720 ABC Perth
| Broadcast area | Perth, Western Australia |
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| Frequency | 720 kHz AM[1] |
| First air date | 4 June 1924 |
| Format | Talk |
| Audience share | 25.9% (June 2010, ABC Annual Report 2009/10[2]) |
| Power | 50kW[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°51′21″S 115°49′4″E / 31.85583°S 115.81778°E[1] |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | http://www.abc.net.au/perth/ |
720 ABC Perth (callsign: 6WF) is a radio station located in Perth, Western Australia broadcasting on 720 kHz on the AM band.[1][3] The station is a member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Local Radio network.
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[edit] History
Broadcasting began on 6WF on Wednesday 4 June 1924 from a studio in the Westralian Farmers building in Perth. The Premier of Western Australia, Philip Collier made a speech on-air to mark the opening of the station.[4][5]
The station was equipped with a transmitter that was the most powerful allowed under Commonwealth Regulations.[citation needed] The owner Westralian Farmers Ltd started the station with the purpose of providing "information and entertainment to rural areas". The station's original broadcast footprint covered most of the state of Western Australia.[6][7] In 1929 the radio station was sold to the Australian Broadcasting Company. As a result the radio station moved from the Westralian Farmers buildings to the ESA Bank building on the corner of Hay and Milligan Streets in Perth. When the Australian Broadcasting Commission was founded in 1932, 6WF became part of the national network.[6][8]
The station moved again in 1937 to the Stirling Institute building located in the Supreme Court Gardens, St Georges Terrace. Despite the fact the building had been built 21 years earlier as a temporary structure it became the home of 6WF for the next 23 years.[6]
In 1960 a specially built 23 studio building complex was completed at 191 Adelaide Terrace and the station moved there during that year. This building was to provide the home for the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra for a number of years, running alongside three separate radio stations.[6][9]
These buildings lasted 45 years, until it was decided that new buildings must be built. A site was commissioned and the radio station moved to its new offices and studios in East Perth in March 2005.[6]
The Adelaide Terrace site was sold to property developers in 2008 who have proposed demolishing the structure and erecting residential buildings.[10] The transmission tower was demolished in January 2011.[11][12]
[edit] Programming
Veteran presenter Eoin Cameron has worked on and off for the ABC since 1969.[13][14] The show is one of the higher rating breakfast programs in Perth.[15][16][17]
[edit] Sports
720 covers a range of sports syndicated through the network under the ABC Radio Grandstand name including Australian rules football and cricket.[18]
The station is one of two radio outlets (the other being 6PR) contracted to cover Australian Football League matches in the Perth area. The station also covers matches from the West Australian Football League.[19][20]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Radio and television broadcasting stations - Internet edition". Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2010. p. 14. http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100059/stations_book_electronic_edition.pdf. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Annual Report 2009/10". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://abc.net.au/corp/annual_reports/ar10/pdf/ar2009_10_complete_report.pdf. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "ABC Radio Transmitter Frequencies". 720 ABC Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/perth/programs/frequencies.htm?ref=nav. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Some Early History - The Original 6WF". The West Australian. 8 April 1933. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32461787. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Communication". Western Australia and Federation. State Library of Western Australia. http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/federation/iss/120_comm.htm. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Perkins, Matthew (4 July 2008). "The origins of 720". 720 ABC Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2005/04/29/1356554.htm. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Wesfarmers Building (fmr)". REGISTER OF HERITAGE PLACES - ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTATION. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 23 June 2000. p. 1. http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/U-Z%20-%20A-D/Wesfarmers%20Bldg%20(I-AD).PDF. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "The History of Australian Radio". Radio Adelaide. University of Adelaide. http://radio.adelaide.edu.au/intro/history_OZ-radio.pdf. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "6WF celebrates 80 years". Presenters: Rebecca Carmody, Jonathon Beal. Stateline Western Australia. ABC Television. 4 June 2004. Transcript.
- ^ Fuhrmann, Kim (15 June 2010). "Plans to demolish old ABC building". Western Australian Business News. http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/story/1/81217/Plans-to-demolish-old-ABC-building. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ ABC transmission tower demolition starts, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 25 January 2011, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/25/3121354.htm, retrieved 26 January 2011
- ^ Ryan, Vivienne (26 January 2011), "50 years of ABC history comes down", The West Australian
- ^ "Breakfast with Eoin Cameron". 720 ABC Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/perth/programs/720_perth_breakfast/. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Eoin Cameron". 720 ABC Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s1862987.htm?site=perth. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Ganska, Helen (16 December 2009). "Eoin Cameron takes prime breakfast slot in radio ratings". Perth Now. http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/eoin-cameron-takes-prime-breakfast-slot-in-radio-ratings/story-e6frg2rc-1225810917695. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Lawson, Rebecca (5 March 2009). "ABC 720 wins breakfast radio ratings war". Western Australian Business News. http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/story/1/70909/ABC-720-wins-breakfast-radio-ratings-war. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Ganska, Helen (30 March 2010). "WA ratings wars: more listen to 96FM". Perth Now. http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/more-listen-in-to-96fm/story-e6frg2rc-1225847572161. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "WA Grandstand team". 720 ABC Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 June 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s2790633.htm?site=perth&source=rss. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "WAFL season kicks off tonight". wafootball.com.au. West Australian Football Commission. 19 March 2010. http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/1801-wafl-season-kicks-off-tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "AFL and the media". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. 7 August 2009. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/82192/default.aspx. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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