2AAA
Encyclopedia
2AAA is an community radio
station operated by Wagga Wagga Community Media Incorporated in Wagga Wagga
, New South Wales
, Australia
broadcasting on FM 107.1 MHz.
The station was officially opened on 31 July 1981 and celebrated 25 years of continuous broadcasting in 2006.
. Stuart presented the group with a working paper entitled "Community Radio IS People".
The first public meeting was held on 19 September 1978 in the Wagga Wagga City Council chambers and was attended by 75 people. A plan of action was presented to the second public meeting in November 1978 by the steering committee.
Test transmissions were conducted from the Wagga Wagga College of Technical And Further Education (TAFE) between 11 and 13 April 1980. Programs included classical, middle-of-the-road, rock, country, folk, opera, ballet, jazz as well as music from various international groups presented in their own language.
After a licence hearing in October 1980, 2AAA was granted a licence by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (now the Australian Communications and Media Authority
).
The first official broadcast was on Friday 31 July 1981. It ran for 54 hours from Friday till Monday. At first, 2AAA transmitted from temporary premises in the Australian Arcade, Fitzmaurice Street.
2AAA relocated to its own premises in November 1982, on the corner of Young and Coleman Streets, Turvey Park
on the foot of Willans Hill.
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...
station operated by Wagga Wagga Community Media Incorporated in Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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broadcasting on FM 107.1 MHz.
The station was officially opened on 31 July 1981 and celebrated 25 years of continuous broadcasting in 2006.
History
2AAA had its beginnings in June 1978 when a group people gathered to discuss the idea of establishing a community radio station in Wagga Wagga. Stuart Carter is given credit for the "brainchild". Stuart represented the Students' Union of the Riverina College of Advanced EducationCharles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus university located in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory. It has campuses at Bathurst, Canberra, Albury-Wodonga, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Burlington, Ontario...
. Stuart presented the group with a working paper entitled "Community Radio IS People".
The first public meeting was held on 19 September 1978 in the Wagga Wagga City Council chambers and was attended by 75 people. A plan of action was presented to the second public meeting in November 1978 by the steering committee.
Test transmissions were conducted from the Wagga Wagga College of Technical And Further Education (TAFE) between 11 and 13 April 1980. Programs included classical, middle-of-the-road, rock, country, folk, opera, ballet, jazz as well as music from various international groups presented in their own language.
After a licence hearing in October 1980, 2AAA was granted a licence by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (now the Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is an Australian government statutory authority within the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio...
).
The first official broadcast was on Friday 31 July 1981. It ran for 54 hours from Friday till Monday. At first, 2AAA transmitted from temporary premises in the Australian Arcade, Fitzmaurice Street.
2AAA relocated to its own premises in November 1982, on the corner of Young and Coleman Streets, Turvey Park
Turvey Park, New South Wales
Turvey Park is an inner southern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. Its boundaries are defined by Fernleigh Road to the south, Glenfield Road to the west, Coleman Street to the north and to the east by Willans Hill...
on the foot of Willans Hill.