RadioWest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing 'Real Music Variety', and targeting the 35+ audience. It is currently owned by Southern Cross Austereo. Formed in the early 90s, It was once previously owned by DMG Radio. Most programming is local to each market with some network input from the RadioWest Network studios in Bunbury or Gold FM on the Gold Coast.
6TZ Bunbury, 6NA Narrogin and 6CI Collie (Now 6TZ/T 1134) formed the radio division of the Golden West Network until 1988.
6TZ 963 kHz, 2kW Bunbury commenced 1939
6CI 1134 kHz, 2kW Collie commenced 1947
6TZ 756 kHz, 2kW Busselton commenced 1995
6BY 900 kHz, 2kW Bridgetown commenced 1953
6VA 783 kHz, 2kW Albany commenced 1956
6WB 1071 kHz, 2kW Katanning commenced 1936
6NA 918 kHz, 2kW Narrogin commenced 1951
6AM 864 kHz, 2kW Northam commenced 1934
6MD 1098 kHz, 2kW Merredin commenced 1941
6KG 981 kHz, 2kW Kalgoorlie commenced 1931
6SE 747 kHz, 5kW Esperance commenced 1982
Weekday lineup
5.30-9am - Wake Up
9-11am - Rural Focus (Except Bunbury and Kalgoorlie)
9-10am - Goldfields Today (Kalgoorlie Only)
9am-10am - Workdays with Carmela Contarino (Bunbury only)
11am-1pm - Workdays with Carmela Contarino (All stations)
2-4pm - Workdays with Dan Leach (All stations)
4-7pm - Drive Home with Cliff Reeve (All Stations)
7-9pm - Merrick and Australia (From Triple M Network)
9-11pm - Real music variety
11pm - 2am - Talking back the night with Christian Argenti
Saturday lineup
7-8am - Best Things to Do
8-10am - Dead Set Legends
10am-9pm - Triple M AFL Coverage
9pm- PartyMix
Sunday lineup
8-10am - My Generation
10am-4pm - Triple M AFL Coverage
4-8pm - The Barbie
8pm-12am - Talking Back The Night with Christian Argenti
Whilst Radiowest is the incumbent broadcaster along with sister station Hot FM in most smaller towns, Radiowest also has some competitors in larger centres playing a similar music format. This is seen as attractive to clients wanting advertise on both competing stations, usually with the same commercial being produced by one of the stations to avoid duplication.
Albany- Gold MX/Fly FM
Bunbury- Spirit 621
Cliff Reeve (6TZ, 6CI & 6BY: South West) - Wake Up
Suze McGill - Workdays
Carmela Contarino - Workdays
Dan Leach - Workdays
Anthony Tilli (6MD Merredin & 6AM Northam) - Wake Up
Vin Dawes - Rural Focus
Mark Foreman (Narrogin 6NA & Katanning 6WB)- Wake Up
Terry Siva - (6VA Albany) Wake Up
Belinda Green (Cotton) (6AM, 6NA, 6KG, 6TZ and Hot FM Network) - Now at Mix 94.5 in Perth
Yohan Vales de Menezes (6SE Esperance)
Paul Cook (6MD Merredin/6TZ Bunbury/Network) - GM 6VA/HOT FM Albany
Paul De Santis (6SE Announcer, 6VA Announcer) - Deceased
Bruce Welsh (station manager 6NA, 6WB) Mining and Resources Company Director
Chris Griffiths (Chris James) 6TZ Currently Eastside FM Sydney
Chris Allen (Station Manager 6BY, Announcer 6NA, 6WB, 6BY) Currently an international motorsports executive.
Stephen Turner (Announcer, 6NA, 6WB) Currently an academic.
