for its 44 regional bureaux, ten regional stations dropping call signs from their names and two undergoing a significant name change to better identify their local region. Stations There are sixty ABC Local Radio stations across 53 regions, including 52 regional stations and 8 metropolitan stations. The metropolitan stations are: ABC Radio Sydney (2BL) ABC Radio Melbourne (3LO) ABC Radio Brisbane (4QR) ABC Radio Adelaide (5AN) ABC Radio Perth (6WF) ABC Radio Hobart (7ZR) ABC Radio Canberra (2CN) ABC Radio Darwin (8DDD) The regional stations are: ABC Broken Hill (2NB) ABC Central Coast (2BL) ABC Central West (2CR) ABC Coffs Coast (2MMR) ABC Illawarra (2ILA) ABC Mid North Coast (2KP) ABC New England North West (2NU) ABC Newcastle (2NC) ABC North Coast (2NNR) ABC Riverina (2RVR) ABC South East NSW (2BA) ABC Upper Hunter (2UH) ABC Western Plains (2WPR) ABC Ballarat (3CRR) ABC Central Victoria (3ABCRR) ABC Gippsland (3GLR) ABC Goulburn Murray (3MRR) ABC Mildura Swan Hill (3MIL) ABC Shepparton (3GVR) ABC South West Victoria (3WL) ABC Wimmera (3WV) ABC Northern Tasmania (7NT) ABC Capricornia (4RK) ABC Gold Coast (4ABCRR) ABC Far North (4QCC) ABC North Queensland (4QN) ABC North West Queensland (4ISA) ABC Southern Queensland (4QS) ABC Sunshine Coast (4SCR) ABC Tropical North (4QAA) ABC Western Queensland (4QL) ABC Wide Bay (4QB) ABC North and West SA (5CK) ABC Riverland (5MV) ABC South East SA (5MG) ABC Eyre Peninsula (5LN) ABC Goldfields-Esperance (6ED, 6GF) ABC Great Southern (6WA) ABC Kimberley (6BE) ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt (6GN) ABC Pilbara (6KP) ABC South Coast (6AL) ABC South West WA (6BS) ABC Alice Springs (8AL) ABC Katherine (8ABCRR) Digital stations: ABC Country ABC Sport Programming The metropolitan and regional stations originate most of their own programming. Until 2015, the regional stations usually simulcast one of the metropolitan stations when they were not airing local programming. Usually, they simulcast their state's capital city station; an exception was 999 ABC Broken Hill, which simulcasts 891 ABC Adelaide because Broken Hill is on Central Time. In 2015, the ABC formed a Regional Division to again split its regional stations from the metropolitan counterparts. 1233 ABC Newcastle (2NC) was transferred from the metropolitan network to the new regional division and 14 of the regional network's member stations began streaming. It was announced from 2016 that the regional Local Radio stations would broadcast live each weekday and Saturday morning in a restructure of services, as well as