SBS Radio

SBS Radio
Broadcast areaAustralia (national) via AM, FM, DAB+, digital TV, online and satellite
FrequencyVarious
BrandingSBS Audio
Programming
Language(s)English
Various
FormatMultilingual programming
SubchannelsSBS Chill
SBS PopAsia
SBS Arabic 24
SBS South Asian
Ownership
OwnerSpecial Broadcasting Service
History
First air date
  • 9 June 1975; 49 years ago (1975-06-09) (as 2EA, 3EA)[1][2]
  • 1 January 1978; 46 years ago (1978-01-01) (as SBS)[3][2]
Technical information
ClassPublic
Links
Websitesbs.com.au/audio/radio

SBS Radio is an Australian radio network owned by the Special Broadcasting Service directed towards newly arrived immigrants in Australia. It originally began as two stations based in Melbourne and Sydney, set up to provide pre-recorded information about the then-new Medibank health care system in languages other than English. Nowadays, the network targets the estimated 4+ million Australians who speak a language other than English at home with programs in 68 languages.[4]

Like SBS Television, SBS Radio supplements its government funding with paid-for information campaigns for government agencies and non-profit organisations as well as commercial advertising and sponsorship.[4]

  1. ^ "Ethnic radio takes to the air". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 1975.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Ang-2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Brief History of SBS, Multicultural Australia. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Our Story : SBS Corporate SBS Corporation