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ABC Classic FM's studios were established at the ABC studios in Collinswood, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ABC's decision to establish ABC Classic FM in Adelaide was significant because most of the ABC's radio and television national program original infrastructure was and is located in Sydney.
Since 2001, ABC Classic has organised a number of Classic 100 Countdown surveys. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The results of each survey are decided by votes cast by the listeners of ABC Classic. After the voting, the works are played in reverse order of popularity over an intense period of programming.
ABC Radio National – news and current affairs, arts, music, society, science, drama and comedy; Triple J – youth-targeted music, news and entertainment (since 1975) ABC Classic – classical music, the ABC's first entirely FM radio network (formerly ABC Classic FM, since 1976) ABC NewsRadio – parliamentary broadcasts and rolling news ...
ABC Classic 2, a music-only talk-free streaming station, was established in June 2014. [1] [2] ABC Classic 2 is managed and programmed by the ABC Classic FM team. [3]ABC Classic 2 broadcasts only via an online stream and is available on the ABC's Android and iOS apps.
Singers of Renown remained on Radio National after all the other classical music programs were transferred to ABC Classic FM in 1976. It became the longest continuously running Australian radio program presented and produced by the same person, and Cargher himself became the longest continuous program presenter in the ABC's history.
During 2011 the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Twentieth Century countdown. [ 1 ] Voting for the countdown was held between 1 October 2011 and 23 October 2011, with each listener permitted to vote for up to 10 pieces of music that were "composed since 1900".
It was initially known as ABC-FM (later ABC Classic FM) – referring both to its "fine music programming and radio frequency". [27] ABC budget cuts began in 1976 [28] and continued until 1998, [29] the largest cuts (calculated by the ABC as 25% in real terms) coming between 1985 and 1996. [30]
Beaumont started at ABC Classic FM as a marketing manager, and was responsible for establishing the Classic 100 Countdowns in 2001. His first stint on air was presenting music overnight, filling in after the sudden death of Martin Hibble. [3] Beaumont now works as a presenter at ABC Classic FM where he presents "Evenings". [4] [5]