The first song played on Australian radio
The first song played on Australian radio
At 8 o’clock on the evening of Friday 23 November 1923, people gathered across Sydney to tune into 2SB. Whether they had crystal sets and earphones or radio sets with large speakers, they tinkered with knobs, wires or aerials for the best possible reception as broadcasting in Australia officially began with St Andrew’s Choir performing ‘Le Cygne’ (‘The Swan’) from Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals.
At 8 o’clock on the evening of Friday 23 November 1923, people gathered across Sydney to tune into 2SB. Whether they had crystal sets and earphones or radio sets with large speakers, they tinkered with knobs, wires or aerials for the best possible reception as broadcasting in Australia officially began with St Andrew’s Choir performing ‘Le Cygne’ (‘The Swan’) from Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals.
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