ABC North Coast

ABC North Coast

Broadcast area	Northern Rivers
Frequency	738 kHz AM Grafton and south 720 kHz AM Tweed Valley and Gold Coast 94.5 mHz FM Lismore and Northern Rivers 91.3 MHz FM Bonalbo
Programming
Format	Talk
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	17 July 1936
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	28°48′09.32″S 153°17′31.10″E
Links
Website	https://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/

ABC North Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Lismore and broadcasting to the Northern Rivers region in New South Wales. This includes the towns and cities of Grafton, Ballina, Byron Bay, Casino and Murwillumbah.

The station began as 2NR in 1936 originally based in Grafton, moving to Lismore in 1989. It is heard on these main AM and FM frequencies:

• 2NR 738 AM (Grafton and Clarence Valley)
• 2ML 720 AM (Tweed Valley and Gold Coast)
• 2NNR 94.5 FM (Richmond and the Tweed)
• 2WPR 91,3 FM (Bonalbo)

The station airs locally focused programming from 6 am to 11 am. At all other times, it airs programming relayed from ABC Radio Sydney, or regional programming that airs on all provincial Local Radio stations.

Technical information

2NR 738 AM 50,000 watts

2ML 720 AM 400 watts

2NNR 94.5 FM 100,000 watts

2WPR 91.3 FM 50 watts

See also

• List of radio stations in Australia

References

• "The history behind ABC North Coast". ABC Online. 1 March 2003. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009.