102.5 ABC Perth
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| Broadcast area | Perth, Western Australia |
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| Frequency | 720 kHz AM 102.5 MHz FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | 4 June 1924 |
Former frequencies | 240 kHz (1924-1929) 690 kHz (1929-???) |
Call sign meaning | Westralian Farmers (original owner) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Australian Communications & Media Authority |
| Power | 50 kW |
| ERP | 164 kW FM |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°51′21″S 115°49′4″E / 31.85583°S 115.81778°E |
| Links | |
| Website | abc |
102.5 ABC Perth (call sign: 6WF) is the on-air identifier of a radio station located in Perth, Western Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasting at 720 kHz AM and 102.5 MHz FM. It is the flagship ABC Local Radio station in Western Australia. The station was established under the Sealed Set scheme by Westralian Farmers in 1924, sold to the Commonwealth Government in 1928 and provided with programmes by the Australian Broadcasting Company, became part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1932, which became the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1983.