612 ABC Brisbane

ABC Brisbane Centre
ABC Brisbane Centre
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Radio station Media production studio
Location	Brisbane, Australia
Address	Russell Street, South Brisbane
Construction started	February 2010
Completed	January 2012
Client	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Technical details
Floor count	4 plus basement
Floor area	15,435 m2 (166,141 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Richard Kirk Architect
Structural engineer	Cardno
Services engineer	Aurecon, WSP Group
Other designers	Arup
Main contractor	Leighton
References
Richard Kirk Architect

ABC Radio Brisbane (callsign: 4QR) is an ABC Local Radio station in Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of the largest stations in the network, serving as a base for Queensland programming - many programs are broadcast across the ABC Local Radio network in regional and rural areas of Queensland when those stations are not carrying local programming.

The 2017 on-air team includes Craig Zonca, Steve Austin, Kelly Higgins-Devine, Emma Griffiths and David Curnow. Past presenters have included Spencer Howson, Tim Cox, Madonna King, Peter Dick, Rod Henshaw, Andrew Carroll and Susan Mitchell.

Radio broadcasting began in Brisbane in 1925 when the Government of Queensland commenced its own broadcasting operations with the callsign 4QG - 4 denoted the state of Queensland; QG stood for Queensland Government. 4QG became a part of the ABC's radio network at its inception in 1932.

The ABC started a second Brisbane station on 7 January 1938, using the callsign 4QR. The new station carried national programming—the forerunner of Radio National—while 4QG aired mainly local content. On 28 July 1963, the two stations quietly switched schedules, with 4QR becoming the local outlet for Brisbane while 4QG picked up the national schedule. ABC officials wanted to minimise interruptions of regular programming by parliamentary sessions. 4QG now operates under the callsign 4RN, in common with all other Radio National services in Queensland.

Until December 2006, ABC Radio Brisbane's studios were located on Coronation Drive in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Toowong (a location severely damaged by water in the 1974 Brisbane floods).