1RPH
 | |
| Broadcast area | Canberra RA2 ([1]) |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1125 kHz AM Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Radio reading service |
| Affiliations | Radio Print Handicapped Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Print Handicapped Radio of ACT, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | October 5, 1992[1] |
Call sign meaning | 1 = Australian Capital Territory Radio for the Handicapped |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 2,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′52″S 149°7′0″E / 35.21444°S 149.11667°E |
| Repeater(s) | 99.5 MHz FM Junee, New South Wales |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
Radio 1RPH 1125 kHz Canberra (89.5FM Wagga) 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
- Audio channel sources:
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
- ^ http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic031_community_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf
- ^ VHF FM RADIO Callsign order, ACMA, July 2012, accessed 8 August 2012
- ^ "1RPH History". 1RPH. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher=|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Value our Voices" (PDF). CBAA. 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ 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
- ^ Burnell, Jean (6 Aug 1997). "MW DXpedition in Grayland WA". St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada: Hardcore. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
External links
See also
  | This article about a radio station in Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |