4SB is an Australian
commercial radio
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (a ...
station located in
Kingaroy
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
.
History
The South Burnett Broadcasting Company was formed in 1936 and announced their intentions to establish a radio station to serve the South Burnett, North Burnett and Mary Valley regions of Queensland, including the towns of
Wondai
Wondai is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wondai had a population of 1,975 people.
Geography
Wondai is located to the south of the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane ...
,
Murgon
Murgon is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,378 people.
Geography
Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern ...
,
Goomeri,
Nanango
Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people.
Geography
Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...
,
Esk,
Crows Nest,
Kilkivan,
Eidsvold and
Gayndah
Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region.
Geography
Gayndah is on the Burnett River and ...
.
Prior to the local 4SB studios being finished, the station was opened as a relay station for
4BC
4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 882 kHz AM.
4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station.
While the station's broadcasting facility is at Cannon Hill, its transmitting tower is located alongside the Gateway Motorway ...
on 11 March 1938 by
James Hunter and
Jim Edwards.
When construction of the studios was complete, 4SB was officially opened as Kingaroy's local radio station on 10 June 1938 by
Harry Foll.
Ownership
4SB has been owned by various companies over recent years.
The station is currently owned by
Resonate Broadcasting
Resonate Broadcasting is an Australian media company, operating radio stations across various centres across regional Queensland, as well as Hawaii. Formed in 2008, it currently operates 16 radio stations across Australia and the United States.
...
and is part of the Resonate Regional Radio Network.
Resonate purchased the station in 2015 from
Macquarie Regional Network after a sale of the station was forced following the merger between Macquarie Regional Network and
Fairfax Radio.
Macquarie Regional Network acquired 4SB from the Smart Radio Group who sold 4SB and a number of other regional stations to Macquarie Regional Network in 2011.
Smart Radio Group purchased 4SB from
Macquarie Regional RadioWorks
Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio station ...
in 2008 when a sale was forced when the company merged with
Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited was a diversified Australian media company, that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily in radio and television.
History
Tony Bell was managing director of the business betwe ...
, becoming
Macquarie Southern Cross Media. Macquarie Regional Radioworks itself was formed after the merger of
RG Capital
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and
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which occurred in 2004.
Programming
4SB broadcasts a combination of local, regionally-networked and nationally-syndicated programming.
A local breakfast show presented from 4SB's Kingaroy studio is followed by ''Rural Queensland Today'' program, presented from Brisbane.
Nationally-syndicated programs on 4SB include ''
The Ray Hadley Morning Show'', ''
The Alan Jones Show'', ''
Money News with Ross Greenwood'' and ''
Nights with Steve Price''.
4SB: The On Air Program
4SB website. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
References
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Radio stations in Queensland
1936 establishments in Australia
Resonate Broadcasting
Classic hits radio stations in Australia