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| name = ABC Alice Springs |
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| airdate = 30 November 1948 |
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| former_frequencies = 1530 [[kHz]] [[AM radio|AM]] (1948-1978), 1377 [[kHz]] [[AM radio|AM]] (1978-1983) |
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| frequency = 783 [[kilohertz|kHz]] [[amplitude modulation|AM]] |
| frequency = 783 [[kilohertz|kHz]] [[amplitude modulation|AM]] |
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| area = [[Alice Springs]], [[Northern Territory]], Australia |
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Latest revision as of 11:47, 3 January 2026
Radio station
ABC Alice Springs (call sign: 8AL) is the ABC Local Radio station in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It broadcasts on 783 kHz on the AM band, with low-powered relay stations across the Northern Territory Outback.
The station was officially opened as 5AL on 30 November 1948 as a member of the ABC Regional Network relaying programmes out of Adelaide, and transmitting on a frequency of 1530Â kHz.[1] The callsign was changed to 8AL in 1960.
Employment of local journalists began around 1970.
In 1978, the transmitting frequency changed from 1530 kHz to 1377 kHz[2][3]. By the 1982-83 financial year, the station’s frequency changed again, to 783 kHz.[4]
The station originates four local programs during the week: Breakfast with Stewart Brash, Mornings with Rick Hind, Drive with Andrew Murdoch and Saturday Breakfast with Rohan Barwick. At all other times, it is a relay of ABC Radio Darwin.
- ^ “New Radio Station for Alice Springs”. Centralian Advocate. Vol. II, no. 78. Northern Territory, Australia. 19 November 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 46th Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. 1977–78.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ 47th Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. 1978–79.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ 51st Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. 1982–83.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
