ABC Radio Hobart

ABC Radio Hobart
Broadcast area	Hobart
Frequency	936 kHz AM
First air date	22 June 1938
Format	Talk
Transmitter coordinates	42°55′31″S 147°29′55″E / 42.9254°S 147.4985°E / -42.9254; 147.4985Coordinates: 42°55′31″S 147°29′55″E / 42.9254°S 147.4985°E / -42.9254; 147.4985
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	http://www.abc.net.au/hobart/

ABC Radio Hobart (call sign: 7ZR) is the ABC Local Radio station for Hobart, Tasmania, owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It currently broadcasts on 936 kHz on the AM band. Originally the station broadcast on 1160 kHz,^[1] in 1953 switched to 940 kHz,^[2] and in 1978 to the present frequency.^[3] ABC Radio Hobart also operates a low power repeater station covering the Orford and Triabunna area where the AM signal is received poorly. This service broadcasts from Moreys Hill, Triabunna using the FM band on a frequency of 90.5 MHz. ABC Northern Tasmania simulcasts 936's programming when not airing local shows for their region.

Radio stations in Hobart
AM stations	ABC Radio National 585 ABC NewsRadio 747 7RPH 864 ABC Radio Hobart Radio TAB 1080 Rete Italia 1611 2ME Radio Arabic 1638
FM stations	triple j 92.9 ABC Classic FM 93.9 Hobart FM 96.1 Edge Radio 99.3 Hit 100.9 7HO FM 101.7 SBS Radio 105.7 Ultra106five (106.5) Heart 107.3
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References

↑ "NEW NATIONAL STATION 7ZR HOBART". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 2 June 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "NEW FREQUENCY FOR RADIO STATION". The Mercury. CLXXIII (25,803). Tasmania. 29 August 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Frequency changes". The Canberra Times. 53 (15,710). 26 September 1978. p. 7. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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