Wireless Weekly News Today

November 23rd 1923 was the date of the first licensed radio broadcast in Australia, by 2SB in Sydney (renamed 2BL). The story of broadcast radio was highly political, commercially competitive and steeped in controversy by Kevin Poulter

In August & September 2022, Silicon Chip founder Leo Simpson covered the magazine’s history and touched on some of its predecessors: Radio, TV & Hobbies and Electronics Australia. Jamieson (Jim) Rowe was an important figure at both magazines, working on and off for them over 40-odd years before joining the Silicon Chip team. Here is his part of the story. by Jim Rowe

There was a least one Australian company that developed the battery-powered triode valve TRF wireless receiver of the early 1920s to its limit: UDISCO, the United Distributing Company. When advertising, UDISCO would often draw attention to the single dial control they used. by Dennis Jackson

David Dufty’s book is a biography of Violet McKenzie, Australia’s first female engineer and one of the founders of Wireless Weekly magazine. That magazine was eventually renamed to “Electronics Australia”. by Nicholas Vinen