ABC Classic 2, a music-only talk-free streaming station, was established in June 2014.
[4] The first song played on ABC Classic 2 was Australian composer Nigel Westlake’s Penguin Ballet from his Antarctica Suite, performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Timothy Kain.
The music on Classic 2 is performed exclusively by leading Australian orchestras, ensembles and soloists.
During daytime and evenings Classic 2 typically broadcasts short excerpts from the classical repertoire, for example single movements from full symphonies.
[2] Between midnight and 06:00, longer works are included, and Classic 2 programming is also broadcast as ABC Classic FM's "overnight" program.