4SB is an Australian

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station located in

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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

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, Goomeri,

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, 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

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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

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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

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in 2008 when a sale was forced when the company merged with

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, becoming Macquarie Southern Cross Media. Macquarie Regional Radioworks itself was formed after the merger of

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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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