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NEW - Digital Radio Information for Melbourne
TV Locator for Victoria - Digital Edition
Recommended Frequencies For Mobile MP3 Players While Travelling In Victoria
LPON Licence Hogging - The Ongoing Investigation
AFL Radio Schedule - The Finals - Week One
SNV now Facebooked
Tis The Season To Be Elf-y
AFL Commentators Swap Stations
Ant and Becks, Set For Bigger Role
ABC Stations Crank Up The Power
DAB+ Arrives in Melbourne
ABC Maintenance As DAB+ Gets Closer
ABC Kinglake Ranges - Covering Bushfire Areas
Bushfires Alert
Driving from Melbourne to Sydney?
The Drive Shift Is Now Bigger
Gippsland 1611 AM - Now On Air
Mildura's 3MA set to hear Ray Hadley from 2009
Vision Radio Network - Now Testing On 1611AM
Noise FM Didn't Want 1611 Afterall
Double X Lose Licence
The ABC's are moving in
Cybershack Finishes Up On The Radio
Pheonix FM says it will return
Western Victoria has News Radio - 91.7 ON AIR
SBS Radio Victorian Rollout
News Radio On Air in Bairnsdale on 107.9
Digital Radio - Gets Airtime on Cybershack
Korumburra Has An 80's Station
Raw FM Expands Into Shepparton - On 87.6
News Radio On Air in Mildura - 100.3 FM In Unexpected Test
Clinton Grybas - Dead at 32
East Gippsland's 3GV goes, as Gold 1242 arrives
Warrnambool Has News Radio - On Air NOW at 91.3
Patterson Lakes Primary School Launch Tiniest Radio Station
Yarrawonga, the 300th Vision Station Destination
Latrobe Valley Has News Radio - On Air NOW at 95.1
Stan Zemanek Dies at Age 60
Macquarie And Fairfax to take over Southern Cross
John Laws Calls It A Day
3AW axes personalities after AFL Ratings Shock
SBS Radio Comes To Ballarat
Light FM Now Streaming
VFL Coverage Is Back On The Airwaves
Latrobe Valley First Victorian Region To Get NewsRadio
Sport 927 may close in Shepparton and Ballarat
Goldfields FM - A New Community Station For Maryborough
Radio Station Microphone Flags
Vision FM Starts up 2 More Stations
Seymour station off air
Colac Station Makes Waves
Bendigo's 89.5 Might Not Be Community
AFL Announces New Radio Rights
Bushfire Season Is Near
It's News Time For Regional Victoria
ABC Across Victoria set to expand - but when?
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Monday 30th August 2010.
Friday Night: Geelong v St. Kilda - LIVE from 6pm on Triple M (and affiliates) , 3AW 693 (and affiliates) , SEN 1116, AFL Live (Regional Victoria), K-Rock 95.5 (88.0 at the MCG) and from 7pm on ABC Victoria and NIRS
Saturday: Fremantle v Hawthorn - LIVE from 12pm on 3AW 693 (and affiliates), Triple M (and affiliates) and AFL Live (Regional Victoria), SEN 1116 and ABC Victoria
Saturday Night: Collingwood v W. Bulldogs - LIVE from 6pm on 3AW 693 (and affiliates), Triple M (and affiliates), AFL Live (Regional Victoria), SEN 1116, ABC Victoria, K-Rock 95.5 (88.0 at the MCG) and NIRS
Sunday: Sydney v Carlton - LIVE from 12pm on 3AW 693 (and affiliates), Triple M (and affiliates) and AFL Live (Regional Victoria), SEN 1116, ABC Victoria and NIRS
Monday 15th March 2010.
Going along with technology these days, the SNV website has decided to keep more people up to date with news via a new fan page set to be more updated than the website has been lately
There's been monthly updates still through our newsletter, but there's bound to be something we've missed, even a little news story that the rest of us would like to know, if it happens on analogue or digital, you can now post it on our official SNV Facebook fan page
So if you've got a Facebook account, all you have to do is search for "Surf Net Victoria" and it'll be there
Tuesday 1st December 2009.
