Editing 1RPH

{{short description|Radio reading service in Canberra, Australia}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name               = 1RPH
| logo               = 1rph radio logo.png
| city               = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]
| area               = Canberra RA2 ([http://www.acma.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/documents/maps/la_442.pdf])
| branding           =
| frequency          = [[AM broadcasting|AM]]: 1125 [[kilohertz|kHz]] Canberra
| translator         = {{ubl|[[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 89.5 [[megahertz|MHz]] [[Wagga Wagga]]|FM: 99.5 MHz [[Junee]]}}
| repeater           = 
| airdate            = {{start date|df=yes|1992|10|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic031_community_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf |title=Community Radio Broadcasting Licences |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007170115/http://www.acma.gov.au/WEBWR/_assets/main/LIB100052/lic031_community_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf |archivedate=7 October 2007}}</ref>
| format             = [[Radio reading service]]
| language           = [[English language|English]]
| power              = 2,000 [[watt]]s
| erp                = 
| haat               = 
| class              = 
| facility_id        = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|35|12|52|S|149|7|0|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
| callsign_meaning   = '''1''' = [[Australian Capital Territory]]<br>'''R'''adio for the<br>'''P'''rint<br>'''H'''andicapped
| former_callsigns   = 
| former_frequencies = 
| affiliations       = [[Radio Print Handicapped Network]]
| owner              = Print Handicapped Radio of ACT, Inc.
| licensee           = 
| sister_stations    = 
| webcast            = 
| website            = {{official website|http://www.radio1rph.org.au/}} 
}}
'''Radio 1RPH''' 1125 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] [[Canberra, Australian Capital Territory|Canberra]] (89.5FM [[Wagga, New South Wales|Wagga]], 99.5FM [[Junee, New South Wales|Junee]]) is a [[Volunteering|volunteer]]-staffed AM band [[radio]] [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] station in the [[Australian Capital Territory]] serving all of the ACT and surrounding areas of NSW including Queanbeyan, Yass and Michelago, with FM repeaters at Wagga and Junee,<ref>[http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100059/radio_2-jul2012.pdf VHF FM RADIO Callsign order] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214345/http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100059/radio_2-jul2012.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}, [[Australian Communications and Media Authority|ACMA]], July 2012, accessed 8 August 2012</ref> and a [[streaming media]] on its web site.<ref>
{{cite web |title=1RPH History |url=http://www.radio1rph.org.au/history.htm |year=2008 |accessdate=4 August 2008 |website=radio1rph.org.au |publisher=1RPH |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719022224/http://radio1rph.org.au/history.htm |archivedate=19 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}
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Radio 1RPH is a member of the [[Radio Print Handicapped Network]]. Its catch-phrases are, '''Your information station''' and '''Turning print into sound''', and it is intended to serve all those who are, for any reason, handicapped from reading printed material.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Value our Voices
 |url=http://www.cbonline.org.au/%5Cmedia%5CElection_07%5CRPH_Summary1.1.pdf
 |year=2007
 |accessdate=4 August 2008
 |publisher=[[Community Broadcasting Association of Australia|CBAA]]
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725125308/http://www.cbonline.org.au/media/Election_07/RPH_Summary1.1.pdf
 |archivedate=25 July 2008
 }}</ref>

Newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed material are read to air. 1RPH used to have a frequency just outside the AM band on 1620&nbsp;kHz,<ref name="Rogers">{{cite journal|last=Rogers|first=Chris|date=24 December 1994|title=Station News Australia|journal=International DX Digest|publisher=National Radio Club|volume=62|issue=14|quote=scheduled to move on 17 October|url=http://www.chowdanet.com/markc/idxd/1994/IDX23DEC.A94|accessdate=7 December 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119042246/http://www.chowdanet.com/markc/idxd/1994/IDX23DEC.A94|archive-date=19 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and so suffered little interference, and was heard as far away as the United States.<ref name="Burnell">{{cite web|url=http://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/Logs/burnell%208-6-97.txt|title=MW DXpedition in Grayland WA|last=Burnell|first=Jean|date=6 August 1997|publisher=Hardcore|accessdate=7 December 2011|location=St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada}}</ref>

==Equipment==
[[File:Radio 1RPH studio and transmitter.jpg|thumb|L–R: Transmitter building, dual masts, car park and carport, studio building.]]

===Studios===

====On-air and production====
*Two studios, each with 16 channel Ogenic broadcast mixers:
**Audio channel sources:
***computer
***CD players
***satellite channels
***Tape-recorders
***turntables
***outside broadcast line
***telephone-radio interface

====Production====
*digital post-production studio
*voice-only studio
*CD-R and tape library
*recorded music library

===Transmitters and antennae===
*2,000 [[watt]] solid-state AM transmitter with standby
*two {{convert|65|m|ft|adj=on}} antenna masts providing directional coverage
*emergency power-plant

==Effect of NDIS==
In February 2016, the station management announced that it had been advised that $38,000 would not be available from the [[Government of the Australian Capital Territory|ACT Government]]'s [[Disability ACT]] as of July 2016, when these funds would become part of the general [[National Disability Insurance Scheme]] (NDIS) funds administered by the [[Government of the Commonwealth of Australia|Commonwealth Government]]. This amount represented roughly a quarter of the station's operating budget. Disability Minister [[Chris Bourke]] declined to promise funding from ACT resources, but said he would make enquiries of the Federal Minister for Disability. Leading the effort to publicise this funding shortfall were: President, Lorraine Litster; Vice President, and People With Disabilities ACT president, Robert Altamore; and volunteer broadcaster and [[ACT Legislative Assembly]] member, [[Vicki Dunne]] MLA. Litster pointed out that, of the $22 billion/year scheme, only $132 million has been set aside for services including the [[Radio Print Handicapped Network]]. The National Disability Insurance Authority (NDIA) has said it will be considering the matter.<ref name="2016-02-10_ABC">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-11/disability-radio-station-may-cut-services-after-funding-decision/7157868 |title=Disability station Radio 1RPH 'left in the lurch' amid NDIS funding changes |first1=James |last1=Fettes |first2=Adrienne |last2=Francis |work=[[ABC News Online]] |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="2016-02-10_SMH">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/radio-station-for-printhandicapped-to-lose-out-under-ndis-president-20160210-gmq49q.html |title=Radio station for print-handicapped to lose out under NDIS: president |first=Katie |last=Burgess |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=10 February 2016 |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of radio stations in Australia]]
* [[Radio Print Handicapped Network]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.radio1rph.org.au Radio 1RPH]
*[http://www.rph.org.au/ RPH Australia Network]

{{Canberra AM}}

[[Category:Radio stations in Canberra]]
[[Category:Radio reading services of Australia]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1992]]