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100 Top Tunes 190 2GZ Junior Country Service Club 128 1029 Hot Tomato 170, 432 2HD 30, 81, 120–1, 162, 178, 182, 190, 192, 106.9 Hill FM 92, 428 247, 258, 295, 352, 364, 370, 378, 423 2HD Radio Players 213 2AD 163, 259, 425, 568 2KM 251, 323, 426, 431 2AY 127, 205, 423 2KO 30, 81, 90, 120, 132, 176, 227, 255, 264, 2BE 9, 169, 423 266, 342, 366, 424 2BH 92, 146, 177, 201, 425 2KY 18, 37, 54, 133, 135, 140, 154, 168, 189, 2BL 6, 203, 323, 345, 385 198–9, 216, 221, 224, 232, 238, 247, 250–1, 2BS 6, 302–3, 364, 426 267, 274, 291, 295, 297–8, 302, 311, 316, 345, 2CA 25, 29, 60, 87, 89, 129, 146, 197, 245, 277, 354–7, 359–65, 370, 378, 385, 390, 399, 401– 295, 358, 370, 377, 424 2, 406, 412, 423 2CA Night Owls’ Club 2KY Swing Club 250 2CBA FM 197, 198 2LM 257, 423 2CC 74, 87, 98, 197, 205, 237, 403, 427 2LT 302, 427 2CH 16, 19, 21, 24, 29, 59, 110, 122, 124, 130, 2MBS-FM 75 136, 141, 144, 150, 156–7, 163, 168, 176–7, 2MG 268, 317, 403, 426 182, 184–7, 189, 192, 195–8, 200, 236, 238, 2MO 259, 318, 424 247, 253, 260, 263–4, 270, 274, 277, 286, 288, 2MW 121, 239, 426 319, 327, 358, 389, 411, 424 2NM 170, 426 2CHY 96 2NZ 68, 425 2Day-FM 84, 85, 89, 94, 113, 193, 240–1, 243– 2NZ Dramatic Club 217 4, 278, 281, 403, 412–13, 428, 433–6 2OO 74, 428 2DU 136, 179, 403, 425 2PK 403, 426 2FC 291–2, 355, 385 2QN 76–7, 256, 425 2GB 9–10, 14, 18, 29, 30–2, 49–50, 55–7, 59, 2RE 259, 427 61, 68–9, 84, 87, 95, 102–3, 107–8, 110–12, 2RG 142, 158, 262, 425 114–15, 120–2, 124–7, 129, 133, 136, 139–41, 2SM 54, 79, 84–5, 103, 119, 124, 144, 150, 162, 144, 150–4, 156, 158–61, 163–5, 170, 172–3, 170, 173–5, 177, 179, 185–6, 191, 193, 200, 176, 190–1, 195, 198, 201–3, 209, 212–13, 209, 213, 230, 244, 247, 258, 260, 264, 266, 215, 221, 224, 233, 235, 237, 245, 247–8, 253, 269, 270–1, 274–7, 286, 294, 299, 312, 321, 258, 260–1, 268, 270, 274, 275, 290, 296, 308– 328, 339, 342, 346, 350, 353, 359–60, 385, 11, 313, 317, 321, 325–7, 335, 337–9, 341–3, 386, 389, 400, 403, 424 345–6, 348, 350, 352–3, 355–6, 359–62, 364– 2ST 403, 427 5, 375, 379, 384–5, 397–406, 412, 415–16, 2TM 251, 259, 425 423, 433–6, 505, see also Children’s 2UE 9, 14, 20, 29–31, 56, 84, 86, 89–91, 100, Newspaper of the Air 103–4, 106–10, 112, 119, 121–2, 128, 150, 2GB 870 Club 268 153, 159–61, 163, 170, 173, 175–6, 194, 196, 2GB Bluebird Club 126 202, 204, 209–11, 213, 221–2, 230–1, 240, 2GB Community Chest 141 247–8, 250, 261, 264–7, 270, 274, 276, 281, 2GB Happiness Club 124–7, 129, 136–7, 139– 285–7, 290, 294–9, 308, 310, 312–13, 315, 40, see also 5DN Happiness Club; Stelzer, Mrs 317, 319, 324, 327, 334, 341–2, 344, 346–7, W.J. 350, 355, 360, 364, 367–9, 379, 384–5, 390, 2GB Loaves and Fishes Restaurant 202 392, 402–5, 409, 411, 413, 415, 423, 433–6, ‘2GB News Reviewer’, see Baume, Eric 505 2GB Public Library 224 2UE Academy of Music 248 2GB Radio Reporters’ Club 325–6 2UE Call to Youth Club 128 2GCR 96 2UE Kids Careline 196 2GF 164–5, 260, 294, 308, 425 2UW/Mix 106.5 17–19, 31, 36, 54, 86, 93–5, 2GF Smile Club 127 106, 121–3, 125, 130–2, 138, 153–4, 182, 193, 2GN 96, 205, 424 203, 207, 210–14, 216–17, 220, 224, 227, 236, 2GO 79, 93, 204, 427 246–7, 249, 251–4, 258, 260, 264, 268, 277, 2GZ 129, 136–7, 155, 224, 249, 260, 319, 358, 284–6, 288, 293–7, 310, 319–21, 323, 349–50, 425 2

356–7, 360, 364, 366, 372, 375–7, 379, 382, 3UZ/Sport 927 14, 54, 60, 79, 103, 119, 129–30, 385–6, 388, 390–2, 423, 433–6 152, 191, 195, 217, 238–9, 250, 258, 261, 264, 2UW Players 211 268–70, 272, 307, 310–11, 315, 317, 321, 331, 2VM 259, 269, 380–1, 427 348, 363–4, 366, 372, 398, 399, 423, 430 2WG 251, 346, 424 3UZ Tailwaggers’ Pet Club 129 2WG Women’s Club 142 3UZ The Living Theatre 217 2WL 129, 146, 155, 341, 424 3WR/3SR 9, 136, 155, 295, 306, 319, 423 2WS/WS-FM 74, 79, 84–5, 93–5, 146, 159, 3XY/Magic 693 54, 84, 128, 162, 164, 183, 190, 170, 204, 274, 277, 403, 428 239, 260, 263, 265, 268, 270, 294–5, 310, 313, 2XL 67, 120, 205, 251, 424, 426 339, 347, 350, 358, 375, 390, 400, 425 2XT 9 3XY Fisherman’s Club 128 3YB 19, 129, 258, 426 3AK/SEN 1116 201, 315–17, 424 3YB Breakfast Club 129 3AK Listeners’ League 127 3AR 179, 310 4AY 181, 311, 403, 425 3AW 29, 66, 88, 90, 105–6, 108–9, 128–9, 133, 4BC 18, 28, 93, 120, 154, 160, 162, 184, 209, 139, 143, 146, 154, 156, 161, 167, 169, 174, 264, 269, 285, 293, 310–11, 325, 358, 361, 176, 179, 197, 201, 211, 224, 234–5, 240, 247, 366, 375–6, 411, 413, 423 249, 251, 259, 270, 275, 289–90, 294, 296, 4BC Plane Fund 366 304, 307–8, 310, 314–15, 336–7, 342, 346–7, 4BC Players 213 368, 371, 377, 384–5, 388, 397–8, 401–4, 406, 4BH 29, 77, 95, 138, 146, 153, 155, 159, 162, 408–9, 424 203, 207, 209–10, 249, 256, 265, 274, 335, 3AW Birmacley Pet Club 129 361, 371, 389, 398, 424 3AW Chatterbox Corner Chums 128, see also 4BK/B105 FM 21, 29–30, 68, 94, 146–7, 185, Chatterbox Corner 264, 319, 344, 379, 413, 423 3AW Night Owls’ Club 128–9 4BU 139, 425 3BA 19, 226, 423, 430 4GG 95, 427 3BO 127, 163, 288–9, 424 4GR 89, 246, 423 3BO Players 213 4GY 93, 389, 427 3DB 10, 18, 29, 68, 95, 127, 153, 158, 176–7, 4IP 311–13, 425 180, 191, 212, 222, 231, 239–40, 251, 254–7, 4KQ 70, 124, 182, 370, 378, 427 264, 269, 284–6, 289, 290, 292, 297, 307–8, 4KZ 170, 427 310, 338, 340, 344, 347, 349, 350, 364, 366–7, 4MB 159, 359, 424 372, 378, 384, 388, 423 4SB 179, 366, 369, 426 3DB Community Song Book 249 4TO 166, 424 3DB Tall Story Club 127 4TO Commander Singing Club 128 3GL 69, 95–6, 155, 158, 182, 226, 277, 312, 4WK 121, 259, 425 332, 423 4ZR 267, 426 3HA 164, 226, 424 3HS 424, 441 5AA 74, 147, 160, 204, 274, 316, 415, 427 3KZ 94, 105, 130, 138–9, 144, 177, 182, 204, 5AD 13–14, 18, 20, 29, 107, 121, 127, 138–9, 209, 238, 251, 260, 263, 267, 299, 307–8, 310, 194, 211, 250, 253, 264, 285, 305–6, 308, 310, 333–4, 357, 359–60, 370, 378–9, 390, 423 319, 372, 385, 423 3KZ Broadcasting Company of Victoria Ltd 5AD Kangaroo Club 127 357, 360 5AU 136, 178, 181–2, 425–6, 430 3LK 24, 153, 308, 367, 441 5CL 291 3LO 129, 152, 291 5DN/SEN 1323/Cruise 1323 29, 32, 108–9, 120, 3MA 61, 361, 424, 429–30 126, 135, 144, 146–7, 154, 168–9, 177, 182, 3MP 74, 79, 95, 146, 274, 315, 427 194–5, 198, 207, 209, 235, 266, 270, 275, 310, 3NE 41, 427 316, 319, 322, 333, 358, 364, 389, 393, 397, 3SH 128, 162–3, 226, 424 403, 407, 423 3SH Women’s Club 127 5DN Happiness Club 126, 367 3SR 136, 155, 295, 306, 319, 424 5DN Kipling Boys’ Club 127–8 3TR 68, 201, 225, 226, 423, 431 5KA 13, 94, 136, 143, 156, 177–8, 181–2, 199, 3UL 19, 263, 426 283, 370, 378, 423 3UL Breakfast Club 129 5MU 20, 425 3

5PI 20, 424 Ackfield, Bill 272 5RM 143, 425 Acheson, Merv 250 Actors and Announcers’ Equity 41, 67–8, 96–7, 6AM 120, 224, 425, 430 220, 221, 228, 232, 236, 365 6CI 156, 182, 427 actuality broadcasts 58, 155, 283, 333, 336–40, 6GE 224, 254, 426 342, 344–5, 58, 388 6GL 94 Adam, Kenneth 64–6 6IX 20, 29, 120, 138, 153, 181, 263, 269, 310, Adcock, Rev. Neil x, 191, 194, 195, 196, 197 350–1, 398, 405, 425 Adelaide 9, 33, 74, 84, 88, 94, 101, 115, 135, 6IX Golden Microphone Award 269 138–9, 177, 184, 194, 207, 238, 266–7, 270, 6KG 120, 224, 424 274, 287, 289, 310, 316 6KY 135, 261, 264, 310, 347, 370, 375, 378, Advent Radio Television Productions 187 407, 427 Advertiser (Adelaide) 14, 127, 319 6ML 18, 20, 120, 364, 366, 423 network 28, 211 6ML Cheerio Club 125, 127 advertising 4–6, 67, 111–13, 119, 150, 254, 341, 6PM 94, 121, 224, 310, 312, 426 398, see also sponsored programs 6PR 29, 87, 108–9, 120, 135, 138, 156, 160, and A-class stations 8, 11 162–3, 195, 196, 310–11, 375, 379, 404–6, alcohol 77 411, 424 and Broadcast Services Association 213 6TZ 138, 142, 156, 427 Cannes festival 111 6TZ Women’s Radio Service Club 142 cigarette, see tobacco 6VA 145, 427 and community radio 77–8, 96 6WB 20, 425 complaints about 18, 25, 27, 272, 232 and drama 209 7EX 53, 62, 128, 138, 147, 426 FM 75, 87 7EX Gardening League 128 ‘live reads’ 106–7 7HO/HO-FM 29, 36, 56, 98, 101, 138, 141, 165, local 55, 226 247, 265, 340, 381, 398, 423 logs 49 7HT 29, 165, 308, 379, 426 medical 25, 39, 44, 77, 100, 160 7HT Theatrette 250 and midnight-to-dawn radio 131–2 7LA 24, 29, 36, 137, 141–2, 310, 423 and music 258, 263, 273, 279 7LA Women’s Association 141–2, 250 national 28, 94, 216, 225, 233 7QT 129, 142, 426 networking 17–27 7QT Chums’ Club 129 and news 107, 109, 321, 337, 339 newspaper 24, 36 8DN 70, 166–7, 193, 270, 273, 275, 304, 389, political 358, 371, 373, 382, 386 427 rates 14, 25, 36, 107 8HA 70, 92, 159, 167–8, 237, 385, 427 and religious broadcasting 192, 200 revenue 10, 18, 31, 44, 59, 63–4, 67, 91, 95, 93.9 Bay FM 96, 428 190, 252, 278, 311 96fm 84, 89, 428 self-regulatory codes 66 and sports broadcasting 293, 296, 301, 305, A-class stations 7–8, 11, 13, see also Australian 309, 313 Broadcasting Commission Sunday 40, 44, 49 cricket 284–5 and talent quests 26 licence fees 11 and television 53, 56, 87 political broadcasts 355, 359 time limits 48, 64, 89, 106, 167 sport 292 tobacco 72, 77, 100 ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ 384 Western Australia 263 ABBA 274 and World War II 34, 35–7, 135, 216 ABC Classic FM 276, 406 advertising agencies 26, 34, 43, 58, 59, 214, ABC Enterprises 411 225, 243, 288, 330, see also Broadcast Services Aborigines viii, 161, 177, 217, 261, 388–9, 399, Association; George Patterson Pty Ltd; J. 406–7 Walter Thompson; Goldberg Advertising Abyssinia 319 Agency accent, see voice and A-class stations 11 4

