About Us
Advertising:
Advertising is vital to
any business, and research shows that radio is by far the best medium
to choose.
Radio is affordable, vital
for any business in any industry. Radio is in the home, in
the car, in the workplace. To find out more on how advertising on radio
can benefit your business, click here.
Station History:
2TM has a long history with plenty of milestones.
We cover a few of them below.
- 1935:
2TM opened February 27th on 1300 kilocycles by Ernest Higginbotham and
Tom Whitcombe.
- 1936: Transmission
power increased to 1000 watts.
- 1937:
New transmitter in Duri (February).
- 1942:
2TM Women's Radio Club formed.
- 1947:
2TM Women's Radio Club becomes the All Charities Club.
- 1959:
2TM moves from 312 Peel Street Tamworth to its present location, Goonoo
Goonoo Road South Tamworth, plus the erection of a 117 metre
transmission tower on the corner of the New England Highway and
Whitehouse Lane, 12 kilometres south of Tamworth.
- 1965:
The beginning of "Hoedown" by John Minson.
- 1971:
36th anniversary featuring a country music concert starring Johnny
Ashcroft. At the conclusion of the event, he was presented with 3
golden long-playing records as a souvenir. This led him to ask "Why
don't you present more awards like this, and to all country music
artists?". This idea was later taken up, leading to the creation of the
Golden Guitar Awards.
- 1973:
The debut of the Golden Guitar Awards.
- 1993:
2TM sold to the Super Radio Network.
- 2005:
70th Birthday. Click here for newspaper
article on the event
Competition Terms and
Conditions:
General contest rules apply to all 92.9 contests,
for more information on these rules, click here.
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Find out what information we collect on from this
site, how it's used and much more by clicking here.
Station Staff:
There's more than just the announcers you hear on
air bringing you the music, programming and other things on air. These
people below help make your station what it is, each and everyday.
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