ABC New England North West | |
Airdate: | 9 November 1948 |
Frequency: | 648 kHz AM New England 819 kHz AM Northern Tablelands 99.1 MHz FM North West Slopes 101.9 MHz FM Armidale |
Area: | New England, Australia |
Owner: | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Format: | Talk |
Website: | https://www.abc.net.au/newengland/ |
ABC New England North West is an ABC Local Radio station based in Tamworth and broadcasting to the regions of New England, the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Armidale, Moree, Tenterfield and Glen Innes.
The station began as 2NU in 1948 and is now heard on these main AM and FM frequencies along with a number of low-power FM repeaters:
The first broadcast was held in the then-small town hall, and studios were built a year later, with music programs only broadcast at 8:45 to 9:00 am. The next year, local sporting programs and news bulletins were introduced. In 1953, the breakfast program was introduced, and three years later, the Local Women's Session program began.
Web site: ABC New England North West – a history. 27 February 2003. 5 June 2008. . https://web.archive.org/web/20080616072641/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/02/27/2174462.htm. 16 June 2008 . live.