- 1062 ABC Riverland
Radio station
name = 1062 ABC Riverland
callsign = 5MV
airdate =July 31 ,1957
frequency = 1062 kHz AM
area =Riverland
owner =Australian Broadcasting Corporation
format = Talk
website = [http://www.abc.net.au/riverland/ http://www.abc.net.au/riverland/]1062 ABC Riverland is an
ABC Local Radio station based inRenmark, South Australia , broadcasting to theRiverland and Mallee region.The station began broadcasting as 5MV in
1957 . It originally broadcast on 1593 kHz. It moved to 1305 kHz in1988 , before changing to 1062 in1996 .In the early years it carried a mix of programming including local news and specific rural information aimed at ‘the fruit blockers and those on the land’. Fully-fledged morning current affairs programming was introduced in
1989 . Later the same year "The Voice of Greece" with Jim Grifsas became the first non-English-speaking program on the station.1062 ABC Riverland was the first regional station in Australia to have digital studios installed.
Local Programs
Weekdays
*Breakfast with Bruce Mellett – 5:55 AM to 7:45 AM
*Riverland Today with Bronwen Wade - 8:30 AM to 11:00 AMaturday
*Saturday Breakfast with Tim Jackson - 6:00 AM to 7:45 AM
*Riverland Grandstand with Billy Barr - 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
*Talkback Gardening with Billy Barr - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AMWhen local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of
891 ABC Adelaide .References
ee also
*
List of Australian radio stations
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