List of ABC radio stations explained

See also: History of ABC Radio (Australia). The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) operates four national radio networks, over 50 local radio stations, the international service ABC Radio Australia and several digital stations. Most of the stations, as well as podcasts, are available on the ABC Listen app,^[1] and ten radio stations are available via the ABC Television.^[2]

International

• ABC Radio Australia

National 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 (formerly ABC Classic FM, since 1976)
• ABC NewsRadio – 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 (formerly DiG Radio, since 2002)
• ABC Classic 2 – Features 100% Australian performances of classical music, streaming-only, un-presented
• Triple J Hottest – Online-only station featuring a playlist of tracks from all previous Hottest 100 countdowns.
• ABC Jazz – A digital station featuring jazz
• ABC Country – A digital station featuring country, un-presented
• ABC Kids Listen – Digital-only station for children
• ABC Grandstand – Sports events

Local Radio

there are 53 ABC Local Radio stations, including 45 regional stations and 8 capital city stations.^[3]

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 Wimmera – 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 Eyre Peninsula – Port Lincoln (5LN)

Western Australia

• ABC Goldfields-Esperance – Kalgoorlie (6GF) (6ED)
• ABC Great Southern – Albany (6WA)
• ABC Kimberley – Broome (6BE) and Kununurra (6KW)
• ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt – Geraldton (6GN)
• ABC Pilbara – 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

• History of ABC Radio (Australia)
• List of radio stations in Australia
• Timeline of Australian radio

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABC Radio . ABC Radio stations . 7 July 2021.
2. Web site: Which ABC radio stations are available on TV? . ABC Help . 24 May 2019 . 7 July 2021.
3. 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).