SBS Radio
Australian multicultural radio network / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SBS Radio is an Australian radio network owned by the Special Broadcasting Service directed towards newly arrived immigrants in Australia. It originally began as two stations based in Melbourne and Sydney, set up to provide pre-recorded information about the then-new Medibank health care system in languages other than English. Nowadays, the network targets the estimated 4+ million Australians who speak a language other than English at home with programs in 68 languages.[4]
Broadcast area | Australia (national) via AM, FM, DAB+, digital TV, online and satellite |
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Frequency | Various |
Branding | SBS Audio |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Various |
Format | Multilingual programming |
Subchannels | SBS Chill SBS PopAsia SBS PopAraby SBS PopDesi |
Ownership | |
Owner | Special Broadcasting Service |
History | |
First air date | |
Technical information | |
Class | Public |
Links | |
Website | sbs |
Like SBS Television, SBS Radio supplements its government funding with paid-for information campaigns for government agencies and non-profit organisations as well as commercial advertising and sponsorship.[4]