Triple M Riverina

For the radio station broadcasting from Griffith, New South Wales, see Triple M Riverina MIA.

Triple M Riverina (ACMA call sign 2WG) is an Australian radio station which transmits on 1152 kHz on the AM band. It is licensed to the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The station was originally owned by Eric Vernon Roberts and his second^[5] wife Ida Annie "Nan" Roberts,^[6][7] who were both formerly school teachers in Narrandera. Both the studio and 100 watt AWA transmitter were originally located in the upper storey^[8] of the former Hardys' Building in Fitzmaurice Street overlooking the Wollundry Lagoon.^[7] A replacement transmitter of 2,000 watts, making 2WG one of the most powerful in Australia, was built by his brother Phil Roberts,^[9] on the Oura Road Transmitter site on 29 June 1932 and operated between 6.00 am and 11.00 pm. By June 1979 the transmitter site was located at coordinates 35° 8' south; 147° 22½' E,^[10] approximately 200 metres east of the Olympic Highway and 200 m. north of Trahairs Road.

Triple M Riverina 1152

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Australia
Broadcast area	Riverina South West Slopes
Frequency	1152 kHz AM
Branding	Everything Wagga Wagga
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary Classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Southern Cross Austereo (Riverina Broadcasters Pty Ltd[1])
Sister stations	Hit93.1 Riverina
History
First air date	29 June 1932 (1932-06-29)
Call sign meaning	2 for New South Wales "Wagga"
Technical information
Licensing authority	ACMA
Power	2,000 watts[2]
Transmitter coordinates	35.042204°S 147.415513°E / -35.042204; 147.415513
Repeater(s)	100.7,[3] 107.9[4] MHz FM
Links
Website	Official website

In 1995 2WZD (FM93) began broadcasting.^[11]

In 1998 DMG Radio Australia bought both 2WG and FM93 (now Triple M 1152 and Hit 93.1). In late 2004 the stations were bought by Southern Cross Austereo who currently own and operate the stations. The station including its sister station (StarFM, now Hit 93.1) was originally located in Fitzmaurice Street but was moved to the former Prime7 Television Centre in the suburb of Kooringal on 6 June 2000.^[12] 2WG relocated to its new Forsyth Street studios on 6 October 2015.^[13]

2WG was rebranded as Triple M Riverina 1152 as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Australia wide rebranding in December 2016.^[14]

Notable people

Bill Kerr, who grew up in Wagga Wagga and would go on to stardom in British radio, the West End stage, and Australian film, served as a 2WG announcer as a teenager, from 1939–1941.^[15]

Past Announcers/Presenters:

• Peter Hand
• Chris Couldrey
• Sam Galea
• Mal Wilcock
• George 'Groover' Wayne
• John Doherty
• David Watt
• Kevin O'Neill
• Barry Haydon
• Bill Kerr
• Deborah Knight

Gallery

• 
  Neon 2WG sign, before restoration.
• 
  Former 2WG studio building.

References and notes

1. "Apparatus Licence". Australian Communications & Media Authority. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
2. Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). Australian Communications & Media Authority. October 2019. p. 8.
3. "Apparatus Licence". Australian Communications & Media Authority. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
4. "Register of Radiocommunications Licences". Australian Communications & Media Authority. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
5. "Divorce Decree Granted". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 333. Victoria, Australia. 20 October 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Directory of AM Radio Stations in Sydney". About NSW. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
7. Morris, Sherry (1999). Wagga Wagga, a history. Wagga Wagga: Bobby Graham Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 1-875247-12-2.
8. "New Broadcasting Station". The Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "The Smallest Man". Mount Barker & Denmark Record. Vol. 10, no. 1278. Western Australia. 12 October 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
10. B'cast Station Book. Posts and Telegraph Department. June 1979.
11. "News releases - 1996". Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Broadcasting Authority. 14 February 1996. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
12. Bartlett, Jason (7 June 2000). "Move marks start of a new era for Wagga broadcaster". The Daily Advertiser. p. 3.
13. Owen, Brodie (6 October 2015). "2WG, Star FM move into new Forsyth Street studios". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
14. "End of an era as radio gets re-branded". The Daily Advertiser. 13 December 2016.
15. "Bill Kerr: The Boy from Wagga Wagga". Past Exhibitions. Museum of the Riverina. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

External links

• Triple M Riverina 1152 website
• 1996 Radio Station 2WG, Fitzmaurice St, Wagga NSW (Photo)

35°8′3.08″S 147°22′32.88″E