Just when you thought Digital Radio had the same sort of music on, and new stations bringing genres that would interest people, comes the biggest genre of music to be celebrated in December, Australian Radio Network presents Elf Radio on Digital Radio
The station was launched today, just days after the ARN won more allocation to bring in new stations, as did Sport 927 and Austereo as well, their new stations are yet to be launched though
Meanwhile, Austereo's Bird Radio has been replaced with Hot 30 Countdown Jelli which is an extention of the program heard on Fox FM
The ABC's "popup" service ABC Extra has ended it's broadcast of Triple J Unearthed which was launched as a celebration for their 1st birthday
Related Articles: Extra Digital Spectrum Sold At Auction, Elf Radio Website
Tuesday 1st December 2009.
During November it was first announced as Rex Hunt's retirement from 3AW's Football Team, then it was announced days later that Rex Hunt would be heard on Triple M from next year, while Brian Taylor takes Rex's 3AW seat
This means for those in Mildura, Bendigo and Shepparton who used to take the 3AW call until they decided to take the Triple M feed instead, will hear Rex Hunt again on 3MA FM, 3BO FM and 3SR FM
In terms of what it means for Melbourne listeners though, it's a simple swap for Hunt and Taylor, but will the audiences like what they hear?
Other notable changes include Tim Lane going to 3AW, leaving ABC Radio
Related Articles: Rex Hunt leaves 3AW after shock offer from Triple M, Radio Waves Peak With Plenty Off-Season change to AFL Coverage
Friday 6th November 2009.
They were just doing their normal shift, Becks on the Gold Coast, and Ant in Melbourne, broadcasting their drive show to many markets across regional Australia
But this story has something else, the Programmer for the Australian Radio Network just happen to tune into the show, on his way back from Melbourne, after his wife gave birth, just past Shepparton he heard the duo on air and quickly made some enquiries
The outcome from those enquiries is that Mix 101.1 will have Ant and Becks doing their drive shift, from the studio's of Mix 106.5 in Sydney form the 11th of Januray next year
But going up against Hamish and Andy isn't new to them, as they're already doing it in some markets they broadcast to, but they'll have more competition, like Jono and Dano on Gold 104
Friday 6th November 2009.
After around 4 months of testing their digital radio signals, the ABC have announced that they are now broadcasting at full power, as of the 2nd of November
To add to this bit of news, the ABC are currently broadcasting 9 stations on digital, including 774 ABC Melbourne, ABC Jazz, ABC Dig Music, ABC Country, ABC Grandstand, Radio National, News Radio, Triple J and an additional "pop up" service known as ABC Extra which this month is called Triple J Unearthed, giving undiscovered bands somewhere to send their music, to be heard on the radio
To add to this, SBS have also gone full power, with their 4 versions of SBS Radio, plus timeshifted channels, and an additional SBS Radio 6 which is a rebroadcast of BBC Network Africa
Monday 11th May 2009.
New technology being launched is always an exciting thing, in this case, Digital Radio is the new kid on the block, but there aren't too many ways to purchase a DAB+ capable radio
Despite all of this, Melbourne's DAB+ channels have now been launched, and are only the second capital city in Australia to do so, until the other 3 cities join later in the month
For now, commercial broadcasters will be heard on the new service, while community stations are left on the Analogue system for now
The Digital Radio Plus website, lists the broadcasters now on air, and a list of retailers stocking DAB+ radios
Related Articles: Melbourne first on the east coast to switch on digital radio - Digital Radio Plus
Friday 1st May 2009.
The ABC have announced already that their digital radio services will be a bit behind everyone elses launch date, by at least a month, so between the start of May until late June, ABC Classic FM and Triple J will be affected while maintenance is carried out in preperation for the new digital radio services
Along with the maintenance, an official launch date for the commercial stations has been set for Monday the 11th of May in Melbourne, being the second city, behind Perth to have their launch up and running
To add to this, DMG Radio have released two new stations for their digital presence, NovaNation which will be a 24/7 Dance music channel, featuring artists and songs that previously couldn't be aired on Nova stations around the country, and Koffee which will feature music to chill out to
Related Articles: Greater Melbourne ABC Service Disruption , Digital Radio Plus Website , NovaNation Website , Koffee Website
Tuesday 14th April 2009.
