2MCE FM Bathurst
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2MCE FM Bathurst is a local community radio station, located on the campus of Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It broadcasts to the communities of Bathurst and Orange and their surrounds.
2MCE FM is run by CSU's School of Communications in conjuction with the local community, and operates two frequencies:
- 92.3 megahertz in the Bathurst area (including Oberon), broadcasting from a transmitter atop Mount Panorama, with a power output of 1 kilowatt (1,000 watts)
- 94.7 megahertz in the Orange area, broadcasting from a transmitter atop Mount Canobolas, with a power output of 500 watts.
The "2" in the callsign is the New South Wales prefix for radio stations. The "MCE" in the callsign stands for the University's former name, Mitchell College of Advanced Education.
The station began full-time broadcasting in May 1976. Run by dedicated staff and members of the community, the early broadcasts came from a 170 watt transmitter and a bizarre aerial on top of the library.
A 1 kW transmitter was installed on Mount Panorama in 1977, and replaced in 1994. A translator service to Orange (with a separate transmitter on Mount Canobolas) came on-line in 1987.
In 1989 renovations increased the number of studios from one small studio to three somewhat larger work areas, located on the university's Bathurst campus. The studios are also used by students for their course work, and feature broadcast-standard tools and equipement.
The station includes two separate studios:
- A studio used by the Student Broadcasting Society (known by the name "Studio 4", the brand used by student programming since 1981)
- Separate studios that house a news studio run by the School of Communications. From here, the a nationally networked news service for community stations, the National Radio News is produced.
The station's schedule is mostly made up of community programming, including Studio 4 programs (which are broadcast between the hours of 3.30pm and 5pm weekdays, 8pm to 10pm Wednesdays, and 10pm and 2am Sundays through Fridays) and BBC World Service programs overnight.
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