National Radio News is an independent national news service for the community broadcasting sector of Australia. It is produced by Charles Sturt University in a partnership with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)and supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF).
National Radio News (NRN) bulletins are produced from a newsroom based at radio station 2MCE on the Bathurst campus of Charles Sturt University. Professional journalists work alongside students drawn from Charles Sturt's Bachelor of Communication to deliver news bulletins to over 1.5 million listeners a week across Australia. National Radio News was founded in 1997, and was officially launched by veteran broadcast and journalist George Negus on July 16, 1997.
NRN broadcasts across Australia, to every state and territory, to regional and metropolitan areas, which features independent news, see your local community station for the full bulletins.
History Development of National Radio News was led by former 2MCE-FM Manager Ian Stanistreet OAM in 1997. 2MCE at Charles Sturt University and 2NUR at the University of Newcastle formed a joint venture to deliver the news service.
In 1998, 2MCE and 2NUR jointly received the prestigious Tony Staley Award for Excellence in Community Broadcasting in recognition of their work launching NRN.
2NUR withdrew from the consortium in 2000, focusing on local news for Newcastle and the Hunter region. 2MCE and Charles Sturt University continued operating National Radio News, partnering with the CBAA to distribute the service to community radio stations through the Community Radio Network.
Stations Australian Capital Territory 89.5 FM | Valley FM 94.3 FM | 2XX FM
New South Wales 88.1 FM | 2RDJ Sydney (Burwood) 88.9 FM | 2RBR Coraki 89.1 FM | 2BLU Blue Mountains 91.1 FM, 105.9 FM | 2CBD Deepwater, Glen Innes 91.9 FM | 2MTM Coonamble 92.1 FM | 2ARM Armidale 92.1 FM | 2MFM Muslim Community Radio Sydney (Chesterhill) 92.3 FM, 94.7 FM | 2MCE Bathurst, Orange 92.3 FM | 2YYY Young 92.7 FM | Bay and Basin FM Sanctuary Point 93.3 FM, 107.3 FM | 2 Triple B FM Bellingen 96.7 FM | 2QBN Queanbeyan 97.5 FM | Sapphire FM Merimbula 98.7 FM | 2KRR Kandos - Rylestone 99.5 FM | 2WCR Coonabarabran 100.1 FM | Triple H Hornsby Ku-ring-gai 100.3 FM | River FM Lismore 103.1 FM | Tank FM Kempsey 103.3 FM | RamFM | Goulburn 104.1 FM | Bucketts Radio Gloucester 104.7 FM | 2BOB Taree 106.9 FM | 2UNE Armidale 107.3 FM | 2SER Sydney (Ultimo) 107.5 FM | 2EAR Eurobodalla 107.7 FM | 2DRY Broken Hill 107.9 FM | 2COW Casino
Northern Territory 100.5 FM | 8KIN (CAAMA) Mparntwe (Alice Springs) 102.1 FM | 8CCC Mparntwe (Alice Springs) Pawmedia | 8PAW Yuendumu
Queensland 94.7 FM | 4BCR Bundaberg 91.5 FM | Burnett River Radio Gayndah 89.1 FM | Cairns FM 89.1 Cairns 101.3 FM | Noosa FM 101.3 Noosa 101.5 FM | 101.5 FM Caboolture
South Australia 88.9 | Lofty 88.9 Adelaide 89.3 FM | 5GFM Kadina 104.5 | Dusty FM Coober Pedy
Tasmania 95.7 FM – 7HRT Poatina 103.7 FM – 7LTN City Park Radio Launceston 97.7 FM – 7TAS Tasman FM Nubeena 98.1 FM, 105.3 FM – WAY FM Launceston 97.1 FM – 7MID Oatlands
Victoria 96.5 FM – Alpine Radio 103.1 FM – 3BBR Drouin 104.7 FM – 3GCR Gippsland 96.5 FM – 3HHH Horsham and Districts 96.5 FM – 3INR Inner FM Heidelberg 103.5 FM – 3MBS Melbourne 99.7 FM – 3MCR Mansfield 96.9 FM, 101.7 FM – 3MGB Mallacoota 90.7 FM, 105.5 FM – 3REG East Gippsland 97.7 FM – 3SER Cranbourne (Melbourne) 99.1 FM – 3SFM Swan Hill 88.9 FM, 98.5 FM, 98.9 FM, 106.9 FM – 3UGE Upper Goulburn 101.3 FM – 3WPR oak fm Wangaratta 89.5 FM – Phoenix FM Bendigo
Western Australia 100.9 FM | Great Southern FM Albany 101.7 FM | Capital Community Radio Booragon (Perth) 102.5 FM – 6KCR Kalamunda 92.1 FM – 6RTR Perth 89.7 FM | 89 7FM Wanneroo & Joondalup (Twin Cities) 101.3 FM – 6YCR York
References
External links Official website NRN page at Community Broadcasting Association of Australia website