Since the 2nd of April, the licence for ABC Kinglake Ranges has been on air at 94.5, as confusing as some press releases have been lately, along with the ABC Kinglake Ranges website as well
The service has been setup to assist the communities of Kinglake, Kinglake West, Dixons Creek, Toolangi, Flowerdale and Strathewen, all of which have been affected by the February bushfires, and are rebuilding their towns
The service has great reception from Yarra Glen up to Kinglake, as it's broadcasting from the Civic Centre in Kinglake, it has local programs during the day, as well as relaying 774 ABC Melbourne programs along with ABC Victoria's drive show
The quality of the service, when relaying 774 ABC Melbourne programs is at a lower bitrate than what the regionals recieve, with the simple setup studio in Kinglake, but it does serve it's purpose effectively
Related Articles: ABC Kinglake Ranges "Radio Station Opens At Kinglake" - The Pheonix
Monday 9th February 2009.
Saturday evening, the 7th of February, saw the Latrobe Valley lose it's ABC services from Mt. Tassie as a fire went through the area, the warnings were out there, but after 6pm the local Gippsland host was cut off while the transmitter sat idle, during this time News Radio was off, but Triple J and ABC Classic FM were unharmed
It wasnt until after 6:30pm when the transmitters were giving signs of going off air, when they eventually did, Triple J and ABC Classic FM went with them, as did Prime Television and WIN Televisions analogue service
At the moment, Gold 1242 and 3TR FM are running on a diesel generator which will need refilling, but no access to anywhere will most likely prevent them from doing so
While the bushfire messages keep going on 774 ABC Melbourne, people in Gippsland have been told to return to 828 AM which is the service from Sale, Meanwhile community station Gippsland FM on 104.7 has cancelled all shows, to rebroadcast ABC Gippsland into the Latrobe Valley, there has also been support from 3GG (531 AM), Star FM (94.3 and 97.9) and 3REG (105.5 and 90.7) relaying bushfire messages or rebroadcasting parts of the ABC coverage
News Radio has been generous to stop all of it's BBC overnight service to relay 774 ABC Melbourne direct, so the whole nation can have a listen, this move ensures people in Bairnsdale can also listen on 107.9
For those who want the BBC coverage, as this is an International news story now, you can listen on SBS Radio or 3RPH overnight
Services Currently Off Air (19/2/09): All ABC services from Mt. Tassie are now running on full power. Local Radio for Omeo and Orbost are also both running on reduced power
The ACMA has now issued a temporary licence for a relay of 774 ABC Melbourne to cover Healesville and Warburton on 107.1 FM, with a transmitter on Mt. Victoria, this licence acts just like any other temporary licence, but will cease broadcasting when the fire threat has passed
Related Articles: ABC Gippsland Website ABC Melbourne Website CFA's Incident Summary List ABC Reception Website ABC Reception Website - Maintenance List
Saturday 7th February 2009.
A whole new network of stations placed in towns between Melbourne and Sydney have been established, licences owned by Andy Brown will be aiming to be as local as the town is with each town getting it's own unique station name
The network in Victoria consists of:
Ned Kelly FM on 88.0 in Beveridge and Eden Park
Easy Living FM on 87.8 in Wandong, Waterford Park, Clonbinane, Bylands, Heathcote Junction, Hidden Valley, Wallan and Upper Plenty
Motor Cycle Racing FM on 87.8 in Broadford North (main transmitter), Broadford and Sunday Creek
Army FM on 87.8 in Seymour, Northwood, Hildene and Tallarook (Hughes Creek Hill transmitter)
Ute FM on 88.0 in Avenal, Tabilk and Mangalore
Farm FM on 87.8 in Balmattum, Euroa, Longwood and Locksley
Goldfields FM on 88.0 in Badaginnie and Violet Town
Racing FM on 88.0 in Winton and Benalla
Gateway FM on 87.8 in Wangaratta and North Wangaratta
Rail FM on 88.0 in Springhurst, Lilyput and Chiltern
Related Articles: Australian Broadcasting Media - Full List of Stations
Sunday 18th January 2009.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any bigger, there's two changes in the drive shift that not only affects Victoria, but the rest of the nation as well
Firstly, the Melbourne comedy duo of Hamish and Andy, based at Fox FM, have expanded their drive show beyond the Austereo network and onto the Ace Radio Network's Mixx FM, 3TR FM and Coast FM in regional Victoria between 4pm - 6pm weekdays, they've even expanded into New Zealand on the ZM Network for the weekend highlights version of the show
Meanwhile, Jonathan Coleman will have a new partner for his drive shift across Australia, with extended hours as he teams up with Ian Rogerson for the "Jono and Dano Show" which will be on air from 4pm - 7pm weeknights on Gold 104 in Melbourne, 3SR FM in the Goulburn Valley, 3BO FM in Central Victoria, 3GG in the Latrobe Vlaley and 3MA FM in Mildura
Related Articles: Jono And Damo Press Release - MCM Entertainment, Hamish and Andy Website
Wednesday 10th December 2008.
