Radio 97
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| Broadcast area | Murwillumbah/Tweed Heads/Gold Coast |
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| Frequency | 972 kHz AM |
| Branding | Radio 97 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Affiliations | Super Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1 September 1936[1] |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | ACMA |
| Power | 5 kW[2] |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°19′39″S 153°30′29″E / 28.32750°S 153.50806°E[2] |
| Repeaters | 103.5 MHz FM Mullumbimby 104.1 MHz FM Currumbin |
| Links | |
Public licence information | Profile |
| Webcast | www |
| Website | radio97 |
2MW, better known as Radio 97, is an Australian radio station serving the Murwillumbah region. It was opened in September 1937.[1] As at 1987, it was owned by Hoyts.[3]
Controversy
Underpayment of Staff
Radio 97 owners, Broadcast Operations Group, have often been accused of a reluctance to pay experienced staff in order to cut operating costs.[4]
In September 2009, Broadcast Operations Group was found to have underpaid a journalist and has been ordered to make a $10,000 backpayment. The journalist, who was studying communications at a Gold Coast university, worked part-time over a two-year period in the newsroom for Radio 97 was graded as a cadet. The Fair Work Ombudsman found that the Journalist was performing tasks that would normally be given to a Grade 1, Band 1 journalist under the Commercial Radio Journalists Award.
References
- ^ a b "Radio Station Opened". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition)" (PDF). Australian Communications & Media Authority. October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ Hoyts Media to sell six regional radio stations Australian Financial Review 31 December 1987
- ^ Wilson, Craig (18 February 2009). "Caralis now sacking staff before they start". Media Hunter. Retrieved 16 April 2014.