ABC Far North is an ABC Local Radio station based in Cairns. The station broadcasts to Far North Queensland. This includes the towns of

Cooktown Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repai ...

, Mossman, Innisfail,

Weipa Weipa () is a coastal mining town in the local government area of Weipa Town in Queensland. It is the largest town on the Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits along the coast. The Port of Weipa is mainly invol ...

and up to the

Torres Strait Islands The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land ...

. The station began broadcasting as 4QY in 1950, although the 4AT transmitter opened earlier in 1941. It was originally a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began on 4 October 1952. Along with over 20 low-power FM transmitters, the station broadcasts through the following main AM and FM transmitters: *4QCC 106.7 FM *4QCC/T 105.7 FM *4QCC/T 95.5 FM *4MS 639 AM *4AT 720 AM *4QY 801 AM *4WP 1044 AM *4TI 1062 AM

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