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Article

Tune into Radio 100

30 November 2023
VIEW
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What does radio mean to you?

Industry insiders and radio fans answer the question, 'What does radio mean to you?'
5 December 2023
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Interview with a Radio 100 curator

Amy Butterfield shares the challenges and surprising discoveries of curating for Radio 100.
Amy Butterfield  / 
23 November 2023
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New waves: The birth of radio in Australia

A look at the early days of radio, from crystal sets to first broadcasts and advertisements.
23 November 2023

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Dec 2016

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2016 at the NFSA

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2016?

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
23 December 2016
Documents
Film
Object
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Radio
Sound
Television

Dec 2016

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Prisoner
He used to give me roses...

We take you back to Wentworth Detention Centre to celebrate 30 years since the final episode of the iconic Aussie soap.

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 Miguel Gonzalez
12 December 2016
Television

Nov 2016

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TV discoveries
TV discoveries: Johnny O'Keefe, the Bee Gees and more

Enjoy rare television clips of The Bee Gees, Johnny O'Keefe and Frank Thring.

BY
 Helen Tully
15 November 2016
Television

Sep 2016

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Dennis Cometti
Dennis Cometti

An insight into Dennis Cometti's 40-year career in sports broadcasting.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
27 September 2016
Oral History

Sep 2016

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Welcome to TV
Welcome to television, 1956

In September 1956, one sentence – ‘Good evening and welcome to television' – marked the commencement of regular television transmission in Australia.

BY
 Helen Tully
16 September 2016
Documents
Oral History
Television

Sep 2016

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A homemade TV
Story of a homemade TV

Did you know that in TV’s early days, a number of talented people built their own TV sets at home?

BY
 Jenny Gall
12 September 2016
Object
Television

Aug 2016

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Fairlight
The Fairlight Sampling Synthesizer

In 1979 two young Australians invented the first Fairlight sampling synthesizer and changed electronic music forever. We have one in working condition!

BY
 Beth Taylor
29 August 2016
Object

Jul 2016

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TV history

Fifty years ago, on 21 June 1966, Australia was shocked when Labor and Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell was shot at close range by 19-year-old Peter Kocan.

BY
 Bronwyn Barnett
22 July 2016
Television

Jun 2016

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Number 96
Number 96: smashing taboos in the 1970s

Three Number 96 experts - series creator David Sale, TV historian Andrew Mercado and author Nigel Giles - discuss the taboo smashing 1970s soap opera.

BY
 Jemma Pietrus
6 June 2016
Television

Jun 2016

Brian Nankervis
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Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis

In his Oral History interview, the multi-talented Brian Nankervis talks about his time in radio and on the SBS program, RocKwiz.

BY
 Bronwyn Murphy
2 June 2016
Oral History
Radio
Sound
Television

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Australian invention
The Fairlight sampler
The first digital synthesiser and sampler.
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