a black and white photograph of a building. the building has a sign on it 6AL and another sign Commonwealth Offices Albany. There are cars partked outside the building on the street and a few people standing next to the building
Museum of the Great Southern

90 Years of ABC Great Southern: The birth of regional radio in WA

Location

Museum of the Great Southern
Kalyenup / Residency Road, Albany

Dates

–

Tickets

Free

 

Location

The Co-Op building

This special exhibition marks 90 years of ABC Great Southern with archival footage and stills from the ABC archives, representing nearly a century of local reporting.

It all began with the launch of the Wagin transmitter in Minding, near Wagin, on December 7, 1936.

The landmark investment was the first of its kind in regional Western Australia that until then had suffered poor radio reception.

The ABC would go on to establish its first regional reporter in WA in Albany in 1956 with this exhibition featuring stills from their TV reports, some of which have not been seen in decades.

Image: 6AL Albany Radio Studios, York Street Building. Courtesy of ABC archives.

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