Hawkesbury Radio
Hawkesbury Radio, is an Internet radio station situated in the Hawkesbury Area.
| Broadcast area | Hawkesbury, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Mixed |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hawkesbury Radio Communications Cooperative Society Limited |
| History | |
First air date | circa 1978 |
Former call signs | 2VTR |
Former names | Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 |
Former frequencies | 89.9 MHz FM |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
The station is staffed by volunteers Hawkesbury Radio was the only Community Radio Station in Australia to have Broadcast rights of NRL which featured Penrith Panthers NRL matches, from 1997 to 2009. In 2016 the station gained broadcast rights to Western Sydney Wanderers A-League matches as well as W-League, National Youth League and FFA Cup matches involving the Wanderers
Hawkesbury Radio began in 1978 with a test broadcast, gaining its full licence in 1982, one of the first local community radio licences granted. The station broadcast out of a tiny condemned building, which housed the studio and transmitter on Fitzgerald Street Windsor for many years, before moving to its current site in 1992 in an adjacent building. Hawkesbury Radio originally broadcast on 89.7 MHz, but moved to the frequency of 89.9 MHz in December 1999. In November 2022, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) denied Hawkesbury Radio the licence & they switched over to internet-only broadcasting.