accreditation of 66 Anderson, Leslie 398–9 audience research 32 Anderson, Oswald 17–19, 130, 212, 253, 284, national 27 288, 319 as programmers 213–14, 218 Anderson, Peter 413–14 software 103 Anderson, Wil 241–2 Afford, Malcolm (‘Max’) 207, 221 ‘Andrea’, see Jenner, Dorothy Gordon agriculture programs 149, 152, 158–9, 263 ‘Andrew G’ (Gunsburg) 280 Agar, Dan 211 Angles, Cyril 291, 293, 296, 298, 305 Age 195, 396, 409 Anglican Radio Unit 198 ‘Agro’, see Dunn, Jamie Angus & Robertson (A&R) 223–4, 230, see also Aitkin, Don 394–5 book programs The Alarm Clock 150 Anka, Paul 270 Albany 145–6 Announcers’ Association of Australia 41 Albany Youth Centre 145 Anthoney, Rex 322 Albert family 93, 237, 388 Anthony, H.L. (‘Larry’) 47, 50–1, 165, 301 Albert, Sir Alexis 372, 388 Anzac Day 135, 140 Alberts Bookshop 224 Apple iTunes 281 Albury 102–3 arbitration 254 Alcoholics Anonymous 339 Arbitration Court 26 Alexander, Hal 41, 68 ‘The Archer’, see Treloar, George D. Aliprandi, Father William 192 Argus 30, 51, 130, 144, 319, 322 Allen, Harry 58 Argus network 28, 51–2 Allen, Joan (‘Aunt Mary’) 120 Armstrong, Garner Ted 189 Allsop, Raymond 69, 71 Armstrong, Mark x, 60–1 Alston, Senator Richard 101 Armstrong, Phil 145 AM radio 39 The Art of Christian Broadcasting 184–5 conversion to FM 92–5, 97 Artransa 212–13, 224, 234, 236–7 AM stereo 87 Arundale, George 325, 359 Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) Ltd Ashby, Sylvia 32 vi, 3, 5, 6, 17, 20, 21, see also AWA Tower; Ashby Research Service 32, 151–3, 250, 326, Radiola 337, 366 and 2CH 21, 174, 195, 200 Ashley, W.P. 332 and 7LA 29 Ask the Army 219 and ATN-7 54 Askin, Sir R.W. 350, 385 and drama 210–11 Associated Newspapers Ltd 20, 31–2, 56, 285, emergency broadcasting 164, 166 319, 326, 341, 361–2 established 3 Associated Rural Industries Ltd 143 and International Eucharistic Congress 173 Associated Sports Broadcasters 295 lobbying 24, 69 Association for Developing Wireless 4, 10 and Macquarie Network 226 Astrological Research Society of Australia 203 and Olympic Games (1956) 305 astrology, see New Age programs production of programs 135–6 Atkinson, Harry 254 religious broadcasting 189, 195 audience Smile Clubs 127 participation 204, 228, 284–5, 345–6, 348, amateur experimenters 3–4, 6–7, 15, 112 352, 378, 419, see also talkback Amateur Night 260 research 30–4, 57–8, 77, 122, 346 American Club 228 audiences, see listeners American Radio Transcription Agencies, see audiences, live 218, 219, 227–8, 260–1, 286, Artransa 364 Amplitude Modulation, see AM radio ‘Aunt Edith’, see Cowley, Edith Ampol Petroleum 300, 303 ‘Aunt June’, see Dawson, Dot Anderson Analysis of Broadcasting 32–3, 57–9, ‘Aunt Mary’, see Allen, Joan‘Auntie Amelia’ 226–7, 350, see also ratings 120 Anderson, Doug 384 ‘Auntie Goodie’, see Reeves, Goodie Anderson, George 32–3 ‘Aunts’ 119–121, 140, 147, 150, 346, see also Anderson, Jim 293–4 ‘Uncles’ 5 automation 69, 89, 169 and religious broadcasting 176–7, 180–2, 192, Austereo 94, 99, 101, 112–13, 161, 241–3, 279– 196–7 82, 428 and Royal Commission on Television (1953- Austereo New Music Initiative 279 54) 54 Austin Hospital 138–9, 251 and sports broadcasting 285–90, 292–4, 296, Austin, Ward ‘Pally’ 268 299, 301, 303–4, 309, 313, 314, 317 Australasian Broadcasting Awards, see Pater and talkback 75, 345, 392 Awards and tennis 299 Australasian Country Music Awards 259 traffic reporting 164 Australasian Performing Right Association and ‘Uncles’ 119 (APRA) 10, 13, 252–4, 256–8, 273 and weather reporting 155 Australasian Radio Productions (ARP) 80, 222, and World War II 134–5, 328–33, 367 234 Australian Broadcasting Commission Act 1932 Australia-Soviet Friendship League 365 38 Australian Army 39, 221, 251, 295, 329, 336, Australian Broadcasting Commission Bill (1932) 363 253 Australian Associated Press (AAP) 321–2, 328, Australian Broadcasting Control Board (ABCB) 334 65, 70, 73, 270, 341, 390–1, 398, 399, 421 Australian Association of Broadcast Monitors abolished 74, 76 393 and advertising 106 Australian Association of National Advertisers circulars 50 (AANA) 25–6, 30, 33, 58, 79 codes of practice 50 Australian Bankers’ Association 104, 107 and community service 142–3, 145–6, 162–3, Australian Board for International Cricket 286 167 Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) 99– complaint handling 231–3, 270, 272, 386 104, 107–11, 113, 115, 201, 411 established 44–54, 377, 421 and Australian music 279–80 and Federation of Australian Radio cash for comment inquiry 103–4, 108–111, Broadcasters 48–50, 52, 62–3, 72–3, 231, 273 410, 414 and foreign-language broadcasting 80, 158, codes of practice 99–100 262, 264, 270 complaint handling 100 members of vi, 46–9, 50–2, 60, 62, 63, 69, 370 and emergency broadcasting 169–70 and music 27, 236, 270, 273 Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) 11, and political broadcasting 47, 372–5, 381 38, 88, 364, 376, 385, 418, see also A-class and Postmaster General’s Department 72 stations; ABC Classic FM; ABC Enterprises; powers of 46, 47–50, 52, 72, 73, 132 Media Watch; Lateline; Triple J network and programming 50, 62–4, 71, 236–7, 239, Anzac Day broadcast 140–1 271–3, 309, 337, 344–53, 383, 398, 399 and astrology 204 and religious broadcasting 182–4, 187, 190–2 and censorship 207, 361, 363, 373 station inspections 49, 67, 142, 232, 237, 263, competition with B-class stations 17–18, 20, 352 27, 285–7, 289–90, 292–3, 325, 419 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (ABT) 76–8, and copyright 253–4 93–4, 96–7, 99, 198–9, 311, see also Radio and digital radio 115 Program Standards and drama 216, 221–4 Alan Bond inquiry 314 and emergency broadcasting 165–7, 171 and Australian music 273–8 and Federation of Australian Radio complaint handling 406–7 Broadcasters 77 and Laws, John 392 and FM 45, 69, 71, 85, 276 and licences 81, 84, 86–7, 401 funding 11, 44, 64 public inquiries 391 and music 248–51, 259, 271, 273 Australian Child Psychology Society 154 news services 322, 325–7, 333–6, 340–41, Australian Churches Media Association 199 400, 411 Australian Commercial Radio Awards 111, see and political broadcasting 93, 356, 369, 373, also Rawards 377 Australian Communications and Media regulation of 38, 40, 42–3, 46, 47–8, 73 Authority (ACMA) 115, 422 6

Australian content, see music, local content quotas B-class stations 7, 9–15, 22, 176, 325 Australian Council for Civil Liberties 183 and advertising 18, 252 Australian Council of Trade Unions 26 licences 7, 9, 11–14, 21 Australian Country Music Showcase 276 and performing right fees 10, 252–3 Australian Cricket Board 312 and political broadcasting 355, 358–9 Australian Democrats 391 relay broadcasts 17, 18, 28, 284, 285, 319 Australian Federation of Broadcasting Stations and sports broadcasting 283, 285, 292 11, 13, see also Federation of Australian Radio Bach, Johann Sebastian 255 Broadcasters Baek, R.J. 350 Australian Federation of University Women 15 BAL Marketing 259 Australian Film and Television School 97 Balinski, Brett 416–17 Australian Financial Review 405 Ball, W. Macmahon 255 Australian Football League (AFL) 314–16 Ballantine, E.W. 284 Australian Football Media Association 316 Ballarat Courier 378 Australian Imperial Force, see Australian Army Bamberger, Hilary 68 Australian Jockey Club (AJC) 291 bank nationalisation 46, 371 Australian Journalists’ Association (AJA) 41, Bank of New South Wales 146, 342 221, 344 Banks, Norman 182, 336, 360, 385 Australian-Korean Association 376 and Carols by Candlelight 137–9, 251 Australian Labor Party (ALP) 36, 77, 181, 294, and payola 104–5 354–414, see also labour stations popularity of 121, 307 broadcasting policy 38, 45–6, 51–2, 70–2, 74– and sports broadcasting 292, 299, 304–5, 307 5, 83, 86, 91–2 and talkback 348, 352, 383, 395–7 complaints about radio 23, 45–6, 54, 189, 275, Baptist Community Services 195 322, 346 Barassi, Ron 313 Australian Medical Institute 100 Barbour, Lyndall 303 Australian Music Incentive 278 Barlin, George 60 Australian Music Week 259 Barnes, Beverley 124 Australian Newspaper Proprietors’ Association Barnett, David 404 (ANPA) 333 Barry, Dr Keith 246 Australian Olympic Federation 305 Barry, Peter 337 Australian Open (golf) 304 Bartholomew newspaper group 51 Australian People’s Party 355 Bartlett, Paul 415 Australian Provincial Newspapers 99 Barton, Gordon 388 Australian Radio Advertising Bureau (ARAB) Barton, Pat 264 59, 63, 87 Barwick, Bill 308 Australian Radio College 6 basic wage case 26 Australian Radio Network (ARN) 91, 93, 99, Bathurst 302 170, 281–2, 316 Baume, Eric 106–7, 341, 343, 346, 348, 380, Australian Radio News 194 383, 397, 405 Australian Radio Times 185 as ‘2GB News Reviewer’ 326–7, 361–2 Australian Record Company 211 Baume, Michael 405 Australian Reference Services 393 Beacon 183 Australian Reform Movement 388 Beard, G.T. 345 Australian Rugby League (ARL) 314 The Beatles 64, 269–70 Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Beaver, H.E. 309 (ASIO) 183, 365 Beazley, Kim 98, 113 Australian Traffic Network (ATN) 163–4 Beck, Ron 229, 233 Australian Women’s Weekly 16, 153, 203, 210, Bednall, Colin 53 398 Bedtime Philosophy 194 Australia’s Amateur Hour 216, 226, 260–1 Beethoven, Ludwig van 255 Author’s Playhouse 221–2 Being a Chum was Fun 130 AWA, see Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Beitzel, Harry 308, 314 Ltd Bell, Alan 366 AWA Tower 30, 136, 231 Belson, W.A. 57 7

Benaud, Richie 312 Brisbane City Hall 380 Bennett, A.E. 10, 126, 140, 172–3, 176, 212, Britain 3–4, 6, 143, 176, 179, 252, 335, see also 345 British empire Bennett, Lewis 60, 272 and digital radio 113 Benson, John 11, 15 music from 253 Benson, Rev. C.I. (Irving) 179–80, 183 and sports broadcasting 130, 304 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and television 54–5 and Industrial Works (1886) 252 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 5–7, Bernsten, Carolyn 346, 348 11, 20, 65, 73, 119, 204, 321–2, 366, 418 Berryman, Laurel (‘Aunty Laurel’) 120 Empire News Service 321, 328–9 Between Ourselves 122, 182 established 4 Bex 234 and news services 321, 328–33, 335 Bible Adventure Time 193 observations of Australian broadcasting 47, Big Brother 243 49, 64–5, 270, 288, 335, 348–9 ‘Big Brother Jeff’ 120 British empire 4–5, 8, 30, 35, 130, 139, 178, Big Chief Little Wolf 298, see also wrestling 213, 258, 321, 325, see also Britain; Empire Bingham, Lorna 217, 221 Day birthday calls 120–1, 263 and cricket 285, 288 Birthday Horoscopes 204 British Israel World Federation 180 Bishop, Humphrey 254 British Medical Association 25–6 Bissell, Barry 278, 280 British Motor Corporation 162 Bitsis, George 263 Broadcast Exchange 222 Bitsis, Koula x, 263 Broadcast Services Association (BSA) 213 Bjelke-Petersen, Joh 369, 389 Broadcaster (Adelaide) 16 Black and Beyond 205 Broadcaster (Perth) 16, 56, 181, 272 Black, E. (‘Tiger’) 297, 302 Broadcasting Act 1942 39, 41, 46, 97, 369, 374, Black, Milton 205 421 Blackburn, Ricardo 372 Broadcasting and Television Act 1956 62, 71, Blackman, John 240, 401, 402 74, 259, 421 Blake, Hamish, see Hamish and Andy Broadcasting and Television Act 1965 66 Blair, Harold 261 Broadcasting and Television Amendment Act Blamey, Sir Thomas (‘The Sentinel’) 263 (No. 2) 1976 76 Blanket, Len 60 Broadcasting and Television Amendment Act Blue Hills 221 1977 78 Bluebird Club 126 Broadcasting Business 17, 24, 32, 35, 37, 39–40, Bond, Alan 90, 314 134, 212, 215, 261, 328 Bond Media 314 ceased publication 56 Bond Radio 94 established 17 Bond Skyradio 90 Broadcasting Business Year Book 28, 133 Bonney, H.G. 179 broadcasting hours 9, 48, 132, 164, 206, 210, Book Parade 224–5 see also midnight-to-dawn radio book programs 223–5 Broadcasting Program and Advertising Books Worth Reading 224 Standards 62–3, see also Radio Program Bowden, Dorothy 225 Standards Boyded Ltd 293–4 Broadcasting Services Act 1992 98, 422 Bracegirdle, Captain L.S. 126–7 Broken Hill 92, 263 Bradman, Don 128, 284–6, 290–6 Brother Bill’s Monthly 176 breakfast radio 56, 64, 90, 103, 132, 151, 235–6, Brown, A.F.O. 35 240, 241, 243, 445 Brown, John 392 Breakthru Generation 201 Brown, Sir Harry Percy 8, 11, 14–15, 18–19, Brecht, Bertolt 344 22–3, 25, 38, 46, 292, 328 Brennan, John 109–10, 269 Browne, Frank 106, 270 Brian White Memorial Raward 413 Browne, Upton 284 Brisbane 28, 32, 70, 84, 84, 88, 115, 147, 162– Bruce, Mary Grant 330 3, 167, 170, 241, 309, 311–12, 361, 366, 369, Bruce, Stanley Melbourne 355 411, 413 Brumby, John 409 8

