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{{Radio station |
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name = 837 ABC Capricornia|
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{{Infobox radio station
callsigns = 4RK |
| logo = 4RK Studio at the Rockhampton Post Office, March 1931.jpg
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frequency = 837 [[kilohertz|kHz]] [[amplitude modulation|AM]] |
| caption = G. Gardiner, radio announcer in the studio at the Rockhampton post office in 1931
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area = [[Rockhampton]] and The [[Capricorn Coast]] |
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| name = ABC Capricornia
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owner = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
| coordinates = {{Coord|23|22|48.22|S|150|30|56.63|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
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format = [[Talk radio|Talk]] |
| airdate = 29 July 1931
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website = [http://abc.net.au/capricornia/ http://abc.net.au/capricornia/ ] |
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| frequency = 837 [[kilohertz|kHz]] [[amplitude modulation|AM]]
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| area = [[Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]] and [[Capricorn Coast|The Capricorn Coast]]
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| owner = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
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| format = [[Talk radio|Talk]]
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| website = [https://abc.net.au/capricornia/ https://abc.net.au/capricornia/]
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'''ABC Capricornia''' is one of the ABC's original regional radio stations. It pre-dates the inception of the Australian Broadcasting Commission on July 1st 1932. ABC Capricornia started as a commercial station under the name 4RK, belonging to the Australian Broadcasting Company, beginning its broadcasts on the 29th July 1931. The station became part of the ABC, as we now know it, in 1932. It retained the call sign 4RK.
'''4RK''', better known as '''ABC Capricornia''' is one of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]'s original regional radio stations, predating the corporation's inception on 1 July 1932. 4RK, as it was known at the time, began broadcasting on 29 July 1931 and was owned by the [[Australian Broadcasting Company]]. The power was initially 2&nbsp;kilowatts. The transmitting equipment was established by Keith Thow of [[Standard Telephones and Cables|STC]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19310730.2.129.4|title=4RK Rockhampton|newspaper=Evening Post|volume=CXII|issue=26|date=30 July 1931|page=22}}</ref>


The station became part of the ABC in 1932, but retained its original callsign. The station was the second regional ABC radio station in Australia and celebrated its 75th birthday in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/02/29/2176209.htm|title=The history of ABC Capricornia|date=15 April 2008|author=Martin Powley|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>
In latter years, the ABC has moved to identify its stations according to the regions they serve, hence 4RK is now known as ABC Capricornia. The station celebrated its 75th birthday in 2006.


The station broadcasts to the region on two powerful AM transmitters – the 4RK transmitter at [[Gracemere, Queensland|Gracemere]] (broadcasting on 837 AM) and the 4QD transmitter at [[Emerald, Queensland|Emerald]] (broadcasting on 1548 AM). However, ABC Capricornia also uses a number of FM translators dotted throughout the region, enabling the station to be heard clearly in other towns, such as Gladstone and Biloela.
While ABC Capricornia (formerly 4RK) has transmitted programs through its 837AM transmitter at Gracemere since its beginnings in the 1930’s, our relay stations are more recent additions; FM transmitters at Gladstone, Biloela and Alpha have come on stream in later years. We also have a powerful transmitter near Emerald, broadcasting on 1548AM. We frequently get calls from interstate and overseas, from listeners who pick up our broadcasts through the Emerald transmitter.


Staff based at ABC Capricornia cover the ABC's [[ABC Television (Australia)|television]], [[ABC Radio and Regional Content|radio]] and [[internet|online]] operations for the areas including journalists, presenters and producers, as well as an online producer, television reporter, and camera producer/editor.
From the 1960s until the 1980s, ABC Television also broadcast regional programs from Rockhampton. To 'celebrate' the end of local television programming in 1985, our cameraman and technical guru, Bruce Black, tipped a bucket of water over the presenter - live on air.


==Local News==
Staff at ABC Capricornia cover all areas of ABC radio operations. We have news journalists, presenters and producers and an online producer to maintain our website. ABC Capricornia is also the base for a television reporter and camera operator/editor. This duo covers a vast area of Queensland from the Wide Bay to the Whitsundays and west to the Northern Territory border.
Local news bulletins are broadcast on ABC Capricornia at 6:30&nbsp;am, 7:30&nbsp;am, and 12:00&nbsp;pm on weekdays.


