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Radio in Sydney became a popular tool for politics, news, religion, and sport and has managed to survive despite the introduction of television and the internet. The first long range (520 km) coastal radio station was established in 1911. In 1921, amateur radio broadcasters commenced transition. The first radio licence in Australia was granted to Charles Maclurcan for station 2CM. Commencing in 1923, 2SB is the second official station to be licensed. Sydney's first official station 2FC commenced service in 1924. In 1935, the studios of the ABC install a disc recorder, enabling the recording of programs to occur for the first time. Talk radio was introduced on 2SM in 1967. In 1974, 2MBS commences broadcasting as the first full-time FM station in Australia, playing classical music 24 hours a day. Finally, in 1975, multicultural radio is launched with the formation of 2EA.

Notes

• Historically, many Australian broadcast stations had no names other than their official callsigns. In this case the Station name is left blank.
• Other stations have had several names. These names are all listed.
• If the station is still broadcasting under the same callsign and mode of transmission, the Last broadcast is left blank.
• If the callsign and/or mode of transmission has changed, the new data is presented on a new row of the table, and the name or callsign of the new station is shown in the Succeeded by column, which is otherwise blank.
• Sydney radio stations are surveyed 8 times per year by Commercial Radio Australia as part of the national radio ratings surveys.

Stations

AM and FM stations with an asterisk are also available on digital (DAB+) radio

AM

FM

Digital radio

Digital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin. The national government owned networks, the ABC and SBS, and the commercial radio stations in each market provide many of their services and a few digital-only services on the digital platform. Australia uses the AAC+ codec provided with upgraded DAB+ standard.

See also

• List of radio stations in Australia
• Culture of Sydney
• Music of Australia
• History of broadcasting in Australia

References

1. Griffen-Foley, Bridget (2008). "Commercial radio". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
2. Roger Meyer. "The Role of Coastal Radio Stations in the Early Days of Communications With Aircraft". Retrieved 30 September 2012.
3. Australian Radio History, Bruce Carty, Sydney, 2011
4. Australasian radio: A Chronology of the first 60 years (2004)
5. Our Story : SBS Corporate SBS Corporation
6. Final Radio Ratings of 2016
7. Canberra digital radio trial update Archived 2 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 14 July 2010, Digital Radio Plus
8. Commercial Radio Australia: The Future Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Digital Radio Plus". Retrieved 13 August 2016.

External links

• The Australian Radio Guide – AM
• The Australian Radio Guide – FM
• Listen to Sydney radio stations LIVE

• Radio stations in Sydney
• Lists of radio stations in Australia
• Culture of Sydney
• Sydney-related lists