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| name = Triple M Riverina 1152
| logo = Southern Cross Austereo studios on Forsyth St (3).jpg
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|name = Triple M Riverina 1152
| logo_size = 180px
|image = Southern Cross Austereo studios on Forsyth St (3).jpg
| city = [[Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]]
|image_size = 180px
| country = Australia
|city = [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales|Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| area = [[Riverina]]<br/>[[South West Slopes (New South Wales)|South West Slopes]]
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| branding = '''Everything Wagga Wagga'''
|area = [[Riverina]], [[South West Slopes (New South Wales)|South West Slopes]]
|branding = '''Everything Wagga Wagga'''
| frequency = 1152 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] [[AM radio|AM]]
| repeater = 100.7,<ref>{{cite web |title=Apparatus Licence|url=https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/licence_image.extract_pdf?pLICENCE_NO=1159323/1 |website=[[Australian Communications & Media Authority]]|accessdate=14 August 2020 |date=28 July 2017}}</ref> 107.9<ref>{{cite web |title=Register of Radiocommunications Licences|url=https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/assignment_search.lookup?pEFL_ID=1600216 |website=Australian Communications & Media Authority |accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref> [[MHz]] [[FM radio|FM]]
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|slogan = '''Classic Hits'''
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| airdate = {{start date|1932|6|29|df=yes}}
|frequency = 1152 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] [[AM radio|AM]]
|repeater = 100.7, 107.9 [[MHz]] [[FM radio|FM]]
| format = [[Mainstream rock]]<br/>[[Adult contemporary]]
| licensing_authority = [[Australian Communications & Media Authority|ACMA]]
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|airdate = 29 June 1932
| power = 2,000 [[watt]]s<ref>{{cite book |title=Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition |date=October 2019 |publisher=[[Australian Communications & Media Authority]] |page=8 |url=https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-10/stations_book_electronic_edition_0.pdf}}</ref>
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|format = [[Adult Contemporary]], [[Classic Hits]]
| acma_bsl = 4136
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| coordinates = {{coord|-35.042204|147.415513|region:AU-NSW_type:landmark|display=inline}}
|power = 2000 [[Watt]]s
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| callsign_meaning = {{ubl|2 for New South Wales|"Wagga"}}
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|class = Commercial
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| owner = [[Southern Cross Austereo]]
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| licensee = Riverina Broadcasters Pty Ltd<ref name="acma">{{cite web |title=Apparatus Licence|url=https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/licence_image.extract_pdf?pLICENCE_NO=1385015/1 |website=Australian Communications & Media Authority |accessdate=14 August 2020 |date=21 November 2019}}</ref>
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|coordinates = {{coord|-35.042242|147.415538|region:AU-NSW_type:landmark|display=inline}}
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| sister_stations = [[Hit93.1 Riverina]]
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|callsign_meaning = '''2''' = [[New South Wales|NSW]] '''W'''a'''g'''ga
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| webcast =
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| website = {{official website|https://www.triplem.com.au/riverina/}}
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|owner = [[Southern Cross Media Group]]
|licensee = Riverina Broadcasters Pty Ltd
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|sister_stations = [[hit93.1 Riverina]]
|webcast =
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|website = {{official website|https://www.triplem.com.au/riverina/}}
