ABC North and West SA

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ABC North and West SA
Broadcast area North and West SA
Frequency 639 kHz AM
Programming
Format Talk
Ownership
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
15 March 1932
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
 33°11′25.50″S138°00′31.79″E / 33.1904167°S 138.0088306°E / -33.1904167; 138.0088306
Links
Website https://www.abc.net.au/northandwest/

ABC North and West SA is a local radio station based in Port Pirie, South Australia, owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Its callsign is 5CK and is transmitted on the AM band from high power transmitters situated near Crystal Brook.

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History

The 5CK transmitter station, located around 5 km from Crystal Brook on the Gladstone road, was officially opened on 15 March 1932 as a relay of 5CL Adelaide, [1] the Australian Broadcasting Company's fourth regional station (after Rockhampton, Newcastle and Corowa). [2] It was initially provided with a 6.25/7 kW STC transmitter, [3] on a frequency of 635 kHz, and at 7.5 kW aerial power one of Australia's two most powerful broadcast stations, with 2CO Corowa. [4] In 1935 the station's frequency was regularized to 640 kHz, and in 1978 to 639 kHz, following the new standard 9 kHz spacing. The original antenna, suspended between two 56 m masts 80 m apart was in 1962 replaced with a guyed mast antenna 190 m in height. [5]

From the outset programmes were fed to Crystal Brook from Adelaide by landline, mostly a "split" of the 5CL programme, but with occasional substitute material provided. [6] From 1937 5CK's programme was mostly a "split" of 5CL's new sister station 5AN, with its greater emphasis on sport, current affairs and light entertainment. [7] A differentiated programme for the regional network was to develop later. Locally produced programmes began in 1952 with the opening of ABC studios in Port Pirie. [8]

The studios were originally a modest-sized house on Gertrude Road, which was within walking distance of the lead smelters.

In the 1970s, sweeping changes were made across ABC Radio. On 19 October 1970, transmitter staff were withdrawn, and the control of the transmitter was handed over to mechanized technology. With this major expansion and increasing of news production, the station began to outgrow its studios on Gertrude Street. Thus, in the late-1980s, the ABC commissioned the construction of $1.3 million dollar facility for the station, located at 85 Grey Terrace. The studios were completed in 1988, and were officially opened on October 20, 1988.

In 1989, technology for the station expanded even more with the establishment of a few satellite dishes to receive and send programs throughout the country. A 25 metre broadcasting tower was also erected.

In 1990 the station was also given an award for Services to Tourism. The manager Terry Price went to Coober Pedy to collect the prize.

Local Programming

ABC North and West airs four local programs across the week.

These programs are also broadcast to ABC Eyre Peninsula when it isn't producing its own content. At all other times the station relays ABC Radio Adelaide.

Staff

As of 2021, there are a total of ten full-time staff and several casuals at ABC North and West.

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References

  1. ↑ "5CK Wireless Station Opened". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 16 March 1932. p. 15. Retrieved 21 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Better Service for Country Listeners". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 20, no. 1, 033. South Australia. 12 March 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 21 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Winston T. Muscio (1984). Australian Radio the Technical Story 1923–83. Kangaroo Press. p. 68. ISBN   0-949924-82-2.
  4. ↑ "Efficiency Keynote of 5CK". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 26 December 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 21 November 2017– via National Library of Australia. This article includes details not found elsewhere.
  5. ↑ Lloyd Butler. "Amplitude Modulated (AM) Broadcast Stations in South Australia" . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Broadcasting". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 2 December 1932. p. 29. Retrieved 21 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "5AN Gives Variety". The News (Adelaide) . Vol. XXIX, no. 4, 425. South Australia. 28 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "A.B.C. for Pirie". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 41, no. 2, 076. South Australia. 15 March 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 21 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
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