melbourne commences broadcasting
- AWA conducts a series of transmissions to Britain. These regular broadcasts were heralded by a kookaburra
- 1929:
- 2BE closes due to financial collapse.
- The Government nationalises the transmission facilities and contracts the provision of programming to the Australian Broadcasting Company (now Australian Broadcasting Corporation), a consortium of entertainment interests.
1930-1939
- 1932:
- The Australian Broadcasting CompanyAustralian Broadcasting CompanyThe Australian Broadcasting Company was a consortium of entertainment interests formed in 1929 to supply radio programs for broadcast on the former "A-class" transmitters contracted to the Federal Government's National Broadcasting Service...
is nationalised by the Australian Broadcasting Commission Act (1932). This finalised the two-tier system with the national broadcaster, the newly created Australian Broadcasting Commission, having 12 stations, and the commercial sector, with 43 stations. The ABC was funded by listeners’ licence fees until the 1970’s, when Federal Government appropriation became the primary source of funding. Initial plans to permit advertising on the ABC were dropped from the final bill presented to the parliament. - On 29 June 1932, 2WG2WG2WG is an Australian radio station which transmits on 1152 kHz on the AM band. It is licensed to the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The station is the first radio station to have a radio receiver built in regional New South Wales and was originally owned by a husband and wife team, the late...
in Wagga Wagga, New South WalesWagga Wagga, New South WalesWagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...
goes on the air on a purpose built 2000 watt transmitter. - At 8.00pm on 1 July 1932, the Prime Minister Joseph LyonsJoseph LyonsJoseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...
inaugurates the ABC. It then controlled twelve stations – 2FC and 2BL in Sydney, 3AR and 3LO in Melbourne, 4QG in BrisbaneBrisbaneBrisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, 5CL in AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide 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...
, 6WF in PerthPerth, Western AustraliaPerth 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....
, 7ZL in HobartHobartHobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
and the relay stations 2NC1233 ABC Newcastle1233 ABC Newcastle is an Australian radio station. It is the Newcastle station of the ABC local radio network, and is licensed to, and serving Newcastle and surrounding areas. It operates on the AM band at 1233 kilohertz...
in Newcastle, New South WalesNewcastle, New South WalesThe Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
, 2CO at Corowa, New South WalesCorowa, New South WalesCorowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. Corowa is the administrative centre of Corowa Shire...
, 4RK in Rockhampton, QueenslandRockhampton, QueenslandRockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....
and 5CK at Crystal Brook, South AustraliaCrystal Brook, South AustraliaCrystal Brook is a town in South Australia, named after the spring-fed creek next to which it was founded. It is north of Adelaide and in 2006 had a population of 1,185.Crystal Brook is situated on Goyder's Line near the border of two climate systems...
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- The Australian Broadcasting Company
- 1935: The Sydney studios of the ABC installs a disc recorder, enabling the recording of programs to occur for the first time.
- 1936: In March, the Bass StraitBass StraitBass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria.-Extent:The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Bass Strait as follows:...
Cable links TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
to mainland Australia and permits the ABC to relay national broadcasts to Hobart for the first time. - 1939: Radio AustraliaRadio AustraliaRadio Australia is the international broadcasting and online service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , Australia's public broadcaster.- History :...
was formally incorporated as part of the ABC.
1940-1949
- 1948:
- Experimental FM broadcasts commence
- The regulatory body, the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, is created
1950-1959
- 1957: A Government inquiry into FM radio heralds little interest
- 1958: Top 40 format is adopted by Australian commercial radio
1960-1969
- 1961: The Government authorises the use of the international VHF FM band for television.
- 1967: Talkback radio is introduced on 2SM2SM2SM is an Australian radio station, licensed to and serving Sydney, New South Wales, broadcasting on 1269 kilohertz on the AM band. It is owned and operated by Broadcast Operations Group...
in Sydney and 3AW3AW3AW 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. - 1968: 3AK3AK3AK is the call sign of SEN 1116 and earlier the on-air name of a former Melbourne talk-back radio and music station, which, in 2003, leased its licence to sports network SEN 1116...