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'''Triple M Riverina''' (ACMA call sign: '''2WG''') is an [[Australian]] [[radio station]] which transmits on 1152 [[kHz]] on the [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] band. It is licensed to the city of [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales|Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]]. The station is the first radio station to have a radio receiver built in regional New South Wales and was originally owned by a husband and wife team, the late Eric and Nan Roberts,<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of AM Radio Stations in Sydney|url=http://about.nsw.gov.au/encyclopedia/article/directory-of-am-radio-stations-in-sydney/|work=About NSW|publisher=New South Wales Government|accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="2WG"/> who were both formerly school teachers in Narrandera. It officially commenced broadcasts from the former Hardys' Building in Fitzmaurice Street overlooking the Wollundry Lagoon,<ref name="2WG">{{cite book |last=Morris |first=Sherry |title=Wagga Wagga, a history |year=1999 |publisher=Bobby Graham Publishers |pages = 187 |location=Wagga Wagga |isbn=1-875247-12-2 }}</ref> broadcasting on the Oura Road Transmitter site with 2,000 [[watt]]s on 29 June 1932 and operated between 6.00 am and 11.00 pm. In 1995 2WZD (FM93) began broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = News releases - 1996 | work = Commonwealth of Australia | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Authority | date = 1996-02-14 | url = http://internet.aca.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90538 | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-26 }}</ref>
'''Triple M Riverina''' (ACMA call sign '''2WG''') is an [[Australia|Australian]] [[radio station]] which transmits on 1152 [[kHz]] on the [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] band. It is licensed to the city of [[Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]]. The station was originally owned by Eric Vernon Roberts and his second<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3886313 |title=Divorce Decree Granted |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=25,333 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 October 1927 |accessdate=3 September 2022 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> wife Ida Annie "Nan" Roberts,<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of AM Radio Stations in Sydney|url=http://about.nsw.gov.au/encyclopedia/article/directory-of-am-radio-stations-in-sydney/|work=About NSW|publisher=[[ Government of New South Wales]]|accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="2WG"/> who were both formerly school teachers in [[Narrandera]]. Both the studio and 100 watt [[AWA Technology Services|AWA]] transmitter were originally located in the upper storey<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143162813 |title=New Broadcasting Station |newspaper=[[Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)|The Daily Advertiser]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 January 1932 |access-date=3 September 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> of the former Hardys' Building in Fitzmaurice Street overlooking the Wollundry Lagoon.<ref name="2WG">{{cite book |last=Morris |first=Sherry |title=Wagga Wagga, a history |year=1999 |publisher=Bobby Graham Publishers |pages = 187 |location=Wagga Wagga |isbn=1-875247-12-2 }}</ref> A replacement transmitter of 2,000 [[watt]]s, making 2WG one of the most powerful in Australia, was built by his brother Phil Roberts,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240453251 |title=The Smallest Man |newspaper=Mount Barker & Denmark Record|volume=10 |issue=1278 |location=Western Australia |date=12 October 1939 |access-date=3 September 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on the Oura Road Transmitter site on 29 June 1932 and operated between 6.00 am and 11.00 pm. By June 1979 the transmitter site was located at coordinates 35° 8' south; 147° 22½' E,<ref>{{cite book|title=B'cast Station Book |publisher=Posts and Telegraph Department |date=June 1979 }}</ref> approximately 200 metres east of the [[Olympic Highway]] and 200 m. north of Trahairs Road.


