ABC North Coast

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, Casino and Murwillumbah.

ABC North Coast
Broadcast areaNorthern Rivers
Frequency738 kHz AM Grafton and south

720 kHz AM Tweed Valley
94.5 mHz FM Lismore and Northern Rivers

91.3 MHz FM Bonalbo
Programming
FormatTalk
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
17 July 1936
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
28°48′09.32″S 153°17′31.10″E
Links
Websitehttp://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/

History

The station originally called "ABC Northern Rivers", began as 2NR in 1936, and was heard on these main AM and FM frequencies:

  • 2NR 738 AM (Grafton and Clarence Valley)
  • 2ML 720 AM (Tweed Valley)
  • 2NNR 94.5 FM (Richmond and the Tweed)

The station opened at a small function at the Saraton Theatre in Grafton on the evening of July 17. The Daily Examiner soon published a statement from the Postmaster-General, stating that the station was used so that rural areas could have better access to some form of media:

"In 1929 the Postmaster-General's Department devised a plan of national broadcasting, having its object the provision of fading free broadcasting service to at least 95 percent of the population of the Commonwealth and a reasonably good service to the remainder of the people in the remote areas."

Originally, the studios were located in Grafton, before moving to studios in Lismore in 1989.

See also

References
  • "The history behind ABC North Coast". ABC Online. 1 March 2003. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009.


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