Previously ABC Capricornia also aired local news bulletins at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm but under controversial programming changes <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/piss-poor-management-abc-blasted-for-axing-regional-radio-programs-20151029-gkloc0.html|title='Piss poor management': ABC blasted for axing regional radio programs|date=29 October 2015}}</ref> that were implemented nationwide by the ABC in early 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://about.abc.net.au/statements/statement-from-fiona-reynolds-director-abc-regional|title = Statement from Fiona Reynolds, Director ABC Regional}}</ref> the five local bulletins on ABC Capricornia were reduced to three. The 8:30am bulletin was replaced with a brief 90 second update of local and national headlines read by a locally based newsreader. The 5:30 pm local news bulletin was also axed and was also replaced with a brief national update, read by the producer of the regional drive program.
ABC Capricornia has a strong history of community service, which is today demonstrated by the station's involvement in community and industry events around central Queensland.


Until 2014, the station maintained a radio news bureau in the city of [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]], 100 kilometres south of Rockhampton, where a radio journalist was based to cover news originating from the Gladstone region. The Gladstone-based reporter also presented ABC Capricornia's local afternoon news bulletins which were broadcast live from Gladstone. However, the ABC controversially announced the permanent closure of the Gladstone bureau and the removal of a Gladstone-based reporter on 24 November 2014 following the Australian Government implementing funding cuts of $254 million to the ABC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-24/mark-scott-announces-abc-job-cuts/5913082|title = Nearly 1 in 10 ABC staff facing redundancy as cuts bite|website = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date = 24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/abc-close-gladstone-radio-post/2462533|title=ABC to close Gladstone radio post|date=24 November 2014|work=Gladstone Observer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712073235/http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/abc-close-gladstone-radio-post/2462533/|archive-date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/city-leaders-disappointed-abc-closure/2464032|title=City leaders disappointed by ABC closure|work=Gladstone Observer|date=25 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706205753/http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/city-leaders-disappointed-abc-closure/2464032/|archive-date=6 July 2015}}</ref>
Our main studios at 236 Quay Street, Rockhampton, were refurbished in 1998. The building is the former headquarters and gold store of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company. The wealth coming from Mount Morgan is responsible for much of the heritage architecture in Quay Street. We also have an ABC Radio News facility in Tank Street, Gladstone. This facility is staffed by a full time journalist.


==Local Programs==
ABC Capricornia broadcasts local and networked programs 24 hours a day. Our local Breakfast show kicks off at 5:35am with Jacquie Mackay behind the microphone. Then [[Craig Zonca]] takes you through the morning from 8:30 to 11am. Ingrid Just hosts Afternoons across all regional ABC stations in Queensland, from our Rockhampton studio, between 2pm and 4pm weekdays.
===Weekdays===
*Breakfast with Inga Stunzner – 6:30am to 10:00am
*Capricornia and Southern Queensland Rural Report with Meg Bolton or Lydia Burton – 6:15am to 6:30am
*Mornings with Cristy-Lee Macqueen – 10:00am to 11:00am


===Saturday===
You can join Scott Rollinson and Vince Pheely for Saturday Breakfast and Sport between 6am and 10am. The Regional Drive Show with David Iliffe is broadcast across southern and central Queensland, from the studios of ABC Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. Programs heard overnight on ABC Capricornia are networked from ABC studios in Brisbane and other capitals.<ref>[http://abc.net.au/capricornia/about.htm] </ref>
*Saturday Breakfast with Cate Fry – 6:00am to 9:00am
*Capricornia Grandstand with Mick Busby – 9:00am to 10:00am
When local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of [[ABC Radio Queensland]] and [[ABC Radio Brisbane]].


ABC Capricornia is also the originating station for ''Gardening Talkback'', a weekly gardening advice program with Tom Wyatt heard on a number of ABC Local Radio stations throughout Queensland between 10 am and 11 am every Friday morning.
==See also==

* [[List of Australian radio stations]]
The station's ''Rural Report'' is a shared program between ABC Capricornia and ABC Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. The program simulcasts on both stations, and features content relevant to both regions with a Rockhampton-based rural reporter and a Toowoomba-based rural reporter alternating presenting duties.

ABC Capricornia was also the originating station for the network's regional statewide mid-afternoon program, which was presented from the Rockhampton studios between 2&nbsp;pm and 4&nbsp;pm weekdays. However, that program was another casualty of the Australian Government's funding cuts to the ABC in 2014. Following the program's conclusion at the end of 2014, it was replaced with a relay of 612 ABC Brisbane's ''Afternoons'' with Kelly Higgins-Devine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/11/24/cost-of-the-cuts-what-the-abc-and-sbs-are-losing|title=Cost of the cuts: What the ABC and SBS are losing|date=24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/less-scrutiny-of-state-politics-after-730-qld-axed-expert-20141124-11syxm.html|title = Less scrutiny of state politics after 7.30 QLD axed: Expert|date = 24 November 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
[[File:4RK control room equipment.jpg|thumb|left|control room in 1931]]
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[[File:Erecting a radio mast for 4RK, Rockhampton, 1931.jpg|thumb|right|Erecting radio mast for 4RK in 1931]]
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Latest revision as of 22:39, 17 November 2023

