A long list of early Australian radio broadcasting pioneers has been
released on the Radio Heritage Foundation’s website.

Most of the early broadcasters had experimental licences, but they
entertained local and interstate audiences of the 1920-1929 period
with music, concerts and talks.

One of the first was that of Ted Gold in Toowoomba, Queensland, and
this later became 4GR [Gold Radio] which celebrated 80 years on air
last month.

Well over one hundred stations are listed from all states, with
original callsigns, location, year of starting broadcasts, and the
owners name. Origins of many familiar callsigns can be found.

Images include a jazz band from 4PK Ipswich and a crystal
set advert from David Jones in 1924.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is asking people who knew these radio
pioneers, their family members, and others with information about
these 1920’s broadcasts to come forward and contribute stories,
photos and memorabilia before these items get lost or destroyed.

The full list of pioneers from the early Golden Age of Australian
radio is on-line now at www.radioheritage.net. If any stations and
pioneers have been missed out, information about them is welcomed.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable
organization preserving and promoting radio heritage from Australia
and around the Pacific. Contact: [email protected].