6IX (stylised as 6iX) is a commercial radio station in Perth, Western Australia, broadcasting a classic hits and oldies format from its studios in Osborne Park.
6IX was first opened on 27 November 1933 by John Kirwan, the then-President of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
In the mid-1980s it moved to 169 Hay Street, East Perth where 6PR and 96FM are today broadcast from.
[2] In 1988, 6IX was bought by Austereo, with a view to obtaining one of the two AM-FM conversions licences to be made available in Perth.
However, Austereo failed to obtain one of the AM-FM conversions on auction and subsequently sold the radio station to regional operator RadioWest, who reinstated the original 6IX callsign.