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1RPH
Broadcast areaCanberra RA2 ([1])
Frequency1125 kHz AM Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatRadio reading service
AffiliationsRadio Print Handicapped Network
Ownership
OwnerPrint Handicapped Radio of ACT, Inc.
History
First air date
October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)[1]
Call sign meaning
1 = Australian Capital Territory
Radio for the
Print
Handicapped
Technical information
Power2,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
35°12′52″S 149°7′0″E / 35.21444°S 149.11667°E / -35.21444; 149.11667
Repeater(s)99.5 MHz FM Junee, New South Wales
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

Radio 1RPH 1125 kHz Canberra (89.5FM Wagga, 99.5FM Junee) is a volunteer manned AM band radio broadcast station in the Australian Capital Territory, with an FM repeaters at Wagga and Junee[2], and a streaming media on its web site. [3]

Radio 1RPH is a member of the Radio Print Handicapped Network. Its catch-phrases are, Your information station and Turning print into sound, and it is intended to serve all those who are, for any reason, handicapped from reading printed material. [4]

Newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed material are read to air. 1RPH used to have a frequency just outside of the AM band on 1620kHz[5], and so suffered little interference, and was heard as far away as the United States.[6]

Equipment

Studios

On-air and production

  • Two studios, each with 16 channel mixers:
    • Audio channel sources:
      • computer
      • CD players
      • satellite channels
      • Tape-recorders
      • turntables
      • outside broadcast line
      • telephone-radio interface

Production

  • digital post-production studio
  • voice-only studio
  • CD-R and tape library
  • recorded music library

Transmitters and antennas

  • 2,000 watt solid-state AM transmitter with standby
  • two 65 metre antenna masts providing directional coverage
  • emergency power-plant

References

  1. ^ http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic031_community_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf
  2. ^ VHF FM RADIO Callsign order, ACMA, July 2012, accessed 8 August 2012
  3. ^ "1RPH History". 1RPH. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Value our Voices" (PDF). CBAA. 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  5. ^ Rogers, Chris (24 December 1994). "Station News Australia". International DX Digest. 62 (14). National Radio Club. Retrieved 7 December 2011. scheduled to move on October 17
  6. ^ Burnell, Jean (6 Aug 1997). "MW DXpedition in Grayland WA". St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada: Hardcore. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

See also