2CH

2CH is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is owned by Pacific Star Network.
History.
2CH commenced broadcasting on 15 February 1932 on 1210 kHz. It moved to its final AM frequency of 1170 kHz in 1935. 
Ownership.
The CH stands for "churches". In 1944, the NSW Council of Churches sub let the licence to Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) who provided program content for six days per week, with the Council of Churches being responsible for programming on Sundays. The NSW Council of Churches was its licence holder until it was sold to John Singleton in April 1994 becoming part of the Macquarie Radio Network. 
In January 2017, 2CH was sold to a consortium of Oceania Capital Partners, Glenn Wheatley and John Williams for $5.6 million. The station had to be sold to comply with an undertaking given to the Australian Communications and Media Authority following the merger of the Macquarie Radio Network and Fairfax Media (owners of 2GB and 2UE respectively) to comply with legislation allowing one party to only control two radio stations in a market. 
The station posted a loss of $1.9 million on revenue of $2.4 million for the year to March 2019 In June 2020, it was sold for $11 million to Pacific Star Network.
Church Thanksgiving.
On 18 February 2007, a thanksgiving service to celebrate 2CH's 75 years of broadcasting was held at St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, Sydney Square, commencing at 2 pm. The Reverend Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney presided with Rev. Dr. Ross Clifford preaching.
Transition to 'DAB+ only' radio station.
2CH is now only heard on DAB+ radio, after briefly simulcasting on DAB+ and 1170kHz in the AM broadcast band. The station can also be live-streamed over the internet.
Although not the first 'DAB+ only' radio station in Australia, 2CH was probably the first to transition by relinquishing its AM radio frequency allocation. 
Trevor Sinclair (radio presenter) broadcast his final show on the AM broadcast band from Midday-7pm on 22nd October, 2020. Chris Kearns broadcast his show on both AM and DAB+ until Midnight 22nd October, 2020, when the AM frequency 1170kHz was taken over by 1170 SEN, carrying a dedicated sports broadcasting channel, known as the Sports Entertainment Network. 
Announcers.
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