Bryant, Burt 295 Carnegie, Mark 200, 201 Bugs 115 Carnera, Primo 297 Buick and Vauxhall 293, see also Boyded Ltd Carols by Candlelight 137–9, 251 Bulletin 174, 346, 403 Carr, Bob 412–13 Bunbury 102–3 Carr-Glyn, Neva 222 Bundaberg 129 Carr, Helena 412–13 Burdock, Heath 334 Carrick, John 372 Bureau of Meteorology 152, 156–7 Carroll, Bishop James 185–6 Burgin, Rowley 9 Carson, Charles 55 Burke, Don 159 Cary, Clif 290, 295, 299, 308 Burns, Tommy 298–9 The Case for Protestantism 185 Burnside, George 188 Casey, R.G. 58, 183, 331–2, 370–3, 376–7 Burton, Father Kevin 193 Casey, Ron 308, 350, 353, 406–7 Bush, Eric 226 cash for comment 103–111, 410, 414–15, 422, Bush, Rev. Roger 195, 199 see also payola Bushells 342 Cass, Dr Moss 74 Bushfires Advisory Committee 155 Catholic Broadcasting Company Ltd 173 Butler, Phillip 196 Catholic Communications Centre 193 Butters, Sir John 379 Catholic Hour 174 Button, B.C. 49, 55, 58, 62, 289, 296, 305, 387 Catholic Radio and Theatre Guild 232 Button, Senator John 402 Catholic Radio Programmes 185 Buttrose, Ita 399 Catholic Weekly 185 Byrne, Kevin 186 CBS 17, 228 censorship 7, 14, 34, 177, 179, 255, 230–1, 271– C91.3 170, 431 3, 275, 362 Cahill, J.J. 379–80 Central Methodist Mission 181 Cain, John 378 Chamberlain, Frank 346, 382 Cain, Rev. J.H. 179 Chamberlain, Neville 361 Cairns 336, 415 Chambers, Kasey 280 Cairns, Dr Jim 352 Champion, Maurice 203 Callaghan, Allen 389 Chandler, J.B. 361, see also J.B. Chandler & callsigns 3–4, 9, 84 Co. Caltex 334 Channels of Faith 187, see also The Voice of Calwell, Arthur 38, 43–6, 51–2, 54, 72, 180, Prophecy News 183, 232, 289, 334, 373, 378 Charlton, Doug 167 Cameron, A.G. 26, 37, 362–3 The Chaser 412 Cameron, Eoin 407, 413 Chater, Gordon 348 Cameron, Janet 403 Chatterbox Corner 129, see also 3AW Cameron, Mel 397, see also Mel and the Girls Chatterbox Corner Chums Cameron, Senator Donald 46–7, 333–4 ‘Cheerio Man’, see Stevens, Captain A.C.C. Camp Quality 147 Cheetham, John 197 Campbell, Col 160 Chifley government 52, 61 Campbell, David 280 Chifley, J.B. (Ben) 38, 43, 46–7, 135, 183, 257, Campbell, Percy 397 337, 369–71, 388 Canada 113, 136, 178, 216 Chikarovski, Kerry 409–10, 414 Canberra 60, 71, 74, 78, 87, 114, 166, 197, 245, The Children’s Doctor 159 319, 332–3, 361, 381, 384, 390, 403, 411 Children’s Newspaper of the Air 224, 325 Canberra Comment 382 children’s programming viii, 44, 55, 119–24, Canberra Times 87 126–9, 131, 143, 150, 153, 159, 206, 209, 211, Capital City Broadcasters Pty Ltd 237 217, 224, 230–1, 239, 246, 251, 271, 275, 323, car radios 55–6, 57, 59, 82, 131, 148, 156, 163, 418, 434, see also 2GB Radio Reporters Club; 245, 300, 353, 406 ‘Aunts’; drama, children’s; educational Carabine, Alison 505 programming; mothercraft programs; ‘Uncles’ Caralis, Bill 103 decline of 193, 235–6, 268 Carloss, Captain C. 137 Chin-Ning, Chu 279 Carlton, Mike 87–8, 100, 198, 400–2, 416 Chipp, Senator Don 391, 407 9

Chisholm, Alec 153 Commercial Radio Hall of Fame 111, 415 Christian Broadcasting Association (CBA) 184– Commercial Travellers’ Association 138 7, 189, 190, 192–3, 197 Common Wealth Christian Movement 179 Christian Research Association 199 Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation (Qld) ‘Christopher, John’, see Porter, Charles Pty Ltd 84 Clancy, Jackie 272 Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (CBN) Clark, S.R.I. 55–6, 59, 165, 184, 217, 235, 348, 18–19, 28, 36, 233, 388 350, 385, 399 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Clark, Terry 146 (DPP) 110–11 Clarke, Joan 366 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 390 Clear Channel 93, 99 Commonwealth Games (2006) 316 Cleary, W.J. 333 Commonwealth Investigation Service 365 Clifford, Rev. Dr Ross x, 200, 202 Communist Party of Australia (CPA) 41, 364–5, CMR Online 282 373–4, 377 Cobb, Dita 383 community chests 141, see also 2GB Coca-Cola 267, 278 Community Chest Cochrane, A.S. (‘Hello Man’) 120 community radio 74, 75, 96, 171, 201, 276–80 Cockburn, Dr Sally (‘Dr Feelgood’) 161 community service viii, 92, 96, 118–48, 167, Cockburn, Stewart 379 191, 196, 350, 373, 393–4, see also disaster Cocks, Sir Arthur 327 relief; emergency broadcasting; radio clubs Coffey, Ida (‘Penelope’) 119, 152, 331 and Federation of Australian Radio Coffs Harbour 96 Broadcasters 133–5, 143, 146 Cohen, Leonard 276 regulatory expectations of 142–6 Cold War 373, 375 during World War II 37, 133–7 Cole, Bernard 70 competitions 16, 19, 85–6, 122, 145, 178, 210, Coleman, Jonathon 240 243, 281, 316–17, 326, 345, see also quiz Colgate-Palmolive 217 shows; talent shows; stunts Colgate-Palmolive Radio Production Unit 217– for Australian talent 65, 237, 259 20, 222, 225–30, 256–7, 290 complaints about 232–3, 244 Colman, Tut 251 drama 210, 221–2 Collins, Bishop Ted 166 composers 39, 245, 246, 248, 252, 254, 256, Columbia 252, 256 259, see also music comedy 84, 115, 120, 218, 220, 226, 227, 238– Conde, John 107, 109, 196 43, 248–9, 256, 268, 290, 326, 416, 433–4, Condoyannis, G. 262 436, see also drama, comic; FM radio and Conlon, Keith 385 comedy Consolidated Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) censorship of 230–2 90, 196, 312 decline of 235 Consolidated Press Ltd 322 situation 211, 234 Continental Music Club 262–3 and sports broadcasting 313, 401 Cooke, Kaz 241 writing 240 Coolidge, Calvin 354 Commercial Broadcasters Pty Ltd 381 Cooma 67 Commercial Broadcasting, see Broadcasting Coombes, F.J. 226, 228, 345 Business Coonan, Senator Helen 114 Commercial Broadcasting Stations Licence Fees copyright 13, 18, 64, 112, 210, 252–5, 256, 293, Act 1942 40, 421 393, see also Australasian Performing Right Commercial Radio Advertising Board 26, 40 Association; Phonographic Performance Co. of Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) 103, 422, Australia Ltd see also Federation of Australian Radio Rome convention (1928) 11 Broadcasters Copyright Act 1968 273 advertising awards 111 Copyright Tribunal 276 audience research 103 Cordeaux, Jeremy 108, 148, 407 and Australian music 279–81 Cornes, Graham ‘Studley’ 316 and digital radio 113–14, 419–20 Cornish, Bob 399 and disaster relief 170 Coronet 258 and self-regulation 418 Cosgrove, Robert 379 10

Costa, Michael 411 Cullen, Paul 258 Costello, John 163 Cunningham, Ken (‘KG’) 316 Costin, Lawrence 68 Curtin, Elsie 135 Counihan, Michael 5–6 Curtin government 367 counselling 115, 192–7 Curtin, John 23, 38, 211, 358–9, 366, 369 Counsellor 184 Curtis, John 201 Country Church 227 Cyclone Althea 166 Country Fire Authority 165 Cyclone Tracy 106, 166–8 Country Life 152 Country Music Association of Australia 260 DAB+ standard 115, see also digital radio Country Music Jamboree 259 Daily Devotions 190 Country Party 37, 46, 355, 357–8, 369, 374, see Daily Mail Group 99, see also DMG Radio also National Party Australia Country Quiz 372 Daily Mirror (London) 51 country radio 8–9, 19, 27, 29, 37, 39, 45, 60, Daily Mirror (Sydney) 53, 54–5 76–7, 86, 89, 92, 98–9, 113, 115, 132, 189, Daily Telegraph 379 201, 233, 236, 334, 340–1, 347, 349, 386, 393, Dainty, Paul 84 419, see also broadcasting hours; localism; Dale, Brian 391 radio networks; regional radio networks Dandenong Ranges 165 and Carols by Candlelight 139 Dangerous Mission 184 and children’s programming 236 Daniell, Frederick W. 20, 29–30, 32, 106, 212, and community service 142, 145–6, 150, 152, 213, 215, 225, 322, 328, 361–2 169, 322–3 Darby, Douglas 348, 413–14 and FM 39, 71 Darby, Esme 348 licence allocations 21, 70 D’Arcy, Dr John 161 and music 251, 254, 256–7, 259, 263, 266–7, Data & Commerce Ltd 414 278 Davey, Jack 127, 204, 218, 220, 222, 225, 227, networking 18, 21–2, 29, 50, 93, 99, 102–3, 229–30, 238, 249, 326 180, 233, 294–5, 305, 306 David Jones 125, 287, 371 and political broadcasting 355–8, 365, 380 Davidson, Pastor Alec T. 189 profitability of 78 Davies, A.F. 64 working conditions 67–9, 89, 121, 266 Davies, Vic 240 and World War II 134–5, Davis Cup 299, 300–1, 304 Countrywoman in New South Wales 152 Dawe, Rex 211 Courier-Mail 30, 335 Dawn 30 Court, Sir Charles 379 Dawson, Dot (‘Aunt June’) 251 Cousens, Charles 321, 325, 375 Dawson, Herbert (‘Smoky’) 251, see also ‘Cousin Marjorie’ 124 Smoky Dawson Show Cowley, Edith (‘Aunt Edith’) 209 Dawson, Peter 248 Cox, Charles 402 Day, Mark 90, 169, 401–2 Craig, Ian 311 De La Rue, David 41 Cranage, Les 306 de Stoop, Mickie 400 Craven, Howard 221, 264 Dear, Terry 159, 261, 348, 352 Crawford, Dorothy 222 Dease, John 158, 219, 248, 365 Crawford, Hector 222, see also Hector Democratic Labor Party (DLP) 379, 382, 388, Crawford Productions 398 Crawford, Robert 213 Democrats, see Australian Democrats Crean, Frank 398 Denison Estates Ltd 176 Creswell, Rosemary 394 Denison, Sir Hugh 29, 51, 176, 213 Crews, Rev. Bill 199, 200, 202 Denton, Andrew 241 Crofts, Charles 26 Denton, Kit 237 Crosby, Bing 250 DMG Radio Australia 99, 101–3, 243, 281–2, Cross Walk Products 193 317, see also Daily Mail Group Crouch, Stuart 68 Dear, Terry 159, 261, 348, 352 Crown Casino 108 Dearth, Harry 215, 220, 260 Crusade for Christ 188 Dease, John 158, 219, 248, 365 11

Democratic Labor Party (DLP) 379, 382, 388, Dunne, John (‘Uncle Tom’) 119, 121, 136, 209, 398 212–13, 260, see also Uncle Tom’sGang Dempsey, Jack 297 Dunstan, Don 393, 406 Dempsey, Myra vii, 288–9 Dwyer, Kerry 147 Denison, Sir Hugh 20, 213 Dwyer, Leonard 155 Dennis, C.J. 286 Dyer, Bob 227, 229–32, 251, 381 Department of Communications 114 Dyer, Dolly 227, 230 Department of Education (NSW) 217, 219 Department of External Affairs 386 Earl Newsom & Co. 371 Department of Immigration 262 EASY MIX 98.3 171 Department of Information 34–5, 134–5, 255, The Edge 96.1 280–1, 425 329–32, 366 Edmondstone, Rev. John x, 200 Department of the Media 72, 75 educational programming viii, 8, 70, 133, 146, Department of Youth and Community Services 152, 154–5, 161, 180, 217, 219, 224, 246, 262, (NSW) 196 327, 370, 418, see also children’s Depression, see Great Depression programming; community radio; sex education Dethridge, Chief Judge George 26 Edwards, Doug 237 Deveson, Anne 397 Edwards, George 180–1, 209, 214, 217, 234, Dialogue 385 250, 326, see also George Edwards Players; Dick Clark’s Rock Roll and Remember 238 George Edwards Productions digital radio viii, 113–15, 151, 281–2, 317, 419– Efftee Broadcasters and Electronic Industries 54 20 Einfeld, Syd 392 disaster relief 155, 164–5, 168–71, see also elections emergency broadcasting Commonwealth (1929) 355–6; (1931) 357; disc jockeys 64, 106, 191, 236, 238, 264–71, (1937) 358–9; (1946) 369–71; (1949) 46–7, 277, 346, 384, 401 372–4, 377; (1951) 377; (1954) 54; (1955) 381; Divola, Barry 264 (1958) 381; (1969) 70; (1972) 71–2, 388, 394; Donald, Eric L. (‘Uncle Eric’) 120 (1974) 73, 389, 390–1; (1975) 75, 390; (1980) Donelly, James J. 210 394, 401; (1983) 402, 404; (1998) 409; (2001) Donovan, Jack 76 414; (2004) 410, 412; (2007) 413 Dooley, Ray 35, 38 NSW (1927) 355; (1930) 356; (1932) 357; Doyle, John, see ‘Roy Slaven’ (1935) 360; (1962) 382; (1965) 382; (1982) Dowling, Father Gerard 195 403 ‘Dr Feelgood’, see Cockburn, Dr Sally SA (1924) 356 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 209 Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI) 211, Dr Rumble’s Question Box 175 233, 252, 257–8, 340 drama 59, 150, 206–12, 214–22, 226, 228–9, Electrical and Radio Development Association 233–8, 303, 371 of New South Wales 70 Australian 210, 213–14, 215–16, 217–18, 220, Elkin, Professor Clarence 248 223, 233–4, 237 Elliott, Douglas 307 children’s 211, 217, 235–6, 268 Elliot, Hugh 335, 343, 401 comic 159, 209, 211, 233–4, 237–8 Em and Wippa 241–2 complaints about 173, 207, 230–2 emergency broadcasting 131, 143, 154–5, 162, decline of 58, 234–8, 268, 346 164–71, 419, see also disaster relief family 210–11 Empire Day (1923) 5 thrillers 207, 209, 210, 217, 232 engineers 9, 17, 20, 34, 56, 69, 113, 140, 174, Drama With a Challenge 188 222, 328, 362, see also Federation of Drapers’ Association 329 Australian Radio Broadcasters, engineering dual system 7–15, 38, see also regulation committee; Institution of Radio Engineers Duffy, Maurice 13 English Derby 304 Duffy, Michael 91–2 EON-FM/Triple M Melbourne 84, 88, 91, 314, Dumas, Sir Lloyd 372 316, 428 Duncan, Catherine 221 Epp, Theodore H. 189 Dunn, Jamie (‘Agro’) 146, 240 Erby, Nick 259, 271, 276, 282 Dunne, Bessie 209, 212 Errington, Betty 127 12

