The NFSA is now the custodian of more than 20,000 vinyl long play records from the SBS 3EA Melbourne and SBS Sydney 2EA radio collections.

From 1958, the Top 40 pop chart helped bring the golden age of radio to a close and kickstarted a new era.

2UE's top forty chart for 10 November 1962.

Poster promoting Top Forty Countdown on only on 2UE.

John Laws concludes the broadcast of his 2SM radio program Sound in 1958.

It is also the opening night at 2SM's new studios in Clarence Street, Sydney.

Excerpt from oral history - Henry Gay interviewed by Chris Arneil.

Excerpt from oral history- Bob Rogers, approaching his 70th anniversary in Australian broadcasting, talks through his life and career from his childhood days in Depression-era rural Victoria.

Edyth Langham interviewed by Gwen D'Emden recalling her early years in radio. In this clip she talks about meeting Merle Oberon.

An excerpt from Australia's Amateur Hour episode 901, recorded 27 June 1957 at Hibernian Hall, Cairns, Queensland.

Australia's Amateur Hour was a pioneering talent show produced by AWA that became a pop-culture phenomenon.