ABC Far North is an ABC Local Radio

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 based in Cairns

Cairns, Queensland

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. The station broadcasts to Far North Queensland

Far North Queensland

Far North Queensland, or FNQ, is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. The region, which contains a large section of the Tropical North Queensland area, stretches from the city of Cairns north to the Torres Strait...

. This includes the towns of Cooktown

Cooktown, Queensland

Cooktown is a small town located at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. At the 2006 census, Cooktown had a population of 1,336...

, Mossman

Mossman, Queensland

For the collection of Horsedrawn Carriages see Mossman CollectionMossman is a town in Far North Queensland, Australia, on the Mossman River...

, Innisfail

Innisfail, Queensland

Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries, as well as for being one of Australia's wettest towns...

, Weipa

Weipa, Queensland

Weipa is the largest town on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Weipa had a population of 2,830; the largest community on Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits along the coast...

 and up to the Torres Strait Islands

Torres Strait Islands

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The station began broadcasting as 4QY in 1950, although the 4AT transmitter opened earlier in 1941. It was originally a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began on 4 October 1952.

Along with over 20 low power FM transmitters, the station broadcasts through the following main FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 and AM

AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...

 transmitters:

• 4QCC 106.7 FM
• 4QCC/T 105.7 FM
• 4QCC/T 95.5 FM
• 4MS 639 AM
• 4AT 720 AM
• 4QY 801 AM
• 4WP 1044 AM
• 4TI 1062 AM

Weekdays

• Breakfast with Kier Shorey – 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM
• Mornings with Fiona Sewell – 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
• Drive with Richard Dinnen – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Saturday

• Saturday Breakfast with Sharon Molly – 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM
• Far Northern Grandstand with Bluey Forsyth – 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

When local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of ABC Capricornia

ABC Capricornia

4RK, better known as ABC Capricornia is one of the ABC's original regional radio stations, predating the Corporation's inception on 1 July 1932. 4RK, as it was known at the time, began broadcasting on 29 July 1931 and was owned by the Australian Broadcasting Company. The power was initially 2...

 and 612 ABC Brisbane

612 ABC Brisbane

612 ABC Brisbane is an ABC Local Radio station in Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of the largest stations in the network, serving as a base for Queensland programming - many programs are broadcast across the ABC Local Radio network in regional and rural areas of Queensland when those stations are...

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