Eurobodalla Homes Charitable Organisation, see and FM 45, 61, 71, 84, 86, 91–2, 94, 96 2GB Happiness Club and Media Council of Australia 66 Evatt, Dr H.V. 51, 369, 379–81 and networking 361 Ex-Servicemen’s Talent Bureau 261 and news services 328–334, 340 Exodus Foundation 202 and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Broadcasting 40 Facebook 282 and payola 265 Fair, Dick 260–1 and performing right fees 252–9 FAIR (FM Applicants for Independent Radio) and political broadcasting 379–81 93 and programming 65, 236–7 Fair, Roger (‘The Smileman’) 127 Queensland committee vii, 265 Faircloth, Mitchell 313 and regulation 38, 42, 75–8 Fairfax media group 87, 95, 334, 337, 341–2, religious broadcasting 181, 190–1 400, 404–5, see also Macquarie Network; and self-regulation 25–6, 44, 62–3, 109, 271, Sydney Morning Herald 387, 390, 418 Fairfax, Sir Warwick 95, 387 and sports broadcasting 289–90, 293–4, 301– Fairhall, Sir Allen 30, 342 5, 309–12 Fairness Code for Broadcasters 71–2, 389, see and talkback 346, 349–50, 390 also Federation of Australian Radio and television 53–6, 63, 98 Broadcasters and World War II 34, 39, 133–5, 178, 215, Falklands War 402 220 Family Counsellor 195 Federation of Australian Commercial Family Talkback 194 Broadcasters 13, see also Federation of fan mail 122–3 Australian Radio Broadcasters Fanning, L.B. 5, 11, 46, 48, 53, 225, 252, 295, Federation of Commercial Broadcasting Stations 355, 365 13, see also Federation of Australian Radio Farley, Peter 143 Broadcasters Farquharson, John 203 Federation of Commercial Television Stations Faulkner, Allan 266 (FACTS) xiii, 75, 78, 156, 215 FBi 280 Fennell, Willie 233 Featureradio Sound Productions 211 Ferrier, Noel 348 Federal Communications Commission 24 Festival Records 258 Federal Radio Network 18 finance reporting 152, 159, 337, 400, 405–6 Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters Finch, Kerry 165 (FARB) vi–viii, 13, 23–4, 37–8, 41, 65, 72–4, Findlay Tasmanian Network 28–9, see also 80–1, 86, 96–8, 111, 156–7, 361, 372–3, 388, Tasmanian Broadcasting Network (TBN) 421–2, see also Commercial Radio Australia Fisher, Humphrey 65 and advertising 25, 33, 36, 40, 71 Fisk, Sir Ernest 3–6, 10, 17, 134, 202–3, 247, annual conventions 21–2, 25, 33, 35, 60, 64, 257, 293, 327, see also Amalgamated Wireless 88, 134, 252, 270 Australasia Ltd audience research 31, 57–9, 82, 88, 103 Fiske, Richard 107 and Australian Association of Broadcast Fitzgerald, Father Tom 191 Monitors 393 Fitzpatrick, Brian 189, 375 and Australian Broadcasting Control Board Fitzpatrick, George 367 48–50, 52, 62–3, 72–3, 231, 273 Fleming, Rev. John 194, 202 and Australian music 256, 259, 276–7 Flint, David 109, 414 and cash for comment 109–10 Flynn, Julie 409 and censorship 230–1, 271–3, 275, 362 FM radio vii, 39, 89, 101, 113, 277, see also codes of practice 100 country radio and FM and community radio 96, 279 and ABC 45, 69, 71, 85, 276 complaint handling 100 and advertising 87 country representatives 13, 38, 60, 65 and comedy 240–3, 412, 416 and digital radio 113, 419–20 and community service 146–7 emergency broadcasting 167–9 and copyright 276 engineering committee 113 established 11–12 13

and Federation of Australian Radio Fullers Bookshop 225 Broadcasters 45, 61, 71, 73, 78, 86, 91–2, 94, Furlong, G.R. (Ted) 145 275, 418–19 Fusion Media 201 introduction of 39, 40–1, 43–4, 45, 61, 69–76, Fusion Training Centre 201 79, 84–7, 275, 387, 418–19 licences 74, 76, 78, 84, 91–4, 99, 101–2, 197, ‘Gabba’ 289 419 Gair, Vincent 379 and music 276–82, 416 Gale, Kim, see Kim and Dave networks 94, 99 Gallup polls 52, 371 and news 403 The Game Goes On 298 personalities 241–3 Game, Lady 126 and politics 412–13 gardening programs 149, 152–3, 158–60, 162, ratings 87–8, 200 386–7 and sport 314, 316–17 Gardiner, Greg 404 and talk programming 241–2, 416 Gardner, June 68 and women 241 Garland, J.V. 75 Foll, Senator H.S. 233–4 Garrett, Peter 277, 413, see also Midnight Oil Ford, Margaret 398 Garvin, Mal 201 Fordham, Ben 505 Gascoigne, Stephen, see ‘Yabba’ foreign-language broadcasting 74, 80, 144–5, Geelong 95–6 158, 369, 419, see also community radio; Geelong Advertiser 95–6 Gustin, Lena; music, ethnic; Special Geeves, Philip vi, vii, 305 Broadcasting Service ‘Gemini’, see May, Olive advertising 262–3 George Edwards Players 209, 221, see also community service 143, 145, 168 Edwards, George Edwards regulation of 80, 179, 262, 264 George Edwards Productions 234, see also religious 179, 187 Edwards, George Edwards sport 80 George Patterson Pty Ltd 28–9, 204, 217–18, Formosa (Taiwan) 376 225, 296 Forward Development Unit (FDU) 91 George Wallace Show 231 Foster, D.L. x, 72, 75, 77–82, 98, 273, 275, Germany 317, 361–2, 363, 369 341–3, 384–5, 396 Gibson Committee 38–41, 128, 180, 230, 256, Foster, George 226 369, 421, see also Gibson, Senator W.G. Foster, Lynn 221, 231 Gibson, Grace 212, 215, 220–1, 228, 237, see Fowell, Ron 275 also Grace Gibson Productions FOX FM 84, 193, 280, 314, 413, 428 Gibson, Mike 108–9, 400 Fox Hoyts Radio Club 125, see also 6ML Gibson, Senator W.G. 38, 318, see also Gibson Cheerio Club Committee Fox Movietone News 218 Gilroy, Archbishop Norman 177 Fox Movietone Radio Club 125 Given, Jock x, 16 Fox, R.W. 352 Glenn Innes 229 Foxtel 108 Go, Marina 148 Francis, Bob 147, 266–7, 270, 385, 415 Goddard, Dr W.G. 325, 327, 366, 375–6 Franco, General Francisco 339 Gold FM 204, 244, 427 Franklin, Miles 19, 224 Goldberg Advertising Agency 24, 210, 321, 379 Fraser, Allan 370, 377 Goldberg, Frank 24–5 Fraser government 90 Gomm, Rev. Leslie J. 176, 463 Fraser, Malcolm 75–82, 391, 404 Gonzales, Sef 416–17 Freedman, Tim 281, see also The Whitlams Good Film and Radio Vigilance League of New Frequency Modulation broadcasting, see FM South Wales 42, 230 radio Gooding, Dan 20 Fricker, Bob 194 Goodrem, Delta 281 Friday News Review 402 Gorton, John 51, 384–5, 391 Friendship Circle 127 Gosford 88 Friuli Earthquake 168 Goulburn Gaol 339 From the Bible 184 Gowrie, Lady 126 14

GPS Regatta 304 Hardy, Mary 348, 398 Grace Brothers 249 Harmer, Wendy 241 Grace Gibson Productions 220, 234, 236–8, see Harper, John 204, 267, 298 also Gibson, Grace Harris, Rolf 261 Grace, Ian 95 Harris, Ted 300, 305 Grafton 127, 164–5, 260, 309 Harrison, E.J. 37 Graham, Rev. Billy 189 Hartcher, Martin 94, 98 Graham, Keith 79, 93 Hartley, Greg 313 Grand National 304 Harty, Frank Sturge 122 Grant Broadcasters Pty Ltd 403 Hassett, Lindsay 290 Grassby, Al 158, 262 Hauptman, A.H. 324 Gray, Oriel 221 Hawaii 216 Great Britain, see Britain Hawke government 97 Great Depression 16, 27, 120, 124–5, 141, 203, Hawke, R.J. (Bob) 402, 412 210–11, 248, 253, 286, 291, 297 Haynes, Edward 95 Green, F.J. 76, 78 Health Department of Western Australia 161 Green Report 76–8 health programs 149, 153–4, 159, 160–1, 238, Greenfleet 147 386–7, 403, 418, see also advertising, medical Greenwood, Irene 224, 290–1 Hearst, William Randolph 322 Gregory, Henry (‘Uncle Gregory’) 131, 436 Hector Crawford Productions 261, see also ‘Grey, Mrs (Isobel)’ 154 Crawford, Hector Griffith 158, 262, 425, 429 Heil, Les 94 Grose, Frank (‘Uncle Frank’) 125, 140–1 Heine, Leslie 91, 169 Grundy, Reg 186, 299, 305 Heine, Michael 91, 169 Guilfoyle, Senator Margaret 84 Heinz Company 307 Guilfoyle, Stanley 84 Hellier, Leslie J. 9 Guinness, Rev. Dr Howard 191 Hellier, Peter 241 Gullett, Sir Henry 134, 328–9 ‘Hello Man’, see Cochrane, A.S. Gunsberg, Andrew, see ‘Andrew G’ Helping Hand 195 Gustin, Dino 168, 263 Help Thy Neighbour 121 Gustin, Lena (‘Mamma Lena’) 144–5, 168, Heming, Dick 190, 218 263–4, 458 Henson, Bill 416 Herald (Melbourne) 10, 16, 22, 180, 286, 338, Hadley, Ray 102–3, 109, 315, 317, 412, 416 366–7, 397, 408 Haig-Muir, Ron 76–7 Herald & Weekly Times (HWT) 14, 16, 21, 24, Haire, Dr Norman 154 52, 54, 56, 84, 95, 153, 158, 180, 292, 321, 371 Halderman, Phil 160 Herd, Margaret (‘Fairy Godmother’) 123–4 Hall, D.R. 358 Hewson, Dr John 408 Hall, Edward 182 ‘H.G. Nelson’ (Greig Pickhaver) 313 Hall of Fame, see Commercial Radio Hall of Hi-Fi Club 267 Fame Hide, Molly 291 Hallstrom, Sir Edward 339 High Court of Australia 24, 81, 181, 293, 403 Hambly, Rev. Frank 194 Highstone, H.A. 2 Hamish and Andy 113, 241–2 Hill, Matt 317 Hamlet, J. 249 Hill, Scott Russell 204 Hammond, Rev. T.C. 185 Hilliard, Bishop W.G. 182 Hampton, Susan 245 Hinch, Derryn 90, 201, 315, 395, 398, 401–2, Handbook to Radio Advertising 63, 343 404, 407–8, 410 Hannan, Jim 359 Hinze, Russell 311 Hanley, Heidi 204 His Majesty’s Theatre 289 Hansen Rubensohn 371, see also Rubensohn, His Master’s Voice 252 Sim Hitler, Adolf 253, 358 Happiness Club see 2GB Happiness Club; 5DN HITZ-FM 279 Happiness Club HMAS Pirie 333 Harding, Professor Richard 83 Hodges, Paul 204 Hardy, Frank 230 Hoedown 259 15