Melbourne expands to 24 hour transmission
1970-1979
- 1972:
- The Labor government's Media Minister Doug McClelland abolishes radio and TV licence fees, making the ABC funded directly from the federal budget
- 5UV in Adelaide becomes the first public radio station on air in Australia
- 1974:
- The McLean Inquiry into FM rejects the Broadcasting Control Board's views on FM radio and recommends that the VHF FM band be opened to FM radio stations, that a community radio sector be established, and that the ABC have an FM network
- 2MBS2MBS2MBS FM is a Sydney music radio station operated by the Music Broadcasting Society of New South Wales Co-Operative Limited.Launched in 15 December 1974, it is Australia's first fully licensed FM radio station....
Sydney commences broadcasting as the first full-time FM station in Australia, playing classical music 24 hours a day.
- 1975:
- 2JJ (Double Jay) commences transmission on the AM band in Sydney. Double Jay is the first non-commercial 24-hour rock station in Australia
- 3MBS-FM Melbourne commences broadcasting classical music 24 hours a day
- Multi-cultural radio is launched with the formation of 2EASBS RadioSBS Radio is a service provided by the Special Broadcasting Service '..to inform, educate and entertain Australians, especially those of non-English speaking backgrounds'. SBS Radio originally began as two stations based in Melbourne and Sydney, set up to provide pre-recorded information about the...
Sydney and 3EASBS RadioSBS Radio is a service provided by the Special Broadcasting Service '..to inform, educate and entertain Australians, especially those of non-English speaking backgrounds'. SBS Radio originally began as two stations based in Melbourne and Sydney, set up to provide pre-recorded information about the...
Melbourne - Public access station 3ZZ is established in Melbourne
- Twelve Australian community radio stations are licenced as an interim move by the federal media minister, Dr Moss Cass. Because the licences may have been technically illegal under the Act, they are dubbed Cass's "Dirty Dozen"
- 1976:
- ABC FMABC Classic FMABC Classic FM is a classical music radio station available in Australia, and internationally online. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established in 1976 as "ABC-FM", and later for a short time was known as "ABC Fine Music" , before adopting its current name...
begins broadcasting - 3MP3MP3MP began transmission 21 July 1976, as Melbourne's seventh commercial radio station and the first new commercial station in over 40 years. The original licencees included a consortium of businessmen and media identities....
begins broadcasting, the first new commercial radio licence in Melbourne since 1935
- ABC FM
- 1978:
- AM radio station frequencies are changed to comply with the standard 9kHz spacing (from 10kHz).
- 2WS2WS101.7 WSFM is a FM band radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Its main content is commercial music, in particular classic hits from the 1960s to the Early 2000s, with a greater focus on the 70's, 80's and 90's...
Sydney begins broadcasting
1980-1989
- 1980:
- The first commercial FM radio stations are launched: 3EON and 3FOX in Melbourne, 2MMM2MMM2MMM is a radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Triple M Sydney is part of the Austereo Triple M network and broadcasts on the 104.9 MHz frequency.-The Early Days:...
and 2DAY Sydney, 4MMM4MMM4MMM is one of Brisbane, Australia's commercial FM Rock radio stations, primarily targeted at those in the 25-50 age group...
Brisbane, 5SSA Adelaide, 96FM Perth
- The first commercial FM radio stations are launched: 3EON and 3FOX in Melbourne, 2MMM
- 1982:
- 7RPH in Hobart becomes the first Radio for the Print Handicapped broadcast service. Other stations soon follow in Melbourne3RPH3RPH is a radio station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.3RPH is part of the Vision Australia Radio network of eight stations owned by Vision Australia broadcasting newspaper and magazine articles for people unable to read print media in southern Victoria and New South Wales.The station began...
, Sydney2RPH2RPH is an Australian radio reading service that reads newspapers and magazines for the benefit of those who have difficulties reading for themselves. It is the Sydney station of the RPH Network...
, Brisbane4RPHRadio 4RPH 1296 kHz is a volunteer manned community radio station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Radio 4RPH is a member of the Radio Print Handicapped Network. Its catch-phrases are, Your information station and Turning print into sound, and it is intended to serve all those who are, for any...
, CanberraRadio 1RPHRadio 1RPH 1125 kHz is a volunteer manned AM band radio broadcast station in the Australian Capital Territory. Radio 1RPH is a member of the Radio Print Handicapped Network. Its catch-phrases are, Your information station and Turning print into sound, and it is intended to serve all those who are,...
