ABC relaunches local radio websites

As I’ve reported over at The Spy Report…

ABC Local Radio has relaunched their network of station websites this morning. Formerly known as The Backyard, the network is now known as ABC Local.While the websites have only just been relaunched this morning, with many not fully operational, such as 1233 ABC Newcastle’s webpage, an idea of what content will feature on the websites has already been discovered.

An example of such is featured in this post, with ABC Upper Hunter’s website already partially functional. This example features a full program schedule, a RSS feed of Upper Hunter news headlines, as well as presenter photos and biographies.

The main regional site (see second image) contains feature stories, news headlines, links to other sites in the ABC network, and a rotating header with local images (such as the Campbells Corner building in Scone demonstrated in the second screen shot).

The conversion to the new website should be completed within the next twenty four hours.

MediaSpy discussion: ABC.net.au

Here’s the Upper Hunter website below.

The colours aren’t too bad, loving the new RSS feed of just Upper Hunter stories, instead of combining the two newsrooms in Muswellbrook and Newcastle.

To check them out for yourself, go to abc.net.au/local, and or the ABC Upper Hunter site, go abc.net.au/upperhunter/radio.