ABC Radio (Australian network)

The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) owns and operates a network of [[Radio broadcasting|terrestrial radio stations]] that broadcast across Australia on [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] frequencies, and [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB+]]. This includes eleven nationally-broadcast networks, and 53 local stations operated through the [[#Local stations|ABC Local Radio]] division. The ABC also broadcasts to the [[Asia-Pacific]] region with [[Radio Australia]], [[Satellite radio]] through [[Viewer Access Satellite Television|VAST]] platform, [[DTV radio|digital television]] and online with its [[internet radio]] service [[#ABC listen|ABC listen]].

The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) owns and operates a network of [[Radio broadcasting|terrestrial radio stations]] that broadcast across Australia on [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] frequencies, and [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB+]]. This includes eleven nationally-broadcast networks, and 53 local stations operated through the [[#Local stations|ABC Local Radio]] division. The ABC also broadcasts to the [[Asia-Pacific]] region with [[Radio Australia]], [[Satellite radio]] through [[Viewer Access Satellite Television|VAST]] platform, [[DTV radio|digital television]] and online with its [[internet radio]] service [[#ABC listen|ABC listen]].

The ABC was founded in 1932 to take over the production duties of the [[Australian Broadcasting Company]] and operation of the [[Postmaster-General's Department]]'s National Broadcasting Service. Upon its establishent, it operated twelve stations across Australia, and invested in six [[symphony orchestra]]s. The ABC expanded over the following decades, opening and aquiring more stations, and establishing new national networks: [[Radio National]], [[ABC NewsRadio (Australia)|ABC NewsRadio]][[Triple J]], and [[ABC Classic]]. Consolidation in the 1990s led to the divestment of the orchestras – which [[Corporate spin-off|spun off]] into [[Symphony Services International|Symphony Australia]] – and the centalisation of operations into new headquarters in Sydney and Melbourne. Regular [[digital radio]] and internet radio broadcasts commenced in 2009 and 2012, respectively.

The ABC was founded in 1932 to take over the production duties of the [[Australian Broadcasting Company]] and operation of the [[Postmaster-General's Department]]'s National Broadcasting Service. Upon its establishment, it operated twelve stations across Australia, and invested in six [[symphony orchestra]]s. The ABC expanded over the following decades, opening and acquiring more stations, and establishing new national networks: [[Radio National]], [[ABC NewsRadio (Australia)|ABC NewsRadio]], [[Triple J]], and [[ABC Classic]]. Consolidation in the 1990s led to the divestment of the orchestras – which [[Corporate spin-off|spun off]] into [[Symphony Services International|Symphony Australia]] – and the centralisation of operations into new headquarters in Sydney and Melbourne. Regular [[digital radio]] and internet radio broadcasts commenced in 2009 and 2012, respectively.

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