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ABC NewsRadio

ABC NewsRadio is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio service devoted to delivering live and 24-hour news updates and information. The service is available on a number of broadcasts right around Australia, including AM/FM radio, and online via the Internet....
 is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as the ABC, is Australia's national Public broadcasting.With a budget of Australian dollar840 million annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Net...
 radio service devoted to delivering live and 24-hour news updates and information. The service is available on a number of broadcasts right around Australia, including AM/FM radio, and online via the Internet.

Originally called the Parliamentary and News Network
Parliamentary and News Network

Parliamentary News Network was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio network dedicated to broadcasting the Australian Parliament's "Question Time" sessions....
 (PNN), the AM/FM radio network is charter
Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified....
ed to broadcast live the proceedings of parliament
Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia or Commonwealth Parliament is the legislature of government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster System, but with some influences from the United States Congress....
, either the House of Representatives or the Senate, as specified by the standing orders.






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ABC NewsRadio
ABC NewsRadio

ABC NewsRadio is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio service devoted to delivering live and 24-hour news updates and information. The service is available on a number of broadcasts right around Australia, including AM/FM radio, and online via the Internet....
 is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as the ABC, is Australia's national Public broadcasting.With a budget of Australian dollar840 million annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Net...
 radio service devoted to delivering live and 24-hour news updates and information. The service is available on a number of broadcasts right around Australia, including AM/FM radio, and online via the Internet.

Originally called the Parliamentary and News Network
Parliamentary and News Network

Parliamentary News Network was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio network dedicated to broadcasting the Australian Parliament's "Question Time" sessions....
 (PNN), the AM/FM radio network is charter
Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified....
ed to broadcast live the proceedings of parliament
Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia or Commonwealth Parliament is the legislature of government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster System, but with some influences from the United States Congress....
, either the House of Representatives or the Senate, as specified by the standing orders. Also broadcast, at the end of each day's sitting, is a recording of Question Time for the chamber that was not broadcast live that day. These restrictions do not apply to the other broadcasts of Newsradio, or to new rural and regional transmitters in 2006 (see below).

Parliamentary broadcasting was commenced by Ben Chifley
Ben Chifley

Joseph Benedict Chifley , Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers. Among his government's accomplishments were the post-war immigration scheme under Arthur Calwell, the establishment of Australian citizenship in 1949, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, the national airline T...
's government on 10 July 1946, on ABC Radio. These broadcasts received their own frequencies in the 1980s as PNN. The PNN/ABC NewsRadio service was introduced in August, 1994 to utilise the Parliamentary broadcasting frequencies which were not being used when Parliament was not in session.

ABC NewsRadio has a 24-hour news format, including extensive finance, science and IT reports, as well as extended reports from the ABC's local and international news sources. NewsRadio also rebroadcasts international programming from the BBC, DW-Radio
Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany International broadcasting. It Broadcastings news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio in 29 languages ....
, Radio Netherlands
Radio Netherlands

Radio Netherlands Worldwide is a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands....
 and All Things Considered
All Things Considered

All Things Considered is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets....
 from NPR
National Public Radio

National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
. On AM
Amplitude modulation

Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave....
 and FM
Frequency modulation

In telecommunications, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency . In analog signal applications, the instantaneous frequency of the carrier is directly proportional to the instantaneous value of the input signal....
 radio, NewsRadio also broadcasts Australian Football League
Australian Football League

The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
 matches on weekends in New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
 and Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, where the National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
 is the more popular football competition and thus is broadcast on 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 broadcasts over most of the continent using terrestrial transmission, and covers it completely using satellites....
 services in those two states.

ABC NewsRadio callsigns for stations on the AM
Amplitude modulation

Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave....
 radio band are always xPB, where x is the number denoting the particular state or territory
States and territories of Australia

The Australia is made up of six states and two major mainland territories. There are also lesser territories that are under the administration of the federal government....
 and PB stands for Parliamentary Broadcasting. ABC NewsRadio stations on the FM
Frequency modulation

In telecommunications, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency . In analog signal applications, the instantaneous frequency of the carrier is directly proportional to the instantaneous value of the input signal....
 radio band use callsigns of the format xPNN.

