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Outback Radio 2WEB

Outback Radio 2WEB is an Australian community radio station broadcasting from Bourke, located in far western New South Wales, Australia. Its broadcast area serves the communities of Bourke, Cobar, Nyngan, Coonamble, Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Wilcannia and numerous smaller communities across western New South Wales, south-west Queensland and north-eastern South Australia.[2]

2WEB
Broadcast area
Bourke RA1[1]
Frequency585 kHz
BrandingOutback Radio
Programming
FormatGold, Country
Ownership
OwnerWREB Co-Operative Limited
History
First air date
13 November 1978
Former frequencies
576 kHz
Technical information
Licensing authority
ACMA
ClassCommunity radio
Power10,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
30°05′59″S 145°58′55″E / 30.099721°S 145.981814°E / -30.099721; 145.981814
Repeaters
Links
Public licence information
Profile
WebcastListen Live
Websiteoutbackradio.com.au

History

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2WEB was established as a school project inside a small room at Bourke High School following a suggestion by science teacher Colin Elliott. Funding was provided from the Disadvantaged Country Area Program in 1977, with equipment installed and the first broadcasts reaching an audience within a 200-kilometre radius of the school grounds the following year.[3]

2WEB commenced broadcasting on 13 November 1978.[4] After several years of operation and fundraising, 2WEB moved to purpose-built premises in Oxley Street which it still occupies.

2WEB broadcasts across its licence area on 585 kHz AM together with five FM translator services serving Coonamble (91.1 FM), Lightning Ridge (90.5 FM), Nyngan (100.7 FM), Walgett (104.3 FM) and Wilcannia (99.9 FM).

In January 2018, 2WEB acquired and resumed publishing Bourke newspaper The Western Herald after its owners decided to cease publication in December 2017.[5][6][7]

A new AM transmitter was purchased and installed after local MP Kevin Humphries announced funding of $85,000 in March 2018.[8]

Later that year, funds were secured to rebuild the station's three studios with new digital broadcast and production facilities.[9][10]

Staff members celebrating 2WEB's 40th anniversary: Matt Lynch, Rod Corfe, Ash Keenan, Tricia Duffield, Ian Cole, Tanya Mitchell, May Watkins, Neil Campbell, David Sharp, Marek Weiss and Chris Molyneaux, November 2018.

Programming

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Programming originates from the station's Bourke studios and consists primarily of classic hits and country music, together with locally produced regional news and national news supplied by Tapt Media.

In April 2014, 2WEB launched a local morning program, Outback Mornings, to replace the satellite program from 2UE which was broadcast since 1996, when John Laws held the shift.[11]

References

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  1. ↑ "Licence Area Plan - Bourke (Radio) - December 1996". 30 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "About Outback Radio 2WEB". Outback Radio 2WEB. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  3. ↑ TWH (13 November 2018). "2WEB celebrates 40 years!". thewesternherald. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "2WEB celebrates 40 years!". The Western Herald. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. ↑ News, 15 February 2018 · (14 February 2018). "Bourke community radio station saves iconic newspaper from closure". RadioInfo Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Outback Radio 2WEB saves outback, regional newspaper for Bourke and it's [sic] surrounding community". Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Friedl, Holly; Liddicoat, er (14 December 2021). "Outback Radio 2WEB saves outback, regional newspaper for Bourke and its surrounding community – LINA". Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Humphries announces $85,000 for new 2WEB transmitter". The Western Herald | Bourke. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  9. ↑ TWH (2 October 2019). "New studios for 2WEB". thewesternherald. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Customer Service, Liquor & Gaming (7 October 2021). "Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants past recipients". NSW Government. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "2WEB drop 2UE morning show". Radio Today. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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