From the makers of Melbourne's 1611 Double X, comes the new Summer sensation, but it's not happening in Melbourne
Gippsland has a new station, and it's a familiar sound to what Double X was before their licence slipped through their hands, the station is simply named Gippsland 1611 AM, with a relay in Sale on 87.8
The first sounds of the station are in conjunction with the start of Summer to bring a unique sound to the area that is served by Classic Hits/Talk stations 3GG and Gold 1242, or Hit Music stations Star FM and 3TR FM, Gippsland 1611 AM plans on playing songs that normally dont get heard on radio stations from the 80's and 90's
Gippsland 1611 AM also plans on bringing some sport action to the area, more likely sport that doesnt normally get heard on other stations
Related Articles: Gippsland 1611 AM Website
Thursday 20th November 2008.
It's been announced that Charles Wooley's morning show "Across Australia" has been cancelled, so there's many stations around regional Australia that are looking for a new morning host to tune into
Sydney's 2GB has come to the call of 8 regional stations that used to take Charles Wooley, set to network Ray Hadley from 9am - 11am weekday mornings, starting next year, in the list of stations, only one Victorian town will get to hear it, with Mildura's 3MA being classed as "near" NSW to broadcast the show
Previously, Ray Hadley has only been heard on 3MA during the Olympics, as 3MA is not a NRL broadcaster, so technically, this is Ray's first big break in the morning slot, heard in Victoria
Related Articles: Ray Hadley Morning Show to reach outside Sydney - Livenews.com
Tuesday 11th November 2008.
After the amazing situation that 1611 AM had been through in recent months, finally, after Noise FM sold off the licence, the new owners are on air testing for an official launch
Vision Radio Network we're the winners of the licence, giving them their first Melbourne CBD licence, and almost doubling their audience share in comparison with the audiences in the 336 markets already served
Vision are expected to launch on the 1st of December, after a 4 week testing phase
Related Articles: Vision Is Coming On Air In Melbourne - Vision Website
Wednesday 8th October 2008.
After grabbing the 1611 licence from Double X, shortly after the licence was taken off their hands after 60 days notice, Noise FM have had some time to think about the best use for the narrowcasting licence, and have decided to sell it
Noise FM have already been established into Colac, Ballarat, Bendigo, Maryborough and even Mt. Gambier, but all licences are on the FM band, which leads the theory that the Noise FM product wouldnt work on AM in Melbourne
While the paperwork has been signed and all confirmation is almost settled, it's not been known to the public yet as to who won the licence from Noise FM, some suggestions include The Goanna, Vision FM or Rete Italia
Related Articles: Noise FM Website
Wednesday 20th August 2008.
