ABC Wide Bay

ABC Wide Bay
Broadcast area Wide Bay – Burnett, Queensland
Frequency 855 kHz AM Wide Bay & Burnett
1566 kHz AM Gympie
100.1 mHz FM Wide Bay
First air date 14 January 1948
Format Talk
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Website http://www.abc.net.au/widebay/

ABC Wide Bay is an ABC Local Radio station based in Bundaberg broadcasting to the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland. This includes the towns of Maryborough, Gympie, Hervey Bay and Mundubbera.

The station began broadcasting as 4QB in 1948 originally as a relay of the national program.[1] The station was initially based in Maryborough, where studios were built and local programs began in 1950. The station now broadcasts through the following main AM and FM transmitters along with low power FM repeaters:

Station Location Frequency First air date Power Transmitter Coordinates
4QB Pialba 855 kHz AM 14 January 1948 10,000 watts 25°18′14″S 152°47′10″E / 25.30389°S 152.78611°E / -25.30389; 152.78611 (4QB)
4QO Eidsvold 855 kHz AM 1965 10,000 watts 25°24′28″S 151°7′23″E / 25.40778°S 151.12306°E / -25.40778; 151.12306 (4QO)
4GM Gympie 1566 kHz AM 17 August 1951 200 watts 26°12′39″S 152°41′21″E / 26.21083°S 152.68917°E / -26.21083; 152.68917 (4GM)
4QBB Mount Goonaneman 100.1 MHz FM 1994 80,000 watts ERP 25°25′37″S 152°7′3″E / 25.42694°S 152.11750°E / -25.42694; 152.11750 (4QBB)

Local Programs

Weekdays

Saturday

When local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of ABC Local Radio Queensland and 612 ABC Brisbane.

ABC Wide Bay is also the originating station for Early Morning Country, a country music program presented by ABC Wide Bay breakfast announcer Wayne Shearman. The program is broadcast statewide across the regional network between 5 am and 5:30 am each weekday.

References

  1. ↑ "ABC Wide Bay History". ABC Online. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  2. ↑ "ABC Wide Bay Breakfast". ABC Wide Bay Breakfast. ABC Wide Bay. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Programs Program schedule and latest posts".

See also

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