the passenger ship mv "kanimbla" was the world's only ship designed with an inbuilt broadcasting station. its callsign was 9mi. the broadcasting station operated for several months in 1939; it was run by eileen foley for awa. 9mi's first official broadcast in april 1939 was made from the great australian bight. the station broadcast on short wave, usually a couple of times per week, but many of its programs were relayed to commercial medium-wave stations that were also owned by awa. its broadcasting career ended when the war began in september 1939.