2UUU

Infobox Radio station
name = 2UUU


city = Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
area = Shoalhaven area
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slogan = The Peoples Radio
frequency = 104.5 MHz
92.3 MHz
99.7 MHz
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airdate = 1990cite web |url=http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic031_community_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf |title=Community Radio Broadcasting Licences |publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority |format=PDF |date=November 23 2007|accessdate=2007-12-24]
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class = community [cite web |url=http://internet.aca.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/community.html |title=Licensed community broadcasting services |publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority |date=October 1 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-24]
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callsign_meaning = Triple U
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affiliations = CBAA
owner = Shoalhaven Community Radio
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website = [http://www.tripleu.org.au/ www.tripleu.org.au]

2UUU Shoalhaven Community Radio is based in Nowra, a town in the Shoalhaven district of New South Wales, Australia.

Basic information

2UUU (Triple U) FM broadcasts 24 hours a day from the Nowra CBD. It is licensed as a public broadcaster for the Shoalhaven local government area, stretching from Broughton Village in the north to Burrill Lake in the south. This area is large enough to warrant three transmitters; these are:

* 104.5 FM- transmitting from Cambewarra Mountain. This frequency covers the central part of the listening area such as Nowra, Sanctuary Point, Huskisson and St. Georges Basin. Subject to interference in the northern and southern Shoalhaven.

* 92.3 FM- transmitting from Coolangatta Mountain east of Berry. Licensed to cover the northern part of the listening area, including Berry, Gerroa, Shoalhaven Heads and parts of the Crookhaven River estuary (Greenwell Point and Culburra). This frequency is very low powered, and was primarily designed to combat interference on 104.5 from Gosford.

* 99.7 FM- transmitting from Little Forest Trig, Ulladulla. Licensed to cover the southern part of the listening area, including Milton/Ulladulla/Mollymook, Lake Tabourie and Burrill Lake. Again, 104.5 is subject to interference in this area (from 104.3 Batemans Bay) so this alternative frequency was needed.

Programming

Programming on 2UUU is diverse, ranging from softer music such as country and western/adult standards in the daytime to more upbeat sounds (top 40/rock and metal) at night. The station also networks programs from the CBAA satellite (such as Pet Talk Radio), as well as Shoalhaven council meetings. [cite web |url=http://www.pettalkradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=46 |title=Where to Listen |publisher=Pet Talk Radio |accessdate=2008-01-22]

History

The station began trial broadcasts in the late 1980s. One of its early organisers was Phil Dye, a primary school teacher and former member of the Moonshiners bush band.Fact|date=December 2007 After several successful trials, the station was finally granted a license and continues to operate until the present day.

References

*cite web |url=http://www.tripleu.org.au/aboutus.html |title=About Us |publisher=Triple U FM - Shoalhaven Community Radio |accessdate=2007-12-24
*cite press release |title=New radio services for the Nowra region |publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority |url=http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90762 |date=August 13 1999 |accessdate=2007-12-24

External links

* [http://www.tripleu.org.au/ 2 Triple U station web site]