area riverland frequency 1062 khz am first air date july 31 1957 format talk owner australian broadcasting corporation website http www.abc.net.au riverland abc riverland studios 1062 abc riverland is an abc local radio station based in renmark south australia broadcasting to the riverland and mallee region . the station began broadcasting as 5mv on 31 july 1957 . it originally broadcast on 1590 khz . it moved to 1593 khz in 1978 1305 in 1988 before changing to 1062 in 1996 . in the early years it carried a mix of programming including local news and specific rural information aimed at the fruit blockers and those on the land . fully fledged morning current affairs programming was introduced in 1989 . later the same year the voice of greece with jim grifsas became the first non english speaking program on the station . 1062 abc riverland was the first regional station in australia to have digital studios installed . contents 1 local programs 1.1 weekdays 1.2 saturday 2 past presenters 3 references 4 see also local programs edit weekdays edit breakfast with bruce mellett 5 55 am to 7 45 am the rural report with emma brown 6 40 am to 6 55 am riverland today with narelle graham 8 30 am to 11 00 am saturday edit saturday breakfast with tim jackson 6 00 am to 7 45 am riverland grandstand 8 30 am to 9 00 am talkback gardening 9 00 am to 10 00 am when local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of 891 abc adelaide . past presenters edit joy ruston read more about joy ruston anthony gerace read more about anthony gerace deb tribe read more about deb tribe tim moore jim grifsas billy barr annabelle homer susi hamilton louise ray bronwen wade tom coull sally sara references edit the history of 1062 abc riverland . abc online . 2008 03 05 . retrieved 2008 04 15 . see also edit list of australian radio stations v t e abc radio national stations abc classic fm abc newsradio radio national triple j abc local radio new south wales sydney newcastle broken hill central coast central west coffs coast illawarra mid north coast new england north west north coast riverina south east upper hunter western plains victoria melbourne ballarat central victoria gippsland goulburn murray mildura swan hill shepparton south west victoria western victoria queensland brisbane capricornia gold and tweed coasts sunshine coast far north queensland north queensland north west queensland southern queensland tropical north western queensland wide bay south australia adelaide north and west sa riverland south east sa west coast sa western australia perth goldfields esperance great southern kimberley midwest and wheatbelt north west wa south coast south west wa tasmania hobart northern tasmania northern territory darwin alice springs katherine australian capital territory canberra digital only stations abc jazz abc country abc radio grandstand abc extra double j triple j unearthed streaming only stations abc classic 2 international stations abc radio australia see also abc radio and regional content list of abc radio stations list of australian radio stations australian broadcasting corporation coordinates 34 10 13 s 140 44 59 e 34.170376 s 140.749841 e 34.170376 ; 140.749841 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 1062 abc riverland & oldid 724404956 categories abc local radioradio stations in south australiariverlandhidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 june 2016 at 01 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view