ABC NewsRadio also uses resources from around the world such as news bulletins and programs from the BBC.

From September 2001, live audio streaming of the 24-hour news format was extended so that when Parliament is in session, listeners who have Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 access may still receive the NewsRadio service even when the NewsRadio network is broadcasting Parliamentary proceedings over the air. From 2004, this was extended to digital satellite.

In 2005 it was announced that up to seventy new NewsRadio stations would be rolled out across rural and regional areas of Australia. This roll out is scheduled to commence in 2006 and is expected to take three years. This expansion of ABC NewsRadio services will raise the percentage of the Australian population who can receive the NewsRadio signal from 78% to an expected 95%.

On-Air Voices


The recent recruitment of ABC stalwart, Jennifer Byrne
Jennifer Byrne

Jennifer Byrne is an Australian print, radio and television journalist.Byrne was educated at St Margaret's School, Melbourne as a boarding student, and began her career in journalism at age 16 as a cadet at Melbourne's The Age newspaper....
, and the retirement of David Lord, allowed for a revamp of the on-air lineup, which currently consists of the following:

  • Monday to Friday, 5:30am till 9:00am - Glen Bartholomew, Marius Benson, and Debbie Spillane.
  • Monday to Friday, 9:00am till 12:00pm - John Barron.
  • Monday to Friday, 12:00pm till 4:00pm - Various.
  • Monday to Friday, 4:00pm till 7:00pm - Jennifer Byrne
    Jennifer Byrne

    Jennifer Byrne is an Australian print, radio and television journalist.Byrne was educated at St Margaret's School, Melbourne as a boarding student, and began her career in journalism at age 16 as a cadet at Melbourne's The Age newspaper....
    , and Mike Vincent.
  • Monday to Friday, 7:00pm till 9:00pm - Kel Richards
    Kel Richards

    Kevin Barry "Kel" Richards is an Australian author and radio personality.Richards has written a series of crime novels and Thriller s for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness....
    .
  • Saturday to Sunday, 5:30am till 9:00am - Mike Gardner.


At other times, programming from outside sources, mainly the BBC World Service, is used.

Frequencies


The following carry parliamentary services, including Question Time
Question Time

Question Time in a parliament occurs when backbenchers ask questions of the Prime Minister which he or she is obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be cancelled in exceptional circumstances....
, when parliament is in session. Australian Football League
Australian Football League

The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
 broadcasts may also interrupt news coverage.

  • Adelaide
    Adelaide

    Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
     - 972 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • Brisbane
    Brisbane

    Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
     - 936 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • Burnie/Wynyard
    Wynyard, Tasmania

    Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies west of Burnie, Tasmania on the Bass Highway at the mouth of the Inglis River....
     - 90.5 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Cairns
    Cairns, Queensland

    Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
     - 101.1 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Cairns North - 96.3 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Canberra
    Canberra

    Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
     - 103.9 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Darwin
    Darwin, Northern Territory

    Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....
     - 102.5 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Gold Coast
    Gold Coast, Queensland

    The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
     - 95.7 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Gosford
    Gosford, New South Wales

    Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80km north of the Sydney central business district....
     - 98.1 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Goulburn
    Goulburn, New South Wales

    Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Areas in Australia....
     - 99.9 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Hobart
    Hobart

    Hobart is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney....
     - 747 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • Latrobe Valley
    Latrobe Valley

    The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia, Australia. It is named after the Latrobe River which flows, eastwards, through it....
     - 95.1 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Launceston
    Launceston, Tasmania

    Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, with a population of 99,675, located at the juncture of the North Esk River, South Esk River, and Tamar River, Tasmania rivers....
     - 92.5 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • 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....
     - 104.3 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Melbourne
    Melbourne

    Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
     - 1026 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • Newcastle
    Newcastle, New South Wales

    The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
     - 1458 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • Richmond
    Richmond, New South Wales

