part of south western sydney branding 2mcr slogan the sounds of macarthur frequency 100.3 mhz fm first air date april 2001 format community radio transmitter coordinates 34 08 59 s 150 40 18 e 34.1497 s 150.6716 e 34.1497 ; 150.6716 coordinates 34 08 59 s 150 40 18 e 34.1497 s 150.6716 e 34.1497 ; 150.6716 callsign meaning 2 new south wales macarthur community radio former frequencies 88.0 mhz fm 1989 199 100 .5 mhz fm 199 1999 owner macarthur community radio webcast listen live website official website 2mcr fm is a community radio station in sydney s south west broadcasting on 100.3 fm . the station broadcast covers campbelltown camden and wollondilly shire . it is located at the campbelltown rsl club campbelltown new south wales . contents 1 history 1.1 radio house 1.2 casual to full time broadcasting 1.3 world record attempt 2 station presidents 3 life members 4 honourable mentions 5 references 6 external links history edit mcr started operations on 22 august 1989 which was the date of mcr s first public meeting . broadcasting on 88.0 fm due to licensing issues new stations were allowed to broadcast for a total of 28 days per year . mcr didn t have their own equipment and had to borrow the necessary equipment to broadcast for 28 days . mcr split these 28 days up into 4 seven ay broadcasts which took place in makeshift temporary studios located at st. gregory s college campbelltown western suburbs leagues club leumeah leumeah high school leumeah eventually mcr moved to a permanent location a house in ingleburn which was swiftly converted into mcr s headquarters . radio house was officially opened on 7 november 1993 . radio house edit in 1993 campbelltown city council donated to the station radio house an old double brick house just off the main shopping street in ingleburn nsw . given the house had wear and tear mcr took the offer and moved into for permanent residency . radio house became a landmark icon for the station for a few years as a fixture to the station staying put in one place . this encouraged support from local businesses as well as more of the general public signing up to the station to become members in either support or to have a programme on air . an open day at radio house was held on 7 november 1993 in which several community groups attended including the local fire brigade and the campbelltown spoon club . this was during mcr s first broadcast at radio house . for 5 years mcr broadcast from radio house until 1998 when mcr had to vacate the premises in order for the council to pull down the house to make way for a new shopping plaza carpark . after putting out the call for an urgent new location in the local papers an appropriate place was found in a shopping fitout in the city arcade campbelltown . this space was generously donated by the at the time owner s of the city arcade . mcr moved into the new premises promptly within the same year they moved out of ingleburn and the city arcade location became the new radio house . in 2002 the city arcade was purchased by the campbelltown rsl club which had just built new premises behind the arcade . the station moved premises to become inside the main doorway of the rsl club . casual to full time broadcasting edit mcr began broadcasting on 88.0 fm as a casual basis for 28 days a year in 1989 . after much discussion the committee at the time split up the 28 day broadcasting limit to seven day weeks 4 weeks a year . in the mid 1990s the station changed frequency to 100.5 fm . this continued until 1998 when a temporary yearly license was issued to the station enabling mcr to broadcast every day 365 days a year . in 1999 mcr changed frequencies from 100.5 fm to 100.3 fm due to conflicting issues with other stations . in 2001 mcr was granted a permanent full time license which came with a name change to 2mcr . in 2013 2mcr changed there logo and also changed the name of the station . the heart of macarthur was replaced with the sounds of macarthur . the station also changed there name to 100.3 fm 2mcr but still keeping 2mcr as its callsign world record attempt edit from 1 june to 5 june 2002 station member matt fulton set a new milestone