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Radio 97

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Radio 97
Broadcast areaMurwillumbah/Tweed Heads/Gold Coast
Frequency972 kHz AM
BrandingRadio 97
Programming
Language(s)English
AffiliationsSuper Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1 September 1936 (1936-09-01)[1]
Technical information
Power5 kW[2]
Transmitter coordinates
28°19′39″S 153°30′29″E / 28.32750°S 153.50806°E / -28.32750; 153.50806[2]
Translator(s)103.5 MHz FM
Mullumbimby
104.1 MHz FM
Currumbin
Links
Webcastwww.radio97.com.au/radio97.com.au/listen.html
Websitewww.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

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Underpayment of Staff

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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 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

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  1. ^ a b "Radio Station Opened". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition)" (PDF). Australian Communications & 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.