Broadcast area | Mid North Coast |
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Frequency | 684 KHz AM Kempsey and north, 95.5 MHz FM Port Macquarie / Taree, 756 KHz AM Taree and south, 100.9 MHz FM Gloucester |
Programming | |
Format | Talk |
Ownership | |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | 22 January 1954 |
Technical information | |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°26′06.58″S152°55′01.68″E / 31.4351611°S 152.9171333°E |
Links | |
Website | https://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast/ |
ABC Mid North Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Port Macquarie and broadcasting to the Mid North Coast region in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey and Taree.
The station began as 2KP in 1954 originally as a relay of the national program. [1] Studios were opened in Kempsey in 1956 but local news came from 2NR in Grafton until 1960 when the first locally produced bulletins began. The station relocated to new studios in Port Macquarie in 2004.
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