Hawkesbury Radio

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Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 FM
Broadcast area	Hawkesbury, Sydney
Frequency	89.9 MHz FM
First air date	circa 1978
Format	Mixed
Owner	Hawkesbury Radio Communications Cooperative Society Limited

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Hawkesbury Radio (call sign: 2VTR) is a fully licensed community radio station. Its primary purpose is to serve the residents of Hawkesbury LGA. Hawkesbury Radio broadcasts on the frequency 89.9 FM. Hawkesbury Radio is staffed by volunteers and broadcasts live non-stop.

[edit] History

Hawkesbury Radio began in 1978 with a test broadcast, gaining its full licence in 1982, one of the first local community radio licences granted. The station broadcast out of a tiny building, which housed the studio and transmitter in Fitzgerald Street Windsor for many years, before moving to its current site in 1992 in an adjacent building. Hawkesbury Radio originally broadcast on 89.7 MHz, but moved to its current frequency of 89.9 MHz in December 1999.

[edit] Programming

Hawkesbury Radio keeps to a mainly AOR mix during the daytime hours. Outside of these hours, there are specialist programmes such as bluegrass, easy-listening, and country music. The station also has sports programmes on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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