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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 / 28.8025889°S 153.2919722°E / -28.8025889; 153.2919722
Links
Websitehttp://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/

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.

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)
  • 2NNR 94.5 FM (Richmond and the Tweed)

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 tat airs on all provincial Local Radio stations.

See also

References

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