2MCE FM Bathurst is a local

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station, located on the campus of

Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain (British Army and Royal ...

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. It broadcasts to the communities of Bathurst and Orange and their surrounds.http://www.cbonline.org.au/index.cfm?pageId=12,37,3,915 CBOnline 30 Years of 2MCE 2MCE FM is supported by CSU's School of Information and Communication Studies in conjunction with the local community, and operates two frequencies: *92.3 MHz in the Bathurst area, broadcasting from a transmitter atop Mount Panorama, with a power output of 1,000 watts. *94.7 MHz in the Orange area, broadcasting from a transmitter atop Mount Canobolas, with a power output of 500 watts.

History

The station is one of Australia's oldest non-metropolitan licensed community radio stations. The station began full-time broadcasting in May 1976. Run by dedicated staff and members of the community, the early broadcasts came from a 170 watt transmitter and a bizarre aerial on top of the library. A 1 kW transmitter was installed on Mount Panorama in 1977, and replaced in 1994. A translator service to Orange (with a separate transmitter on Mount Canobolas) came on-line in 1987. In 1989 renovations increased the number of studios from one small studio to three somewhat larger work areas, located on the university's Bathurst campus. The studios are also used by students for their course work, and feature broadcast-standard tools and equipment.

Facilities

The station includes two broadcast studios plus three production studios. A separate studio houses a newsroom and produce the nationally networked news service for community stations, the National Radio News.

Name

The "2" in the callsign is the

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. The "MCE" in the callsign stands for the University's Bathurst antecedent, ''Mitchell College of Advanced Education'', now

Notable former broadcasters

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presenter *

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References

External links

2MCE webpage

National Radio News

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