ABC North Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Lismore and broadcasting to the Northern Rivers region in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Grafton, Ballina, Byron Bay, Casino and Murwillumbah.
Broadcast area | Northern Rivers |
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Frequency | 738 kHz AM Grafton and south 720 kHz AM Tweed Valley and Gold Coast 94.5 mHz FM Lismore and Northern Rivers 91.3 MHz FM Bonalbo |
Programming | |
Format | Talk |
Ownership | |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | 17 July 1936 |
Technical information | |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°48′09.32″S 153°17′31.10″E / 28.8025889°S 153.2919722°E |
Links | |
Website | https://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/ |
The station began as 2NR in 1936 originally based in Grafton, moving to Lismore in 1989. It is heard on these main AM and FM frequencies:
- 2NR 738 AM (Grafton and Clarence Valley)
- 2ML 720 AM (Tweed Valley and Gold Coast)
- 2NNR 94.5 FM (Richmond and the Tweed)
- 2WPR 91,3 FM (Bonalbo)
The station airs locally focused programming from 6 am to 11 am. At all other times, it airs programming relayed from ABC Radio Sydney, or regional programming that airs on all provincial Local Radio stations.
Technical information
2NR 738 AM 50,000 watts
2ML 720 AM 400 watts
2NNR 94.5 FM 100,000 watts
2WPR 91.3 FM 50 watts
See also
editReferences
edit- "The history behind ABC North Coast". ABC Online. 1 March 2003. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009.