2ST is a commercial radio station that commenced broadcasting in 1972. It is owned by ARN. 2ST was an

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station serving the

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and

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regions of

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, Australia, broadcasting on the frequency 91.7

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. The "ST" suffix denotes the "South Coast and Tablelands" area that is the station's coverage area.

History

Over the years 2ST has improved the quality of broadcast signal in its coverage area by adding repeater transmitter services - FM 91.7

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, FM 102.9 MHz

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and FM 106.7 MHz

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. The Bowral transmitter was originally 1215 kHz AM when it began in 1979; in 1999 it was converted to FM 102.9 MHz. Alternate local programming, such as the 2ST "Highlands" Breakfast and Morning Programs are broadcast from the 2ST Bowral Studio exclusively for the Southern Tablelands audience. All other programming comes from the 2ST main studio in North Nowra. In the late 1980s a supplementary FM licence was granted to 2ST and the sister station Power FM 94.9 was launched. Power FM 94.9 broadcasts from the same premises as 2ST in

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. Several announcers have moved back and forth between the two stations. On 1 March 2021, 2ST switched off its AM transmitter on 999 kHz. 8 months later, in November 2021, 2ST, along with other stations owned by

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, were acquired by the Australian Radio Network. This deal will allow Grant's stations, including 2ST, to access ARN's iHeartRadio platform in regional areas. The deal was finalised on 4 January 2022. It is expected 2ST will integrate with ARN's

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, but will retain its current name according to the press release from ARN.

On-air schedule

Weekdays

Saturdays

Sundays

* Local newsroom: Peter Andrea, Mitchell Kleem & Glenn Ellard

Previous 2ST announcers

* Steve Anderson * Donn Berghofer * Steve Blanda * Paul Bongiorno * Larry Bonser * Gary Boyce * Mike Byrne *

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* John Comber * Greg Clarke * Pete Diskon * Geoff Field * Brendan Forde * Steve Fox * Bruce Goldberg * Chris Jackson * David Lumsden * Barry Mac * Rick Machin * Andrew Ogilvie * Greg Pacemoved into media sales / 2001 WSFM/2UE/2GB/Vega95.3/Smoothfm95.3/ Agency Media sales/ * Murray Peters * Barry Sanders * Barry Sandry * Trevor Sinclair * Mark Spurway * Dave Stretton * Brenton 'Thommo' Thompson * Greg Toohey (deceased) * Jamie Walter

Current 2ST Announcers

* Pete Brandtman * Graeme Day (Bowral) * Kev Marsh * Charles Maxwell * Glenn Stolzenhein * Ian Holland (Bowral)

Notes

External links

2ST station web site
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