2NCR is amongst the earliest licensed non-metropolitan FM

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stations in

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, Australia. Originally, the licence was issued to the nearby Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education, however with the re-structure of the university system in the late 1990s, the university became a campus of the newly established

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. This new university was not interested in maintaining its broadcast licence - thus a new association was formed to take over control of the community licence. This association was North Coast Radio Inc. The 2NCR

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has been used without interruption since inception, and is still the official call sign for the station today. More recently, 2NCR had rebranded to ''92.9 FM (2NCR)'' or ''92Nine'', and in recent months re-branded to "River-FM". 2NCR / River FM features many community radio program elements, including interview programs, non-

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s, specialist music programs and news. The genre based music programs presented by the station include

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, Indigenous, and

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. The station's news is provided by the community radio news service

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(or NRN).

Overview

92.9 FM is one of the oldest regional and community radio stations in Australia. ne of the oldest community radio stations in Australia http://www.echonews.com/index.php?page=View%20Article&article=16825&issue=280/ref> The station has been operating since 1976 and is presently managed by North Coast Radio, Inc., a not-for-profit member based

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. The station is operated mostly by volunteers, producing programs and program content that overall provides for a diverse range of music tastes, while also providing local news & information and details on local events.

References

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