Australian Broadcasting Company

Not to be confused with Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Australian Broadcasting Company Pty. Ltd.
Company typePty. Ltd.
Founded1924
Melbourne
Defunct30 June 1932 (1932-06-30)
SuccessorAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
HeadquartersAustralia
OwnerFarmer & Company
J. C. Williamson Limited
J. & N. Tait
Others

The Australian Broadcasting Company Pty. Ltd. was a short-lived Australian commercial broadcasting company set up by Sir Benjamin Fuller and Frank Albert. Founded in Melbourne in 1924 with a capital of £A 100,000 by a consortium of entertainment interests, notably Farmer & Company, J. C. Williamson Limited and J. & N. Tait to found and operate commercial radio broadcasting stations.[1] Other major shareholders, perhaps later entrants, were Union Theatres Limited, B & J. Fuller and J. Albert & Son. Directors were Stuart Doyle, Frank Albert and Sir Benjamin Fuller.[2]

  1. ^ "Radio Broadcasting". The Age. No. 21, 458. Victoria, Australia. 10 January 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference national was invoked but never defined (see the help page).