, Adelaide5RPHRadio 5RPH 1197 kHz is a volunteer manned AM band community radio station in Adelaide, South Australia Australia for the blind. Radio 5RPH is a member of the Radio Print Handicapped Network. Its stated mission is to "provide a quality reading and information service to those within its broadcast...
and Perth.
- 7RPH in Hobart becomes the first Radio for the Print Handicapped broadcast service. Other stations soon follow in Melbourne
- 1984:
- Stereo AMAM stereoAM stereo is a term given to a series of mutually incompatible techniques for wireless radio broadcasting stereo audio in the AM band in a manner that is compatible with standard AM receivers...
radio transmission is launched
- Stereo AM
- 1986:
- 2UE2UE2UE 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...
Sydney and 3AK3AK3AK is the call sign of SEN 1116 and earlier the on-air name of a former Melbourne talk-back radio and music station, which, in 2003, leased its licence to sports network SEN 1116...
Melbourne launch the experimental CBC Radio Network, a networked talk-back format
- 2UE
- 1988:
- Commercial FM radio is launched in CanberraCanberraCanberra 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...
- Commercial FM radio is launched in Canberra
- 1989:
- Commercial FM radio launches on the Gold CoastGold Coast, QueenslandGold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
- Sydney's Triple J begins expansion to other capital cities
- Commercial FM radio launches on the Gold Coast
1990-1999
- 1990:
- 3KZ3KZGold 104.3 is a radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Australia. Gold 104.3 is part of the Australian Radio Classic Hits Network and broadcasts on the 104.3 MHz frequency.- History :...
Melbourne converts from AM to FM. Other stations to convert include 3TT Melbourne, 4BK Brisbane, 6PM and 6PR6PR6PR, 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...
Perth, 5KA and 5DN Adelaide. - Commercial FM commences in HobartHobartHobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
- 3AK3AK3AK is the call sign of SEN 1116 and earlier the on-air name of a former Melbourne talk-back radio and music station, which, in 2003, leased its licence to sports network SEN 1116...
becomes Australia's first Italian-language commercial radio station
- 3KZ
- 1991:
- Melbourne radio station 3XY signs off after 56 years of broadcasting
- 1992:
- 8DN DarwinDarwin, Northern TerritoryDarwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
has its licence revoked for breaching the ownership conditions of the Broadcasting Act
- 8DN Darwin
- 1994:
- 2UW and 2WS2WS101.7 WSFM is a FM band radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Its main content is commercial music, in particular classic hits from the 1960s to the Early 2000s, with a greater focus on the 70's, 80's and 90's...
Sydney convert to FM - 2WZD2WZD2WZD, which is branded as 93.1 Star FM, is an Australian radio station that transmits on 93.1 MHz FM and is owned by Southern Cross Media.-History:...
begins broadcasting in Wagga Wagga as FM93. - ABC NewsradioABC NewsRadioABC NewsRadio is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio service devoted to delivering live and 24-hour news updates and information. The service is available on a number of broadcasts right around Australia, including AM/FM radio, some pay-TV platforms and online via the Internet.Originally...
is launched
- 2UW and 2WS
- 1998:
- NetFM broadcasts AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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...
's first Internet radio transmission.
- NetFM broadcasts Australia
NetFM commence full commercial broadcasting in Sydney on 13 November.
2000-2009
- 2001: DMG Launches the Nova brand with Sydney's Nova 969 first hitting the airwaves.
- 2002: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation commences a digital radio service called DiGABC DiGABC DiG is a digital radio service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which began in November 2002, emerging from formats developed by Bill Gates and Phil Cullen at ABC Coast FM, which broadcast an Adult Alternative music format and was for many years ABC Radio's only continuous...
in November. - 2004: 3AK3AK3AK is the call sign of SEN 1116 and earlier the on-air name of a former Melbourne talk-back radio and music station, which, in 2003, leased its licence to sports network SEN 1116...
Melbourne becomes an all-sports format as SENSEN 1116SEN 1116 , the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz... - 2006: Melbourne radio stations 3AW3AW3AW 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 Magic3EEMagic 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...
swap frequencies on the AM band - 2009: Digital radioDigital radio in AustraliaDigital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is currently available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin. The national government owned networks, the ABC and SBS, provide their current services and a few digital-only services on the new platform, while the...
officially launches in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.