ABC Radio (Australian network)

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) operates many publicly-owned radio stations that broadcast across Australia. This includes its 4 national stations – Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, ABC Classic and Triple J – plus its ABC Local Radio division, which operates 8 metropolitan stations in the capital cities, and a further 45 across regional Australia. Several additional digital radio stations are available. The ABC also broadcasts to the Asia-Pacific region with Radio Australia.

• Radio National – A generalist station broadcasting more than 60 special interest programmes per week covering a range of topics including music, comedy, book readings, radio dramas, poetry, science, health, the arts, religion, social history and current affairs.
• ABC NewsRadio – A news service broadcasting federal parliamentary sittings and news on a 24/7 format with updates on the quarter-hour. Broadcasts news content produced by the ABC itself, as well as programs relayed from Radio Australia, the BBC World Service, NPR, Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and CNN.
• ABC Classic – A classical music station which also plays some jazz and world music. ABC Classic was the ABC's first FM radio service.
• Triple J – A youth-oriented radio network, with a strong focus on alternative and independent music, especially Australian artists.

ABC Local Radio is a network of 8 metropolitan stations in the capital cities, and 45 stations covering regional Australia. Each station broadcasts a local mix of news, current affairs, talk back, entertainment, sport and music. Programming can either be purely local (typically on weekday mornings), broadcast from the metropolitan ABC station, or simulcast across all local services across the country (typically overnight, public holidays, in the summer months and on weekends).

• ABC Country – Country music, un-presented
• ABC Jazz – Jazz music, un-presented
• ABC Kids Listen – Children's programming
• ABC Sport – Sports commentary and talk back
• Double J – Alternative music station aimed at the over-30 demographic
• Triple J Unearthed – Unsigned Australian artists sourced from the Unearthed website

• ABC Classic 2 – Australian performances of classical music, un-presented
• Triple J Hottest – Playlist of tracks from all previous Triple J Hottest 100 countdowns, un-presented

Radio Australia, is the international broadcasting and online service operated by the ABC. Most programming is in English, with some in Tok Pisin. The station broadcasts on FM transmitters in seven countries across the Pacific Islands, to the Indo-Pacific region via satellite, and to the rest of world via online streaming.^[1]

• History of ABC Radio (Australia)
• ABC Local Radio
• List of radio stations in Australia

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