ABC Mid North Coast

ABC Mid North Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Port Macquarie and broadcasting to the Mid North Coast region in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey and Taree.

ABC Mid North Coast
Broadcast areaMid North Coast
Frequency684 KHz AM Kempsey and north,

95.5 MHz FM Port Macquarie / Taree,
756 KHz AM Taree and south,

100.9 MHz FM Gloucester
Programming
FormatTalk
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
22 January 1954
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
31°26′06.58″S 152°55′01.68″E
Links
Websitehttp://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast/

The station began as 2KP in 1954 originally as a relay of the national program.[1]

History

When the station opened in 1954, it happened at the transmitter site at Smithtown. Two years after the founding, the ABC had completed the construction of a studio in Kempsey. and employed local staff for the programs and producing. The studio was officially opened in March 5 1956 and the first news bulletin was read on April 22 1960.

Prior to the introduction of local news, programming was relayed from the Lismore station. The station relocated to new studios in Port Macquarie in 2004.

ABC Mid North Coast is the originating station of Statewide Afternoons, heard on most of the other ABC Local Radio stations in New South Wales.

Frequencies

The station is heard on these main AM and FM frequencies:

  • 2KP 684 AM
  • 2TR 756 AM
  • 2MRR 95.5 and 100.9 FM

See also

References
  1. "The History of ABC Mid North Coast". ABC Online. 11 March 2003. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
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