Radio 97
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Radio 97
| logo =
| city = Murwillumbah
| area = Murwillumbah/Tweed Heads/Gold Coast
| branding = Radio 97
| translator = 103.5 MHz FM
Mullumbimby
104.1 MHz FM
Currumbin
| repeater =
| airdate = {{Start date|df=yes|1936|09|01}}
| format =
| language = English
| power = 5 kW{{cite web |title=Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition) |url=https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-10/stations_book_electronic_edition_0.pdf |publisher=Australian Communications & Media Authority |accessdate=21 November 2019 |date=October 2019}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|28|19|39|S|153|30|29|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
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| affiliations = Super Radio Network
| owner = Broadcast Operations Group
| licensee = Tweed Radio & Broadcasting Co Pty Ltd
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{URL|www.radio97.com.au/radio97.com.au/listen.html}}
| website = {{URL|www.radio97.com.au/radio97.com.au}}
}}
2MW, better known as Radio 97, is an Australian radio station serving the Murwillumbah region. It was opened in September 1937.{{cite news| newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald |date = 6 September 1937|page = 7 |url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17400515 |accessdate = 26 July 2010|title = Radio Station Opened}}
Controversy
=Underpayment of Staff=
Radio 97 owners, Broadcast Operations Group, have often been accused of a reluctance to pay experienced staff in order to cut operating costs.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Craig|title=Caralis now sacking staff before they start|url=http://www.mediahunter.com.au/caralis-now-sacking-staff-before-they-start/|work=Media Hunter|accessdate=16 April 2014|date=18 February 2009}}
In September 2009, Broadcast Operations Group was found to have underpaid a journalist and has been ordered to make a $10,000 backpayment. The journalist, who was studying communications at a Gold Coast university, worked part-time over a two-year period in the newsroom for Radio 97 was graded as a cadet. The Fair Work Ombudsman found that the Journalist was performing tasks that would normally be given to a Grade 1, Band 1 journalist under the Commercial Radio Journalists Award.
References
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Category:Radio stations established in 1937
Category:Radio stations in New South Wales
Category:Radio stations on the Gold Coast, Queensland
Category:News and talk radio stations in Australia
Category:Classic hits radio stations in Australia
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Category:1937 establishments in Australia
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