2000FM (call sign 2OOO), also known as "radio-2-triple-o", is a multilingual community radio station broadcasting to Sydney in languages other than English from studios in the suburb of Burwood. It is a volunteer run organisation and is funded through listener support, grants and limited commercial sponsorship.
The mission of 2000FM is to provide a service through dedication to enrich the cohesion of our cultural diversity via tolerance, understanding and respect for each other.
History
2000FM was established in 1992. It was granted a licence by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and commenced broadcasting in 1994.
Programming
As of 2024, the station broadcasts in the following languages:
Arabic Bengali Bosnian Burmese Cantonese Celtic Cook Island Maori Croatian Fijian Filipino Akan (Ghana) Greek Hindi Indonesian Irish Celtic Italian Korean Kurdish Macedonian Mandarin Marathi Mongolian Persian Polish Punjabi Russian Samoan Serbian Sinhalese Spanish Sudanese Tamil Telugu Thai Timorese Tongan Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese
2000FM also features other community access broadcasts including specific youth programs in some of the languages above, a weekly fashion and design show and Feathered Friends a program for bird fanciers.
HRR 98.5FM is a hard rock/heavy metal program on radio broadcasting from the studio of 2000FM. It first aired on 13 April 2008.
See also List of radio stations in Australia National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council
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