Outback Radio 2WEB to hold first Radiothon Auction in 20 years

18 July 2025 This weekend, Outback Radio 2WEB will hold its first Radiothon Auction in twenty years, with the lofty goal of raising $100,000 for Macquarie Home Stay in Dubbo, which provides affordable accommodation for regional patients and their families needing medical treatment far from home.And communities across far western New South Wales are already digging deep, with over… Read More

Local news is a hook for people to listen: Ian Cole CBAA Conference

28 October 2020 Two years ago, Bourke community station 2WEB saved the local newspaper from closure and now operates The Western Herald along with its radio station. Chairman...

Vale 2WEB’s May Watkins

2 January 2020 FUNERAL DETAILS: 10am Thursday 16 January at Bourke Christian Church. Steve Ahern remembers May Watkins, who passed away this week.

Bourke community radio station saves iconic newspaper from closure

15 February 2018 2WEB takes over The Western Herald, resumes publication. Just before Christmas, the little town of Bourke in outback NSW got the bad news that...

They had to prove difficulty in recruiting: David Sharp on 457 Visas

20 April 2017 2WEB Bourke's breakfast announcer David Sharp is now an Aussie citizen, but when he first came to Australia he came as a 457 Visa entrant....

Vale Shirley Biddulph 2WEB Bourke

15 March 2017 The death notice says: SHIRLEY JOYCE BIDDULPH Late of Nyngan and formerly of Bourke, passed away on 6th March 2017 aged 74 Years. That’s not enough....

2WEB to launch new morning show

17 April 2014 Outback Radio 2WEB is launching a new show Outback Mornings, taking over the satellite feed from 2UE since 1996, when John Laws had the shift. In a...