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ABC Local Radio broadcasts over most of the continent. Its content is an easy-listening mix of news, current affairs, talkback, entertainment, sport, music and local issues. Depending on the time of day and the day of the week, programming can either be purely local (typically on weekday mornings), from the State Or Territory Capital City , or broadcast on all ABC Local Radio services across the country (typically overnight and on weekends). HISTORY ABC Local Radio stations were the first established by the ABC. Originally Local Radio was known internally as ABC Radio 1 in metropolitan regions and ABC Radio 3 in regional areas, but, in the 1980s, Radio 1 became Metro (Metropolitan) Radio and Radio 3 became Regional Radio. All these stations were originally identified on-air as ''( Frequency ) ( Callsign )''. Since 2000, ABC Local Radio stations have ceased to identify themselves according to their callsigns and instead use the format ''(frequency) ABC (region)'', or simply ''ABC (region)'' where there are multiple frequencies broadcasting the same station. However, as these callsigns have been continuously used for up to seventy years, many long-term listeners still use these callsigns to refer to ABC Local Radio stations. It was also at this point that Metropolitan Radio and Regional Radio merged to become Local Radio. LIST OF ABC LOCAL RADIO STATIONS There are over fifty ABC Local Radio stations. Its capital city stations, including their callsigns, are:
ABC Local Radio stations in non-capital city areas include: New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory SEE ALSO ABC Local Radio Darwin or 8DDD, FM105.7 was established in 1989 and launched by Manager Phil Cullen under a banner logo produced by Australia cartoonist, author and broadcaster Kaz Cooke. The station, formerly know as 8DR, acquired 33% of the local audience but has subsequently lost ground against increased competition and ineffectual, public service programming. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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