please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message 2ca city canberra australian capital territory broadcast area canberra ra1 1 slogan forever classic frequency 1053 khz am dab first air date 14 november 1931 1931 11 14 1 format classic hits oldies language s english power 5 000 watts transmitter coordinates 35 13 12 s 149 8 56 e 35.22000 s 149.14889 e 35.22000 ; 149.14889 owner capital radio network pty ltd 50 % grant broadcasters pty ltd 50 % radio canberra pty ltd webcast 2 available 2ca is streaming again website official website 2ca is a commercial radio station on the am band in canberra australia which originally began broadcasting on 1050 khz changing to 1053 khz in 1978 . 2ca has had many owners since its inception and is currently jointly owned by regional radio operators the capital radio network and grant broadcasters . the station s current format is classic hits music and targets a mature audience aged 45 . contents 1 history 2 ratings 3 external links 4 references history edit established by albert john jack ryan an aif veteran and former signaller during the first world war canberra s first commercial radio station 2ca began broadcasting with just a small 50 watt transmitter from the back of jack s electrical repair shop in the canberra suburb of kingston on 14 november 1931 . by 1933 the station had increased its transmitter to 500 watts and moved to a small purpose built studio on a low hill close to the queanbeyan canberra road near what is now the intersection of hindmarsh drive and canberra avenue . the hill quickly became known as radio hill . by the late 1930s the 2ca studios were moved from radio hill to a new building in mort street canberra city next to the civic theatre . the transmitter power was increased again from 500 watts to 2 000 watts and moved to gungahlin . 2 in 1975 canberra s second commercial radio station 2cc began broadcasting and soon topped the canberra ratings survey continuing its dominance over 2ca throughout the latter half of the 70s and most of the 80s . in 1986 2ca went to air in stereo am from the then new mitchell transmitter site along with 1 new nautel transmitter and the old stc valve transmitter brought across from the old gungahlin site as a spare . in 1988 fm 104 now 104.7 & kix 106 now mix 106.3 went to air as australia s first supplementary fm licences also the first commercial fm licences in australia since 1980 . fm 104 was a supplementary licence of 2ca and kix 106 a supplementary licence of 2cc . over the years the 2ca studios were housed in numerous buildings in the city including 64 northbourne avenue until the site was re developed as an office building in 1983 and then the first floor of the jolimont building also on northbourne avenue . the 2ca studios had to be evacuated on 29 november 1993 when a man crashed his car into the ground floor of the jolimont building and tried to blow up the building . staff from both 2ca and fm104 .7 had to be rescued from their first floor studio by smashing a window and climbing down a ladder . 3 in the mid 1990s austereo owner of 2ca & 104.7 and arn owner of 2cc & mix 106.3 merged to form a joint venture ownership of both fm stations canberra fm pty ltd selling off 2ca and 2cc to the capital radio network . both 2ca and 2cc were then moved to their current shared studio building in the canberra suburb of mitchell . in 2004 grant broadcasters purchased part ownership of radio canberra pty ltd 2ca & 2cc to form a joint venture with the capital radio network . since then the broadcast range of the channel has been focused almost exclusively on canberra . it also covers some neighbouring districts extending as far as yass in the north 55 km from canberra cbd tharwa in the south 30 km from canberra cbd and bungendore in the west 40 km from canberra cbd . ratings edit canberra radio ratings survey 1 2011 station share all 10 4 previous in brackets 104.7 18.8 18.0 666 abc 15.9 17.3 mix 106.3 15.8 15.5 triple j 10.9 9.0 abc classic fm 8.4 9.2 2cc 7.4 5.8 abc radio national 6.9 8.0 2ca 5.6 5.7 abc newsradio 4.6 4.2 external links edit 2ca website references edit gibbney herbert james 1988 . canberra 1913 1953 . canberra australian government pub . service . isbn 0 644 06065 4 . http www.act.nationaltrust.org.au documents radiohill1.pdf peter dowling attorney general s department disasters database archived 6 july 2011 at the wayback machine . nielsen media