Ethnic broadcasting, 1974-1993

Component identifier:

Series 25

Content Summary:

Spiro Moraitis was variously involved with the development of ethnic broadcasting in Victoria. At 3EA (1975-76), the forerunner of SBS Radio, he was member of the Committee and the Greek program advisory panel and served on the selection panel for coordinators and broadcasters. He was also involved in access radio 3ZZ (owned by the then Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC)), serving on the Greek program electoral committee (1976-1977). He was also a member of the Victorian Advisory Committee to the ABC (1976-79), on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Advisory Council (1983-85) and involved with its forerunner, the Independent and Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation (IMBC, member of Implementation Committee, and Public Broadcasting and Current Affairs sub-committees), and on the ECCV Media Committee (1978).

Significant events dealt with in this series include the establishment of Channel 0/28 (later SBS) and the demise of the ethnic broadcaster 3ZZ in 1977.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library by Spiro Moraitis in 2002.

Names:

Spiro and Margaret Moraitis

Contents

Access and use