Dennis Cometti honoured at state memorial service in Perth

4 May 2026 The Riverview Rooms at Perth’s Optus Stadium will be packed with mourners this afternoon, for a state memorial service to honour sports broadcasting legend Dennis Cometti. Considered one of the giants of industry, Cometti passed away in March at the age of 76. He joined ABC Radio Perth in 1972, remaining at the national broadcaster… Read More

Vale Dennis Cometti

4 March 2026 Dennis Cometti – one of the greats of Australian sports broadcasting – has died at the age of 76. Known for his quirky one-liners – including ‘centimetre perfect’ – the legendary footy caller joined ABC Radio Perth in 1972, working at the national broadcaster until 1985. During his ABC radio tenure, he coached West Perth… Read More

Join ABC Perth as they launch on FM, where to find community stations displaced by the switch

22 February 2026 ABC Perth has made the switch from AM to FM on Monday February 23, with the first song Wide Open Road by local band The...

ABC Perth radio stations to switch to FM early 2026

12 December 2025 ABC Radio Perth, plus ABC NewsRadio and Radio National in the west Australian capital city will all move from AM transmission to FM in early...

Oliver Peterson departs 6PR for ABC Radio Perth Drive

24 November 2025 Oliver ‘Oly’ Peterson will take over 720 ABC Radio Perth Drive in 2026 after Gary Adshead announced last month he will wrap up at the...

Gary Adshead to wrap up on ABC Radio Perth at the end of this year

7 October 2025 At the start of his Drive program on ABC Radio Perth this afternoon, Tuesday October 7, Gary Adshead announced that he will wrap up at...

The incredible generosity of ABC Radio Perth listeners

10 August 2025 720 ABC Radio Perth’s Breakfast Blitz campaign has seen listeners across Perth donating breakfast items to help people experiencing homelessness this winter. One listener, Heather,...

ABC Radio Perth’s Breakfast Blitz assists people experiencing homelessness this winter

21 July 2025 ABC Radio Perth has launched, in conjunction with Uniting WA, the Breakfast Blitz campaign to help people experiencing homelessness this winter. Listeners are encouraged to...

Howard Gretton appointed WA manager of the ABC

5 May 2025 An email sent to West Australian staff by ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks has announced the appointment of former Seven Network Perth News Director Howard...

A big day of ABC Radio movement

21 November 2024 The ABC has announced most of their shuffling of the decks for 2025 with some surprise departures, arrivals and a celebration of Conversations. As she...

Half a million dollars in donations to ABC Radio Perth’s Stationery Stash

28 July 2024 ABC Radio Perth, WA charity Give Write and two hundred volunteers came together to wrap up the Stationery Stash campaign with a sorting morning. New...

ABC Radio Perth looking for your stashed stationary

2 July 2024 ABC Radio Perth, in partnership with WA charity Give Write, is collecting new and gently used stationary that we all have lying around as part...

ABC Radio Perth marks 100 years June 4

26 May 2024 June 4, 1924, Western Australian Radio 6WF, made its first transmission, a speech from then-Premier Philip Collier, followed by music and live entertainment. The first high...

Danielle Laidley joins ABC Radio Melbourne’s Saturday Sports show

9 March 2024 The ABC has expanded their coverage of the 2024 Toyota AFL Premiership with former coach and player Danielle Laidley commencing on ABC Radio Melbourne’s Saturday Mornings...

Shifting seats at ABC Radio Brisbane

7 December 2023 Steve Austin, Kelly Higgins-Devine, Kat Feeney and Rebecca Levingston will all be back for 2024 on ABC Radio Brisbane, but not where they were. Steve...

Mark Gibson to replace Stan Shaw on ABC Radio Perth Breakfast

20 November 2023 After Stan Shaw said on Friday he would be leaving ABC Radio Perth Breakfast after less than a year in the role, Mark Gibson has...

ABC Perth makes some major changes for the new year

9 January 2023 ABC Radio Perth has had to scramble to find a new line up with Breakfast host Tom Baddeley leaving this month. Baddeley only moved into...

Geoff Hutchison puts his ABC Perth Drive shift into park

4 October 2022 ABC Radio Perth’s Drive presenter, Geoff Hutchison, has told his listeners that this will be his last year behind the Drive show mic. Geoff says he felt the...

Former ABC journalist Tom Baddeley named as new Perth Breakfast presenter

9 January 2022 Perth journalist Tom Baddeley has been named as ABC Radio Perth’s new Breakfast presenter. He will take up his new role on Monday 7 February...

Vale Russell Woolf

26 October 2021 Long-time ABC presenter Russell Woolf has died suddenly overnight. Russell was the host of the breakfast program on ABC Radio Perth, and had been with...

ABC Radio 2019 line-ups

4 December 2018 ABC Radio’s key programs and presenters return in 2019 in an unchanged line-up for its Local Radio stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and its Regional...

ABC Radio WA schedule confirmed for 2018

6 December 2017 Welcomes new Saturday morning team, and Breakfast double-header. WA-born journalist Paula Kruger joins Peter Bell in the Breakfast studio from January 22. The new shared timeslot between 5am...

ABC announces three ‘Cammo’ Commemorations

13 April 2017 The ABC has honoured Eoin Cameron's legacy with the creation of a 3-month paid radio internship for a regionally-based West Australian, and by renaming the ABC's main Albany studio...