4US is an Australian
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting.
Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
station located in
Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. A common nickname for Rockhampton is "Rocky", and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite.
The Scottish- ...
.
The station is managed by the Central Queensland Aboriginal Corporation for Media and broadcasts programming specifically aimed at
Central Queensland
Central Queensland is an imprecisely-defined geographical division of Queensland ( a state in Australia) that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Cap ...
's
Aboriginal 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
4RK, better known as ABC Capricornia is one of the ABC's original regional radio stations, predating the corporation's inception on 1 July 1932. 4RK, as it was known at the time, began broadcasting on 29 July 1931 and was owned by the Australi ...
, before the station established a better equipped studio in the heritage-listed
Rockhampton Harbour Board Building.
In 2005, the station moved to a new studio at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre in North Rockhampton, where it continues to broadcast.
In the past, 4US announcers have attended training sessions at
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
indigenous radio station,
98.9 FM 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 drummer and a singer, Dunn moved into television, working the puppet Agro on '' ...
.
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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