Radio 2 (Australian radio station)

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Radio 2 was an Australian radio network transmitting via a series of 50 AM stations throughout Australia, operating on frequencies above 1602 kHz. Radio 2 also transmitted via pay television audio services on Austar and Foxtel, on the WorldSpace service, via the AsiaStar satellite, and also via its website.

The legal remains of Radio 2 are owned by WorldAudio Limited ASX:WAG. While operational, it was based at Sydney Olympic Park.

[edit] Technical limitations

Radio 2's AM services had different licence conditions to most Australian AM stations. These meant that the transmitters were often outside their intended target area, some frequencies they used could not be received by many radios, and they had poorer sound quality than normal AM stations.

[edit] Radio 2 in Administration

A trading halt on the Australian Stock Exchange on 16 March 2006 was followed by an announcement on 21 March 2006 that Administrators had been appointed to the company. The Administrators had halted all personality broadcasting and replaced it with 24 hours/day music and sought expressions of interest in purchasing the entire network as a primary objective and if this was not possible the sale of parts of the network to different buyers.

[edit] Closure of Radio 2

The website for Radio 2 stated on Tuesday 25 July 2006: Radio 2 temporarily ceased broadcasting as of Friday, 21st July 2006. Broadcasting on the WorldAudio Groups Licences will resume at Christmas 2006. Administrators Hall Chadwick are selling off World Audio's Radio 2's studio equipment at auction. With the sale of the equipment from the former Radio 2 studio centre, the most recent update as of 15 September 2006, the websites for Radio 2, and its parent entity World Audio ceased to be posted. There has been discussion on the radio industry related news groups that a new national country music format may be established on the former Radio 2 radio transmission network.

[edit] Sale of frequencies

The licences and transmission sites formerly used by World Audio are still at this time in the hands of the Administrator, and expressions of interest are being received for the potential sale or lease of these licences and transmitter sites