Holding, Clyde 407 In Melbourne Tonight (IMT) 239 Holland 143, 181 India 136, 216, 244, 290, 376 Holland, Ian x, 163 Industrial Printing & Publicity Co. Ltd (IPPC) Holmes, Paul 240 357, 494 Holt, Harold 364, 384 Industries Assistance Commission (IAC) 273 Holyoak, Bill 250 Influence 416 Homebush 13, 211, 235, 257 Inglis, K.S. vii, 38, 293 Hooke, Sir Lionel 69 Institute of Public Administration 26 Hookes, David 314–15 Institution of Radio Engineers 6, 56, see also Hoover, Herbert 339 engineers Hope Forest massacre 194 Intercristo 196 Hopkins, Tom 291 International Catholic Organisation for Radio Hopman, Harry 300 and Television 173 Horan, Gabby 398 International Labour Organisation 327 Horner, H.G. 32, 50, 225–6, 336, 365 International News Service (INS) 322, 328 Horsefield, H.W. 367 internet radio 111, 282 Horticulture Media Association Australia Inc. Inverell 217 160 Is Today Your Birthday? 204 Hosking, Clement 247 Italian Catholic Federation 145 HOT 100 147, 428 Italy 145, 168, 319 HOTFM 102.5 279, 428 HOTFM Network 279, 281 J. Walter Thompson (JWT) 28, 29, 31, 32, 58, Hour of Decision 189 213–16, 225, 229, 251 Housewife 152 Jackie O 241, 243, 413 Howard, Jocelyn 224 Jacklin, Paul 204, 218, 221, 261 Howard, John 114, 408–10, 413–14 Jackson family 275 Howard, Ken 294, 308–9, 311 Jacobs, Tom 339, 347 Howard, W.S. 224 Jadasa 203 Howell, Bertram 247 James Hardie 168 Howell, Edward 220 James, Jimmy (Mitamirri) 177 Howson, John-Michael 240 James, Rev. Victor 183 Hoyts Media 91, 93, 95, 278 Japan 39, 323, 334, 362, 363, 366, 375 Hughes, Dave, see Hughesy and Kate Jarrett, Pat 349–50, 352 Hughes, W.M. (Billy) 178, 362 Javes, Sue 243 Hughesy and Kate 241–2 J.B. Chandler & Co. 28, see also Chandler, J.B. Hume Broadcasters 127, 146 J.C. Williamson’s 216 Humphries, Barry 84 Jenner, Dorothy Gordon (‘Andrea’) 346, 348, Hull, Jean 203 383, 385 Hull, Kay 101 Jewish Council 375 Hulme, Alan 64, 69, 270, 350 ‘John Henry Austral’ 371– 2 Humphreys, Ben 275 Johnson, Lesley 118, 130 Hunn, John 87 Johnson, R.A. (Bob) 311, 401–2, 403–4, 405 Hunt, Rex 313 Jones, Alan 107–14, 315, 382, 409–16 Hunter Valley 165, 170 Jones, Barry 158, 219, 230, 349, 352, 384, 413, Hurford, Chris 407 417 Hurrell, Miss R. 236 Jones, Brendan (‘Jonesy’) 241–2 Husbands and Wives 121 Jones, David 97 Huxley Committee on Radio Frequency Jones, Dr Judith 162 Regulations 61 Jones, Dr L.M. 142–3 Hyde, Frank 299 Jonestown 413, see also Jones, Alan Hymns of Prayer and Praise 182 Jonesy and Amanda, see Jones, Brendan; Keller, Hynes, Sir Lincoln 49, 63, 261, 296, 382 Amanda Jordan, Dorothy 126 I’m on Your Side 395 Jordan, Sir Frederick 207 Impact: The Melbourne Radio Opinion-Attitude Jordan, Sydney Henry 364–5 Impact Survey, 1951–52 58 16

Jose, Adrian 48–9, 62, 66, 132, 142, 145, 184, Lane, R.E. 57, 296 263, 337–48, 352 Lane, Richard 220, 226 Joy Club 127 Lane, Robert, see ‘Morton, Tex’ Judd, Rev. Bernard 187, 200 Lang, J.T. 354–7, 358 Jull, David 77–8 Langbroek, Kate, see Hughesy and Kate Langshaw, Tony 133 Kashmir 376 Larkin, J.S. 144 Katoomba 88 Latham, Mark 412–14 Keane, Senator Richard 322 Launceston 62, 147, 310, 391 Keating, Paul 92, 404, 407–9 Launceston Examiner 62 Keavney, Kay 221 Law, Rev. Dr Archibald 364 Keelan, Michael 160 Lawrence, Anthony 283 Keller, Amanda 114, 148, 241–2 Laws, John Kellogg’s 251 and 2Day-FM 84 Kelly, Justin 505 and cash for comment 103–4, 107–111 Kelly, Archbishop Michael 173, 359 contract negotiations 385, 392, 401–2, 404–5 Kelly, Paul 382 and music 264–8, 276, 281 Kemsley, A.N. 321 and talkback 89–90, 346, 350, 352–3, 382, Kennedy, Graham 84–5, 232, 238–40 384, 388, 390–2, 395, 399, 401, 404–5, 407– Kennedy, J.T. 232 11, 414–16 Kennedy, Mark 416 The Lawsons, see Blue Hills Kennedy, Robert (‘Buzz’) 349–50, 417 Lea, J. 323 Kennett, Jeff 408–9, 412, 414 Leach, Francis 317 Kenworthy, Rev. Alex 197, 402 League of Nations International Convention on Kidd, A.R. 309 the use of Broadcasting in the Cause of Peace King, R.A. 362 (1937) 361 Kipling, Rudyard 128, see also 5DN Kipling Lee, Andy 242–3, see also Hamish and Andy Boys’ Club Lee, Michael 279 Kirkpatrick, Gordon, see ‘Slim Dusty’ Leed, Gordon 340, 344 Kirner, Joan 408 Leeper, Valentine 158 Knight, John, see ‘Wright, Dr James’ Lees, Malcolm 240 Koch, David 406 Legacy Club 136 Koffee 282 Legionnaire Productions 217 Kolynos toothpaste 214 Lehman, Tony 242 Kool-FM 170, 429 Leighton, Bede 344 Kostoulas, Koula, see Bitsis, Koula Lennon, John 202 Kramer, Jack 300 Lever & Kitchen 220 Kruger, Debbie 271 Lever Brothers 215–16, 220, 231, 260–1, 364 Kurts, Alwyn (‘Uncle Peter’) 120 Levy, Sir Daniel 357 Lewis, Essington 329 Labor ’76 412 Lewis, Tom 393 Labor Daily 27, 354, 361 Liberal Party 46, 47, 51, 75, 77, 84, 364, 369– Labour Hour 357, 360, 378, 494 413, see also 3XY; United Australia Party labour stations 18, 370, 378–9, see also 2HD, Licence, see also FM; regulation; supplementary 2KY, 3KZ, 4KQ, 5KA, 6XY licences; television Labrat, Camilla and Sav 413 allocations 3–4, 7–8, 14, 21, 46, 69, 70, 73–4, Lahiff, Tommy 308 75, 76, 80, 95, 97, 115, 132, 173–4, 181, 182, Lammas, Gwen 254 197, 226, 245, 277, 283, 311, 358, 370, 419 Landa, Abram 165 auctions 93, 100–2, 277 landlines 91, 249 B-class/commercial 7, 9–13, 19, 26, 70, 73–4, cost of 18, 28, 49, 156, 301, 305, 340, 399 79, 114, 173–4, 182, 245, 283, 358, 370 and emergency broadcasting 164, 165 conditions 52, 77, 86, 96, 109–111, 178, 181– and news services 26, 330–4, 337, 340, 399 2, 192 permission for 17, 36, 134, 292 fees 14, 40, 46, 95, 274 and sports broadcasting 284, 292, 294–5, 296, hearings 41, 54, 67, 77, 78, 81, 84, 87, 276, 301, 305, 311 391, 401 17

leasing arrangements 21, 24, 174, 315, 378, Lovette, Lizzy 280 357–8, 390–1 Lowe, Jock 164 renewals 46, 49, 52, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 81, 87, Luckett, Terry 350 96, 106, 142, 167, 276, 311, 360, 380, 392, 401 Lucy, Judith 241 revocations 37, 38–9, 46, 76, 111,177–9, 231, Luff, David 413 362–3, 365 Lunn, Lionel (‘Uncle Lionel’) 30, 119, 209 Liebmann, Steve 400, 403 Luscombe, Kevin 91 Life Line 194–5 Lux Radio Theatre 215–16, 221, 227, 229, 250 Life Line 194 Lux soap 215 Lindgren, Kathleen, see ‘Nancy Lee’ Lynch, Helen 196 Linkletter, Art 228 Lynch, Mike 238 Linkson, Paul 389 Lynton, Mayne 210 Listener In vi, 16, 56, 119, 124, 255 Lyons, Dame Enid 126, 367 Listener In-TV 57 Lyons government 26, 359, 362 listener licence fees 6–7, 10, 11, 44, 72, 253, Lyons, J.A. 14, 21, 23–4, 328, 356–8 287, 292–3 listeners viii, 2, 4–5, 121–4, 260, 318, see also M7 Records 273 audience research; audiences, live; car radios; Mabury, Rev. Graham 196 ratings; teenagers; transistor radios Mac, Wayne vii–viii, xi age of 112, 193–4 MacArthur, Tony 268 class of 126, 152–3, 204, 326, 346, 368–9 Macaskill, Alec 385 domestic 4–5, 15–16, 19, 53–5, 64, 133, 162, MacBean, John 399 210, 223, 233, 265, 369 Macdonald, Alexander 227 fragmentation of 54–6, 58, 63, 64, 235 MacGillivray, Alexander 177–8 global 111–12 Mackaness, Dr George 324 impact of television on 53, 56, 58, 251 Mackay, Ian 339 letters of 18–19, 27, 31–2, 59, 122–3, 125, MacKenzie, A.J. (‘Sandy’) 78 149, 154, 159, 168–9, 175, 187–8, 190, 194, Mackerras, Charles 257 213–14, 232–3, 236, 245, 255, 263, 271, 294, Macquarie Auditorium 139, 216, 218 323, 330, 357, 366, 410 Macquarie Bank 103, 113 to music 247, 265 Macquarie Broadcasting Network Pty Ltd 50 to political broadcasts 357, 364, 369, 378, 386, Macquarie Broadcasting Services Pty Ltd (MBS) 394–5, 407, 413 29, 50 to serials 235, 237 Macquarie Network 129, 217, 228–30, 387, 401, to sport 296, 307 see also 2GB to talkback 237, 352, 394–5, 407, 415 and advertising 214–16, 225–6, 232–3 women 53, 59, 150–1, 199, 235, 326, 369, 388 and audience research 30–4 literary programs, see book programs awards 222 Lithgow 249, 302 and community service 146, 155, 164–6 The Little River Band 84, 274 conferences 226, 332 Liverpool Council 291 charity 155, 164–5 The Living Theatre 217 decline of 95, 110 local content, see music, local content quotas and drama 217, 221, 224, 226, 233–6, 238 localism 48, 76–7, 90–1, 93–4, 96, 101, 169, emergency broadcasting 164, 169 418 established 28–30 and community service 142–6, 162–3, 169 health programs 159 and news 101, 142–3, 329, 331, 335, 340–1 and music 253, 256–7, 211, 268–9, 270, 273, and political broadcasting 358–9 274–5 and religious broadcasting 182–4, 191, 199 news 322, 332, 334–7, 340–3, 399, 405 and sports broadcasting 294, 295, 302, 304, and political broadcasting 367, 370, 377, 380– 309 1, 387, 389 Lockwood, Rupert 365 and regulation 43, 47, 50–2, 66 Longstaff, Alan 332 and religious broadcasting 197, 198 Look Up and Laugh Club 127 satellite 90 Lorusso, Vic 163 and sport broadcasting 289, 296–7, 300, 305, Love Lounge 204 308, 311–12 18

structure of 213, 225–6 McClelland, Senator Douglas 72–4, 167, 240, and talkback 346–8, 350, 383, 385, 397, 402– 273, 388, 390, 394 4, 415 McClelland, Senator Jim 73 and television 54 McCormack, John x, 268 and World War II 34 McCormick, Ernie 290 Macquarie Network Catalogue 32–3, 129 McCutcheon, Rev. A.D. 176–7 Macquarie News Magazine 337 McDougall, Sue 160 Macquarie Players 213 McEwan, Ken 259 Macquarie Radio 110–12, 114–15, 415, see also McGilvray, Alan 289 Macquarie Network McGirr, J.J. 337 Macquarie Regional Radioworks 103, 161, 279, McGowan, Keith 133 281 McKae, Eric 381 Macquarie Southern Cross Media 281 McKay, Doreen 124 ‘Mad Mel’ 269 McKean, Heather 251 Madigan, Ted (‘Drummer’) 308 McKean, Joy 251 magazines, see radio periodicals McLeay, John 389 Magoffin, David 344 McKinley, Nellie 204 Mahon, John 144, 269 McLachlan, Senator A.J. 21–3, 321 Main Roads Department (WA) 164 McLaren, Father Jim 193, 194 , 200 Major, Ian 307 McLean Report 73 Major Network 221, 225, 233, 297, 380 McLean, Sir Francis 73, 75 Makeham, Mark 218 McMahon, John 261 Maloney, James J. 9, 26 McMahon, Sir William 70, 239, 387 ‘Mamma Lena’, see Gustin, Lena McManus, Frank 379 Mander, A.E. 131, 246 McMaster, Sir Frederick 293 Mann, A.E. (‘The Watchman’) 158, 363–4 McNair Anderson Associates 59–60, 88 Manning, Bishop Kevin 200 McNair Survey Pty Ltd 32, 57–9, 63, 341 Mannix, Archbishop Daniel 174, 178, 185 McNair, W.A. 31–4, 57–9, 211, 326 Mansfield, Bruce 108 McRae, Eric 56, 381 Mansfield, John 210 mcm entertainment 160, 278, 280 March, Brad 241 Meany, Monsignor James 124, 173–5, 177, Marchand, Roland 119 185–6, 328 Marconi company 3 Media Council of Australia 66 Marden, C.F. (Frank) 33–6, 134 media monitoring 392–4, 404 Marinato, Tony 262 Media Monitors 393–4, 416–17 Mark Foys 125 A Media Myth Exposed 76Media Watch 103–4, market research, see audience research 107, 111, 414–16 Markson, Max 108 medical programs, see health programs Marr, David xi, 110, 414, 416 Meehan, Peter 313 Marsden, June 203 Mel and the Girls 397, see also Cameron, Mel Marsden, R.C. 4 Melbourne 9, 13, 32 , 35, 54, 64, 68, 70, 74, 79, Marsh, Garry 210 84–8, 91, 95, 97, 102, 104, 113–15, 130, 132, Marsh, Gordon 127 138, 144, 152, 158, 163, 169, 174, 176, 211, Marshall, Denny (‘Cousin Denny’) 120 222, 229, 239, 241, 243, 246–8, 252–3, 267–9, Marshall, E.C.S. 324 271, 274, 279–80, 289, 293–4, 304–5, 307–9, Martin, Tony 241 311, 313–16, 323, 333, 336, 363, 380, 385, Massey, Gordon 220 388, 393, 406, 409 Masters, Chris xi, 411 Melbourne Comedy Festival 243 Matt and Jo 413 Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 289 Maumill, Robert 87 Melbourne Cup 293–4, 296, 303, 343 May, Olive (‘Gemini’) 203–4 Melbourne Music Festival 279 McCabe, Stan 286, 290 Melbourne Speaks 339 McCall, William V. 23–4 Melbourne Town Hall 134, 307 McCallum, Fiona 204 Melbourne Trades Hall Council 357 McCallum, Senator John 377 Melbourne Unitarian Church 183 Mellor, Olive 158 19

