Macquarie Broadcasting Network
| Public company (ASX: MRN) | |
| Industry | Broadcast radio |
| Founded | 31 March 2015 |
| Headquarters |
Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia |
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Key people
|
Adam Lang, Chief Operating Officer |
| Parent |
Fairfax Media (54.5%) John Singleton Promotions Pty. Ltd. (45.5%) |
| Website | mrn |
Macquarie Media Limited (ASX: MRN) is an Australian media company, operating radio stations nationally in the capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, as well as regional Queensland, it is based in the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont. It is a publicly listed company, majority owned by Fairfax Media. It also operates news service Macquarie National News.
In some respects the history of Macquarie began when 2GB first went on the air in 1926. However, the network itself was formed in 1938. From inception and until the early 1960s, the network was renowned for its high quality productions of variety programs, quizzes, dramas and serials. Most of these programs emanated from Sydney. As well as being heard on all of the network's stations, right across the country, they were also syndicated to non-network stations. With the coming of television in 1956, the radio audience for these types of programs dropped dramatically. Macquarie stations solved the problem by quickly increasing their news, talk, commentary and current affairs content.
In 1973, a significant year because it was the 50th anniversary of broadcasting in Australia, the Macquarie Network had the following constituent stations: 2GB Sydney; 2CA Canberra; 2PK Parkes; 2WL Wollongong; 3AW Melbourne; 4BH Brisbane; 4BU Bundaberg; 4GY Gympie; 5DN Adelaide; 6IX Perth; 6BY Bunbury; 6MD Merredin; 6WB Katanning; 7HO Hobart.
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