Eastside Radio
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| Broadcast area | Eastern Suburbs and Inner West of Sydney |
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| Slogan | community, arts, specialist music |
| Frequency | 89.7 mHz FM |
| First air date | 1983 |
| Format | Community radio |
| Owner | Radio Eastern Sydney Co-operative Ltd |
| Website | www |
Eastside Radio (callsign 2RES) is a community radio station based in Paddington and broadcasting to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and the greater Sydney area, where it can be heard as far west as the Blue Mountains. High density broadcast areas include the municipalities of Botany Bay, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra the City of Sydney and the metropolitan Inner West. The station can also be heard around the world via online streaming.
Eastside Radio is owned and operated by the Radio Eastern Sydney Co-operative Limited, a not-for-profit organisation. It is a volunteer run organisation, augmented by a small core staff and is funded through listener subscription and donation, grants and limited commercial sponsorship.
Eastside Radio has been on the air since 1983 and on 5 February 2014 it switched from broadcasting in mono to stereo.
Eastside Radio presents a range of specialist music genres, including jazz in its many styles from traditional to free jazz to swing to Latin to Bebop and fusion. Specialist music programmes cover soul, blues and funk, Cuban and Brazilian, gyspsy, world music and dance.
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