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ABC Capricornia
Broadcast area	Rockhampton and The Capricorn Coast
Frequency	837 kHz AM
Programming
Format	Talk
Ownership
Owner	Australian 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
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Website	https://abc.net.au/capricornia/

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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

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

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

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

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

[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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-|image     =<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[File:Abclocalradio.png]]   -->[[File:4RK Studio at the Rockhampton Post Office, March 1931.jpg|220px]]G. Gardiner, radio announcer in the studio at the Rockhampton post office in 1931 |
+| logo        = 4RK Studio at the Rockhampton Post Office, March 1931.jpg
+| caption     = G. Gardiner, radio announcer in the studio at the Rockhampton post office in 1931
-|name      = 837 ABC Capricornia|
+| name        = ABC Capricornia
-|coordinates = {{Coord|23|22|48.22|S|150|30|56.63|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
+| coordinates = {{Coord|23|22|48.22|S|150|30|56.63|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
-|airdate   = 29 July 1931 |
+| airdate     = 29 July 1931
-|frequency = 837 [[kilohertz|kHz]] [[amplitude modulation|AM]] |
+| frequency   = 837 [[kilohertz|kHz]] [[amplitude modulation|AM]]
-|area      = [[Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]] and [[Capricorn Coast|The Capricorn Coast]] |
+| area        = [[Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]] and [[Capricorn Coast|The Capricorn Coast]]
-|owner = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
+| owner       = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
-|format = [[Talk radio|Talk]] |
+| format      = [[Talk radio|Talk]]
-|website = [http://abc.net.au/capricornia/ http://abc.net.au/capricornia/ ] |
+| website     = [https://abc.net.au/capricornia/ https://abc.net.au/capricornia/]
 }}
+'''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>
-'''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 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.
-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}}</ref>
-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 which are strategically located 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 [[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.
 ==Local News==
+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.
-Currently, 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>http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/piss-poor-management-abc-blasted-for-axing-regional-radio-programs-20151029-gkloc0.html</ref> that were implemented nationwide by the ABC in early 2016,<ref>http://about.abc.net.au/statements/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 4pm-6pm regional drive program which is broadcast from Brisbane, as are the 4:30 pm headlines.
-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 November 24, 2014 following the Australian Government implementing funding cuts of $254 million to the ABC.<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-24/mark-scott-announces-abc-job-cuts/5913082</ref><ref>http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/abc-close-gladstone-radio-post/2462533</ref><ref>http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/city-leaders-disappointed-abc-closure/2464032</ref>
-==Local Programming==
-Like many regional ABC stations around Australia, ''Breakfast'' and ''Mornings'' are the only two local programs currently broadcast from the Rockhampton studios.
-The station's local breakfast show with Jacquie Mackay starts at 6:35 am and concludes at 10:00 am.
-Up until the start of 2016, the station's breakfast show began at 5:35am but under controversial new changes announced by the ABC in late October 2015, the 5:30 am – 6:00 am portion of local programming was axed, and replaced with a statewide program from ABC Wide Bay in Bundaberg which is essentially a continuation of the ''Early Morning Country'' program heard between 5 am and 5:30am which is also broadcast from ABC Wide Bay and hosted by the same presenter.
-ABC Capricornia's local breakfast show now doesn't begin until after the 6am ''ABC News'' bulletin, ''Early AM'' and ''The Rural Report'', and runs until 10 am, replacing the first 90 minutes of the local morning program.
-Under the adopted changes, the local ''Mornings'' program which was previously broadcast from 8.30 am to 11&nbsp;am was shortened to just one hour, airing between 10 am and 11 am.<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-30/abc-regional-director-hoses-down-controversy-over-programming-c/6897996</ref>
-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>http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/11/24/cost-of-the-cuts-what-the-abc-and-sbs-are-losing</ref>  The final presenter of the regional afternoon program Rebecca McLaren tweeted shortly after the announcement was made that she was mourning the loss of the best fun you can have while still calling it work.<ref>http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/less-scrutiny-of-state-politics-after-730-qld-axed-expert-20141124-11syxm.html</ref>  Rebecca McLaren briefly stayed at ABC Capricornia to host the local ''Mornings'' program in the first part of 2015, and shared duties with breakfast presenter Jacquie Mackay during ABC Capricornia's emergency coverage when Tropical Cyclone Marcia hit the Rockhampton area in late February 2015.
+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>
-The station also broadcasts a rural affairs program called ''The Rural Report'' between 6:15 am and 6:30 am during the local breakfast show weekday mornings.  ''The 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.
+==Local Programs==
-Additionally, ABC Capricornia is also the originating station for ''Gardening Talkback'', a weekly gardening advice program heard on a number of ABC Local Radio stations throughout Queensland between 10 am and 11 am every Friday morning.
+===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===
-On Saturdays, ABC Capricornia broadcasts a local Saturday breakfast show from 6&nbsp;am until 8:30&nbsp;am which is followed by a local version of the ABC's ''Grandstand'' program from 8:30&nbsp;am until 10&nbsp;am.
+*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.
-There is no local programming on Sundays.
+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.
-==Networked Programming==
+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>
-As part of the ABC Local Radio network, the vast majority of programming on ABC Capricornia broadcasts originates from Brisbane or interstate.  National programs such as ''AM'', ''The World Today'', ''PM'', ''Nightlife'', ''Overnights'', ''Saturday Night Country'', ''Australia All Over'', ''Sunday Profile'' and ''Grandstand'' are all part of ABC Capricornia's broadcast schedule, as are statewide programs such as ''The Queensland Country Hour'', ''Afternoons'' with Kelly Higgins-Devine, ''Evenings'' with David Curnow, and ''Weekends'' with Tim Cox.
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+[[Category:ABC Local Radio|Capricornia]]
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