ABC NewsRadio
It planned to increase the AM/FM coverage from 78% of the population to 95%. The following carry parliamentary services, including Question Time, when parliament is in session. These broadcasts received their own frequencies in the 1980s as PNN.NewsRadio also rebroadcasts international programming from the BBC, DW-Radio, Radio Netherlands and All Things Considered from NPR. Also broadcast, at the end of each day s sitting, is a recording of Question Time for the chamber that was not broadcast live that day.
ABC NewsRadio is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio service devoted to delivering live and 24-hour news updates and information. In 2009, separate standard and parliamentary feeds were launched on digital terrestrial (DAB+) radio. FM transmission was expanded greatly during a 2006-2009 program.
ABC NewsRadio stations on the FM radio band use callsigns of the format xPNN. ABC NewsRadio also uses resources from around the world such as news bulletins and programs from the BBC. From September 2001, live audio streaming of the 24-hour news format was extended so that when Parliament is in session, listeners who have Internet access may still receive the NewsRadio service even when the NewsRadio network is broadcasting Parliamentary proceedings over the air. The PNN/ABC NewsRadio service was introduced in August, 1994 to utilise the Parliamentary broadcasting frequencies which were not being used when Parliament was not in session. ABC NewsRadio has a 24-hour news format, including extensive finance, science and IT reports, as well as extended reports from the ABC s local and international news sources.
Australian Football League broadcasts may also interrupt news coverage in NSW, Queensland and the ACT. The following carry 24-hour news coverage, without parliamentary or sport interruption. Podcasts of regularly recorded segments are also available at NewsRadio Podcasts. Australia Radio Markets: Adelaide • Brisbane • Canberra • Darwin • Hobart • Melbourne • Newcastle • Perth • Sydney . The service is available on a number of broadcasts right around Australia, including AM/FM radio, some pay-TV platforms and online via the Internet. Originally called the Parliamentary and News Network (PNN), the AM/FM radio network is chartered to broadcast live the proceedings of parliament, either the House of Representatives or the Senate, as specified by the standing orders.
From 2004, this was extended to FTA digital satellite and subscription TV services. On AM and FM radio, NewsRadio also broadcasts Australian Football League matches on weekends in New South Wales and Queensland, where the National Rugby League is the more popular football competition and thus is broadcast on ABC Local Radio services in those two states. ABC NewsRadio callsigns for stations on the AM radio band are always xPB, where x is the number denoting the particular state or territory and PB stands for Parliamentary Broadcasting.
These restrictions do not apply to the other broadcasts of Newsradio, or to new rural and regional transmitters in 2006 (see below). Parliamentary broadcasting was commenced by Ben Chifley s government on 10 July 1946, on ABC Radio.
