2CR is a CB (citizen's band) station that broadcasts Chinese radio programs in the Australian cities of Sydney

Sydney

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, Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and Brisbane

Brisbane

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. It offers a wide range of informative news and radio shows through their proprietary receiver set.

The Station

2CR began as a Chinese

Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the Greater China Area . People of partial Chinese ancestry living outside the Greater China Area may also consider themselves Overseas Chinese....

 community radio in 26 September 1994. Due to popular demand it extended its radio station to Melbourne, before moving from its George Street (Sydney) office to its present Ultimo

Ultimo, New South Wales

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 address in August 1996.
Test free-to-air broadcasts were conducted during January 1998 on the 96.9FM frequency (now Nova 96.9

Nova 96.9

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); later temporary FM broadcasts were also broadcast on FM94.5, FM90.9 and FM95.3, the latter being used for frequent broadcasts. Programs in Mandarin

Standard Mandarin

Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....

 were presented later in the 2-3PM timeslot.
2CR extended from Sydney and Melbourne to Brisbane on the 18 Oct 2005.

The Receivers

2CR released its series of proprietary receivers in 1995. The popular models in use today are the CR-88 and the 'digital receivers'. Apart from tuning into 2CR broadcasts, they can also be set to 2AC (another CB Chinese radio channel), with the new digital receivers also tuning to local community radio stations in various languages.
2CR's frequency is locked into 152.075 MHz.

The Programs

2CR broadcasts programs in Cantonese and Mandarin. It is also a mirror for BBC's Voice of America

Voice of America

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 in Cantonese

Standard Cantonese

Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....

, as well as broadcasting RTHK's news programs. Finance, cooking, religious and children's programs are also offered in the daily schedule.