User:2ACRadio/2ac National Australian Chinese Radio

2AC (Australian Chinese Radio) is a CB (citizen's band) station that broadcasts Chinese radio programs all over Australia in both Cantonese and Mandarin. It offers a wide range of informative news and radio shows concerning current affairs, lifestyle, education and health, through their proprietary receiver set.

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The Station

2AC Australian Chinese Radio was founded in 1995 by a group of people who were enthusiastic about working in the media industry. On 15th July that year, 2AC began broadcasting. For more than ten years, the staff of 2AC has worked to provide our Mandarin and Cantonese audiences with updated and accurate news and information, as well as high-quality entertaining programs.

In the early 1990s, when electronic media of Sydney’s Chinese community was still in its initial stage, a group of professionals from various industries proposed to the government for a one-hour regular Cantonese broadcast on its provided channels. They worked together to report the most updated news and information for the Chinese community.

Among these professionals, some of them acted out their dream of operating their own radio station. After countless night-long meetings and more than six months’ preparation, they founded 2AC Australian Chinese Radio with Mandarin and Cantonese programs which accompanies its audience 24 hours day-and-night.

In January 2000, 2AC Australian Chinese Radio broadcasted for the first time, for one month through channel FM 94.5. During the process of preparing the FM broadcast, 2AC Australian Chinese Radio received overwhelming support from various industries, governmental officials, and audience.

Location

2AC Australian Chinese Radio was first situated next door of Sydney’s Chinese library on George Street, close to the Chinese community when it was founded. As 2AC further developed and matured with its constant variety of programs, its office space had become insufficient. As a result 2AC moved to 22-26 Goulburn Street which was more spacious and provided better services. On 20th August 2008, with the development and demand of time, and to improve the quality of its programs, they moved their office to where it is currently today, World Square, Level 2, Suite 29, 650 George Street, situated at Sydney’s CBD area.

The Programs

Australia

According to Australia government’s census report, among Sydney’s ethnic Chinese people who speak Mandarin or Cantonese, more than 30% described their English level as unsatisfactory. Facing an audience from different places of origin, 2AC complies with its objective of laying equal stress on information and entertainment. Brief news reports are updated hourly, while news bulletins, covering comprehensive and breaking news from Australia, China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), and all over the world are broadcast four times a day.

Besides news report and community news updates, 2AC Australian Chinese Radio has also broadcast many informative programs which deepen the audience’s knowledge of mainstream society, and reinforce communication between the Chinese community and the mainstream society, and also draw the audience’s attention to governmental policies special programs provide our audience with the most updated on-the-spot news. 2AC produces various programs covering the categories of medicine, education, culture, cooking, finance & economics, history, and other entertaining programs. There are also phone-in programs which enable the audience to express their aspirations, inquire program schedules, and voice their opinions. The Radio has also worked with many travel agencies cooperatively to run holiday tours which included sightseeing around Australia and various countries overseas.

Overseas

2AC Radio often works jointly with overseas radios. For example, during the Chinese New Year, 2AC cooperated with China’s Beijing Radio, holding a radio hookup to celebrate the New Year. The program enabled the local audience to experience the lively atmosphere in China. The Cantonese Channel also held hookup program with its Hong Kong colleagues such as RTHK Hong Kong Radio. In the program, Hong Kong’s celebrity broadcasters did a running commentary of what was happening in Hong Kong’s New Year celebration.

During the Beijing Olympic Games, Radio Beijing Corporation sent out a special correspondent to provide the most updated and comprehensive information about the Olympics for Sydney’s ethnic Chinese people.

2AC has also established a good network and relationship with some highly well-known celebrities from overseas. In 2009, 2AC Australian Chinese Radio, as always, kept running forward, co-operated closely with national and overseas outstanding radio stations as well as provided to listeners with programs of higher quality and more diversity. 2AC Australian Chinese Radio was honoured to co-operate with many other radios which include the following below: 1. China National Radio 2. China Radio International 3. Beijing Radio 4. Radio Television Hong Kong 5. Hong Kong Commercial Radio 6. Hong Kong Metro Radio 7. London BBC 8. Taiwan Hit FM 9. Macau Radio

Online

Recently, 2AC Radio has put their programs on their website for audiences to access remotely or to listen to again.

The Receivers

2AC released its series of proprietary receivers in 1995. The popular models in use today are the CR-88 and the 'digital receivers'. Apart from tuning into 2AC broadcasts, they can also be set to 2CR (another CB Chinese radio channel), with the new digital receivers also tuning to local community radio stations in various languages.

Schedules and Frequencies

Schedules

The program will be on air for one hour each day, seven days a week. The first hour is Cantonese and the second hour is Mandarin broadcasting.

In New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania (or on eastern standard time), 2AC National will air from 5–6 pm.

In South Australia and the Northern Territory (or on Australian Central Standard Time), it will be aired from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm.

In Queensland, during day light savings, the program will be aired at 4–5 pm; and in Western Australia listeners can tune in from 2–3 pm.

Frequency

2AC National will be available on nearly 30 frequencies across the country.

NSW

Sydney – 1539 AM
Newcastle/Gosford/Central Coast – 801 AM
Wollongong – 1575 FM
Murrumbateman (North Canberra) – 1629 AM

Victoria

Melbourne – 1593 AM
Shepparton – 1629 AM
Mildura – 89.1 FM
Swan Hill – 87.6 FM
Wangaratta – 1620 AM

Queensland

Brisbane – 1053 AM
Gold Coast – 1620 AM
Sunshine Coast – 1620 AM
Atherton – 99.1 FM
Ingham – 96.9 FM
Mackay – 1611 AM
Rockhampton – 1611 AM
Gladstone – 1620 AM
Toowoomba – 1620 AM

South Australia

Adelaide – 1629 AM
Mount Gambier – 1629 AM
McLaren Vale – 1620 AM

Western Australia

Perth – 657 AM
Esperance – 1611 AM
Kalgoorlie – 1611 AM
Albany – 1629 AM

Northern Territory

Darwin – 1611 AM
Palmerston – 90.7 FM
Alice Springs – 1611 AM

Tasmania

Hobart – 1611 AM
Launceston – 1611 AM
Devonport – 1611 AM

Canberra

Canberra North – 1629 AM
Canberra South – 1638 AM

Sources

2AC Website