2000FM (Sydney)

2000FM (call sign 2OOO), also known as "radio-2-triple-o", is a multilingual community radio station broadcasting to Sydney in languages other than English from studios in the suburb of Burwood. It is a volunteer run organisation and is funded through listener support, grants and limited commercial sponsorship.

The mission of 2000FM is to provide a service through dedication to enrich the cohesion of our cultural diversity via tolerance, understanding and respect for each other.

History
2000FM was established in 1992. It was granted a licence by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and commenced broadcasting in 1994.

Programming
As of 2024, the station broadcasts in the following languages:


 * Arabic
 * Bengali
 * Bosnian
 * Burmese
 * Cantonese
 * Celtic
 * Cook Island Maori
 * Croatian
 * Fijian
 * Filipino
 * Akan (Ghana)
 * Greek
 * Hindi
 * Indonesian
 * Irish Celtic
 * Italian
 * Korean
 * Kurdish
 * Macedonian
 * Mandarin
 * Marathi
 * Mongolian
 * Persian
 * Polish
 * Punjabi
 * Russian
 * Samoan
 * Serbian
 * Sinhalese
 * Spanish
 * Sudanese
 * Tamil
 * Telugu
 * Thai
 * Timorese
 * Tongan
 * Turkmen
 * Ukrainian
 * Urdu
 * Vietnamese

2000FM also features other community access broadcasts including specific youth programs in some of the languages above, a weekly fashion and design show and Feathered Friends a program for bird fanciers.

HRR 98.5FM is a hard rock/heavy metal program on radio broadcasting from the studio of 2000FM. It first aired on 13 April 2008.