research survey 1 2011 v t e radio stations in canberra am and fm stations with an asterisk are also available on digital in a trial multiplex am stations 666 abc canberra radio national 846 2ky 1008 2ca 1053 1rph 1125 2cc 1206 china radio international 1323 sbs radio 1440 rete italia 1620 & 1629 fm stations raw fm 87.6 87.8 ucfm radio austral 87.8 canberra fm88 88.0 acttab racing radio 88.7 valley fm 89.5 tuggeranong cms radio 91.1 1way fm 91.9 artsound fm 92.7 qbn fm 96.7 queanbeyan kix country 97.5 2xx fm 98.3 yass fm 100.3 yass triple j 101.5 abc classic fm 102.3 abc newsradio 103.9 104.7 sbs radio 105.5 mix 106.3 digital only stations abc abc grandstand abc jazz double j capital radio network my canberra digital sca buddha radio sbs radio sbs chill sbs popasia by call sign 1art 1cbr 1cms 1ea 1rph 1vfm 1way 2abcfm 2ca 2cc 2cn 2ky 2rn 2roc 2sbsfm 2xx australia radio markets adelaide brisbane canberra darwin gold coast hobart melbourne newcastle perth sydney see also list of radio stations in australia v t e capital radio network 1owned as part of a 50 50 joint venture with grant broadcasters forever classic oldies classic hits 2ca 1053 canberra1 2gn 1368 goulburn1 2xl 918 cooma 3gg 531 warragul 6ix 1080 105.7 perth1 contemporary hit radio eagle fm 93.5 goulburn1 snow fm 97.7 cooma x digital dab perth1 kix country country music 97.5 canberra1 87.6 cooma1 100.7 goulburn1 88.0 jindabyne1 dab perth1 other 2cc 1206 canberra news talk 1 my canberra digital dab canberra adult contemporary 1 my perth digital dab perth adult contemporary 1 v t e grant broadcasters radio new south wales stations adult contemporary 2ec 765 batemans bay my canberra digital canberra1 96.5 wave fm wollongong classic hits 2ca 1053 canberra1 2gn 1368 goulburn1 2nm 981 muswellbrook 2st 999 nowra 102.9 bowral chr power fm 104.3 batemans bay 102.5 bega new south wales 98.1 muswellbrook 94.9 nowra other eagle fm 93.5 goulburn1 talk radio 2cc 1206 canberra1 country music kix country 88.0 batemans bay 88.0 bega 87.6 bermagui 1215 bowral 97.5 canberra1 87.6 cooma1 87.6 eden 100.7 goulburn1 88.0 jindabyne1 88.0 merimbula 94.5 muswellbrook 88.0 moruya 97.7 narooma 101.1 nowra 87.8 pambula 87.6 tamworth 105.3 wollongong victoria stations adult contemporary 3ba 102.3 ballarat 93.9 bay fm geelong classic hits gold 98.3 bendigo 1071 maryborough chr power fm 103.1 ballarat other 95.5 k rock geelong easy listening easymix 1467 mildura country music kix country 89.3 geelong queensland stations active rock zinc 102.7 cairns 101.9 mackay 100.7 townsville adult contemporary 4cc 927 gladstone 1584 rockhampton river 94.9 ipswich zinc 96.1 sunshine coast 106.3 fm townsville classic hits 4bu 1332 bundaberg 4ca 846 cairns 4mk 1026 mackay 4ro 990 rockhampton chr hitz939 93.9 bundaberg hot 91 91.1 sunshine coast country music kix country 87.6 1770 agnes water 100.7 alpha 97.5 blair athol coal mine 97.1 bundaberg 90.9 dysart 88.0 gladstone 92.3 hervey bay 98.1 inglewood 101.9 njune 88.0 lowood 93.9 mackay 92.3 maryborough 94.1 middlemount 92.7 rockhampton 92.1 saraji coal mine 94.7 surat 89.9 townsville 96.1 yeppoon 89.5 yuleba south australia stations classic hits 5mu 1125 murray bridge 5cc 765 port lincoln 5rm 801 renmark 5cs 1044 roxby downs 5au 1242 port augusta chr power fm 100.3 adelaide hills 98.7 murray bridge 99.7 victor harbor magic fm 105.9 port augusta 89.9 port lincoln 93.1 renmark 100.3 roxby downs country music kix country 90.5 barossa valley 1557 berri 87.6 clare 87.6 port lincoln tasmania stations adult contemporary 7bu 558 burnie 7ad 900 devonport 7ho fm 101.7 hobart 89.3 lafm launceston 7sd 540 scottsdale 7xs 92.1 queenstown chr sea fm 101.7 burnie 107.7 devonport chilli fm 90.1 launceston 99.7 scottsdale other stations perth 6ix 10801 classic hits my perth digital1 adult contemporary kix country1 country music darwin hot 100 100.1 chr mix 104.9 adult contemporary kix country country music classic rock digital classic rock other online new south wales guide to far south coast guide to illawarra guide to hunter guide to shoalhaven & southern highlands victoria guide to geelong guide to central victoria guide to sunraysia other guide to bundaberg region guide to sa guide to tas guide to top end toursa 1owned as part of a 50 50 joint venture with capital radio network retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 2ca & oldid 741775068 categories 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