List of Sydney radio stations

In 2010, 2GB held 14.7% of the total radio ratings share, making it the most widely listened-to radio station in Sydney.[1]

Radio in Sydney became a popular tool for politics, news, religion, and sport and has managed to survive despite the introduction of television and the internet.[2] The first long range (520 km) coastal radio station was established in 1911. In 1921, amateur radio broadcasters commenced transition. The first radio licence in Australia was granted to Charles Maclurcan for station 2CM.[3] Commencing in 1923, 2SB is the second official station to be licensed. Sydney's first official station 2FC commenced service in 1924. In 1935, the studios of the ABC install a disc recorder, enabling the recording of programs to occur for the first time.[4] Talk radio was introduced on 2SM in 1967. In 1974, 2MBS commences broadcasting as the first full-time FM station in Australia, playing classical music 24 hours a day. Finally, in 1975, multicultural radio is launched with the formation of 2EA.[5]

Notes

  • Historically, many Australian broadcast stations had no names other than their official callsigns. In this case the Station name is left blank.
  • Other stations have had several names. These names are all listed.
  • If the station is still broadcasting under the same callsign and mode of transmission, the Last broadcast is left blank.
  • If the callsign and/or mode of transmission has changed, the new data is presented on a new row of the table, and the name or callsign of the new station is shown in the Succeeded by column, which is otherwise blank.

Stations

AM and FM stations with an asterisk are also available on digital (DAB+) radio

AM

SBS Radio targets the Sydneysiders who speak a language other than English at home with programs in 74 languages.[6]
Callsign Location Frequency Branding Format Type Launch
2RN Sydney 576 ABC Radio National* Talk National 5 December 1923
2PB Sydney 630 ABC News* News/Talk National 15 August 1994
2BL Sydney 702 ABC Radio Sydney* Talk National 23 November 1923
2GB Sydney 873 2GB* News/Talk Commercial 23 August 1926
2UE Sydney 954 Macquarie Sports Radio* Sports Commercial 26 January 1925
2KY Sydney 1017 Sky Sports Radio* Sports Commercial 31 October 1925
2EA Sydney 1107 SBS Radio* Multicultural National 9 June 1975
2CH Sydney 1170 2CH* Oldies/Easy Listening Commercial 15 February 1932
2SM Sydney 1269 2SM* News/Talk Commercial 24 December 1931
2RPH Sydney 1224 2RPH Print Radio Radio Reading Service Community 18 April 1983
Sydney 1539 Rete Italia Italian talk Community August 1994
2GW Sydney 1611 Vision Radio Network Christian Narrowcast 1 February 1999
Sydney 1620 2moro Radio Arabic Narrowcast February 2006
2ME Sydney 1638 2ME Radio Lebanon Arabic/Classic Hits/Pop Contemporary Narrowcast 25 October 1996
2MM Sydney 1665 2MM Greek Radio Greek Narrowcast 1996
Sydney 1683 Greek Radio Greek Narrowcast 1996

