1RPH

Infobox Radio station
name = Radio 1RPH


city =
area = Canberra
branding =
slogan =
frequency = 1125 kHz AM
repeater = 89.5 mHz FM Wagga Wagga
airdate = April, 1985
share =
share as of =
share source =
format = Radio reading service
power =
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haat =
class = Community radio
facility id =
coordinates =
callsign_meaning = 1 = Australian Capital Territory
Radio for the
Print
Handicapped
former_callsigns =
affiliations = Radio Print Handicapped Network
owner = Print Handicapped Radio of ACT Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = official|http://www.radio1rph.org.au

Radio 1RPH 1125 kHz is a volunteer manned AM band radio broadcast station in the Australian Capital Territory. [cite web |title=1RPH History
url= http://www.radio1rph.org.au/history.htm |date=2008 |accessdate=2008-08-04 |publisher= [http://www.radio1rph.org.au 1RPH] ]

Radio 1RPH is a member of the Radio Print Handicapped Network. Its catch-phrases are, Your information station and Turning print into sound, and it is intended to serve all those who are, for any reason, handicapped from reading printed material. [cite web |title=Value our Voices
url=http://www.cbonline.org.au/%5Cmedia%5CElection_07%5CRPH_Summary1.1.pdf |date=2007 |accessdate=2008-08-04
publisher=CBAA]

Newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed material are read to air. 1RPH used to have a frequency just outside of the AM band, and so suffered little interference, and was heard as far away as the United States.

Programming

(typical: times Australian Eastern)

Monday-Friday

0615-0630 Weather, TV and 1RPH programs
0630-0700 religious program
0700-0900 live readings from morning newspapers
0900-1300 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
1300-1500 cross to BBC World Service
1500-1600 repeat of morning readings from Canberra Times newspaper
1600-1755 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
1755-2000 live readings of themed articles from newspapers
2000-2300 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
2300-0615 cross to BBC World Service

aturday

0700-0945 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
0945-1200 live readings from morning newspapers
1200-2100 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
2100-0700 cross to BBC World Service

unday

0700-1000 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
1000-1230 live readings from morning newspapers
1230-1355 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
1355-1800 afternoon religious program
1800-2000 live readings of background articles from newspapers
2000-2100 pre-produced specialised programming from printed resources
2100-0630 cross to BBC World Service

[http://www.radio1rph.org.au/guide.htm Full Program Guide]

Equipment

tudios

On-air and production

*Two studios, each with 16 channel mixers:

**Audio channel sources:
***computer
***CD players
***satellite channels
***Tape-recorders
***turntables
***outside broadcast line
***telephone-radio interface

Production

*digital post-production studio
*voice-only studio
*CD-R and tape library
*recorded music library

Transmitters and antennas

*2,000 watt solid-state AM transmitter with standby
*two 65 metre antenna masts providing directional coverage
*emergency power-plant

References

External links

* [http://www.radio1rph.org.au Radio 1RPH]
* [http://www.rph.org.au/ RPH Australia Network]

=See also=
* List of Australian radio stations
* Radio Print Handicapped Network