In 1995 2WZD (FM93) began broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | title = News releases - 1996 | work = Commonwealth of Australia | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Authority | date = 1996-02-14 | url = http://internet.aca.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90538 | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-26 }}</ref>
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In 1998 [[DMG Radio Australia]] bought both 2WG and FM93 (now Triple M 1152 and Hit 93.1). In late 2004 the stations were bought by [[Southern Cross Media|Macquarie Regional RadioWorks]] who currently own and operate the stations. The station including its sister station (93.1 StarFM, now Hit 93.1) was originally located in Fitzmaurice Street but was moved to the former Prime7 Television Centre in the suburb of [[Kooringal, New South Wales|Kooringal]] on 6 June 2000.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bartlett | first = Jason | title = Move marks start of a new era for Wagga broadcaster | newspaper = The Daily Advertiser | page = 3 | date = 2000-06-07}}</ref> 2WG relocated to its new Forsyth Street studios on 6 October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Owen|first1=Brodie|title=2WG, Star FM move into new Forsyth Street studios|url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/3403703/buzz-abounds-in-radio-move/|accessdate=10 October 2015|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>


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In 1998 [[Nova Entertainment|DMG Radio Australia]] bought both 2WG and FM93 (now Triple M 1152 and Hit 93.1). In late 2004 the stations were bought by [[Southern Cross Austereo]] who currently own and operate the stations. The station including its sister station ([[Hit93.1 Riverina|StarFM, now Hit 93.1]]) was originally located in Fitzmaurice Street but was moved to the former [[Prime7]] Television Centre in the suburb of [[Kooringal, New South Wales|Kooringal]] on 6 June 2000.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bartlett | first = Jason | title = Move marks start of a new era for Wagga broadcaster | newspaper = The Daily Advertiser | page = 3 | date = 2000-06-07}}</ref> 2WG relocated to its new Forsyth Street studios on 6 October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Owen|first1=Brodie|title=2WG, Star FM move into new Forsyth Street studios|url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/3403703/buzz-abounds-in-radio-move/|accessdate=10 October 2015|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
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2WG was rebranded as Triple M Riverina 1152 as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Australia wide rebranding in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Media|first1=Australian Community Media - Fairfax|title=End of an era as radio gets re-branded|url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/4354578/end-of-an-era-as-radio-gets-re-branded/?cs=148|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=13 December 2016}}</ref>

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2WG was rebranded as Triple M Riverina 1152 as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Australia wide rebranding in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=End of an era as radio gets re-branded|url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/4354578/end-of-an-era-as-radio-gets-re-branded/?cs=148|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=13 December 2016}}</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
[[Bill Kerr]], who grew up in Wagga Wagga and would go on to stardom in British radio, the West End stage, and Australian film, served as a 2WG announcer as a teenager, from 1939-1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Kerr: The Boy from Wagga Wagga|url=http://museumriverina.com.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/bill-kerr-the-boy-from-wagga-wagga|publisher=Museum of the Riverina|work=Past Exhibitions| accessdate = 2016-12-09}}</ref>
[[Bill Kerr]], who grew up in Wagga Wagga and would go on to stardom in British radio, the West End stage, and Australian film, served as a 2WG announcer as a teenager, from 1939–1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Kerr: The Boy from Wagga Wagga|url=http://museumriverina.com.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/bill-kerr-the-boy-from-wagga-wagga|publisher=Museum of the Riverina|work=Past Exhibitions| accessdate = 2016-12-09}}</ref>


Past Announcers/Presenters:
Past Announcers/Presenters:
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*David Watt
*David Watt
*Kevin O'Neill
*Kevin O'Neill
*Barry Heydon
*Barry Haydon
*[[Bill Kerr]]
*[[Bill Kerr]]
*[[Deborah Knight]]
*Duncan 'Pottsy' Potts
*Leighton Marshall


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:2WG Sign.jpg|Neon 2WG Sign.
Image:2WG Sign.jpg|Neon 2WG sign, before restoration.
Image:Former Riverina Broadcasters Building.jpg|Former 2WG studio building.
Image:Former Riverina Broadcasters Building.jpg|Former 2WG studio building.
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.triplem.com.au/riverina/ Triple M Riverina 1152 website]
*[https://www.triplem.com.au/riverina/ Triple M Riverina 1152 website]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-an12275763-5 1996 Radio Station 2WG, Fitzmaurice St, Wagga NSW (Photo).]
*[https://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-an12275763-5 1996 Radio Station 2WG, Fitzmaurice St, Wagga NSW (Photo)]


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Latest revision as of 11:30, 28 November 2024

For the radio station broadcasting from Griffith, New South Wales, see Triple M Riverina MIA.

