107.9 ABC Ballarat
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107.9 ABC Ballarat, callsign 3CRR, is an ABC Local Radio
station in Ballarat, Victoria
. ABC Ballarat is one of the newest stations in the network, opened on June 30, 2003. The station is the largest regional ABC station in Victoria
and serves Ballarat, Ararat
and Daylesford
, as well as parts of south-west Victoria including Hamilton
, Port Fairy
, and Warrnambool
through ABC South West Victoria
.
A local breakfast program is presented by Dominic Brine from 6.00am to 7.45am, in addition to a south-west Victorian morning program hosted by Steve Martin between 8.30am and 11.00am. Two journalists work at the station producing content for both ABC Ballarat and ABC South West Victoria. The regional Statewide Drive program (3 - 6 PM) is also broadcast from the Ballarat studios. It is presented by Kathy Bedford and covers Victoria, southern New South Wales and a small part of eastern South Australia. It does not broadcast into the Melbourne metro area.
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...
station in Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...
. ABC Ballarat is one of the newest stations in the network, opened on June 30, 2003. The station is the largest regional ABC station in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and serves Ballarat, Ararat
Ararat, Victoria
Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...
and Daylesford
Daylesford, Victoria
Daylesford is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. It is a former goldmining town about 115 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range. At the 2006 census, Daylesford had a population of 3,073...
, as well as parts of south-west Victoria including Hamilton
Hamilton, Victoria
Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway...
, Port Fairy
Port Fairy, Victoria
Port Fairy is a coastal town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, west of Warrnambool and 290 km west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the Southern Ocean.-History:...
, and Warrnambool
Warrnambool, Victoria
-Cityscape:The original City of Warrnambool was a 4x8 grid, with boundaries of Lava Street , Japan Street , Merri Street and Henna Street . In the nineteenth century, it was intended that Fairy Street – with its proximity to the Warrnambool Railway Station – would be the main street of...
through ABC South West Victoria
ABC South West Victoria
ABC South West Victoria is an ABC Local Radio station based in Warrnambool, Victoria....
.
A local breakfast program is presented by Dominic Brine from 6.00am to 7.45am, in addition to a south-west Victorian morning program hosted by Steve Martin between 8.30am and 11.00am. Two journalists work at the station producing content for both ABC Ballarat and ABC South West Victoria. The regional Statewide Drive program (3 - 6 PM) is also broadcast from the Ballarat studios. It is presented by Kathy Bedford and covers Victoria, southern New South Wales and a small part of eastern South Australia. It does not broadcast into the Melbourne metro area.