2LM

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2LM
Frequency 900KHz (AM)
104.3MHz (FM)
Ownership
Owner Broadcast Operations Group
History
First air date
21 September 1936 (1936-09-21)
Technical information
Power 5 KW
Transmitter coordinates
 28°45′56″S153°21′30″E / 28.7655°S 153.3583°E / -28.7655; 153.3583 (AM)
28°34′21″S153°04′11″E / 28.5725°S 153.0697°E / -28.5725; 153.0697 (FM)
Links
Website www.zzz2lm.net.au

2LM is an Australian radio station serving the Lismore region of New South Wales. It opened in September 1936. [1]

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History

2CZ

2LM originated with the experimental transmitting station (callsign: 2CZ) operated by George Walter Exton. [2] 2CZ was licensed from 1922 and transmitted amateur broadcasting programmes intermittently at low power from the mid 1920s. Exton claimed to have been experimenting with wireless since 1896, which, if correct would make him one of Australia's earliest wireless experimenters. [3]

2XN

Exton had been seeking a "B" class licence for Lismore since at least 1928. [4] [5] However, his application was not granted until the Postmaster-General's Department finalised its new two tier policy for Australian broadcasting following the 1927 Royal Commission into Wireless. [6] The licence was eventually granted (callsign: 2XN) in 1930 and the licence was issued to Exton personally. The home town of the then Controller of Wireless (James Joseph Malone) in the PMG's Department was Lismore and during his many visits to the town, made acquaintance with Exton. [7]

2LM

2LM was founded by Richmond Rivers Broadcasters Ltd. and supplanted 2XN Lismore (founded 1930 and operated on 1340 kHz), which the company purchased [8] and closed down.

References

  1. ↑ "Lismore Radio Station". The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 September 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  2. ↑ https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_wireless_telegraphy_and_broadcasting_in_Australia/Topical/Biographies/George_Walter_Exton
  3. ↑ "WIRELESS TELEPHONY". The Northern Star . Vol. 47. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 12 February 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "L1SMORE PROJECT". Northern Star . Vol. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 29 May 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "WIRELESS PROJECT". Northern Star . Vol. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 3 August 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "LISMORE BROADCASTING". Northern Star . Vol. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "RADIO EXHIBITION". Northern Star . Vol. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 13 July 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "2LM Represents District Advancement". Northern Star . Vol. 61. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 10 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
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