Community broadcasting has catered to the needs and
interests of West Australians for more than 25 years. It serves
communities and special interest groups as far flung as Albany in the
south, Kununurra in the north, and Perth in between. Our fascinating
history and contemporary experiences are celebrated on this website.
The WA Experience At-A-Glance
WACBA has put together a year-by-year chronicle of events in the
development of community broadcasting in Western Australia. From 1976,
when 6NR first burst onto the Perth airwaves, to WACBA's formation ten
years' later, to the FM frequency crisis of the 1990s, to contemporary
experiences such as the allocation of permanent licences to long-term
TCBLs. Read more ...
WA Community Broadcasting: Our Story
Inaugural transmission of community broadcasting in WA met with a mixed
reception: zealous enthusiasm by a new breed of volunteer broadcaster;
the bemusement of the general listening public; and abject horror by
some radio "professionals" who predicted a speedy demise to what they
disdainfully termed an experiment in amateur radio.
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What Is WACBA?
When WACBA was formed in 1986, only two West Australian community radio
stations existed. Today, WA has a thriving community broadcasting
sector covering metropolitan, regional and remote areas. This expansion
would not have been possible without WACBA. Our mission is to help
existing stations thrive, and to encourage the development of new ones.
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An Address To Remember
WACBA's first President, Murray Green, was passionate about community
broadcasting. "It has the agenda of pursuing particular interests in a
way that is consistent, that is enduring and in a way that other media
will never have," he said in his celebrated speech to an early WACBA
Annual General Meeting. Read more ...
