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'''2MCE FM Bathurst''' is a local [[community radio]] station, located on the campus of [[Charles Sturt University]] in [[Bathurst, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It broadcasts to the communities of Bathurst and [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]] and their surrounds.<ref name="cbonline.org.au">http://www.cbonline.org.au/index.cfm?pageId=12,37,3,915 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721214752/http://www.cbonline.org.au/index.cfm?pageId=12,37,3,915 |date=21 July 2008 }} CBOnline 30 Years of 2MCE</ref>

2MCE FM is supported by CSU's School of Information and Communication Studies in conjunction with the local community, and operates two frequencies:
*92.3&nbsp;MHz in the Bathurst area, broadcasting from a transmitter atop [[Mount Panorama]], with a power output of 1,000 watts.
*94.7&nbsp;MHz in the Orange area, broadcasting from a transmitter atop [[Mount Canobolas]], with a power output of 500 watts.

==History==
The station is one of Australia's oldest non-metropolitan licensed community radio stations. The station began full-time broadcasting in May 1976.<ref name="cbonline.org.au"/> Run by dedicated staff and members of the community, the early broadcasts came from a 170 watt transmitter and a bizarre aerial on top of the library.

A 1&nbsp;kW transmitter was installed on Mount Panorama in 1977, and replaced in 1994. A translator service to Orange (with a separate transmitter on Mount Canobolas) came on-line in 1987.

In 1989 renovations increased the number of studios from one small studio to three somewhat larger work areas, located on the university's Bathurst campus. The studios are also used by students for their course work, and feature broadcast-standard tools and equipment.

==Facilities==
The station includes two broadcast studios plus three production studios.
A separate studio houses a newsroom and produce the nationally networked news service for community stations, the '''National Radio News'''. <ref>http://www.csu.edu.au/NRN/about.html National Radio News</ref>

==Name==
The "2" in the callsign is the [[New South Wales]] prefix for [[radio stations]]. The "MCE" in the callsign stands for the University's Bathurst antecedent, '''''M'''itchell '''C'''ollege of Advanced '''E'''ducation'', now [[Charles Sturt University]].

==Notable former broadcasters==
*[[Samantha Armytage]] – [[Seven News]] presenter and [[Weekend Sunrise]] co-host
*[[Chris Bath]] – [[Seven News]] journalist and presenter
*[[Tara Brown]] – [[Nine Network]], [[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]] presenter
*Jon Casimir – producer of ''[[Enough Rope]]'' and ''[[God On My Side]]''; co-creator, producer and writer of ''[[The Gruen Transfer]]'';<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC TV - The Gruen Transfer – About The Show|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/credits.htm|access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> responsible for the creation of ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'s'' news website, [http://www.smh.com.au/ smh.com.au]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Casimir (Calendar - The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas)|url=http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/presenter/jon-casimir/|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201040631/http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/presenter/jon-casimir/|archive-date=1 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Anna Coren]] – [[CNN International]] journalist and presenter 
*[[Andrew Denton]] – ([[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC Australia]]) producer and host of [[Enough Rope]] (gold [[Logie Awards|Logie]] Nominee), producer of [[The Gruen Transfer]]
*[[Melissa Doyle]] – Seven Network [[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]] presenter
*[[Amanda Keller]] – [[101.7 WSFM|2WS FM]] radio announcer, host of [[Network Ten]]'s [[The Living Room (TV series)|The Living Room]]
*[[Deborah Knight]] – [[Ten News]] news presenter
*[[Allison Langdon]] – [[Nine News]] reporter
*[[Hamish Macdonald (broadcaster)|Hamish MacDonald]] – former Al Jazeera English and [[Ten News]] presenter and reporter
*Philippa McDonald – senior reporter, [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC TV News]]
*Mark Reddie – Sydney Reporter, ABC News Breakfast
*[[Marguerite McKinnon]] – freelance journalist and writer
*[[Jessica Rowe]] – [[Seven News]] presenter
*[[Jacinta Tynan]] – [[Sky News]] Australia journalist and presenter
*[[Monique Wright]] – Seven Network [[Sunday Night (Australian TV program)|Sunday Night]] reporter

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://radio.2mce.org] 2MCE webpage
* [http://www.csu.edu.au/NRN/] National Radio News
* [http://www.cbaa.org.au/] The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia

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