Radio 97

Radio 97
City	Murwillumbah
Broadcast area	Murwillumbah/Tweed Heads, New South Wales/Gold Coast, Queensland
Frequency	972 kHz AM
Branding	Radio 97
Programming
Language(s)	English
Affiliations	Super Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Broadcast Operations Group ; (Tweed Radio & Broadcasting Co Pty Ltd)
History
First air date	September 1, 1936
Technical information
Power	5 kW
Transmitter coordinates	28°19′39″S 153°30′29″E / 28.32750°S 153.50806°E
Translator(s)	103.5 MHz FM; Mullumbimby, New South Wales; 104.1 MHz FM; Currumbin, Queensland
Links
Webcast	www.radio97.com.au/radio97.com.au/listen.html
Website	www.radio97.com.au/radio97.com.au

2MW, better known as Radio 97, is an Australian radio station serving the Murwillumbah region. It was opened in September 1937.^[1]

Controversy[]

Underpayment of Staff[]

Radio 97 owners, Broadcast Operations Group, have often been accused of a reluctance to pay experienced staff in order to cut operating costs.^[3]

In September 2009, Broadcast Operations Group was found to have underpaid a journalist and has been ordered to make a $10,000 backpayment. The journalist, who was studying communications at a Gold Coast university, worked part-time over a two-year period in the newsroom for Tweed Heads radio station Radio 97 was graded as a cadet. The Fair Work Ombudsman found that the Journalist was performing tasks that would normally be given to a Grade 1, Band 1 journalist under the Commercial Radio Journalists Award.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Radio Station Opened". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition)" (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ Wilson, Craig (18 February 2009). "Caralis now sacking staff before they start". Media Hunter. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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[opening-1] "Radio Station Opened". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2010.

[rtbsb-2] "Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition)" (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[3] Wilson, Craig (18 February 2009). "Caralis now sacking staff before they start". Media Hunter. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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