6PR, known as 882 6PR, commenced broadcasting on October 14, 1931. 6PR's focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station. 6PR is owned by Southern Cross Broadcasting, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Southern Cross Broadcasting is a diversified Australian media company. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Talk radio is radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Southern Cross Broadcasting is a diversified Australian media company. ...

History of 6PR

Radio in Australia was just twelve years old when 6PR commenced broadcasting on October 14, 1931. 6PR was founded by electrical company Nicholson's Limited, which ran the station from a studio above its showroom in Barrack Street, Perth. View south down Barrack Street, from the corner of Murray Street. ...

In 1963 the Victorian Broadcasting Network purchased Nicholson's and sold the electrical division of the organisation to Vox Adeon. The broadcasting business was retained and operated under the name Nicholson's Broadcasting Service Pty Ltd.

The operation moved from Barrack Street to 340 Hay Street just after the purchase by the VBN in 1963. The 6PR studio remained at 340 Hay Street for 22 years before it was demolished to make way for the expansion of Mercedes College. In 1985 the station relocated to its current premises at 169 Hay Street, East Perth. In the station's early days there were only four people on the payroll now there are around one hundred. The limited hours of broadcasting 69 years ago have gradually been increased to a 24 hour, seven day a week service. The section of Hay Street between Barrack Street and William Street is a pedestrian mall. ... Mercedes College is a private, all girls high school located in the CBD of Perth, Western Australia. ...

The Sixties & Seventies

Throughout the sixties 6PR was consistently the top rating station in Perth but lost its dominance in 1972. The image of the station changed from rock n roll to beautiful music with the "Gentle On Your Mind" promotion in 1973. This boosted 6PR's ratings to a consistent number two with a number one position on several occasions. Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM / EZ) is a mostly-instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s. ...

In 1977 an agreement was made with the TAB by the station's owners to broadcast races in conjunction with a personality/sport format. In the early eighties the station commenced a more comprehensive news and current affairs format with the introduction of regular programs by Howard Sattler, Bob Maumill and Graham Mabury, which proved extremely popular with listeners. In 1987 the TAB purchased 6PR to secure the future of race broadcasts in Western Australia and races were broadcast across the station during popular talkback programs. During the early nineties the station's current affairs/talkback program hosted by Sattler, Maumill, Mabury, Peter Newman, Gary Carvolth and Rob Broadfield achieved considerable success in spite of the ever increasing level of racing broadcasts on the station. A totalisator or totalizator (tote board in common parlance) is the name for the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets. ... Peter Charles Newman (born May 10, 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian journalist who emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940. ...

The Nineties

In 1994 6PR, in conjunction with the TAB, was able to secure a special narrowcast broadcast license which allowed racing broadcasts to be moved from 6PR to the narrowcast broadcaster called Racing Radio. This move allowed 6PR to serve its two distinct audiences, those who listened purely for a talkback/news/current affairs format and those who listened just for racing information, in a more comprehensive manner. In December 1994 6PR was purchased by its current owner Southern Cross Broadcasting which also owned Melbourne's number one rating talk station 3AW and television stations in Adelaide, Canberra and other places. During the nineties 6PR continued its dominance in the talk format arena with personalities such as David Christison & Lee Tate, Howard Sattler, Jenny Seaton & Gary Carvolth, Liam Bartlett, Harvey Deegan and Graham Mabury. Southern Cross Broadcasting is a diversified Australian media company. ... 3AW is a radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693KHz AM. It began transmission in February 1932 as Melbournes fifth commercial radio station. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... Liam Bartlett is a journalist based in Perth, Western Australia. ...

Current Line-up

Monday - Friday

• 12.00 a.m. - 5.00 a.m. - Midnight to Dawn Chris Ilsley
• 5.00 a.m. - 8.30 a.m. - Breakfast with Millsy and Tony Mac
• 8.30 a.m. - 12.00 noon - Mornings with Simon Beaumont
• 12.00 noon - 2.00 p.m. - Afternoons with Gary Shannon
• 2.00 p.m - 4.00 p.m - Afternoons with Bob Maumill
• 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. - Drive with Howard Sattler
• 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. - Sports Central with Karl Langdon, Brad Hardie and Adrian Barich (Mon - Thurs Only)
• 5.30 - 8.30pm(Fridays Only) Friday Night AFL
• 8.00 p.m. - 12.00 a.m. - Nightline with Graham Mabury
• 12.00 a.m. - 5.00 a.m. - Chris Ilsley

Karl Langdon (born March 28, 1968) is a leading sports commentator and radio personality in Western Australia and a former Australian rules footballer with the Subiaco Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. ... Brad Hardie (born October 10, 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. ... Adrian Barich (born December 5, 1963) was an Australian rules footballer and Rugby League player. ...

