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WHAT AUSSIES HEARD OF AMERICAN RADIO BACK IN WW II by Ian Grieve, moderator, Australian OTR Group (From Radio Recall, August 2007) G'Day folks. I am often asked about how Australians knew about various U.S. shows and performers way back when. The below April 1943 news article gives a clue. Please note that it will not be the complete distribution. The stations listed are only those situated in Victoria but I am sure that the same arrangements would have been made in Sydney, New South Wales and possibly other states where U.S. servicemen were based. As usual, such an article causes more questions than it answers.The most accessible research opportunities for us are in Victoria and so our research is slanted in that direction at the moment. Future opportunities may well change that.
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