Australian Archives - Part 5
Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio · 1930–1960
20 EpisodesFortnightlyPGSince 1930
The run
- Network
- Australian commercial radio
- Years active
- 1930–1960
- Surviving broadcasts
- 20
- Genre
- docudrama
A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 179 - Part 5 Australian Archives During July 2003 I had the idea of a program on Community radio that featured Australia artists of note from the past. After approval for "Australian Archives" was granted, recording commenced in October 2003. With 40+ years of collecting recordings under my belt, a great many have been by Aussie performers and I am indebted to my long time friends Geoff Orr and Jamie Kelly for providing me with hours of material to work with. Their contributions and my personal collecting has ensured thousands of Aussie tracks from which to choose. I still do a weekly Aussie program on Southern FM 88.3 at 0940 Wednesdays called "Archived Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 97 years on the air, with 96 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Long Silence · 24 Mar 2026
- 2. A Room Above the Street · 31 Mar 2026
- 3. Signal at Midnight · 7 Apr 2026
The Last Train Out
4 Aug 2026 · 48 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Signal at Midnight
28 Jul 2026 · 1h 3m
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
A Room Above the Street
21 Jul 2026 · 26 min
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Long Silence
14 Jul 2026 · 41 min
The one everybody argues about.
Dead Air
7 Jul 2026 · 56 min
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Sign Off
30 Jun 2026 · 19 min
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Case of the Missing Hour
23 Jun 2026 · 34 min
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Night Broadcast
16 Jun 2026 · 49 min
The one everybody argues about.
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