720 ABC Perth

Radio station


name = 720 ABC Perth
callsigns = 6WF
airdate = 1924
frequency = 720 kHz AM
area = Perth
owner = Australian Broadcasting Corporation
format = Talk
website = [http://www.abc.net.au/perth/ http://www.abc.net.au/perth/ ]

720 ABC Perth is an ABC radio station located in Perth, Western Australia. Its callsign is 6WF. It is one of the stations in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 720 kHz on the AM dial. It is an Australian Government sponsored station and is run through the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

History

First founded in Western Australia by the Westralian Farmers Ltd consortium on Wednesday 4 June 1924, the original purpose of the station was to provide "information and entertainment to rural areas". The first broadcast was made from a large studio in the Westralian Farmers buildings which was equipped with a transmitter that was the most powerful allowed under Commonwealth Regulations. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2005/04/29/1356554.htm ABC Perth - The origins of 720 ] ]

1929 saw the radio station change into the hands of the Australian Broadcasting Company under which the radio station moved from the Westralian Farmers buildings to the ABC buildings on the corner of Hay and Milligan Street in Perth.

The station moved again in 1937 to Stirling Institute in St Georges Terrace. This building was built 21 years previously as a temporary structure and was set to become the home of 720 Perth for the next 23 years. In 1960 a specially built 23 studio building complex was completed at 191 Adelaide Terrace and the station moved there during that year. This building was to provide the home for the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra for a number of years, running alongside 3 separate radio stations.

These buildings lasted 45 years, until it was decided that new buildings must be built. A site was commissioned and the radio station moved to its new offices and studios in East Perth in March 2005. The Adelaide Street site was in the process of being put up for sale in early 2008. Fact|date=May 2008

Previous Presenters

Liam Bartlett, Miriam Borthwick, Ian Brayshaw, Dennis Cometti, Susannah Carr, Anne Conti, David Ellery, Doug Foley, Wally Foreman, Gerry Gannon, Des Gilfoyle, Alicia Gorey, George Grljusich, Clinton Grybas, John Harper-Nelson, Peter Harrison, David Hawkes, Peter Holland, Murray Jennings, Todd Johnstone, Peter Kennedy, Sarah Knight, Dan Lonergan, Mike McCann, John MacNamara, Drew Morphett, Peter Newman, Greg Pearce, Michael Schultz, Karen Tighe, Richard Utting, Diana Warnock, Grant Woodhams. Jennifer West - the first woman to read the news on Australian television, Sandra Harris, John Juan, Phyllis Hope-Robertson, Clive Hale, Earle Reeve,

Current Segments and Presenters

The station is currently broadcasting 11 segments per weekday, 13 on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. These segments are:

Weekdays

*5.00am - 8.00am 720 Breakfast, Eoin Cameron
*8.00am - 8.30am AM, Tony Eastley
*8.30am - 12.00pm Mornings, Geoff Hutchison
*12.00pm - 1.00pm The World Today, Eleanor Hall
*1.00pm - 4.00pm Afternoons, Geraldine Mellet
*4.00pm - 6.00pm (5:30pm on Fridays) Drive, Russell Woolf
*6.00pm - 7.00pm PM, Mark Colvin (Monday - Thursday) Friday AFL Coverage
*7.00pm - 8.00pm 7 at 7, Ted Bull (Monday - Thursday) Friday AFL Coverage
*8.00pm - 12.00am Nightlife, Tony Delroy - on Fridays Nightlife starts at 9pm after the AFL broadcast
*12.00am - 2.00am Overnights, Trevor Chappell (Monday-Thursday) and Rod Quinn (Friday-Sunday)
*2.00am - 5.00am Early Mornings, Verity James (Mondays from 2am and Tuesdays to Fridays from 3am)

aturdays

*4.00am - 6.00am Early Mornings, Verity James
*6.00am - 8.00am Saturday Breakfast, James Lush
*8.00am - 8.30am Saturday AM, Elizabeth Jackson
*8.30am - 9.00am The Knowledge, James Lush and Rolf Perey
*9.00am - 10.00am Bricks and Roses, James Lush & gardener Sabrina Hahn
*10.00am - 12.00pm Sportstalk, Glenn Mitchell (football season)
*12.00pm - 3.00pm Australian Football League (football season)
*3.00pm - 3.30pm Australian Football League or West Australian Football League (football season)
*3.30pm - 5.30pm Sports Talk, Glenn Mitchell
*5.30pm - 8.00pm Australian Football League (football season)
*8.00pm - 12.00am Saturday Night Country (country and western music, John Nutting
*12.00am - 5.00am Overnights, Rod Quinn

undays

*5.00am - 5.30am Interviews on 720 from the past week
*5.30am - 10.00am Australia All Over, including news at 7.45am presented by Ian McNamara
*10.00am - 11.00am Grandstand - (Sports Program)
*11.00am - 4.00pm AFL live (football season)
*4.00pm - 4.30pm Grandstand Wrap
*4.30pm - 6.00pm Local Sport wrap
*6.00pm - 6.30pm Grandstand Wrap
*6.30pm - 9.00pm The Coodabeen Champions
*9.00pm - 9.30pm Sunday Profile, Monica Attard
*9.30pm - 10.00pm Speaking Out, Stan Grant- (Indigenous issues and current affairs)
*10.00pm - 2.00am Sunday Night Talk, Noel Debien
*2.00am - 5.00am Overnights, Rod Quinn

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/perth/ ABC Radio Perth]

References