ABC Tropical North

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ABC Tropical North
Broadcast area Mackay
Frequency 101.1 mHz FM Mackay
Programming
Format Talk
Ownership
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
1951
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
21°08′24.94″S149°11′21.79″E / 21.1402611°S 149.1893861°E / -21.1402611; 149.1893861
Links
Website https://www.abc.net.au/tropic/

ABC Tropical North is an ABC Local Radio station based in Mackay and broadcasting to the surrounding region in Queensland. This includes the towns of Proserpine, Sarina, Bowen and the Whitsunday Islands.

The station began broadcasting as 4QA in 1951 on 720 AM [1] (later 756) as a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began in 1955. The station now broadcasts through the following main FM transmitters along with a number of low-power FM repeaters:

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References

  1. "Opening Relay Plan for 4QA". Daily Mercury . Vol. 84, no. 299. Queensland, Australia. 16 December 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2017 via National Library of Australia.