ABC Tropical North is an
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites. Its programm ...
station based in
Mackay and broadcasting to the surrounding
region
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in
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
. This includes the towns of
Proserpine,
Sarina
Sarina is a rural town and coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Sarina had a population of 5,619 people.
Geography
Sarina lies just inland of the east coa ...
,
Bowen and the
Whitsunday Islands
The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Brisbane. The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands ar ...
.
The station began broadcasting as 4QA in 1951 on 720 AM
(later 756) as a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began in 1955. The station now broadcasts through the following main
FM transmitters along with a number of low-power FM repeaters:
*4QAA 101.1 FM
*4QAA/T 104.9 FM
*4QAA/T 91.7 FM
See also
*
List of radio stations in Australia
This is a list of radio stations that radio broadcasting, broadcast in Australia. Stations that are not included in the list are genuine internet radio stations that are not traditional AM, FM or DAB. The explanation of new internet radio broa ...
References
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Radio stations in Queensland