6RPH

{{short description|Radio station in Perth, Western Australia}}

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = 6RPH

| logo = 6rph radio logo.png

| city = Perth

| area = Western Australia

| branding = Vision Australia Radio

| frequency = 990 kHz AM

| repeater =

| airdate =

| format = Radio reading service

| power = 5 kW

| haat =

| class = Community radio

| coordinates = {{Coord|31.9554|S|115.85859|E|region:AU-WA|display=title}}

| callsign_meaning = 6 = Western Australia
Radio for the
Print
Handicapped

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = Radio Print Handicapped Network

| owner = Vision Australia Radio

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast =

| website = {{official website|http://www.visionaustralia.org.au}}

}}

6RPH Vision Australia Radio broadcasts on 990 kHz AM and was previously owned and operated by the Foundation for Information Radio of Western Australia Inc. It now broadcasts Vision Australia Radio and aims to provide access to printed information for Western Australians with a print disability.{{cite web|url=http://www.inforadio.com.au/history.html |title=6RPH History |publisher=6RPH |access-date=4 August 2008 |year=2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Vision Australia Radio is a member of RPH Australia.{{cite web|title=Value our Voices |url=http://www.cbonline.org.au/%5Cmedia%5CElection_07%5CRPH_Summary1.1.pdf |year=2007 |access-date=4 August 2008 |publisher=CBAA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725125308/http://www.cbonline.org.au/media/Election_07/RPH_Summary1.1.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2008 }}{{cite web |title=Legislative Assembly statement - 6RPH Radiothon |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/16ab30a0303e54f448256bf7002049e8/d1c67cbc4e82ea214825716f0023f94d?OpenDocument |date=11 May 2006 |access-date=4 August 2008 |author=Ben Wyatt MLA |publisher=Western Australian Legislative Assembly }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Its radio reading service is available on 990 AM throughout the wider Perth metropolitan area. However, in the early part of 2015 the station started to play a recorded music loop, together with a repeated announcement that its service had been suspended due to "technical issues". In March/early April 2015, 6RPH ceased broadcasting, but has since recommenced transmission with the Vision Australia Radio service on 990AM and on IRIS digital.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

Radio 6PM occupied the 990 kHz frequency until the late 1980s.

==See also==

• List of radio stations in Australia
• Radio Print Handicapped Network