Melouney, John 133 Moorhouse, Joyce 125–6, 136–7, 139–40, 352 Mendelssohn, Estelle 322 More Thoughts for Better Living 198 Menzies government 52, 61, 69, 257, 363, 376 Morgan, Gary 88 Menzies, R.G. 34–5, 64, 138, 144, 254, 270, Morley, J.K. 361–2 340, 384, 398 Morning Devotions 184 broadcasts by 183, 367–72, 379-80, 381, 382, Morrison, Philip Gosbie 253 391 Morse, Carlton 213 views on regulation 23, 47–8, 51, 363 Mortimer, Karen 313 Meredith, Gwen 221 Mortimer, Steve 313 Merrick and Rosso 101–2, 147, 241, 242–4, 413 Morton, Harold 224 MGM Radio Movie Club 125 ‘Morton, Tex’ (Robert Lane) 250 Middleton, Craig 505 Mossop, Rex 313 Midnight Oil 277 mothercraft programs 152–4 midnight-to-dawn radio 68, 90, 118, 130–3, 154, Mothercraft Society 154 167, 181, 249, 270, 278, 397, 416, see also Mott, Graham 108 broadcasting hours Moyes, Rev. Dr Gordon 199, 201–2 Milan, Nigel 400–1, 402 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 247, 255 Mildura 61, 63 Muir, Rod 79, 85, 88, 91, 191, 277 Military Cross 375 Muldoon, Rev. Dr Thomas 186 Millar, Renn 284 Mulray, Doug 240 Miller, Bob 107 Mulvihill, Senator J.A. 386 Miller, Father Colin 185 Munich crisis 321 Miller, Harry 298 Munro, Charles 50 Miller, Horrie 249 Murdoch, Rupert 314, see also News Limited Miller, James 403 Murdoch, Sir Keith 14, 23, 37, 134, 153, 180, Miller, J.D.B. 326–7 292, 321–2, 367, 371–2 Miller, Ray 335 as Director-General of Information 328–31 Millett, James 10 Murphy, Justice Lionel 403 Milwaukee Traffic Network 163 Murphy, Steve 205 Mingay, Oswald 6, 9, 16–17 Murray, Father Patrick 398 Mingay Publishing Co. 17 Murray, Joshua 505 Mingay’s Electrical Weekly 17 Murray, Paul 413 Minnards, Brian 387 Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Agricultural Minnelli, Liza 384 Service 158 Minogue, Kylie 281 music vii, viii, 7, 9, 27, 58, 72, 90–1, 106, 112, Minson, John 259 132, 150, 151, 171, 172, 191, 192, 200, 206, Miserable Club 127 210, 211, 214, 218, 226, 237, 239, 241, 245– Miss Sydney 124 82, 284, 290, 309, 310, 314, 316, 324–5, 327, Mission to the Nation 188 342, 346, 348–9, 356, 385, 386, 399, 400, 403, Mitchell, A. 4 406, 416, see also FM and music; recording Mitchell, Neil 408–10, 416 industry Mitchell, V.F. 256 Australian 92, 100, 245, 250–1, 259, 260, 265, MIX 104.9 147, 429 266, 269, 274, 277, 278, 280–1 Mix network 160 classical 245, 247, 248, 257, 264, 323 ‘Mo’, see Rene, Roy classification of 271–2 mobile radio stations 9, 19 clubs 247–8, 250–1, 262–3, 267, 268 The Modern Sounds of Country and Western community singing 126, 248–50, 307, 345 Music, see Hoedown country 251, 259–60, 270–1, 274, 276, 282 modernity 8, 19, 118 crooning 218, 249–50 Moffat, Felicity 403 and digital radio 114–15, 282 Molloy, Mick 241 ethnic 80, 158, 246–7, 255, 262–4, 277 Molloy, Molly 247 hillbilly 247, 250–1, 259 Mondo Rock 275 jazz 172, 245–8, 250, 276, 278–89 Money Talk 406 local content quotas 39–40, 60, 64, 65, 72, 77, Monitor 342 237, 256, 258, 259, 273–4, 276–80 Moon, Peter 241 opera 245, 247, 255, 261 20

orchestras 3, 134, 218, 220, 246, 251, 257, New South Wales Trades and Labour Council, record libraries 182, 253, 254, 257, 263, 273 see Trades and Labour Council (NSW) and religious broadcasting 173, 174–5, 179, New Zealand 127, 135–6, 139, 153, 178, 216, 182, 193–4, 195 259, 321, 433 rock 79, 238, 261, 265–7, 270, 274–5, 277, news viii, 65, 67, 89, 90–1, 95, 152, 162, 165–7, 278, 280, 403 179, 191, 206, 227, 264, 275, 318–53, 378, swing 247–8, 250 381, 384, 400–3, 411, see also localism and Top 40 64–5, 85, 236, 264–71, 278 news; Macquarie Network, news Music Broadcasting Society of Victoria 71 and advertising 107, 109 music formats bulletins 90, 151, 154, 321, 325, 330–1, 334– ‘Beautiful Music’ 274 5, 337–40, 342–4, 379, 393 ‘Classic Hits’ 95, 170, 277–8 codes of practice 100, 109, 389, 391–2 ‘Easy Listening’ 239, 274, 315 flashes 151, 342 ‘Good Music’ 195, 274, 277 FM 413 ‘Solid Gold’ 197, 277, 278 and talkback 344–9, 385, 388, 411–12 Musicpoint 281 and World War II 328–33 Musicians’ Union 257, 274 news commentators 37, 77, 158, 214, 323–7, Mussolini, Benito 177, 359 339–40, 341–3, 346–7, 360–2, 363–70, 375–6, 379, 395, see also political broadcasting Naden, Pastor Laurie C. 187 News Limited 16, 34, 314–15, 390 ‘Nancy Lee’ 129–30, 209 Newsom, Earl 370–1, see also Earl Newsom & narrowcasting 99, 170, 316 Co. National Aboriginal Consultative Committee newsreaders 326–7, 335, 340 388–9 Newspaper News 106 National Association of Broadcasters (USA) newspapers 44, 183, 326, 367, 385–6, 401, see 132–3, 350 also advertising, newspaper National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 17, afternoon 343 216, 257, 300, 305, 342, see also Monitor and astrology 204 National Catholic Radio and Television Centre contributors to 152, 160–1 186, 190 and news services 8, 142, 318, 322–3, 328–32, National Emergency Services 133 334, 339–40, 356 National Party 101, see also Country Party and radio ownership 13–14, 20, 21–4, 26–7, National Radio Plan (NRP) 93–4 29, 30, 51, 64, 92, 61–2, 127 National Rugby League (NRL) 315 radio program guides 57 National Transmission Network 113 radio supplements 59 Nationalist Party 355, 356, 376 and sport broadcasting 294, 296, 310 Natural Disasters Organisation 166 and talkback 397, 411–12, 414 Naylor, Rufe 291 and television 52–4 NBC Radio City 216 and Top 40 charts 264 Nehru, Pandit 339 newsprint rationing 36, 215, 226, 339 Nelson, Lieutenant-Colonel S.G. 137 Newton, Bert 239, 242, 267, 339 New Age programs 202–5 Nguyen, Tuong Van 416 Newcastle 30, 81, 120–1, 132, 162, 176, 213, Nichols, Rev. Alan 193–4 226, 255, Nichols, Rev. Reginald Gordon (‘Brother Bill’) Newcastle Broadcasting and Television 176 Corporation Ltd 81, 342, 364, 370, 378 ‘Nicky’ (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) 129–30, 209, Newman, Sam 313 238 New Renascence Society 202–3 Nicolls, Murray 168 New South Wales Council of Churches 19, 21, Nielsen Media Research 103 141, 174, 183, 187, 195–6, 200, 274 Nightline 195 New South Wales Country Press Association 65 Nile, Rev. Fred 198–9 New South Wales Cricket Association Nilsen, Oliver J. 363 (NSWCA) 285, 289 Nilsen’s Broadcasting Service 54 New South Wales Graziers’ Association 358 No. 1 Rhythm Club 247 New South Wales Rugby League 249, 292 Noad, Gwen 378 New South Wales Rural Fire Service 170 Noble, M.A. (Monty) 284, 288 21

Noffs, Rev. Ted 199 panel operators 68, 265, 405–6 Noonan, Dave, see Kim and Dave Parke Davis 153 Norrie, Ann 394–5 Parkhill, Sir Archdale 21, 23 Northern Tasmanian Football Association 61–2, Parks, Chandra 209 310 Parks, Harold, see Edwards, George Nova 91.9 101, 432 Parliament House 114, 319, 382 Nova 96.9 101, 164, 241, 431 Parliamentary Standing Committee on Nova network 101, 112, 280–2, 317, 413 Broadcasting (PSCB) 40–1, 43, 47–8, 180–1, NovaNation 282 421 ‘Nurse White’ 227 Parry-Okeden, Ian 393, 399 Parsons, Fred 227, 298 O’Brien, Bob 336–7 Parsons, Rev. Frederick 245 O’Callaghan, Gary 240, 267, 342 Pater Awards 88, 237, 403 O’Connor, Cathy 101 Pathways to Freedom 80 O’Connor Creative Services Pty Ltd 391 Patten, Robert 158 O’Connor, Deirdre 97 Patterson, George 28, 217–18, 229, 231, see Odeon Music House 263 also George Patterson Pty Ltd O’Doherty, Steven 413–14 Patrick, Vic 298–9 Ogilvy, Clive 43–4, 47, 50–2, 341–2, 370 payola 103–6, 108, 265–6, see also cash for O’Keefe, Arthur 124 comment O’Keefe, Johnny 261, 265–9, 312 Peach, Robert 234 O’Keefe, Kerry 312 Peacock, Andrew 404, 407 O’Kelly, Joseph 142, 232 Pearce, Eric 143, 338 Oldfield, David 413–14 Pearce, John 348, 353, 390, 398, 406, 417 Olympic Games (1952) 305; (1956) 305; (1984) Pearl Harbor 220, 332 312; (2000) 316; (2008) 317 ‘Penelope’, see Coffey, Ida O’Neill, Jackie, see Jackie O Pennefather, Reginald 158 O’Neill, Josephine 159 Penrith 88 Oost, Johannes 113 People Who Care 196 Open Mind, Open Line 204 Percy, Hal 217 Optus 108, 282 Personal Service Bureau 203 The Oracle 392 Pescott, Edward 152 Orange 129, 155 Peters, Peter 313 O’Reilly, Marius 130–1 Petersen, Neville vii, xi Ormonde, Senator Jim 189 Petrov, Evdokia 342 Osborne, R.G. vi, 47, 49, 52, 62–4, 66, 143, Pharmacy Guild of Australia 161 185, 236 Phillips, A.A. 223 Osborne, W.A. 158 Phillips Electrical Industries 53–4 O’Shea, Moya 238 Phonographic Performance Co. of Australia Ltd outside broadcasts (OBs) 17–18, 193, 319, 345, (PPCA) 273 420 Pickard, John 357 Outside Interference: The Politics of Australian Pickering, John 250 Broadcasting 83 Pickhaver, Greig, see ‘H.G. Nelson’ ownership, see also localism; radio networks Piddington, Sidney 204 concentration of 21–5, 39, 45–6, 51–2, 81–2, The Piddington Show 204 98, 419 Pink 282 foreign 51–2, 98–9 Pink Radio 282 playwrights 206–9, 215, 218, 222, 226, 344, P and A Parade 260 357, 416 Pacific Star Network 315 Plaza Theatre 120 Packer, Kerry 90, 312, 392, 409 Plius, Bridget 205 Packer, Sir Frank 34, 239, 322, 379 Plumb, Gwen 159, 248, 340, 348, 398 Packers’ Prize 416 PM 85 Paddison, A.C. 38, 135, 332–3 Pocket Book 56 Page, Sir Earle 328, 357 podcasting 112–13, 151, 276 Pakistan 376 Pointer Sisters 275 22 political broadcasting 70, 88, 97–8, 172–3, 180, Psychological Services 58 183, 222–3, 346, 354–417, 419, see also Public Broadcasting Association of Australia advertising, political; elections; FM radio and (PBAA) 78, 96 politics; news commentators; referenda; Pyrox 336 talkback and politics dramatisations 47, 108, 231, 234, 357, 369, Qantas 108–9, 303, 371 370–3, 377 Queen Elizabeth II 140, 239, 340 pre-election blackout 369, 386, 401 Queensland 4, 16, 28, 31, 95, 139, 154, 169, regulation of 44, 47, 359–66, 369, 372–5, 381 170, 214, 249, 310–11, 317, 361, 370, 379, on television 381–2 393, see also Brisbane; Bundaberg; Townsville ‘Pongo’ 120 Queensland Broadcasting Network 49 Pooley, A.M. 327 Queensland Health Education Council 159 Poona and Indian Village Mission 177 Queensland Housewives’ Association 398 Pope John Paul II 193 Queensland Rugby League 302 Pope, Leslie 204 Queenstown 142 Pope Paul VI 191 Quiz Kids 219–20, 366 Port Adelaide Central Methodist Mission 177 quiz shows 120, 154, 219, 227, 228–30, 232, Porteous, Bishop Julian 200 244, 305, 307, 344–6, 372 Porter, Charles (‘John Christopher’) 203, 209 Portus, G.V. 31, 324–5 Radio and Electrical Retailers’ Association of Postmaster General’s Department 14, 37, 45–7, New South Wales 53 54, 60, 173–4, 333, 388, see also Brown, Sir Radio & Hobbies in Australia 16 Harry Percy Radio Associated Services (Sydney) 211 and advertising 14, 18, 192 Radio Better than Ever 59 censorship 178–9, 231, 359–62 Radio Call 16, 56 circulars 50, 178, 231, 361 radio clubs 124–32, 136–7, 139–42, 144, 154, and community service 142 217, 248, 251, 262–3, 267, 325, 345, 366–7, complaint handling 40, 236, 255–6, 271 419 and Federation of Australian Radio Radio Community Chest, see 2GB Community Broadcasters 26, 42, 53, 64, 270, 332 Chest and FM 69, 71 Radio Facts and Figures 59 and licences 3, 10, 13, 21 Radio for the Retail Trade 59 and midnight-to-dawn radio 130 Radio Ha-Ha 115 and political broadcasting 328, 359 Radio in Australia and New Zealand 16 powers of 7–8, 17, 23–4, 38–9, 41, 52, 285, Radio in the Nineties: Development Not 337 Disarray 98 and sports broadcasting 292, 296 radio manufacturers 3–4, 7, 15–16, 42, 45, 69, station inspections 49, 131 269, 286 and talkback 345–50 and television 53–4 Powderfinger 281 Radio Month 86 Powell, Eileen 370 radio networks 36, 44, 53, 60, 93, 201, 317, Powell, Rev. Gordon 189 360–1, 381, 403, 419, see also localism; Power FM98.1 170, 429 Macquarie Network; ownership, concentration Power Line 385 of The Premier Speaks 389 and community service 166 Premier’s Disaster Relief Fund (Qld) 170 established 17–21 Prentice, J.M. (‘Uncle Jack’) 106, 123, 224, FM 94, 241, 276, 279, 316, 317 323–5, 326, 360, 376 performing troupes 213 Presbyterianism on the Air 176 regulation of 21–4, 66 Presley, Elvis 265, 267, 270 radio periodicals 4, 15–17, 118, 124, 153, 214, Price, Steve 409, 413, 414, 416 246–7 Primrose, Nurse Maude 152 and community service 126, 249 Professional Radio Employees’ Institute 21 decline of 36, 56–7 Program of Concern and Help 195 letters to 18, 27 Provocation 194 and sports broadcasting 287, 307 Psychic Saturday Night 204 23

