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100:. The station had paid just $ 46,000 to convert to the FM band, which was considered a bargain, noting it covered a considerable area of Sydney, and the record amounts of money being paid by other AM stations to convert to FM. In order to be granted the licence the owners, 'Hayden Nepean Broadcasting', had to agree to comply with regulations regarding local content and the stations overall focus on the local community. 131:
From 1967 until 1993, 2KA broadcast all of the Penrith Panthers rugby league games live. By far the longest serving of the commentators was the late Frank Ley, who broadcast the games from the mid-1970s until his retirement in 1989. David Aldred who called North Queensland Foley Shield Rugby League
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In 2021, 2KA was resurrected by Noise FM Pty Ltd, who acquired the callsign from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to relaunch the 2KA brand for their narrowcast radio network covering the Blue Mountains on FM 87.8 and 87.6 MHz. 2KA's test transmissions commenced in late
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The station, which had been broadcasting from a studio in Borec House, at the corner of Station Street and Henry Street in Penrith, developed a new studio at the intersection of Henry and Lawson Streets. It adjoined a cinema complex, which was also owned by Walsh.
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audiences at the time, a number of Sydney radio stations bought the licence and experimented with various automated technologies, none of which were seriously designed to draw mass audiences.
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Football on the ABC and horse racing in Queensland in the early 1980s was a co-commentator with Frank Ley in 1987–1988. Brian Sanders took over the calling from Frank, and appointed former
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bought the license in 1983, and worked to advance his vision of developing a successful business model and innovative entertainment product.
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November 2021 and included Christmas Music ahead of an official launch planned for the 1st of January 2022.
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based licence. The new frequency, 1476 kHz, enabled programmers to extend the audience reach to
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Before the station launched its Emu Plains based translator in the late 1970s, it was exclusively a
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The service provided by the original licence (after its conversion from AM to FM) is now known as
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In December 1937 the station moved from 1160 kHz to 780 kHz. A repeater station on 1480
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The license for the station was sold by Walsh in 1997 to the Australian Radio Network (ARN).
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was added in 1978. From November 1978, the station transmitted on 783
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AM and FM stations with an asterisk are also available on
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On 26 October 1990 at 13:00 hrs., it converted to the
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band, with a translator station on 1476 kHz at
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Index

radio station
Katoomba, New South Wales
Blue Mountains
Sydney
kHz
kHz
AM
Emu Plains
Blue Mountains
Penrith
Sydney
Mike Walsh
FM band
Edge 96.1
Australian Radio Network
Penrith
Canterbury
Darryl Brohman
2GB
Continuous Call Team
Leon Byner
Ron Casey
Ward Austin
Reg Dowton
Richard Mercer
Shon Walker
Rob Gooda
Kerryn Bancs
Mark Wyman
Warren Purchase

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