Saturday

• 12.00 a.m. - 6.00 a.m. - Jon Lewis
• 6.00 a.m. - 7.00 a.m. - Buy, Swap & Sell with Harvey Deegan
• 7.00 a.m. - 8.00 a.m. - Talking Real Estate with Craig Turnbull
• 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. - The Weekend Garden Party with Harvey Deegan and Sue McDougall
• 10.00am - 12.00pm Saturday Morning at the Football
• 12.00pm - 8.00pm AFL Coverage
• 8.00 p.m. - 12.00 a.m. - Steve Gordon(radio)

Sunday

• 12.00 a.m. - 6.00 a.m. - Jon Lewis
• 6.00 a.m. - 8.00 a.m. - Buy, Swap & Sell with Harvey Deegan
• 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. - The Weekend Garden Party with Harvey Deegan and Sue McDougall
• 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. - Sunday Brunch with Harvey and Sue
• 12.00pm - 8.00pm AFL Coverage
• 6.00 p.m. - 12.00 a.m. - Steve Gordon(radio) with the Way We Were

Sports Programing

Australian Rules Football

During the Australian Rules Football Season 882 6PR is Perth's Football Leader. Each week, Brad Hardie, George Grljusich, Karl Langdon, Graham Dawson, Basil Zempilas Glen Jakovich & Shane Woewodin keep you up-to-date with all things football. The AFL commentary team is composed of Basil Zempilas, Karl Langdon, Glen Jakovich, Shane Woewodin, Graham Dawson, Shane Healy and Brad Hardie. The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, and sometimes known as the VFL/AFL, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... Brad Hardie (born October 10, 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. ... George Grljusich is a sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer from Western Australia. ... Karl Langdon (born March 28, 1968) is a leading sports commentator and radio personality in Western Australia and a former Australian rules footballer with the Subiaco Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. ... Basil Zempilas reading sport on Seven News Basil Zempilas is currently the weeknight sports reader on Perths Seven News. ... Glen Jakovich (born 24 March 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles. ... Shane Woewodin (born July 12, 1976) is an Australian rules football player who played 200 games with Collingwood and Melbourne. ...

Every home and away match for the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers is broadcast live into Perth while matches involving other teams are primarily broadcast on-relay from sister stations 3AW In Melbourne and FIVEaa in Adelaide. West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers and known unofficially as the Fremantle Dockers and informally as Freo, is one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ... 3AW is a radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693KHz AM. It began transmission in February 1932 as Melbournes fifth commercial radio station. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... FIVEaa is Adelaides only commercial talkback radio station. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...

WAFL

The local West Australian Football League is also broadcast via a program on 6PR called Bouncing Around. Peter Vlahos is based in the 6PR Studio while Karl Langdon & Harvey Deegan base themselves at different matches. Peter Vlahos then crosses between the two men as they broadcast parts of their matches & respond to football related talkback calls. Updates of all four WAFL matches are provided & AFL Results are also mentioned. The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced waffle) is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia. ... Karl Langdon (born March 28, 1968) is a leading sports commentator and radio personality in Western Australia and a former Australian rules footballer with the Subiaco Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. ... The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced waffle) is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia. ...

Football (soccer)

Since the addition of the Perth Glory into the Australian national football (soccer) competition (known then as the National Soccer League) 6PR has broadcast almost all Home & Away matches, The coverage was led by George Grljusich. When the A-League began in 2005 only home matches were broadcast on 6PR. 6PR stopped broadcasting Perth Glory matches after the 2005/2006 A-League season. Perth Glory FC is a football (soccer) club from Perth, Western Australia, playing in the A-League. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The National Soccer League, or NSL, was the former national football (soccer) competition in Australia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. ... George Grljusich is a sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer from Western Australia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The 2005-06 season saw the start of the A-League, a new domestic club competition for football (soccer) in Australia. ...

As of the 2007/2008 A-League season 6PR will again broadcast every Perth Glory Home & Away fixture. 6PR will be the official Radio Broadcast partner of the Perth Glory The A-Leagues 2007-08 season will be the third season of the Australian A-League football (soccer) competition. ...

Super 14's

From 2006, 882 6PR will broadcast every Western Force home game live from Subiaco Oval. The broadcast team will include former Western Reds Rugby League & West Coast Eagles AFL player Adrian Barich and Rugby union expert Mick Colliss, who will be joined by Force Players. You can also hear members of the Western Force during the Sports Today programme each week on 882 6PR. Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super 14 competition. ... Subiaco Oval (, ) is the major sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. ... The Western Reds were a Perth-based rugby league team, who played in the 1995 and 1996 Australian Rugby League competition, and, as the Perth Reds, in the 1997 Super League // Before the Reds Although touring Great Britain and French Rugby League teams had played tour matches in Perth, it... West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... Adrian Barich (born December 5, 1963) was an Australian rules footballer and Rugby League player. ... A rugby union scrum. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super 14 competition. ...

See also

• List of Australian radio stations

List of Australian radio stations. ...

External links

• 6PR website