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unusual facts about Australian Broadcasting Commission



Charles Moses

Sir Charles Moses CBE (21 January 1900 in Little Hulton, Lancashire, England – 9 February 1988 in Sydney, Australia) headed the Australian Broadcasting Commission (which became the "Australian Broadcasting Corporation" in 1983) from 1935 until 1965.

Clement Semmler

Clement Semmler OBE, AM (1914-2000), was an author, reviewer and manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Mahboba's Promise

The organisation became well known in Australia as the result of a visit to Kabul by Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) journalist Virginia Haussegger.

Stan Marks

Back in Australia, Stan Marks became Public Relations and Publicity Supervisor for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, looking after television, radio and concerts, including publicity for Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Igor Stravinsky, Daniel Barenboim, Maureen Forrester and international orchestras for Radio Australia and the magazine TVTimes.

Stan Marks has given radio talks over BBC, CBC (Canada) and Australian Broadcasting Commission and to numerous groups, schools and organisations on many topics, particularly humour in all its forms.

Talbot Duckmanton

As General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission he oversaw the advent of colour television, ABC Classic FM and Triple J.

The Muddle-Headed Wombat

In 1941 the Australian Broadcasting Commission decided to nationalise its Children's programs, broadcast from Sydney with Ida Elizabeth Osbourne as its first producer.

William G. James

In the late 1920s, he joined the newly formed Australian Broadcasting Company, the forerunner of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).


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