The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) operates four national networks, 53 local radio stations, the international service ABC Radio Australia and several digital stations (DiG Radio since 2002).
National radio networks
- ABC Radio National – news and current affairs, arts, music, society, science, drama and comedy
- Triple J – youth-targeted music, news and entertainment (since 1975)
- ABC Classic – classical music, the ABC's first entirely FM radio network (since 1976)
- ABC News – parliamentary broadcasts and rolling news (since 1994)
Digital stations
- Triple J Unearthed – digital-only music station for independent unsigned Australian artists.
- Double J – digital-only station aimed at over-30s.
- ABC Classic 2 – Features 100% Australian performances of classical music, streaming-only, un-presented
- ABC Jazz – A digital station featuring jazz
- ABC Country – A digital station featuring country, un-presented
- ABC KIDS Listen – New digital-only station for kids
- ABC Grandstand – Sports events
Local Radio
There are 53 ABC Local Radio stations, including 45 regional stations and 8 capital city stations.[1]
The capital city (formerly: metropolitan) stations including their callsigns are:
- ABC Sydney (2BL)
- ABC Melbourne (3LO)
- ABC Brisbane (4QR)
- ABC Adelaide (5AN)
- ABC Perth (6WF)
- ABC Hobart (7ZR)
- ABC Canberra (2CN)
- ABC Darwin (8DDD)
The regional stations are:
New South Wales
- ABC Broken Hill – Broken Hill (2NB), administered by ABC South Australia
- ABC Central Coast – Gosford (2BLT)
- ABC Central West – Orange (2CR)
- ABC Coffs Coast – Coffs Harbour
- ABC Illawarra – Wollongong (2ILA)
- ABC Mid North Coast – Port Macquarie (2KP)
- ABC Newcastle – Newcastle (2NC)
- ABC New England North West – Tamworth (2NU)
- ABC North Coast – Lismore (2NNR)
- ABC Riverina – Wagga Wagga (2RVR)
- ABC South East NSW – Bega (2BA)
- ABC Upper Hunter – Muswellbrook (2UH)
- ABC Western Plains – Dubbo (2WPR)
Victoria
- ABC Ballarat – Ballarat (3CRR)
- ABC Central Victoria – Bendigo (3ABCRR)
- ABC Gippsland – Sale (3GI) (3GLR)
- ABC Goulburn Murray – Wodonga (3MRR)
- ABC Mildura Swan Hill – Mildura (3MIL)
- ABC Shepparton – Shepparton (3GVR)
- ABC South West Victoria – Warrnambool (3WL)
- ABC Western Victoria – Horsham (3WV)
Queensland
- ABC Capricornia – Rockhampton (4RK)
- ABC Gold Coast – Gold Coast (4ABC)
- ABC Sunshine Coast – Sunshine Coast (4SCR)
- ABC Far North – Cairns (4QCC)
- ABC North Queensland – Townsville (4QN)
- ABC North West Queensland – Mount Isa (4ISA)
- ABC Southern Queensland – Toowoomba (4QS)
- ABC Tropical North – Mackay (4QAA)
- ABC Western Queensland – Longreach (4QL)
- ABC Wide Bay – Bundaberg (4QB)
South Australia
- ABC North and West SA – Port Pirie (5CK)
- ABC Riverland – Renmark (5MV)
- ABC South East SA – Mount Gambier (5MG)
- ABC West Coast SA – Port Lincoln (5LN)
Western Australia
- ABC Goldfields-Esperance – Kalgoorlie (6GF)
- ABC Great Southern – Wagin (6WA)
- ABC Kimberley – Broome (6BE) and Kununurra (6KW)
- ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt – Geraldton (6GN)
- ABC North West WA – Karratha (6KP)
- ABC South Coast – Albany (6AL)
- ABC South West WA – Bunbury (6BS)
Tasmania
- ABC Northern Tasmania – Launceston (7NT) and Burnie (7ABCRR)
Northern Territory
- ABC Alice Springs – Alice Springs (8AL)
- ABC Katherine – Katherine (8ABCRR)
See also
External links
- ABC Radio website
- National ABC Radio and Television frequencies (official ABC website)
- Radio on TV
References
- ^ The ABC's Annual Report 2018, Volume I mentions Capital City Local Radio from all 8 capital cities and Regional Local Radio from 48 regional locations. According to Volume II there are 45 regional stations, of which ABC Northern Tasmania and ABC Kimberley each have 2 locations, plus a reporter in Nowra (thus 48 locations). According to this map from April 2019 there are also news bureaus in Ipswich, Parramatta and Geelong (thus 59 locations altogether).
