TAGGED: Australian radio
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The NFSA's Johanna McMahon speaks to radio's evolution in the digital era, how podcasts have changed what Australians listen to, and the challenges of preserving podcasts before they are lost forever.

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Pioneering broadcasters and the rise of FM radio contributed to LGBTQIA+, First Nations, women, non-English speaking, and young listeners hearing themselves for the first time.

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The NFSA's Crispian Winsor speaks to the power of community radio in giving people a platform, unearthing incredible indie music, and as a training ground for future radio stars.

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The NFSA's Simon Smith shares his unique insights into the innovations, cultural impact and societal shifts seen throughout the Youthquake era.

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The radio becomes portable, and a kind of mania – Beatlemania – grips the nation as the popularity and powers of DJs and presenters grow, and audiences find a connection in the once-illegal talkback radio.

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Launching in January 1975, the ABC’s 2JJ (later triple j) was the first genuine rival to commercial AM radio’s music listening stranglehold.

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Radio station 2SM – at the beginning of their ratings dominance of the Sydney pop music radio audience 

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In this rare excerpt from a September 1970 3UZ broadcast of The Stan Rofe Show, Melbourne’s most influential DJ of the era can be heard acknowledging he is unable to play

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Excerpted from the surviving raw footage of an ATV-O April Dateline70 story on the forthcoming Ban, seen here are several Melbourne radio DJs of the time in

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Broadcast in 1979, this one-minute television advertisement for ‘Rocktober’, an annual month-long radio campaign hosted by 2SM, promoting the local rock scene with con