    Richmond is a town in New South Wales, Australia. Richmond is located 63 kilometres north-west of Sydney in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Hawkesbury....
    /Tweed
    Tweed Heads, New South Wales

    Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland....
     - 98.5 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Rockhampton
    Rockhampton, Queensland

    Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
     - 105.5 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Perth
    Perth, Western Australia

    Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
     - 585 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • Port Stephens
    Port Stephens

    Port Stephens is a large natural harbour located about north-east of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It lies wholly within the Port Stephens Council Local Government Areas of Australia although its northern shoreline forms the boundary between the Port Stephens and Great Lakes Council Local Government Areas of Australia....
     - 95.1 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
     - 630 kHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     AM
  • South West Slopes
    South West Slopes, New South Wales

    The South West Slopes is a region predominantly in New South Wales, Australia. It covers the lower inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range extending from north of Cowra, New South Wales through southern NSW into western Victoria ....
     - 91.5 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Tuggeranong
    Tuggeranong

    Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It comprises 19 suburbs with a total of 31,819 dwellings, housing 87,119 people of the 324,034 people in the Australian Capital Territory ....
     - 99.9 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Wagga Wagga
    Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

    Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, Wagga with an urban population of 46,735 people, is the state's largest inland city and the country's fifth largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia....
     - 105.1 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM
  • Upper Hunter
    Upper Hunter

    The Upper Hunter is a region and Local Government Areas in Australia of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. The Upper Hunter Shire Council was formed in May, 2004 from Scone Shire and parts of Murrurundi and Merriwa shires....
    , New South Wales
    New South Wales

    New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
     (Scone
    Scone, New South Wales

    Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire Council in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Scone had a population of 4,625....
    , Muswellbrook
    Muswellbrook, New South Wales

    Muswellbrook, originally known as 'Muswell Creek', is a town and Local Government Areas in Australia in New South Wales, Australia. The original spelling and etymology of the town's name is a matter of some debate....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen, New South Wales

    Aberdeen is a small town in the upper Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Hunter Shire Council. It is located about 12 kilometres north of Muswellbrook on the New England Highway....
    , Singleton
    Singleton, New South Wales

    Singleton is a town on the banks of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia. Singleton lies approximately 2.5 hours northwest of Sydney, and around an hour northwest of Newcastle, New South Wales....
     and surrounds) - 104.9 MHz
    Hertz

    The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
     FM


Other broadcasts


The following carry 24-hour news coverage, without parliamentary or sport interruption.

  • Webcast (except during Olympics Games periods) -
  • Free digital radio (Melbourne only) -
  • Free satellite radio -
  • Pay-TV cable or satellite radio (Foxtel
    Foxtel

    Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
     and Austar
    Austar

    About Austar Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones....
    ) - tv channel 875 / radio channel 43
Free digital TV may also commence in future - radio channel 204

Podcasts of regularly recorded segments are also available at .

See also

  • Al Jazeera Live
    Al Jazeera Live

    Al Jazeera Mobasher is a television channel launched by Al Jazeera on April 15 2005. It is an all-Arabic language channel that broadcasts conferences live without editing or commentary, using subtitles when translation is needed....
     (Middle East)
  • ANTV (Venezuelan)
  • BBC Parliament
    BBC Parliament

    BBC Parliament is a United Kingdom television channel from the BBC. Its remit is to make accessable to all the work of the parliamentary and legislative bodies of the United Kingdom and the European Parliament....
     (UK)
  • BBC Radio 5 Live (UK)
  • C-SPAN
    C-SPAN

    C-SPAN is an United States cable television Television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming....
     (US)
  • CPAC
    CPAC

    CPAC , is a Canada cable television specialty channel service devoted to coverage of public and government affairs, including carrying a full, uninterrupted feed of proceedings of the Canadian House of Commons, with two separate audio channels; one in English and the other in French....
     (Canadian)
  • The Knesset Channel
    The Knesset Channel

    The Knesset Channel broadcasts proceedings of the Knesset.It is available via digital cable channel 99, analog cable channel 41, yes channel 99 and via open satellite:...
     (Israel)


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