ABC Capricornia
Broadcast areaRockhampton and The Capricorn Coast
Frequency837 kHz AM
Programming
FormatTalk
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
29 July 1931
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
23°22′48.22″S 150°30′56.63″E / 23.3800611°S 150.5157306°E / -23.3800611; 150.5157306
Links
Websitehttps://abc.net.au/capricornia/

4RK, better known as ABC Capricornia is one of the ABC's original regional radio stations, predating the corporation's inception on 1 July 1932. 4RK, as it was known at the time, began broadcasting on 29 July 1931 and was owned by the Australian Broadcasting Company. The power was initially 2 kilowatts. The transmitting equipment was established by Keith Thow of STC.[1]

The station became part of the ABC in 1932, but retained its original callsign. The station was the second regional ABC radio station in Australia and celebrated its 75th birthday in 2006.[2]

The station broadcasts to the region on two powerful AM transmitters – the 4RK transmitter at Gracemere (broadcasting on 837 AM) and the 4QD transmitter at Emerald (broadcasting on 1548 AM). However, ABC Capricornia also uses a number of FM translators dotted throughout the region, enabling the station to be heard clearly in other towns, such as Gladstone and Biloela.

Staff based at ABC Capricornia cover the ABC's television, radio and online operations for the areas including journalists, presenters and producers, as well as an online producer, television reporter, and camera producer/editor.

Local News

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Local news bulletins are broadcast on ABC Capricornia at 6:30 am, 7:30 am, and 12:00 pm on weekdays.

Previously ABC Capricornia also aired local news bulletins at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm but under controversial programming changes [3] that were implemented nationwide by the ABC in early 2016,[4] the five local bulletins on ABC Capricornia were reduced to three. The 8:30am bulletin was replaced with a brief 90 second update of local and national headlines read by a locally based newsreader. The 5:30 pm local news bulletin was also axed and was also replaced with a brief national update, read by the producer of the regional drive program.

Until 2014, the station maintained a radio news bureau in the city of Gladstone, 100 kilometres south of Rockhampton, where a radio journalist was based to cover news originating from the Gladstone region. The Gladstone-based reporter also presented ABC Capricornia's local afternoon news bulletins which were broadcast live from Gladstone. However, the ABC controversially announced the permanent closure of the Gladstone bureau and the removal of a Gladstone-based reporter on 24 November 2014 following the Australian Government implementing funding cuts of $254 million to the ABC.[5][6][7]

Local Programs

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Weekdays

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  • Breakfast with Inga Stunzner – 6:30am to 10:00am
  • Capricornia and Southern Queensland Rural Report with Meg Bolton or Lydia Burton – 6:15am to 6:30am
  • Mornings with Cristy-Lee Macqueen – 10:00am to 11:00am

Saturday

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  • Saturday Breakfast with Cate Fry – 6:00am to 9:00am
  • Capricornia Grandstand with Mick Busby – 9:00am to 10:00am

When local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of ABC Radio Queensland and ABC Radio Brisbane.

ABC Capricornia is also the originating station for Gardening Talkback, a weekly gardening advice program with Tom Wyatt heard on a number of ABC Local Radio stations throughout Queensland between 10 am and 11 am every Friday morning.

The station's Rural Report is a shared program between ABC Capricornia and ABC Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. The program simulcasts on both stations, and features content relevant to both regions with a Rockhampton-based rural reporter and a Toowoomba-based rural reporter alternating presenting duties.

ABC Capricornia was also the originating station for the network's regional statewide mid-afternoon program, which was presented from the Rockhampton studios between 2 pm and 4 pm weekdays. However, that program was another casualty of the Australian Government's funding cuts to the ABC in 2014. Following the program's conclusion at the end of 2014, it was replaced with a relay of 612 ABC Brisbane's Afternoons with Kelly Higgins-Devine.[8][9]

References

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control room in 1931
Erecting radio mast for 4RK in 1931
  1. ^ "4RK Rockhampton". Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 26. 30 July 1931. p. 22.
  2. ^ Martin Powley (15 April 2008). "The history of ABC Capricornia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ^ "'Piss poor management': ABC blasted for axing regional radio programs". 29 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Statement from Fiona Reynolds, Director ABC Regional".
  5. ^ "Nearly 1 in 10 ABC staff facing redundancy as cuts bite". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 November 2014.
  6. ^ "ABC to close Gladstone radio post". Gladstone Observer. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.
  7. ^ "City leaders disappointed by ABC closure". Gladstone Observer. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Cost of the cuts: What the ABC and SBS are losing". 24 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Less scrutiny of state politics after 7.30 QLD axed: Expert". 24 November 2014.
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