ABC NewsRadio

ABC NewsRadio
Broadcast area	Australia (some areas AM/FM) & Internet
Frequency	Various (FM and AM; see Frequencies); DAB+; DVB-T Channel 204; online; Foxtel – TV Channel 875 / Radio Channel 43
Programming
Format	All-news radio
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	15 August 1994
Former names	ABC News on Radio
Links
Webcast	Live Stream
Website	www.abc.net.au/radio/newsradio/

ABC NewsRadio, since 2017 broadcast under the ABC News brand and for a short time known as ABC News on Radio, is a 24-hour news radio service broadcast by the Australian public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ABC NewsRadio is available via a number of platforms around Australia, including AM/FM radio, online via web or the ABC Listen app, DAB+ radio, free-to-air digital TV, and some pay-TV platforms.

The origins of the radio station lie in the statutory obligation of the ABC to live-broadcast all Australian Parliamentary sessions, which were originally (from 1946) broadcast on its national radio network. In 1988, the Parliamentary Broadcasting Network (PBN) was established as a dedicated parliamentary radio station; in August 1994 this station's frequencies were used to provide news broadcasting when Parliament was not in session, and Parliamentary and News Network (PNN), the forerunner of ABC NewsRadio, was born.