extensive mix from the 1980s to today. It is a low-powered open narrowcast (LPON) service broadcasting on 88.0 FM, which began in 2018. It is owned and operated by Margflow Media. Television In 2021, Charters Towers was confirmed to have been selected as the location for the ninth season of Australian Survivor, a Survivor: Blood vs Water series scheduled to air on Network 10 in 2022 featuring a mix of former contestants and celebrities. The Goldfield Ashes The Charters Towers Goldfield Ashes has been an amateur cricket carnival conducted over the Australia Day long weekend in January since 1948 by the Charters Towers Cricket Association Incorporated (CTCA), and it is now the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Players ranging from regional and the country to play. Numbers in recent years have reached just shy of 200 teams. The event is of massive benefit for the town, bringing in business for the entire region, especially the town's pubs and clubs. While the higher grades take it very seriously with awards and prizes given, the lower grades take to a more social view. Games involving drinking penalties and costume wearing are all part of the antics. In 2010, more teams were involved than ever. However, the competition did not reach the magic 200 teams only because of the lack of fields in the region. Many of the fields are concrete pitches on the properties of local families in the region. Notable people For mayors of Charters Towers, see City of Charters Towers#Mayors. Margaret Theadora Allan (1889–1968), community worker Cecil Aynsley, member of the Queensland rugby league team of the century Bruce Barry (1934–2017), Australian actor and singer, grew up in the town Daisy Bates, Irish-Australian journalist and welfare worker, known for her work with indigenous Australians Adam Cook, Australian rugby league player Anderson Dawson, politician, 14th Premier of Queensland for one week, (1–7 December 1899), first Labor premier in Australia Dave Evans, first lead singer of AC/DC from 1973 to 1974 William Edward Harney, Australian writer Wilhelm Iwan (1871–1958), author, historian, and theologian (lived in Charters Towers for nine years and wrote a book describing his experiences) Bob Katter, Australian politician Lieutenant Colonel Tom Mills MC & Bar (1908–1978), was born in Charters Towers Breaker Morant, Australian drover, horseman and soldier, spent some years in Charters Towers Hugh Mosman, pioneered gold mining in Charters Towers Jupiter Mosman, found the first gold in