2MBS
2MBS FM is a Sydney music radio station operated by the Music Broadcasting Society of New South Wales Co-Operative Limited.
Launched on December 15, 1974, it was the first continuously-operating licensed FM station in Australia and remains the largest public radio broadcaster in the country.
The station broadcasts to the greater Sydney region at a frequency of 102.5 MHz from a 50 kilowatt (ERP) transmitter located atop Governor Philip Tower, in Sydney's central business district. Its operations are conducted mostly by volunteers, supported by funding from subscribers and commercial sponsors.
Approximately 80 percent of 2MBS's on-air music content is from the Western classical and related traditions, and the remainder is made up of jazz, blues and non-mainstream contemporary music.
The station's most popular programme for the past several decades has been Evensong, which showcases English sacred music and is presented each Sunday afternoon by Ann Ramsay. Aged 90, Miss Ramsay is thought to be Australia's oldest on-air radio talent. Popular non-classical programmes broadcast by the station include blues show Stormy Monday, which has aired on Monday evenings for some three decades, and Ultima Thule, the station's Sunday evening ambient show which has been on air for nearly twenty years. The longrunning Jazz programme Robyn's Nest of Jazz ended with the late 2004 death of producer Robyn Forsaith.
2MBS has a loose affiliation with a number of similar independently owned and operated stations in other parts of Australia, including 3MBS FM Melbourne, 4MBS FM Brisbane, 5MBS FM Adelaide and Artsound Canberra.
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2MBS FM website
