2MW, better known as Radio 97, is an Australian radio station serving the Murwillumbah region. It was opened in September 1937.[1]
Controversy
Underpayment of Staff
Radio 97 owners, Broadcast Operations Group, have often been accused of a reluctance to pay experienced staff in order to cut operating costs.[3]
In September 2009, Broadcast Operations Group was found to have underpaid a journalist and has been ordered to make a $10,000 backpayment. The journalist, who was studying communications at a Gold Coast university, worked part-time over a two-year period in the newsroom for Radio 97 was graded as a cadet. The Fair Work Ombudsman found that the Journalist was performing tasks that would normally be given to a Grade 1, Band 1 journalist under the Commercial Radio Journalists Award.
References
- ^ a b "Radio Station Opened". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Radio and television broadcasting stations (Internet edition)" (PDF). Australian Communications & Media Authority. October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ Wilson, Craig (18 February 2009). "Caralis now sacking staff before they start". Media Hunter. Retrieved 16 April 2014.