Independent radio station, Double X will be forced off air after the owner ran out of time to renew the licence after 60 days
Station owner, Anton Vanderlely who also does the breakfast shift on Double X, has also let the licences of 1611 in Traralgon and Wingfield in South Australia slip through the 60 days, as a result, a new owner has instantly got the licences, with the official notice yet to be released
Double X started as City FM didnt make it to the permanant radio scene when new licences were being handed out, being on 1611 AM was probably going to be a challenge, but with public outings and letting Melbourne know exactly where to find them, interest was raised and in a time of when many capital cities have a network on 1611 AM or 1620 AM, Double X was one of the independents of the Narrowband that lasted the longest
What will happen now? The 1611 AM broadcast will cease formally at the end of August, the Traralgon and Wingfield transmitters were never on, so a new oppoortunity has been created for a new independent or another outlet for a network who doesn't have a Melbourne, Traralgon or Adelaide station
A new home would no doubt be found for many programs Double X currently broadcasts, including The Travelling Fisherman, Pet Talk Radio, Tech Talk Radio, Back To The 80's along with sporting coverage of the Melbourne Ice Hockey games, but the VFL still has 3SER taking selected games on the weekends
Having said all of this though, the Double X group isn't exactly gone, as they still have their 87.6 transmitter broadcasting from Moorabbin, no doubt a wider network is being looked on similar frequencies elsewhere
Related Articles: Double X Website
STATEMENT: As a former volunteer of Double X, I'm sad to hear about the mixup with the renewal process, it's been proven before that you can't let anything slip in the radio industry, as other radio stations in Victoria have proven, it's unfortunate to happen to an independent outfit like Double X
In my time with the station, I was on air every Saturday morning back in 2004 to 2005, this gave me a great chance to improve on my radio skills, taking calls and some productions stuff as well. The skills I've learnt from the whole experience will surely be used in the near future
But for now, whoever the new owner of 1611 in Melbourne shall be, they're going to have a tough time to fill the shoes of what Double X has created on 1611,
Tuesday 19th August 2008.
Geelong, Colac and Bendigo listeners will see a changed FM band soon, as the ACMA proposes to move existing services to make way for ABC services
In Bendigo, The temporary broadcasters on 89.5 between Fresh 89.5 and Pheonix FM are to move up to 101.5 to share with existing temporary broadcaster, Central Victorian Gospel Radio to make 89.5 available for News Radio
In Colac, Community broadcaster Otway FM have already got their licence ready to move to 98.3 as they make way for News Radio on 104.7
In Geelong, The Pulse are going to move to 91.9 and reduced on a lower power, to make way for an extension to the ABC Local Radio network, it's rumoured that a Coast FM type service is to operate on 94.7, simuliar to the Gold Coast service
Related Articles: ACMA article
Thursday 7th August 2008.
Charlie Brown will be heard for the last time this coming weekend, as the Cybershack radio show is officially finished
The show started back in 2000 when all the rumours of a Y2K bug were going around, after that technology scare CBN Media decided to create a show starting out on a small network of radio stations, then expanding
It was only earlier this year though that the network feed from the Gold Coast, that provided Cybershack via a satellite to Star FM stations in Bendigo, Mildura, Shepparton, Albury/Wodonga and the Latrobe Valley, decided to stop taking the show, therefore forcing each station to play it locally at another time, which didn't happen
Those who aren't part of the Star FM group of stations, kept on going, even if it was only two by the shows end, with Ballarat's Power FM and Melbourne's Double X being the survivers of the show in Victoria
Cybershack has been on air from their Sydney studios for 8 years, that's 445 episodes with Charlie Brown hosting every one of those episodes, talking about technology, gadgets and games among other stuff all being technical
After this weekend, Power FM and Double X might look to replace the timeslot with another technology show, or maybe just music
But there is some good news, with Cybershack still being on the TV every Saturday afternoon, at the moment the Nine Network and Imparja in selected areas are showing it, with WIN still deciding to play alternate programming
Related Articles: Cybershack Website
Thursday 26th June 2008.
TCBL licence holders of 89.5 FM in Bendigo, Pheonix FM, have finished broadcasting for their 2 week stint on air, and say it was a success
They're now in the process of making an application for the frequency for a full time licence
Meanwhile, there's still some plans for the ABC to utilise the frequency for News Radio, which has no other place to go in the Central Victorian region
In the meantime, Fresh 89.5 and Pheonix FM are still sharing the 89.5 frequency
Related Articles: Pheonix FM says it will return - The Advertiser
Thursday 26th June 2008.
