If any one person was responsible for the establishment of radio in Australia, it was Ernest Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (1916–44).

In this broadcast 2UE announcer Si Meredith describes the enthusiastic reception that awaited aviator Charles Kingsford Smith at Mascot Aerodrome, where he was forced to mak

Most early radio advertisements were not recorded. Instead, announcers would read promotional copy live on air.

The first Carols by Candlelight was in 1938. This souvenir program was produced for the event's 10th anniversary.

Shortwave radio, so named because its wavelength was shorter than the signal used in AM transmission, could travel far greater distances.

The Aladdin Electric is a tuned frequency radio receiver, first marketed by Australian manufacturer Astor in 1929.

Crystal sets are the simplest type of radio receiver.

The Radio Voice Concert was broadcast from Sydney Town Hall on 17 June 1925.

Mulgaphone was a Perth-based manufacturer of radios founded in 1924 by Westralian Farmers Ltd, owners of station 6WF.

2UE was founded by CV Stevenson (pictured second from left) in 1925, who served as the station’s first announcer and chief engineer.