<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Italian Job (loss)</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">If you always wanted to broadcast on 2GO’s old frequency (801 kHz AM)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">it might be up for grabs right now.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Jose Auditore of the &#39;Radio Green Room&#39; facebook site says: Rete Italia is abandoning 21 of its services in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. Might be a good chance to run a real radio station.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Wollongong is also available on 1575 which used to be 2 Double 0.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Italian Media Corporation’s Board of Directors has made the immediate<br style="box-sizing:border-box">publication of the following statement:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">“We regret to inform the Italian communities of Australia – in particular the listeners of Rete Italia – that, due to the high cost of broadcasting and technical maintenance across all of Australia, it has become necessary to reduce the number of frequencies which transmit Rete Italia.”</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This means that, as of Thursday, August 22, 21 frequencies will no longer transmit Rete Italia programs.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">( <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ausbroadcast/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.facebook.com/groups/ausbroadcast/</a> )</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The 21 frequencies are:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Victoria: Mildura 89.1FM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">New South Wales: Newcastle/Gosford 801AM; Wollongong 1575AM;<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Griffith 90.5FM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">ACT: Canberra South 1638AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Queensland: Gold Coast 1620AM; Atherton 99.1FM;<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Ingham 96.9FM; Mackay 1611AM;<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Rockhampton 1611AM; Gladstone1620AM; <br style="box-sizing:border-box">Toowoomba1620AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">South Australia: Mount Gambier 1629AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">West Australia: Perth 657AM; Esperance 1611AM;<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Kalgoorlie 1611AM; Albany 1629AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">North Territory: Darwin 1611AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Tasmania: Launceston 1611AM; Devonport 1611AM; Hobart 1611AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The seven frequencies which will continue to transmit Rete Italia<br style="box-sizing:border-box">programs are:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Victoria: Melbourne1593AM; Shepparton1629AM; Swan Hill 87.6FM;<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Wangaratta1620AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">New South Wales: Sydney1539AM<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Queensland: Brisbane 1620AM; Sunshine Coast 1620AM</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This a painful decision made by the Board of Directors, but a necessary one to safeguard the future of the company, which this year celebrates the 60th anniversary of the foundation of Il Globo and the 72nd birthday of La Fiamma.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Sourced to the Wireless Institute of Australia and the &quot;Green Room&quot;<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.wia.org.au/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">wia.org.au</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ausbroadcast/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.facebook.com/groups/ausbroadcast/</a></p></div>