2000FM (Sydney)
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Broadcast area | Sydney |
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Frequency | 98.5 MHz FM |
Programming | |
Format | Multilingual programming |
Ownership | |
Owner | Multicultural Community Radio Association Ltd |
History | |
First air date | 1994 |
Call sign meaning | 2 = New South Wales with OOO to look like the number 2000 |
Technical information | |
Class | Community radio |
Links | |
Website | Official website |
2000FM (call sign 2OOO) is a multilingual community radio station broadcasting to Sydney in languages other than English from studios in the suburb of Burwood. It is a volunteer run organisation and is funded through listener support, grants and limited commercial sponsorship.[1]
The mission of 2000FM is to provide a service through dedication to enrich the cohesion of our cultural diversity via tolerance, understanding and respect for each other.[2]
History
2000FM was established in 1992. It was granted a licence by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and commenced broadcasting in 1994.
Programming
As of 2008, the station broadcasts in the following languages:
- Afghan
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Assyrian
- Azerbaijani
- Bengali
- Bosnian
- Burmese
- Cantonese
- Cook Island Maori
- Croatian
- Fijian
- Filipino
- Akan (Ghana)
- Greek
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Irish Celtic
- Italian
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Macedonian
- Mandarin
- Marathi
- Persian
- Polish
- Punjabi
- Russian
- Samoan
- Serbian
- Sinhalese
- Spanish
- Sudanese
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Timorese
- Tongan
- Turkmen
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
2000FM also features other community access broadcasts including specific youth programs[3] in some of the languages above, a weekly fashion and design show and Feathered Friends a program for bird fanciers.[4][5]
HRR 98.5FM is a hard rock/heavy metal program on radio broadcasting from the studio of 2000FM. It first aired on 13 April 2008.
See also
References
- ^ Louis White (2 November 2007). "The Power of Old Media". B&T. Retrieved 31 July 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "The phenomenon known as 2000FM". 2000FM. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ^ Tonci Prusac (21 September 2006). "CRO2000 14 years and still going strong". Croatian Herald. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ^ "2000FM Program Guide". 2000FM. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ^ "Assyrian program transcript" (PDF). ACL. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
External links
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