FM

Nova 96.9 was the most listened to station in Sydney in 2016 with 944,000 listeners (Nova studios in Pyrmont).[7]
Callsign Location Frequency Branding Format Type Launch
2ABCFM Sydney 92.9 ABC Classic FM* Classical National 24 January 1976
2SBSFM Sydney 97.7 SBS Radio* Multicultural National 9 June 1975
2JJJ Sydney 105.7 Triple J* Youth National 19 January 1975
2MAC Campbelltown 91.3 C91.3 Hot AC Commercial 2001
2PTV Sydney 95.3 Smooth FM 95.3* Adult Contemporary Commercial 1 August 2005
2ONE Katoomba 96.1 The Edge 96.1* Rhythmic Contemporary Commercial 7 September 1935 (as 2KA)
23 October 1992 (as One FM)
2SYD Sydney 96.9 Nova 96.9* Pop Contemporary Hit Radio Commercial 2001
2UUS Sydney 101.7 WSFM 101.7* Hot AC Commercial 23 November 1978
2DAY Sydney 104.1 2Day FM* Pop Contemporary Hit Radio Commercial 2 August 1980
2MMM Sydney 104.9 Triple M 104.9* Rock Commercial 2 August 1980
2WFM Sydney 106.5 KIIS 1065* Pop Contemporary Hit Radio Commercial 13 February 1925 (as 2UW)
30 April 1994 (as Mix 106.5)
19 January 2014 (as KIIS 106.5)
2RDJ Burwood, New South Wales 88.1 2RDJ Community Radio Community 5 November 1983
2RRR Ryde 88.5 2RRR Community Radio Community 1984
2MWM Manly North 88.7 Radio Northern Beaches Community Radio Community March 1984
2RSR Sydney 88.9 Radio Skid Row Community Radio Community 10 August 1983
2GLF Liverpool 89.3 89.3 2GLF Community Radio Community 1985
2RES Waverley 89.7 Eastside Radio Community Radio Community 1983
2VTR Windsor 89.9 Hawkesbury Radio Community Radio Community 1978
2NBC Narwee 90.1 2NBC Radio Community Radio Community May 1983
2CCR Parramatta 90.5 Alive 90.5 Community Radio Community 18 December 1992
2MFM Sydney 92.1 Muslim Community Radio* Muslim Community Radio Community 1995
2LND Sydney 93.7 Koori Radio* Indigenous programming Community December 2002
2FBI Sydney 94.5 FBi Radio* Australian Music Community 29 August 2003
2OOO Sydney 98.5 2000 FM Multilingual Community 1994
2NSB Chatswood 99.3 Northside Radio Community Radio Community May 1983
2SSR Sutherland 99.7 2SSR Community Radio Community 26 September 1992
2SWR Blacktown 99.9 SWR FM Community Radio Community 27 September 2003
2HHH Hornsby 100.1 Triple H 100.1 Community Radio Community 2000
2MCR Campbelltown 100.3 2MCR Community Radio Community 22 August 1989
2RPH Sydney East 100.5 RPH Print Radio Radio Reading Service Community 18 April 1983
2WOW Penrith 100.7 Wow FM Community Radio Community June 2001
2BAC 2BACR 100.9 BFM 100.9 Community Radio Community 1983
2MBS Sydney 102.5 Fine Music 102.5* Classical/Jazz/Blues Community 15 December 1974
2CBA Sydney 103.2 Hope 103.2 Contemporary Christian Community 5 March 1979
2SER Sydney 107.3 2SER* Community Radio Community 1 October 1979
Sydney 87.6 Mood FM Narrowcast
Brookvale 87.6 Raw FM Dance Narrowcast December 1999
Penrith 87.6 Vintage FM Oldies Narrowcast 1 January 2009
Sydney 87.8 Radio Austral Spanish Narrowcast 27 June 1992
Bondi 88.0 Bondi FM Narrowcast

Digital radio

Digital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin.[8] The national government owned networks, the ABC and SBS, and the commercial radio stations in each market provide many of their services and a few digital-only services on the digital platform. Australia uses the AAC+ codec provided with upgraded DAB+ standard.[9][10]

Callsign Branding Format
SBS Radio 2 Multicultural
Buddha Radio
Chemist Warehouse Remix
Classic Rock
Coles Radio
Easy Radio
EON Sports Radio
Fun Super Digi Classic Hits
Gorilla Radio Dance
Kinderling Kids
Koffee
News Talk Sport News/Talk/Sports
Oldskool Radio
Sky Sports Radio 2 Sports
Sky Thoroughbred Central Sports
The 80s iHeartRadio 80s Music
The 90s iHeartRadio 90s Music
The Range Country
Zoo Super Digi
ABC Country Country
ABC Extra
ABC Grandstand Sports
ABC Jazz Jazz
Double J Over-30s alternative music
SBS Radio 4
SBS Arabic24 Arabic
SBS Chill World
SBS PopAsia Asian Pop
SBS PopDesi
SBS Radio 3
Triple J Unearthed New music
FBi Radio Independent / Dance
OMG! Gay music

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bodey, Michael (30 March 2010). "Major players maintain leading shares in second radio ratings survey of 2010". The Australian. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Griffen-Foley, Bridget (2008). "Commercial radio". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Roger Meyer. "The Role of Coastal Radio Stations in the Early Days of Communications With Aircraft". Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  4. ↑ Australian Radio History, Bruce Carty, Sydney, 2011
  5. ↑ Australasian radio: A Chronology of the first 60 years (2004)
  6. ↑ Our Story : SBS Corporate SBS Corporation
  7. ↑ Final Radio Ratings of 2016
  8. ↑ Canberra digital radio trial update Archived 2 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine., 14 July 2010, Digital Radio Plus
  9. ↑ Commercial Radio Australia: The Future Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Digital Radio Plus". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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