It was established to provide radio programs to people in regional and rural communities, to match it with that of the capital city stations.
It originally carried a hybrid range of programming, which consisted of local news and rural information.
The first regional manager was W. Passek, the first journalist was Fred Sanderson and the first rural reporter was Clem Holdsworth.
They were originally on 1593 AM, before switching to 1305 AM in December 1988, before settling with its current frequency, 1062 AM in November 1996 when Radio National (RN) began broadcasting to the region.
A second renovation took place in 2002 when three separate studios were adjoined together into one building, which resulted in a large and open office layout.