in the world of radio beating the guinness world record for longest radio dj marathon by just over an hour . the stunt saw matt stay on air non stop with authorised breaks provided by guinness for a length of 4 days 7 hours 14 minutes and 36 seconds . the attempt attracted national attention including various guests and celebrities . channel 10 s rove live conducted a live cross 81 hours into the attempt . a large crowd witnessed the final moments countdown outside and inside the studios . station presidents edit 1995 1996 ; 2016 present rodney simpson 1 2015 2016 alex parker 2014 2015 mike runcorn 2008 2010 gordon manning 2002 2008 ; 2010 2014 trevar langlands 1999 2000 ralph e. parker 1996 1997 carol collins 1991 1995 ; 1997 1999 ; 2000 2001 john evans 1989 1991 ; 2001 2002 john spora life members edit david tulk frank thatcher 2 john evans ian donaghy peter mounsey ralph parker trevar langlands honourable mentions edit august 2006 one of the station s longest running programs composer s gallery marks 500 episodes on air with presenter gordon manning hoping to present another 500 . references edit http 2mcr . org.au http 2mcr . org.au index.htm external links edit official website channel 10 news coverage of guinness record attempt on youtube rove live cross of guiness record attempt on youtube v t e radio stations in sydney am and fm stations with an asterisk are also available on digital am stations abc radio national 576 abc newsradio 630 702 abc sydney 2gb 873 2ue 954 sky sports radio 1017 sbs radio 1 1107 2ch 1170 2rph 1224 2sm 1269 rete italia 1539 vision radio network 1611 2moro radio 1620 2me radio arabic 1638 2mm 1665 the greek radio of australia 1683 sw stations 2355 ozy radio 3210 ozy radio 5050 fm stations sydneywide muslim community radio 92.1 abc classic fm 92.9 koori radio 93.7 fbi 94.5 smooth 95.3 nova 96.9 sbs radio 2 97.7 2000fm 98.5 2rph 100.5 wsfm 101.7 fine music 102.5 hope 103.2 2day fm 104.1 triple m 104.9 triple j 105.7 kiis 106.5 2ser 107.3 fm stations local mood fm 87.6 vintage fm 87.6 87.8 88.7 penrith hawkesbury & camden voice of islam 87.6 radio austral 87.8 2rdj 88.1 burwood wsfm 88.3 camden 2rrr 88.5 ryde radio skidrow 88.9 inner west 89.1 radio blue mountains katoomba 2glf 89.3 liverpool eastside radio 89.7 waverly hawkesbury radio hawkesbury 2nbc 90.1 narwee 2mwm 88.7 90.3 manly 2ccr fm 90.5 cumberland c91 .3 campbelltown the edge 96 . one 96.1 katoomba wsfm 99.1 richmond northside radio 99.3 north shore move fm 99.5 wentworth falls 2ssr 99.7 sutherland swr fm 99.9 blacktown triple h 100.1 hornsby 2mcr 100.3 campbelltown & camden wow fm 100.7 penrith bfm 100.9 bankstown 2lt 101.1 wentworth falls digital only stations 2sm dance super digi fun super digi gorilla radio zoo digital abc abc dig music abc country abc jazz abc grandstand abc extra arn the edge digital pure gold 80s pure gold 90s chemist warehouse remix macquarie radio network nts nova entertainment koffee coles radio sbs radio sbs chill sbs poparaby sbs popasia sbs popdesi sbs radio 3 sbs radio 4 sca buddha radio kinderling more digital stardust the range triple m classic rock digital sky sports radio sky sports radio 2 sky thoroughbred central community fbi click inspire digital by call sign axa225 2abcfm 2bcr 2bl 2blu 2cba 2ccr 2ch 2day 2ea 2fbi 2gb 2glf 2hhh 2jjj 2ka 2ky 2lnd 2mac 2mbs 2mcr 2me 2mfm 2mm 2mmm 2moro 2mwm 2nsb 2nbc 2one 2ooo 2pb 2ptv 2rdj 2res 2ri 2rn 2rph 2rrr 2rsr 2sbsfm 2ser 2sm 2syd 2ue 2uus 2vtr 2wfm 2wow vkd960 ozy radio australia radio markets adelaide brisbane canberra darwin gold coast hobart melbourne newcastle perth sydney see also list of radio stations in australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 2mcr & oldid 733290559 categories radio stations in sydneycommunity radio stations in australiaradio stations established in 2001hidden categories use dmy dates from december 2013use australian english from december 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian englishcoordinates 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 6 august 2016 at 19 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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