Editing History of broadcasting (section)

==== Early experiments with television ====
As early as 1929, two Melbourne commercial radio stations, [[3UZ]] and [[KIIS 101.1|3DB]] were conducting experimental mechanical television broadcasts – these were conducted in the early hours of the morning, after the stations had officially closed down. In 1934 Valentine McDowall conducted experiments in electronic television.<ref>{{cite web|first=F.|last=Schubert|url=https://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail%26id%3D496|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504062337/https://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail%26id%3D496|archive-date=2015-05-04|title=College Roll: McDowall, Valentine|publisher=The Royal Australasian College of Physicians}}</ref> at amateur station [[4CM]] Brisbane<ref>{{cite web|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:212637/s00855804_1961_1962_6_4_750.pdf|title=eSpace - The University of Queensland|website=espace.library.uq.edu.au|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref>