Talk:ABC Radio Darwin

Name
My understanding was that we called radio stations by their name rather than callsign - it would seem to be the case for 774 ABC Melbourne, ABC Capricornia, Nova 100 etc.

I don't see any discussion about it here so I'm inclined to revert the change. timgraham —Preceding comment was added at 07:34, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikiproject Radio seems to indicate that a name is appropriate when there is a mix of the two used - and I'm 99.999% sure that the name is how most people will know it, given that pretty much every ABC Local Radio station identifies itself with the formula ABC . timgraham 07:39, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

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5DR
The station changed it's name from 5DR to 8DR long before 1989 when it became 8DDD. The other (commercial station) in town was 8DN. This dates from at least 1967 when I first moved to Darwin. Northern Territory stations initially shared the 5 prefix with South Australia but moved to 8 at some point well prior to 1989. http://radiorecall.blogspot.com.au/search/label/8DR indicates 8DN opened as an 8 station in 1960, so the change may have been then, or even earlier. The list of 8 prefix radio staions elsewhere on Wikipedia gives the change over as 1960. Jaxsonjo (talk) 06:04, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Post Tracy communication
My memory tells me the first (non-amateur) communication with the rest of Australia was via the "order wire" at the ABD-6 transmitter building, Blake Street Darwin. I never used it but knew several who did. NTD-8 occupied an ATCO demountable nearby, and I believe its satellite communication put out of action. Doug butler (talk) 15:00, 18 November 2017 (UTC)