Radio Pictorial of Australia 16, 56, 124, 203, regulation 298, 365 of advertising 18, 40, 43 Radio Program Standards 62–3, 89, 199, 347, and Australian Broadcasting Tribunal 77–8 406–7, see also Broadcasting Program and of B-class stations 14 Advertising Standards and censorship 34 Radio Realm 17 and elections 355, 377 radio receivers 5, 6, 9, 15–16, 19, 26–7, 53, 54– and Federation of Australian Radio 5, 128, 170, 189, 253, 285, 287, 330, 333, 353, Broadcasters 157, 256, 273 356, 369, see also car radios; transistor radios and nationalisation 38, 45, 54 AM stereo 87 of news commentators 364 digital 113, 115, 419 of ownership 21–4, 82 FM 45, 85 of religious broadcasting 180–4 Radio Replies 175 of sports broadcasting 309 Radio Reporters’ Club 325 of talkback 345–53 Radio Retailer of Australia 16 and World War II 216 radio retailers 3, 7, 28, 265, see also Radio and Reid, Alan 380 Electrical Retailers’ Association of New South Reiller, Gary 240 Wales Reilly, Marius 154 The Radio Shop 90–1 Reith, Sir John 11, 18, 23, 288, 359 Radio Sunday School 140 Relationship Radio 115 Radio Theatre Guild 213, 232 religious broadcasting viii, 40, 80, 159, 172– Radio Times 16, 212 202, 230–1, 234, 265, 419, see also 2CH; 2GB; Radio Tokyo 375 2SM counselling; talkback; Theosophical Radio War Service Committee 37, 134 Society Radio Week 58 American evangelism 187–9 Radiola 5 Anglican 138, 176, 182, 185, 187, 191, 192–4, Radiowise 278 197, 198 Rally to the Flag 135–6 Assemblies of God 189 ratings 56, 59–60, 84, 103, 301, 348–9, 388, Baptist 176, 191, 195, 196–7, 199, 200 402, 414, see also Anderson Analysis of Catholic 103, 173–6, 178–82, 185, 190–1, Broadcasting; audience research; McNair 194–5, 199, 202, 266, 328, 398 Survey Pty Ltd; Nielsen Media Research debates about 174–5 FM 85–8, 200, 240–1, decline of 99, 190–1, 197–8, 199–200, 205 results 84, 87–8, 90, 103, 110, 186, 195, 198, and Fairness Code for Broadcasters 389 201–2, 229, 269, 275, 311–14, 337, 402, 348– and FM 70, 193, 197 9, 400, 415 free time for 174, 181–2, 184, 190, 200 and sports broadcasting 311–14 Islam 416 Rawards 88, 110, 111, 413, see also Australian Jehovah’s Witnesses 37, 177–9, 181 Commercial Radio Awards Liberal Catholic 176, 190 Raymond, Steve 403 Lutheran 179, 187 Rayward, Rev. Frank 177 Methodist 176–7, 179–80, 181, 188, 190, 195, Read, Joan 136 198–9 Reader’s Digest 110 and politics 179–80, 183, 359, 373 Reagan, Ronald 391 Presbyterian 176, 179, 184, 185, 189 recording industry 211 and radio ownership 13, 14, 173–4, 180 Red Cross Corner 135 and Radio Program Standards 89 Rees, Leslie 222, 260 regulation of 39, 177–84, 190–2, 199 Reeves, Goodie (‘Auntie Goodie’) 120, 204 sectarianism 125, 185–7, 199, 200 referenda (1926) 354–5; (1951) 377; (1999) 109 Seventh-day Adventist 187–8 Regent Theatre 249 sponsored 182, 186, 190 regional radio, see country radio standard of 174, 184, 186 regional radio networks 17–30, 32, 34, 36, 43–4, Unitarian 183 48, 53, 60, 66, 73, 93–5, 112, 114, 124, 166, religious complaints about broadcasting 87, 207, 169, 199, 201, 285, 317, 361, 381, 411, 419 398 regulation 2, 5–8, 10, 36, 38–9, 64–6, 71, 75, Rene, Roy (‘Mo’) 227, 239, 290, 298 231, 418, see also dual system; licence; self- 24

Returned Sailors Soldiers and Airmen’s Imperial Rudd, Kevin 413 League (RSL) 372 Rugby League News 291 Reuters 321 Rumble, Rev. Dr Leslie 173, 175, 177, 185, 191 Revivaltime 189 Rupert Rabbit 147 Richards, Lou 307, 309 Rural Bank 155 Richardson, Senator Graham 409, 413–14 Rusciano, Emilia, see Em and Wippa Richardson, V.Y. 286–7, 305–6 Rushton, Jeffrey 77–8 Richie, Lionel 275 Rutherford, Gavin 92, 339, 353 Rickards, Tony 314 Rutherford, ‘Judge’ Joseph Franklin 178 ‘Rickety Kate’ 286, 289 Ryan, A.J. (Jack) 245, 358 Riddell, Elizabeth 159 Ryan Seacrest’s American Top 40 238 Ridley, John 45–6, 330 Ryan, Susan 83 Ritchie, Kate 102 Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) 163 SA-FM 84, 94, 428 Roberts, Bill 97 Sailah, Stephen 85, 403 Roberts, Oral 189 Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir 180 Robertson, Jessie (‘Aunt Judy’) 97, 120 Salvation Army 147 Robinson, Nancy 397 ‘Sammy Sparrow’ 342 Rodgers, Don 388 Samuel, Bryn 62 Rofe, Stan (‘The Man’) 267–8 Sandilands, Kyle 241, 243 Rogers, Bob 238, 265, 269, 400 Santamaria, B.A. 352 Rogerson, Ian 240 satellites 90–1, 113, 411 Romain, Abe 268 The Sattler File 404 Roosevelt, Eleanor 332, 339, 367, 386 Sattler, Howard 108, 407, 410 Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 332, 358, 367, Sattler, Tony 240 379 Saunders, Rev. Ross 192–3 Rosewall, Ken 300 Savage, Emily 152 Ross, D.H. 352 Savoy Theatre 248 Ross, Graham 160 School of Radio and Television Announcing 97 Ross, Sandra 160 Scott, Eric 221 Ross, Tim, see Merrick and Rosso Scott, John 67 Rothfield, John 314 Scott, Megan 67 Round Table 325 Scott, Nick 95–6 Round Table Club 366, 496 Scott, Thelma 220 Round Table Clubs 325, 366 Scullin, James 357 Rowe, Normie 266 SeaFM 101.9 280, 430 Rowley, Max 97 SeaFM 90.9 428 Roy Morgan Research 88 SeaFM network 279 ‘Roy Slaven’ (John Doyle) 313 sealed set scheme 6–7 Royal Automobile Club of Queensland 162 Searle, Malcolm 347 Royal Children’s Hospital (Brisbane) 147 Searle, Ron 164 Royal Commission on Performing Rights (1932- Sebastian, Guy 243 33) 253 See, Sam 230 Royal Commission on Television (1953-54) 53– self-regulation 7, 25–6, 44, 46, 62–3, 77, 109, 4, 62, 184 271, 387, 390, 418, see also Commercial Radio Royal Commission on Wireless (1927) 10, 14– Australia and self-regulation; Federation of 15, 154, 245–6, 252, 421 Australian Radio Broadcasters and self- Royal Easter Show 264 regulation; Media Council of Australia; Royal Motor Yacht Club 365 regulation Royal Society of New South Wales 3 Self-Regulation for Broadcasters 77, 81 Royal Sydney Golf Club 228 Semmler, Dr Clement 392 Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind 139 Senate Standing Committee on Education, Royal Women’s Hospital 143 Science and the Arts 71, 73 RSPCA 244 ‘The Sentinel’, see Blamey, Sir Thomas Rubensohn, Sim 371, see also Hansen serials, see drama Rubensohn 25 service sessions 149–71, see also gardening Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) 79–80 programs; health programs; traffic reporting; Spectrum International 386 weather reporting Spencer, Don 300 sex education 154, 161 Spender, Percy 35, 136, 327 Sharina 205 Spinner, Les 302 Sharkey, Cecil 373 sponsored programs 16, 25, 40, 78, 96, 104–6, Sharkey, Jack 297 108, 112–13, 122, 129, 136, 138, 143, 152–5, Shave, Lionel 218, 296 160, 161, 162, 163, 168, 182, 186, 190, 203, Shaw, George Bernard 339 211, 214, 220, 224–8, 231–2, 234, 249, 254–5, Shaw, Rex 211, 248 258, 261, 263, 278, 282, 284–5, 288, 294–6, Sheffield Shield 288 299–300, 303, 307–8, 312, 322, 334, 342, 344, Shepparton 295 374–5, 379, 415, see also advertising Shepparton Loan Committee 136 Spooner, Eric 369 Sherbet 274 sports broadcasting viii, 59, 80, 92, 103, 107, Sherry, Ray 340, 381 143, 186, 206, 283–317, 337, 341–2, 349–50, Shilton, Rev. Lance 198, 467 356, 385, 388–9, 400, 408–9, see also comedy Sicily Earthquake 168 and sports broadcasting; Commonwealth Sid Jordan’s Views on the News 365, 496 Games; Olympic Games; talkback and sport Silva, T.P. 373 Australian rules football 61–2, 96, 283, 292, Simmons, Harry 20 302, 307–8, 309–10, 313, 314, 315–16 Simon and Garfunkel 193 athletics 292, 304 Singapore 217, 333, 375, 416 boxing 283, 297–9 Singleton, John 110, 199, 200–2, 238, 276, 401, car racing 283 402, 411 commentators 288–9, 291–3, 298–9, 308–9, Siren Awards 111 312–13, 326 Sky Channel 316 cricket 19, 130, 207, 283, 284–91, 296, 300–4, Sky Sports Radio 316, 317 306, 308, 311–14, 316–17 Skyhooks 274 cycling 283, 295 Slater, Michael 316 debates about 49, 285–6, 288–9, 291–9, 300– ‘Slim Dusty’ (Gordon Kirkpatrick) 251 4, 310–12 SMART agency 419 facilities 288, 289–90, 292, 293, 296, 300–4, Smellie, Michael 282 305, 309 Smith, Chris 416–17 golf 283, 304 Smith, Joan 165 horse racing 149, 181, 189, 214, 283, 285, Smith, Sir Charles Kingsford 319 288, 291–6, 307, 311, 313, 322, 401 Smith, Tim 243 rugby league football 114–15, 291–2, 299, Smith, Vincent 401, 405 302, 304, 312–13, 412 Smith’s Weekly 21, 337 soccer 304, 310, 317 Smoky Dawson Show 217, 251 speedboat racing 304 Snedden, Sir Billy 388 tennis 283, 299–300, 303 Snowy Mountains Authority 67, 411 wrestling 283, 288, 297–9 Solomons, Harry 294 Sport Radio Broadcasting Company 283 Somerville, Mary 418 Sports Broadcasting Committee 289–90 Sommerlad, E. Lloyd 65, 272 sports broadcasting rights 61–2, 289–90, 292, Sommerlad, Ernest 25 293, 298, 299–304, 309–10, 312, 314–16 Sommerville, Len 147 Sports Entertainment Network 201, 315–16 Sonance Ltd 95 Sports Parade 307 Sorella (Sister) Radio 145, see also Gustin, Lena Springett, Jann 144 Souter, Dr Charles 158 Spurway, Mark 163, 276 South Africa 139, 153, 209, 216, 218, 284–5 Squires, Tony 103 South Australia 3, 16, 28, 138, 168, 283, 295, St George Building Society 392 310, 322, 356, 372, 389, 393, see also Adelaide St Mary’s Cathedral 166, 328 South Sea Islanders 251 Stack, Dr Ella 167 Southern Cross Broadcasting 108, 201, 281, Stackhouse, Shirley 159–60 411, 415, 505 Stadiums Ltd 297 Sparkes, Ken 267–8 Stage Door Canteen 136 26

