ABC Eyre Peninsula

ABC Eyre Peninsula
Broadcast area	Eyre Peninsula
Frequency	1485 kHz AM (Eyre Peninsula); 693 kHz AM (West Coast)
Programming
Format	Talk
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	1987
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	34°43′11.61″S135°51′26.08″E / 34.7198917°S 135.8572444°E
Links
Website	https://www.abc.net.au/eyre/

Last updated May 20, 2023

ABC Eyre Peninsula is an ABC Local Radio station based in Port Lincoln, South Australia. The station broadcasts to the Eyre Peninsula and western coastal region of South Australia, including the towns of Tumby Bay, Cummins, Ceduna and Streaky Bay.

History

The station began broadcasting as 5LN in 1987 in a small office on 8 Eyre Street.

The first employee was Michael Astbury who was then joined by Peter Collins in 1990. Collins, while also acting as the rural reporter, also was responsible for putting to air a breakfast show. Soon Suzuy Grosser succeeded Collins as Rural Reporter who took over the realms of the program while also providing Eyre Peninsula and West Coast stories to The Country Hour. Paul Devonport then joined as a reporter, who was then succeeded by Tim Jeanes.

On air identification at this time was "5LN 1485". This changed to "1485 ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast" in 2002. A rebrand in 2019 saw the name scaled back to "ABC Eyre Peninsula". In 2005 due to various concerns the station moved to a new facility on Level 1 of the Civic Centre on 60 Tasman Terrace in the CBD.

Local Programming

ABC Eyre Peninsula airs two local programs throughout the week.

Eyre Peninsula Rural Report 6:15am to 6:30am – presented by Brooke Neindorf
Breakfast 6:35am to 9:00am – presented by Emma Pedler

At all other times the station is a relay of either ABC North & West SA or ABC Radio Adelaide.

Staff

As of 2021, there are a total of five full-time staff at ABC Eyre Peninsula.

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References

Pedler, Emma (15 April 2008). "The history of ABC Eyre Peninsula and Far West". ABC Online . Retrieved 15 April 2008.