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Hellenic Radio (Australia)

The Hellenic Radio (Australia) is a Greek language radio station based in Marrickville, which broadcasts its programs in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. It began operating officially as a Greek radio program in 1983 through the 2NBC STEREO FM community radio station. Today the Hellenic Radio is broadcast in Sydney on the 1683 kHz AM frequency and in Melbourne on 1422 kHz.

Shows such as Skai 100.3 and RIK Triton are rebroadcast, as well as local programs. The Hellenic radio station also advertises community news and events.

The station is owned and operated by Kostas Nikolis. It aims to continue to develop and preserve the Hellenic language, culture and community amongst the Australian Hellenic community today.

The introduction of non-English Australian radio was inspired by the influx of immigration of ethnic communities to Australia after the Second World War, post-1945.

The Hellenic Radio (Australia) was established during June 1975 as a 2NBC Greek community segment, for non-English speaking Australians. Its formation came a decade after the Australian Broadcasting Control Board had approved for 10% of Australian radio broadcasting time to be in non-English languages. On the 16th of March 1983, the Hellenic Radio station formally began operating as a Greek radio program under the 2NBC STEREO FM community radio station.

The stations broadcasting is conducted through its Sydney and Melbourne studios using locally owned radio transmitters as well as through satellites.

Broadcasting was originally conducted for the first few years of operations as a 24-hour radio station using the 67kHz sub carrier operating on LF (Low Frequency) on the Australian radio-frequency spectrum. In the following years the Hellenic Radio (Australia) station shifted to VHF (Very High Frequency) under the release of HI-BAND FM (150–170MHz) from the Australian Communication Authority.

From 1996, the Hellenic Radio (Australia) continues to utilise HI-BAND FM, in addition to the MF (Medium Frequency) of 1,683kHz MW to broadcast its programs.

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