Triple M Riverina 1152
Broadcast areaRiverina
South West Slopes
Frequency1152 kHz AM
BrandingEverything Wagga Wagga
Programming
FormatMainstream rock
Adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
Hit93.1 Riverina
History
First air date
29 June 1932 (1932-06-29)
Call sign meaning
  • 2 for New South Wales
  • "Wagga"
Technical information
Licensing authority
ACMA
Power2,000 watts[2]
Transmitter coordinates
35°02′32″S 147°24′56″E / 35.042204°S 147.415513°E / -35.042204; 147.415513
Repeater(s)100.7,[3] 107.9[4] MHz FM
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

Triple M Riverina (ACMA call sign 2WG) is an Australian radio station which transmits on 1152 kHz on the AM band. It is licensed to the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The station was originally owned by Eric Vernon Roberts and his second[5] wife Ida Annie "Nan" Roberts,[6][7] who were both formerly school teachers in Narrandera. Both the studio and 100 watt AWA transmitter were originally located in the upper storey[8] of the former Hardys' Building in Fitzmaurice Street overlooking the Wollundry Lagoon.[7] A replacement transmitter of 2,000 watts, making 2WG one of the most powerful in Australia, was built by his brother Phil Roberts,[9] on the Oura Road Transmitter site on 29 June 1932 and operated between 6.00 am and 11.00 pm. By June 1979 the transmitter site was located at coordinates 35° 8' south; 147° 22½' E,[10] approximately 200 metres east of the Olympic Highway and 200 m. north of Trahairs Road.

In 1995 2WZD (FM93) began broadcasting.[11]

In 1998 DMG Radio Australia bought both 2WG and FM93 (now Triple M 1152 and Hit 93.1). In late 2004 the stations were bought by Southern Cross Austereo who currently own and operate the stations. The station including its sister station (StarFM, now Hit 93.1) was originally located in Fitzmaurice Street but was moved to the former Prime7 Television Centre in the suburb of Kooringal on 6 June 2000.[12] 2WG relocated to its new Forsyth Street studios on 6 October 2015.[13]

2WG was rebranded as Triple M Riverina 1152 as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Australia wide rebranding in December 2016.[14]

Notable people

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Bill Kerr, who grew up in Wagga Wagga and would go on to stardom in British radio, the West End stage, and Australian film, served as a 2WG announcer as a teenager, from 1939–1941.[15]

Past Announcers/Presenters:

  • Peter Hand
  • Chris Couldrey
  • Sam Galea
  • Mal Wilcock
  • George 'Groover' Wayne
  • John Doherty
  • David Watt
  • Kevin O'Neill
  • Barry Haydon
  • Bill Kerr
  • Deborah Knight
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  • Neon 2WG sign, before restoration.
    Neon 2WG sign, before restoration.
  • Former 2WG studio building.
    Former 2WG studio building.

References and notes

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  1. ^ "Apparatus Licence". Australian Communications & Media Authority. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). Australian Communications & Media Authority. October 2019. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Apparatus Licence". Australian Communications & Media Authority. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Register of Radiocommunications Licences". Australian Communications & Media Authority. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Divorce Decree Granted". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 333. Victoria, Australia. 20 October 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Directory of AM Radio Stations in Sydney". About NSW. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  7. ^ a b Morris, Sherry (1999). Wagga Wagga, a history. Wagga Wagga: Bobby Graham Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 1-875247-12-2.
  8. ^ "New Broadcasting Station". The Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "The Smallest Man". Mount Barker & Denmark Record. Vol. 10, no. 1278. Western Australia. 12 October 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ B'cast Station Book. Posts and Telegraph Department. June 1979.
  11. ^ "News releases - 1996". Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Broadcasting Authority. 14 February 1996. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  12. ^ Bartlett, Jason (7 June 2000). "Move marks start of a new era for Wagga broadcaster". The Daily Advertiser. p. 3.
  13. ^ Owen, Brodie (6 October 2015). "2WG, Star FM move into new Forsyth Street studios". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  14. ^ "End of an era as radio gets re-branded". The Daily Advertiser. 13 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Bill Kerr: The Boy from Wagga Wagga". Past Exhibitions. Museum of the Riverina. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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