4US is an Australian
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popul ...
station located in
Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of t ...
.
The station is managed by the Central Queensland Aboriginal Corporation for Media and broadcasts programming specifically aimed at
Central Queensland
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's
Aboriginal
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*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
community on 100.7
FM.
4US first went to air in 1998 with programs originating from an outside broadcast van that had been donated to the station by
ABC Capricornia, before the station established a better equipped studio in the heritage-listed
Rockhampton Harbour Board Building
Rockhampton Harbour Board Building is a heritage-listed office building at 288 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John William Wilson and built in 1898 by Renshaw & Ricketts. It is also known ...
.
In 2005, the station moved to a new studio at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre in North Rockhampton, where it continues to broadcast from.
In the past, 4US announcers have attended training sessions at
Brisbane
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indigenous radio station,
98.9 FM
The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 98.9 MHz:
Argentina
* CONTEMPORANEA, desde Jose C. Paz.
* Activa in Concordia, Entre Ríos
* Si in Rosario, Santa Fe
* Radio de Folklore in Córdoba
* Apuntes in Santos Lugares, Buenos Ai ...
where 4US staff worked with experienced radio broadcasters including industry veteran
Jamie Dunn
Jamie Dunn (born 12 August 1950) is an Australian television and radio personality, puppeteer, comedian, and voice artist.
Starting his entertainment career as a singer, Dunn moved into television, working the puppet Agro on ''Agro's Cartoon C ...
.
4AAA 98.9 FM Block Training
4US Facebook
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page, 13 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
References
Radio stations in Queensland
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