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(ABC) operates four national

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s, over 50 local

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s, the international service

ABC Radio Australia ABC Radio Australia, also known as Radio Australia, is the international broadcasting and online service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australia's public broadcaster. Most programming is in English, with some in Tok ...

and several digital stations. Most of the stations, as well as

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s, are available on the ABC Listen app, and ten radio stations are available via the ABC Television.

International

National networks

* ABC Radio National – news and current affairs, arts, music, society, science, drama and comedy *

Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad ...

– youth-targeted music, news and entertainment (since 1975) *

ABC Classic ABC Classic, formerly ABC-FM (also ABC Fine Music), and then ABC Classic FM, is an Australian classical music radio station available in Australia and internationally. Its website features classical music news, features and listening guides. I ...

– classical music, the ABC's first entirely FM radio network (since 1976) *

ABC NewsRadio ABC NewsRadio, since 2017 broadcast under the ABC News brand and for a short time known as ABC News on Radio, is a 24-hour news radio service broadcast by the Australian public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ABC ...

– parliamentary broadcasts and rolling news (since 1994)

Digital stations

Triple J Unearthed Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...

– digital-only music station for independent unsigned Australian artists * Double J – digital-only station aimed at over-30s (formerly DiG Radio, since 2002) * ABC Classic 2 – Features 100% Australian performances of classical music, streaming-only, un-presented *

ABC Jazz ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Televisio ...

– A digital station featuring

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

ABC Country ABC Country is a digital radio station, available on mobile devices, DAB+ digital radio, digital TV and online. A small number of self-help retransmissions, mainly in West Australia and Queensland also carry the station's programme stream. It ...

– A digital station featuring

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, un-presented *ABC Kids Listen – Digital-only station for children *

ABC Grandstand ABC Sport, formerly ABC Radio Grandstand, is a live radio sports focused commentary and talk-back program which runs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) local radio network across Australia and on one digital-only station. History Fr ...

– Sports events

Local Radio

there are 53 ABC Local Radio stations, including 45 regional stations and 8 capital city stations.The ABC'
Annual Report 2018, Volume I
mentions ''Capital City Local Radio'' from all 8 capital cities and ''Regional Local Radio'' from 48 regional locations. According t
Volume II
there are 45 regional stations, of which ABC Northern Tasmania and ABC Kimberley each have 2 locations, plus a reporter in

Nowra Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south-southwest of the state capital of Sydney (about as the crow flies). As of the 2021 census, Nowra has an estimated population of 22,584. Situated in t ...

(thus 48 locations). According to thi
map
from April 2019 there are also news bureaus in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

and Geelong (thus 59 locations altogether). The capital city (formerly: metropolitan) stations including their callsigns are: *

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

Sydney (2BL) *

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

(3LO) *

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

(4QR) *

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

(5AN) *

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

(6WF) *

Hobart (7ZR) *

Canberra (2CN) *

Darwin (8DDD) The regional stations are:

New South Wales

* ABC Broken Hill – Broken Hill (2NB), administered by ABC South Australia *

ABC Central Coast ABC Central Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Gosford and broadcasting to the Central Coast region in New South Wales. The transmission area of the station stretches from Woy Woy to The Entrance. The signal is notoriously weak in m ...

–

Gosford Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extr ...

(2BLT) *

ABC Central West ABC Central West (call sign: 2CR) is the ABC Local Radio station for the Central Tablelands region, based in Orange, New South Wales, owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the na ...

–

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

(2CR) *

ABC Coffs Coast ABC Coffs Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Coffs Harbour and broadcasting to the Coffs Coast region in New South Wales, Australia. History Originally part of ABC Mid North Coast, the ABC set up a bureau at 24 Gordon Street in Co ...

– Coffs Harbour *

ABC Illawarra ABC Illawarra is an ABC Local Radio station based in Wollongong and broadcasting to the Illawarra region in New South Wales. This includes the towns of Nowra, Shellharbour, Kiama, and Bowral. The station began as 2WN in 1959 originally broadcas ...

–

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wa ...

(2ILA) *

ABC Mid North Coast ABC Mid North Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Port Macquarie and broadcasting to the Mid North Coast region in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey and Taree. The station began as ...

–

Port Macquarie Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings. It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The town is located on the Tasman Sea c ...

( 2KP) * ABC Newcastle –

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

(2NC) *

ABC New England North West ABC New England North West is an ABC Local Radio station based in Tamworth and broadcasting to the regions of New England, the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Armidale, Mor ...

– Tamworth (2NU) * ABC North Coast – Lismore (2NNR) * ABC Riverina –

Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...

(2RVR) *

ABC South East NSW ABC South East NSW is an ABC Local Radio station based in Bega. It broadcasts to the southern part of the South Coast and the Monaro regions in New South Wales. This includes the towns of Cooma, Batemans Bay, Moruya and Eden. The station ...

– Bega (2BA) *

ABC Upper Hunter ABC Upper Hunter (call sign: 2UH) is an Australian radio station. It is the Upper Hunter service of the ABC Local Radio network, and serves Muswellbrook and surrounding areas. History ABC Upper Hunter commenced as a local relay of Newcastle's ...

–

Muswellbrook Muswellbrook ( ) is a town in the Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle. Geologically, Muswellbrook is situated in the northern parts of the Sydney basin, bordering the New Engla ...

(2UH) *

ABC Western Plains ABC Western Plains is an ABC Local Radio station based in Dubbo, New South Wales. The broadcast region stretches from Wellington north to Goodooga and west from Coonabarabran to Wilcannia. The station covers the top half of the Far West regio ...