Staley, Tony 78–9, 81, 84, 86 Sydney Morning Herald 110, 156, 200, 205, Standards of Broadcasting Practice 44, 50 259, 334 Stanley, Jo, see Matt and Jo Sydney New Theatre 221 Stanley, John 416 Sydney Stadium 297–9 Stapleton, B.B. 186 Sydney Town Hall 134–5, 140, 356 Star FM 170–1 State Emergency Service (NSW) 170 TAB 310, 311 State Emergency Service (Tasmania) 166 talent shows 226–7, 228, 250–1, 260–1, 268, State Unemployed Relief Workers Labour 271, 345 Council 364 talkback viii, 71, 72, 151, 237, 271, 383–417, see ‘Station DIG’ 372 also listeners to talkback; news and talkback; Steele, Doug 243 women and talkback Stelzer, Joyce, see Moorhouse, Joyce callers 75, 130–1, 147, 159, 161, 193, 196, Stelzer, Mrs W.J. (Eunice) 125–7, 136–7, 139– 204, 341, 347–8, 350, 352–3, 383, 389–90, 40, 352, see also 2GB Happiness Club 394–6, 397, 399, 401, 407, 410–11, 414–15 Stephenson, W.H. 350 and emergency broadcasting 167 Stevens, Captain A.C.C. (‘Cheerio Man’) 121 and gardening 159–60, 386–7 Stevens, Edith 126 and health 159, 160–1 Stevens government 133, 294 hosts 106, 111, 194, 230, 346, 352–3, 395–9, Stevens, Sir Bertram 327 384–7, 401, 404, 406, 410–14, 417 Stevenson, Cecil V. (‘Pa’) 9, 14, 30 introduction of 159, 270, 344–53, 417 Stevenson, Murray 56 networked 90 Stewart, Bob 301–2 and New Age programs 204 Stewart, Nancye 210 and politics 75, 382–416 Stewart, Sir Frederick 174 and religion 193–5, 197–9, 201, 202 Stirling, Helen (‘Nell’) 209, 214, 234 and sex 87, 161 Stirling, Ken 240 and sport 313, 387, 388–9 Stories from the Great Book 180–1 regulation of 72, 87, 89, 100, 344–53, 388, stunts 59, 228, 243–4, 319, 414, see also 392, 398–9, 406–7 competitions Tamplin, Ed 205 Styles, Helen 394 Tamworth 259–60 Suich, Max 400 Tapp, Johnny 311 Sullivan, H.J.A. 380 Taronga Zoo 124, 158 Summit records 253 Tasmania 4, 16, 29, 61–2, 68, 132, 141–2, 166, SUN-FM 92, 428 303, see also Hobart; Launceston; Queenstown Sunday broadcasting, debates about 40, 49, 173, Tasmanian Broadcasting Network (TBN) 28–9, 176, see also advertising, Sunday; religious 36 broadcasting Tasmanian Radio-Talk 16 Sunday Night Crews 202 Taylor, Brian 316 Sunday Nightline 197 Taylor, George A. 4–5, 8 Sunday Sun 22, 326 Taylor, Kathleen (‘Cousin K’) 120 Sundown Rundown 405–6 Taylor, Ray 401 Sunraysia Daily 61 Teachers’ Industrial Union 360 The Sunshine Hour 184 technicians 20–1, 67, 69, 301, 376 Super League 314–15 teenagers 55, 58, 161, 193, 199, 264, 267, 270, Super Radio Network 103, 282, 317 279, 339, see also music supplementary licences 86–7, 92 Telefunken 3, 240 Sutherland, George 252 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16, 210 Sutherland, Joan 245, 261 Teleradio 16, 36 Suva 136, 216 television 139, 141, 156, 204, 238, 239, 243, Swain, J.G. 224 269, 278, 310, 346, 349, 381–2, 393, see also Swing Music Club 247 advertising and television; satellites; Sydney Central Methodist Mission 177 supplementary licences Sydney City Mission 199 criticisms of 83 Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) 288 and emergency broadcasting 166–7 Sydney Harbour Bridge 17, 319 and FM radio 69, 71, 93 27

introduction of 43–4, 52–66, 144, 229–30, Trade Unions; Musicians’ Union; Teachers’ 235–7, 251, 267, 305, 342–3, 346, 418–19 Industrial Union ownership 52–4, 92, 97–100, 310 traders, see retailers pay 314, 412 Trades and Labour Council (Brisbane) 361 and religious broadcasting 185, 190, 198 Trades and Labour Council (NSW) 18, 81, 182, service sessions 159–62 192, 354, 363, 365 and sports broadcasting 304, 305, 313, 314, traffic reporting 58, 144, 149, 151, 156, 162–4, 316 238, 342 viewers’ licence fees 72 training 6, 96–7, 335, 339–40, 343, 388 television stations transcriptions 34, 180, 212–13 ATN-7 54, 56, 341 Australian industry 211–13, 214–21 Channel 10 243 transistor radios 55–6, 156, 162, 167, 235, 257, Channel 7 230, 238, 313, 408 264, 270, 303, 384 GTV-9 54, 239 transmitter power 7, 13, 19, 45, 48, 114, 253, HSV-7 54, 398 285, 366 NBN-3 81 transmitter zone plan (1930) 13 STV-8 61 transmitters 39, 94, 165, 166–7, 311, 362, 367 TCN-9 53 Treaty of Versailles 323 TNT-9 62 Treloar, George D. (‘The Archer’) 375 TVQ-10 77 Triple J network 101, 240, 241, 278, 279, 313 TVT-6 56, 381 Triple M Adelaide 101, 423 Telstra 108, 111 Triple M Brisbane 84, 170, 428 TEN71 171, 425 Triple M group 89, 99, 279–80 Theosophical Society (TS) 172–3, 176, 202–3, Triple M Sydney 84, 85, 87, 91, 148, 240, 242, 224, 245, 325, 355, see also 2GB; religious 276, 277, 316, 403, 412–13, 428 broadcasting Trocadero ballroom 218 Theosophical String Quartet 173 Truth 21, 24, 27, 256, 326 Things I Hear 64, 106, 267, 270, 349, 387 Truth and Sportsman Ltd 341 Thom, Dr W. Cumming 176 Tulloch, Rev. Dr George 185 Thomas, Aiden 335 Tunney, Gene 297 Thomas, R.G. Lloyd 366 Tupper, Fred (‘Tuppy’) 129, 293–4, 296, 304, Thompson, Father John 175 308 Thompson, John 349, 350 Turnbull, W.G. 63 Thompson, Paul 99, 101–2 Turner, Chris 204 Thomson, Jeff 312 Turner, Graeme vii, xi Thorby, Harold 37 Turner, Rev. Vernon 184–5, 189, 197 Thring, Frank 358 TV-Radio Week 57 Tibbett, Lawrence 248 Twitty, Conway 267 Tier, Athol 211 Tildesley, Beatrice 154 Ultra High Frequency (UHF) spectrum 61, 69, Tildesley, Evelyn 154 71, 73, see also Very High Frequency (VHF) Tilley, Matt, see Matt and Jo spectrum time calls 69, 90, 143, 151, 342, 401 ‘Uncle Bill’ 120 Tingle, John 386, 388, 398, 400, 413 ‘Uncle Dan’ 120 Tivioli theatre 227 ‘Uncle Frank’, see Grose, Frank Today with Brian White 385, 395, 400 ‘Uncle Lionel’, see Lunn, Lionel Tooheys beer 159, 211 ‘Uncle Peter’ 120 Top 40, see music ‘Uncle Tom’, see Dunne, John Top of Australian Speedboat Marathon 304 Uncle Tom’s Gang 120 Topical Comment 198 ‘Uncles’ 119–121, 140, 147, 150, see also Torquay 155 ‘Aunts’ Townsville 102–3 United Australia Party (UAP) 21, 23, 58, 332, Trade Practices Commission 312 356, 358, 364, 367, see also 3XY; Liberal trade unions 41, 68, 97, 178, 220, 256, 336, 355, Party 361–2, 370, 378, 388–9, see also Actors and United States 2, 57, 122, 187–90, 299–300, 307, Announcers’ Equity; Australian Council of 335, 339, 358, see also ownership, foreign; 28

religious broadcasting, American evangelism; The Voice of Prophecy News 187 voice, overseas accents Voigt, Emil 298, 345, 354, 359 audience research 57, 204 Voigt, Rion 298 broadcasting system 4–6, 39, 54, 151 disc jockeys 268–9 Wakehurst, Lady 137 payola 265 Wales Awards for Community Service programs from 65, 151, 178, 185, 212–16, Broadcasting 145–6 218, 220, 233–4, 250–2, 257, 273, 334, 260, Walker, Eric 298, 302 264, 268, 276, 321, 332, 342–3, 372 Walker, R.B. vii, viii radio networks 17–18, 24, 28, 36, 93 Walker, Rev. Alan 179, 188, 191, 194, 199, 341 study trips to 54, 217–18, 311–12, 354 Walker, Rhett 79 talkback 348, 350, 385 Walkley Awards 168, 403, 411, 505 United States Information Service 346 Wallace, Miss F.V. 4 University of Melbourne 323 Wallace, George, see George Wallace Show University of Sydney 31, 57 Wallace, Ian 163 Wallis, Laurie 389 Vacuum Oil Company 261 Walshe, Keith 264 Valli, Muriel (‘Auntie Val’) 126 Walshe, Mike 269 Vaude, Charlie 284 Walters, Doug 312 Vega 91.5 102, 432 Wangaratta 9, 41 Vega 95.3 102, 281, 432 War Loans 35, 135, 136, 220 Vega network 102, 103, 241, 280, 317 Warburton, Margaret 127 Very High Frequency (VHF) spectrum 61, 71, Ward, E.J. 232 73, 93, see also Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Warnecke, George 210 spectrum Warner, Joan 103, 420 Victoria 3, 16, 19, 28, 51, 57, 68, 84, 120–1, 130, ‘The Watchman’, see Mann, E.A. 143, 152–3, 155, 168–171, 180, 193, 201, 258, Watt, R.G. 327 263, 298, 302–3, 311, 315–16, 378–9, 382, Watterson, Ray 87 409, see also Dandenong Ranges; Melbourne; Watts, Merrick, see Merrick and Rosso Mildura; Shepparton; Torquay; Wangaratta Watts, T.E.N. 149 Victoria Park Race Club 293 wavelengths 19, 21, 45, 372 Victoria Racing Club 292, 296, 303 Wayside Chapel 199 Victorian Cricket Association (VCA) 301 weather reporting 58, 90, 142–3, 149, 152, 155– Victorian electricity authority 162 7, 319, 337, 342, 344 Victorian Football Association (VFA) 292 Webb, Mike 79 Victorian Football League (VFL) 292 Weekes, Hilda 233 Victorian Labour College 359 Welch, Eric 286, 298 Victorian Protestant Federation 364 Wells, Harold (‘Uncle Rag’) 120 Vietnam War 101, 352, 385, 386 Wendling, Arthur 247 Views on the News 364–5 Wentworth, W.C. (1790-1872) 51 Village Roadshow 99 Wentworth, W.C. (1907-2003) 51 Village Theatres 84 Wesgo Holdings Ltd 93–4, 200, 278, 403 Vincent School of Broadcasting 97 Wesley Central Mission 199, 201–2 voice viii, 153, 193, 202, 210, 214, 229, 261, West Australian Listeners’ League 10 267–8, 308, 323, 345, 363, 370, 395, 404, see West Australian Newspapers 16, 66 also actuality broadcasts West, Morris 80, 222 Australian accent 214, 267–8, 335 Western Australia 3–4, 16, 120, 150, 216, 256, Laws, John 266, 404 263–4, 405, see also Albany; Bunbury; Perth and newsreading 335, 340 Western Australian Turf Club 405 overseas accents 122, 212, 268, 271, 335, 369 Western Stores 129 and talkback 349, 352 Westpac Awards for Community Service tapes 393–4 Broadcasting, see Wales Awards for training 387 Community Service Broadcasting women’s 395–6 West Sydney Radio Pty Ltd 79 Voice of Agriculture 158 What Protestants Think 185 Voice of the People 395 What Shall We Have for Dinner? 35 29

Wheatley, Glenn 84, 91, 169, 278 Woodfull, Bill 286, 290 Whelan, Judith 406 Wollongong 73–4, 126, 341 White, Anna 361 Woman’s Magazine of the Air 203 White, Brian 89–90, 169, 196, 340, 343, 384–5, women 100, 119, 126, 142, 150, 158, 180, 275, 388, 395, 397, 400–3, 413, see also Brian see also ‘Aunts’; listeners, women; voice, White Memorial Raward; Today with Brian women’s White and advice programs 122, 159 White, David 388 announcers 158, 241, 396–9 White, Ken 93 and classified recordings 275 White, Randall 259, 336 conducting audience research 34, 57 Whiteley, Neil 93 and drama 220 Whitford Network 28, 224 and FM radio 241 Whitlam, E.G. (‘Gough’) 72–3, 74, 384, 386, and New Age broadcasting 203–4 388 and news 337, 339, 367 Whitlam government 72, 74, 389–90 news commentators 367, 378 Whitlam, Margaret 386 and political broadcasting 355, 367, 369, 378, The Whitlams 281 395 Whitta, Clifford Nicholls, see ‘Nicky’ and religious broadcasting 187, 190 Why Believe? 182 representations of 275 Whyte, W. Farmer 356 sessions for 125, 127, 206, 330–1, 367, 378 Wil and Lehmo, see Anderson, Wil; Lehman, and sports broadcasting 288– 9, 290–1, 305, Tony 313, 316–17 Wilde, Oscar 210, 243 and talkback 352, 386, 388, 394, 395, 399 Wild West Club 251 Wonder, Stevie 275 Wilkins, Ormsby 346–7, 350, 384–5, 397–8 Wood, Ivy (‘Cousin Joy’) 120 Willesee, Mike 84 World Audio Ltd 114 Williamson, David 416 World Church News 184 Willis, Albert 354 World Cup (soccer) 317 Wills, Ron 247 World Program Service 257 Wilshire, Brian 415 World Radio Convention (1938) 30 Wilson, Charmaine 205 World Series Cricket 312 Wilson, Craig 505 The World Tomorrow 189 Wilson, Rose 234 World War I 125, 141, 375 Win, Jack 122 World War II 2, 13, 34–42, 46, 70, 141, 177, Wings of the Morning 176 203, 215–18, 250, 289, 293, 295, 328 Windeyer, Richard 355 Worrall, David 212, 220, 257, 284 Wintergarden Theatre 210 Woy Woy 126 Wipfli, Michael, see Em and Wippa Wran, Neville 86, 219, 391–2 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905 3–4, 74, 372, 421 Wren, John 297 Wireless Weekly 5, 18, 31, 122, 172, 247–9, Wright, Claudia 397–9 285, 297, 320, 324 ‘Wright, Dr James’ (Dr John Knight) 160–1, on broadcasting policy 4, 8, 11 238 ceased publication 36 Wright, Myles 66, 71 on community service 150, 154–5 Wrigley, Byron 214 on drama 206–8 Wrigley’s 213–14 established 4 Wyong 88 letters to 31–2, 118, 173, 249 on music 253 ‘Yabba’ 289 on news 318–19, 326 Yarnold, Rev. Stephen 179 program guides 15–16 Yeo, Lindsay 79 talent quest 260 Young Catholic Students’ Movement 232 Wiseman, Bryan 414–15 Young, Jack 19 Withers, Senator Reg 391 Young Men’s Christian Association 140 Withers, Tom 266 Yuill, William 152 Wood, Ernest 325 Wood, Wendy 401 Zemanek, Stan 414–16