Dave Nicholson (6WB Katanning & 6KG Kalgoorlie)- Now MD/Sales/Breakfast on Voicefm
Kevin Bloody Wilson (6KG Kalgoorlie) - Comedian
Peter Biliczka (6KG Kalgoorlie/6TZ/HOT FM Bunbury) - Now an E&I Technician with BHP Billiton
Darcy O'Bree (6KG Kalgoorlie, 6SE Esperance) - University of Hull, UK
John Willcocks (6SE Esperance, 6VA Albany)
Mark Girdwood (6SE Esperance) - Mark G Media
Victoria Brown (6SE Esperance) - Poet, writer, farmer
Noel Brunning (6TZ Bunbury) - GWN News Presenter
Matt East (6AM Northam, 6KG Kalgoorlie) - Al Jazeera English, Qatar
Justin Thomson (6SE Esperance)- Spirit Network
Richie Howlett (6BY Bridgetown, 6TZ Bunbury) - Small Businessman
Luke Winter (6TZ Bunbury)- Spirit Geraldton
Stephen Turner (6NA, 6WB, 6TZ) Announcer, Copywriter, Commercial producer
Des Shaw (6TZ Bunbury)
Pete Brown (6TZ Bunbury)- 666 Carnarvon
Rod Maldon (6TZ Bunbury/6BY Bridgetown)- Triple M Sydney
Darren de Mello (6TZ Bunbury/96FM) - 6IX Perth
Dave Kennedy (6KG Kalgoorlie)- Deceased
Darren Moss (6KG Kalgoorlie, 6TZ Bunbury) - CEO, Technology Companies in Australia and New Zealand
James O'Brien (6VA Albany, 6TZ Bunbury, Hot FM Network)- Formula One Events and Operations Manager at Evolution Sport UK
Warren Mead (6VA Albany) - Gold MX Albany
Chris Ilsley (6VA Albany, 6NA Narrogin, 6WB Katanning, 6AM Northam, 6GE/GGG FM Geraldton, 6TZ Bunbury) 6PR Perth
Daniel Smith (6VA Albany, 97.3 Coast FM Mandurah, 96fm, 92.9 Mix 94.5) - Retired from media
James Clothier (6SE Esperance, 6TZ Bunbury) - Mining industry
Ashley "Dillo" Dillon (6TZ Bunbury)- Now on Spirit 621 Southwest
Ashley Brokenshire (6WB Katanning)
Chelsea Gellard (6WB Katanning)
Jake Cole (6MD Merredin)
Brad 'Swanee' Swanville (6MD Merredin, Radio Fremantle 6CCR, RED FM 6RED, Kalamunda Radio 102.5FM 6KCR)
Aaron Jowitt (6WB Katanning) - Rebel FM, The Breeze Qld
Tim Lees (6NA Narrogin)
Geire Kami (Workdays with Geire - WA Network & Wheatbelt Focus - Wheatbelt Network)- Freelance
Amin "Nimsy" Azoor (6SE Esperance) - Now at Mixx FM Horsham (ACE Radio) & casual at Nova 100 Melbourne
Brendan Weselman (6MD Merredin, 6TZ Bunbury)
Danni Astbury née McCallum (Access All Areas/Wheatbelt Focus - Wheatbelt Network)
David Eckhart (6SE Esperance, 6MD Merredin, 6NA Narrogin, 6WB Katanning) - Now on Spirit 1026 Port Hedland
Jess Symons (6WB Katanning)
Olivia Garnett (6WB Katanning)- ABC Rural Reporter
Christie McCabe (6MD Merredin)
Gavin Crossley (6KG Kalgoorlie)- Max Fm, Taree
Paul Rands (6TZ Bunbury) - 2CA/2CC Canberra (Capital Radio Network), freelancing in production and voiceovers
Wayne Taylor (6TZ Bunbury)
Jamie "JT" Little (6VA Albany)
Kym Ferguson Cartright (6TZ Bunbury) - now freelancing between several stations in Brisbane
Jarred O'Brien (6TZ Bunbury)
Chris "Parso" Parsons (6NA Narrogin, 6WB Katanning, 6MD Merredin, 6AM Northam, 6TZ Bunbury)
Mic Brooke (6AM Northam)
Brad Shannon (6WB Katanning, 6NA Narrogin) Currently MD Greater Western Broadcasters.
Mark Pascoe (6MD Merredin) - 96FM Perth mornings
Mark Parton (6AM Northam) - Breakfast Announcer 2CC, Canberra.
Tim Corby (6KG Kalgoorlie) - Director of Opposite Lock Mandurah and Estuary Exhaust & Undercar.
Naomi Pearce (Nay) 6VA and 6TZ. Now in radio marketing Bunbury.
Colin Rowley (6TZ Bunbury)
Andy Huxton (Triple M / 2Day / MTV Australia. Now i98 Wollongong)
