ABC Tropical 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 Mackay

Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....

 and broadcasting to the surrounding region in Queensland

Queensland

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. This includes the towns of Proserpine

Proserpine, Queensland

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, Sarina

Sarina, Queensland

Sarina is a town in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated south of the city of Mackay, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Sarina had a population of 3,285....

, Bowen

Bowen, Queensland

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 and the Whitsunday Islands

Whitsunday Islands

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The station began broadcasting as 4QA in 1951 on 756 AM, originally as a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began in 1955. The station now broadcasts through the following main FM

FM broadcasting

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 transmitters along with a number of low-power FM repeaters:

• 4QAA 101.1 FM
• 4QAA/T 104.9 FM
• 4QAA/T 91.7 FM

Weekdays

• Breakfast with Meecham Philpott – 5:30am to 8:00 am
• Mornings with Kim Kleidon – 8:30 am to 11:00 am

Saturday

• Saturday Breakfast – 6:00 am to 10:00 am

ABC Tropical North produces and broadcasts Rural News & Information which is hosted by Miriam Hall as well as the Mornings program which is usually hosted by Aaron Stevens or Kim Kleidon and is broadcast throughout Queensland using the ABC Local Radio Queensland branding.

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

ABC Capricornia

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, ABC Southern Queensland

ABC Southern Queensland

ABC Southern Queensland is an ABC Local Radio station based in Toowoomba broadcasting to the Darling Downs region of Queensland. This includes the towns of Warwick, Dalby, Kingaroy and Goondiwindi.The station began broadcasting as 4QS in 1939...

 and 612 ABC Brisbane

612 ABC Brisbane

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