ABC Central West

For the Chinese-language narrowcaster, see 2CR China Radio Network. For the ILR station in Bournemouth, England, once known as 2CR FM, see Heart Dorset & New Forest.

Radio station

ABC Central WestBroadcast area| Central Tablelands

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Frequency| 549 kHz AM Orange, Cowra and Parkes
1395 kHz AM Lithgow
90.3 MHz FM Goulburn
94.1 MHz FM Bathurst and Portland
96.5 MHz FM Young
99.5 MHz FM Mudgee
100.3 MHz FM Kandos and Rylstone
106.9 MHz FM Crookwell
Programming
Format| Talk
Ownership
Owner| Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History

First air date

| 29 April 1937
Technical information
Power| 50 kW

Transmitter coordinates

| 33°17′08.83″S 149°05′51.27″E﻿ / ﻿33.2857861°S 149.0975750°E﻿ / -33.2857861; 149.0975750
Links
Website| www.abc.net.au/centralwest/

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. It broadcasts on 549 kHz on the AM band. The 549 kHz signal, from the transmitter at Cumnock, is one of the most powerful in Australia, with the coverage map on the ABC's reception website showing that the station can be heard in Northern Victoria and South Western Queensland during normal daytime conditions.[1] This includes the towns and cities of Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Parkes, Blayney, Oberon, Gulgong, Portland and Goulburn.

## History

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ABC Central West is one of the oldest stations of the ABC. The station opened on 29 April 1937 in the Strand Palais in Orange. It was attended by the Mayor of Orange, W.F. Matthews, the Postmaster-General, the Minister of Defence and a representative of the ABC. Entertainment for the night was provided by Jim Davidson and the ABC Dance Band, The Singing Pierrots, tenor Sydney MacEwan, yodeller Tex Morton and Auld Lang Syne.

The original studios were located at Lords Place, before being relocated to 46 Bathurst Road in East Orange. The station celebrated 70 years of broadcasts in 2007 and 80 years in 2017.

## References

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1. ^ "ABC Local Radio – Cumnock, NSW". Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.

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