– Dubbo (2WPR)

Victoria

ABC Ballarat 107.9 ABC Ballarat, callsign 3CRR, is an ABC Local Radio station in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. ABC Ballarat is one of the newest stations in the network, opened on 30 June 2003. The station is the largest regional ABC station in Victoria a ...

– Ballarat (3CRR) * ABC Central Victoria – Bendigo (3ABCRR) *

ABC Gippsland ABC Gippsland (call sign: 3GLR) is an ABC Local Radio station in Gippsland, Victoria. The station is based in Sale and covers from Warragul, through to Mallacoota. Amber Irving-Guthrie hosts the Breakfast program, Alice Walker presents Morning ...

– Sale (3GI) (3GLR) * ABC Goulburn Murray –

Wodonga Wodonga ( Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA. Its population is approximately ...

(3MRR) *

ABC Mildura Swan Hill ABC Mildura Swan Hill (call sign: 3MIL) is an ABC Local Radio station based in Mildura, Victoria. The station, opened in 1990, covers northwest Victoria and southwest New South Wales, including Mildura, Swan Hill, Kerang, and Ouyen Ouyen i ...

–

Mildura Mildura is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area h ...

( 3MIL) *

ABC Shepparton ABC Shepparton (call sign: 3GVR) is an ABC Local Radio station based in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, broadcasting on 97.7 MHz, the frequency formerly occupied by ABC Goulburn Murray in circa 2006. The station is currently an opt-out of AB ...

– Shepparton (3GVR) * ABC South West Victoria –

Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (A ...

(3WL) *

ABC Western Victoria ABC Wimmera (call sign: 3WV) is an ABC Local Radio station in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. Its primary transmitter is located in Horsham which broadcasts on 594 kHz AM. The station is clearly receivable over most of western ...

– Horsham (3WV)

Queensland

* ABC Capricornia – Rockhampton (4RK) *

ABC Gold Coast ABC Gold Coast (ACMA callsign: 4ABCRR) is an ABC Local Radio station. Based in the suburb of Mermaid Beach, the station broadcasts to the Gold Coast and surrounding hinterland in Queensland, covering as far south as Byron Bay in New South Wales ...

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Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

(4ABC) * ABC Sunshine Coast – Sunshine Coast (4SCR) * ABC Far North – Cairns (4QCC) *

ABC North Queensland ABC North Queensland is an ABC Local Radio station based in Townsville broadcasting to North Queensland. This includes the towns of Bowen, Charters Towers, Ingham and Ayr. The station began broadcasting as 4QN in 1936. It was originally a re ...

–

Townsville Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...

(4QN) * ABC North West Queensland –

Mount Isa Mount Isa ( ) is a city in the Gulf Country region of Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is one of the most productive single mines in world history, base ...

(4ISA) * ABC Southern Queensland –

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...

(4QS) * ABC Tropical North –

Mackay Mackay may refer to: *Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives Mackay may also refer to: Places Australia * Mackay Region, a local government area ** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region *** Mackay Airpor ...

(4QAA) *

ABC Western Queensland ABC Western Queensland is an ABC Local Radio station based in Longreach broadcasting to the Central West, South West and Gulf regions of Queensland. It covers a wide area stretching as far as the towns of Charleville, Winton and Birdsville ...

–

Longreach Longreach is a town and a locality in the Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Longreach Regional Council, which was established in 2008 as a merger of the former Longreach, Ilfracombe, and Isisford ...

(4QL) * ABC Wide Bay – Bundaberg (4QB)

South Australia

* ABC North and West SA –

Port Pirie Port Pirie is a small city on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, north of the state capital, Adelaide. The city has an expansive history which dates back to 1845. Port Pirie was the first proclaimed regional city in South A ...

(5CK) * ABC Riverland – Renmark (5MV) * ABC South East SA –

Mount Gambier Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with an estimated urban population of 33,233 . The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about south-east of the capital Ad ...

(5MG) * ABC West Coast SA –

Port Lincoln Port Lincoln is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located a ...

(5LN)

Western Australia

* ABC Goldfields-Esperance – Kalgoorlie (6GF) (6ED) *

ABC Great Southern ABC Great Southern is an ABC Local Radio station based in Albany. The station broadcasts to the Great Southern and parts of the Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia. This includes the towns of Albany, Denmark, Katanning and Narrogin. ...

– Albany (6WA) *

ABC Kimberley ABC Kimberley is an ABC Local Radio station based in Broome, Western Australia, owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Its callsign is 6BE and it transmits on AM. History Before 1986, the ABC did not have any presence in the north ...

– Broome (6BE) and Kununurra (6KW) * ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt –

Geraldton Geraldton ( Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...

( 6GN) * ABC Pilbara – Karratha (6KP) *

ABC South Coast ABC South Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Albany broadcasting to the coastal parts of the Great Southern region of Western Australia including the towns of Denmark, and Mount Barker. Although planned in 1951 the station began b ...

– Albany (6AL) * ABC South West WA – Bunbury (6BS)

Tasmania

* ABC Northern Tasmania – Launceston (7NT) and

Burnie Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s. , Burnie had an urban popu ...

(7ABCRR)

Northern Territory

* ABC Alice Springs – Alice Springs (8AL) *

ABC Katherine ABC Katherine is an ABC Local Radio station based in and broadcasting to Katherine, Northern Territory, Katherine and Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Pine Creek in the Northern Territory. It broadcasts on 106.1 megahertz, MHz on the frequency m ...

–

Katherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

(8ABCRR)

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Reference

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