ABC Radio Hobart

ABC Radio Hobart (call sign: 7ZR) is the ABC Local Radio station for Hobart, Tasmania, owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Officially opened on 22 June 1938, plans surrounding the initial broadcast of 7ZR were forced to be amended due to a cable fault between Tasmania and the mainland. The opening broadcast was intended to be part of a national program with prime minister Joseph Lyons declaring the station officially open in a live broadcast from Canberra. However, because of the fault, the opening broadcast was a statewide program rather than a national program with Lyons pre-recording his opening remarks which were then played during the opening broadcast.

An array of dignitaries gathered at Hadley's Hotel in Hobart to listen to the inaugural broadcast on 7ZR. Among the official party were ABC general manager Charles Moses, ABC board member Elizabeth Couchman, ABC music director William G. James, and Hobart mayor John Soundy.

Prior to Lyon's opening address, Liet-Governor Sir John Evans spoke live from the 7NT studios in Launceston where he was fulfilling a vice-regal engagement.

In a nationwide rebrand in 2000, ABC stations across Australia stopped using their original callsigns with capital city ABC stations instead incorporating their frequency into their new name. As a result, 7ZR followed suit and became 936 ABC Hobart.

As part of a further nationwide rebrand of ABC stations in 2017, the name of the station changed from 936 ABC Hobart to ABC Radio Hobart.

ABC Radio Hobart broadcasts a variety of local programs from its Hobart studios including Breakfast, Mornings, The Country Hour, Your Afternoon, Drive and Evenings.

The station also broadcasts a weekend edition of Breakfast, a local Saturday morning sport program Local Grandstand and a Sunday Mornings program.