ABC Illawarra

ABC Illawarra
Broadcast areaIllawarra, New South Wales
Frequency97.3 MHz FM
Programming
FormatTalk
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
6 March 1959 (AM)
March 1991 (FM)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
34°37′23″S 150°41′38″E / 34.623°S 150.694°E / -34.623; 150.694
Links
Websitehttps://www.abc.net.au/illawarra/

ABC Illawarra is an ABC Local Radio station based in Wollongong and broadcasting to the Illawarra region in New South Wales, Australia. This includes the towns of Nowra, Shellharbour, Kiama, and Bowral. The station began as 2WN in 1959 originally broadcasting on the AM band. It now transmits on the main FM frequency of 97.3 MHz along with a low power FM repeater.[1]

  1. ^ "The History of ABC Illawarra". ABC Online. 11 March 2003. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.