ABC Alice Springs

ABC Alice Springs
Broadcast area	Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Frequency	783 kHz AM
Programming
Format	Talk
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	30 November 1948
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	23°42′01″S 133°52′51″E / 23.7004°S 133.8809°E
Links
Website	abc.net.au/alicesprings

ABC Alice Springs (call sign: 8AL) is the ABC Local Radio station in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It broadcasts on 783 kHz on the AM band, with low-powered relay stations across the Northern Territory Outback.

The station was officially opened as 5AL on 30 November 1948 as a member of the ABC Regional Network relaying programmes out of Adelaide, and transmitting on a frequency of 1530 kHz.^[1] The callsign was changed to 8AL in 1960 and transmitting frequency to 783 in 1978. Employment of local journalists began around 1970.

The station originates four local programs during the week: Breakfast with Stewart Brash, Mornings with Nadine Maloney, Drive with Tim Brunero and Saturday Breakfast with Antony Yoffa. At all other times, it is a relay of ABC Radio Darwin.

^ "New Radio Station for Alice Springs". Centralian Advocate. Vol. II, no. 78. Northern Territory, Australia. 19 November 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "New Radio Station for Alice Springs". Centralian Advocate. Vol. II, no. 78. Northern Territory, Australia. 19 November 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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