ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITES

Australian Radio Stations

2SB Sydney broadcast the first commercial radio service in Australia on 13 November 1923. Initial programming was a concert featuring a soprano, a bass, a contralto, a cellist, a baritone and quartet. The baritone, George Saunders, was also the station’s first announcer. In the 1930s Saunders, known as Uncle George, conducted the Children’s Sessions at 2GB.

2FC was the second commercial radio station. It broadcast to the public for the first time on 5 December 1923 and like 2SB, it was in the form of a concert. The station was owned by the owner of the department store Farmer & Co. Ltd. and that's where it got its name 2FC. The studio was on Farmer’s roof garden and the transmitter was at Willoughby.

Radio Call Signs
Each Australian radio station has a call sign determined in part by the state or territory in which the station is based and whether they're AM or FM.

AM station call signs have a number followed by 2 letters and FM stations have a number followed by 3 letters. There are a few exceptions.

• Call signs starting with 1 - ACT
• Call signs starting with 2 - NSW or ACT
• Call signs starting with 3 - VIC
• Call signs starting with 4 - QLD
• Call signs starting with 5 - SA
• Call signs starting with 6 - WA
• Call signs starting with 7 - TAS
• Call signs starting with 8 - NT