- Station name Station name
- ABC 540kHz AM Longreach QLD Western Queensland Local Radio 20220701
- Description Description
- The station began broadcasting as 4QL in 1947 on 690 AM, originally as a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began in 1952.
- Launch date Launch date
- 19 March 1947
- Owner Owner
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Contact Contact
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ABC 540kHz AM Longreach QLD Western Queensland Local Radio 20220701
Australia
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AAC
ABC Western Queensland is an ABC Local Radio station based in Longreach broadcasting to the Central West, South West and Gulf regions of Queensland. It covers a wide area stretching as far as the towns of Charleville, Winton and Birdsville.
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| Country Country |
Australia
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Source Source | Directory source |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | abc.net.au |
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AM
Primary frequency
540.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Coverage area
Central West Queensland, South West Queensland and some areas of the Gulf and other remote Queensland
Owner / network
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date
19 March 1947
Additional frequencies
603.0 kHz · Charleville · AM
Transmitter coordinates
-23.43735, 144.2434472
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| Station ID | 31199 |
|---|---|
| Region | Australia, Longreach Queensland |
| Coordinates | -23.43735, 144.2434472 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Branding | ABC Western Queensland |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Broadcast area | Central West Queensland, South West Queensland and some areas of the Gulf and other remote Queensland |
| Launched | 19 March 1947 |
| Website | abc.net.au |
| Primary frequency | 0.54 MHz |
| Broadcast band | AM |
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| HTTP status | 200 |
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| Content-Type | application/vnd.apple.mpegURL |
| Latency | 80 ms |
| Last check | 17 hours ago |
| Stream host | mediaserviceslive.akamaized.net |
| Final host | streaming.abc-cdn.net.au |
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About station About ABC 540kHz AM Longreach QLD Western Queensland Local Radio 20220701
ABC Western Queensland is an ABC Local Radio station based in Longreach broadcasting to the Central West, South West and Gulf regions of Queensland. It covers a wide area stretching as far as the towns of Charleville, Winton and Birdsville.
The station began broadcasting as 4QL in 1947 on 690 AM, originally as a relay of the national program. Studios were then built and local programs began in 1952. ABC Western Queensland now broadcasts through the following main AM transmitters along with a number of low-power FM repeaters:
4QL 540 AM - Longreach 4CH 603 AM - Charleville During the late 1980s the NERR (North East Regional Radio) satellite service was established. This allowed 'black spots' to be filled in, supplementing the Longreach and Charleville transmitters. Program is fed via satellite to receivers in remote places like Birdsville or Karumba and then re-transmitted via a small FM transmitter to that town.
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