Radio 97
2MW is an Australian radio station serving the Murwillumbah region. It was opened in September 1937.[1]
| City | Murwillumbah |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Murwillumbah/Tweed Heads, New South Wales/Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Branding | Radio 97 |
| Frequency | 972 kHz AM |
| Translator(s) | 103.5 MHz FM Mullumbimby, New South Wales 104.1 MHz FM Currumbin, Queensland |
| First air date | September 1, 1936[1] |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 5 kW[2] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 28°19′39″S 153°30′29″E[2] |
| Affiliations | Super Radio Network |
| Owner | Broadcast Operations Group (Tweed Radio & Broadcasting Co Pty Ltd) |
| Webcast | radio97 |
| Website | radio97 |
Controversy
Underpayment of Staff
Radio 97 owners, Broadcast Operations Group, have often been accused of a reluctance to pay experienced staff in order to cut operating costs.[3]
In September 2009, Broadcast Operations Group was found to have underpaid a journalist and has been ordered to make a $10,000 backpayment. The journalist, who was studying communications at a Gold Coast university, worked part-time over a two-year period in the newsroom for Tweed Heads radio station Radio 97 was graded as a cadet. The Fair Work Ombudsman found that the Journalist was performing tasks that would normally be given to a Grade 1, Band 1 journalist under the Commercial Radio Journalists Award.
References
- >"Radio Station Opened". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition)" (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- Wilson, Craig (18 February 2009). "Caralis now sacking staff before they start". Media Hunter. Retrieved 16 April 2014.