SBS celebrates 45 years on air

S-B-S is the world's most multi-lingual radio station, and now it's celebrating 45 years since first hitting the airwaves. Back then, just a handful of programs in mostly European languages were set up to communicate the government's new Medicare program. It would become a key response to Australia's growing cultural diversity and change the lives of countless new Australians.

Minister for Immigration Ian McPhee (right) visits 3EA, 1979. Source: Courtesy National Archives of Australia