Well, it's actually been on for some weeks now, but the notification has come through, that Western Victoria can now listen to News Radio on 91.7, serving the Hamilton area
The mystery surrounding the on air date, is due to the ABC Reception website not listing the Western Victorian transmitter as being on air, yet other parts of the ABC website indicate that it is
Meanwhile, we can turn our attention to Horsham then Portland, who will be the next towns to recieve News Radio, this time on 89.3 and 97.7 respectively
Related Articles: ABC News Radio - New Frequenices List
Thursday 22nd May 2008.
After Ballarat has been listed as the only Victorian town to recieve SBS Radio last year, a few more towns have been given an SBS licence, but under the name of the local council
After a recent travel, Wodonga's 89.5 was found to be on air, with reception in Albury not the best but still recievable
Other towns on the list to start broadcasting SBS Radio, include Mildura on 98.7, Myrtleford on 97.3 and Ballarat on 95.9
Some of these transmissions are already on air, and those that aren't on yet, are not far away
Related Articles: SBS Radio Now In Ovens Valley
Tuesday 15th April 2008.
In a somewhat strange move, Bairnsdale's News Radio service is now in testing mode on 107.9, despite being scheduled to go on air in June
In fact, The Western Victoria frequency on 91.7 hasn't come on air yet, but that's expected to be on full progrmaming by May, so maybe Bairnsdale has an extensive test coming up
Related Articles: ABC News Radio - New Frequenices List
Thursday 10th April 2008.
Digital Radio is just around the corner, and the Cybershack has touched on the issue by explaining what services are coming, when it'll happen, and what equipment we'll need to have a listen
The segment named "Ask The Experts" with resident Tech "Guru" Ray, basically mentioned some facts the public dont know, mainly due to the lack of publicity that digital radio is getting, it's set to start on Janurary 1st 2009, and will be an enhancement of what is already available
It was also mentioned on air, that Digital radio wont become the only way we all listen to the medium, with analogue staying on air, indefinately
The episode explaining the technology, has already aired on Star FM and Power FM, but is still coming this weekend on the ACE Radio Network's Mixx FM, Coast FM and 3TR FM along with independant Double X
Related Articles: Magic 1278 Article on Digital Radio , Digital Radio Website , ABC Radio Article , Listen To The Segment From The Cybershack
Thursday 6th March 2008.
There's an 80's music station in Korumburra, and you can find it on 87.6, interestingly though, the licence is held by the owner of the Orbit FM Dance radio network. The new station is called Radio 80's, and is set to sound different from what Orbit FM normally plays
The station is set to play only 80's music, similar to what Double X in Melbourne is doing, and have a link with the local Tourist Railway, based in Korumburra, to who the webpage is registered to
There are some concerns though, that the new owners of 3GG, who are set to drop the Gold Coast feed, might take an interest in the station, as it also plays the same mix of music
Related Articles: Radio 80's Webpage
Thursday 21st February 2008.
New South Wales dance radio network, Raw FM, has expanded into it's first Victorian town, Shepparton
The licence on 87.6 was originally set out for the Victorian dance network, Orbit FM who were to relay Kiss FM from Melbourne, but instead in recent months, the NSW owned network obtained the licence and is now broadcasting on air into town
Related Articles: Raw FM Frequencies List
Thursday 14th February 2008.
In an unexpected move, News Radio has started a test broadcast on 100.3 in the Mildura area
The News Radio website doesnt even list Mildura on going to air in the next round of locations to be on air, but towns such as Bairnsdale, Portland and Hamilton are on the list
It's now predicted that Ballarat's 97.1 could make an unexpected test soon, as it was also not on the intial list, but it's licence has been on the ACMA database for a few months
Related Articles: News Radio Frequencies Page ABC Reception Website
Saturday 5th January 2008.
3AW presenter, Fox Sports commentator and all round media journalist Clinton Grybas, has died at the age of 32
The circumstances surrounding his death at this apartment are unknown at the time of printing, as the alarm was raised after Grybas didn't turn up for this shift 2 hours before he started, like he usually does
Grybas was due to be on air from Midday on Saturday and Sundays throughout 3AW's summer schedule, and in a weeknightly role on Sports Today during the year
Related Articles: 3AW News Report , Journalist's Death Shocks Community - Fox Sports , Sports Commentator Dies - Herald Sun , Commentator Grybas Dies Aged 32 - ABC News
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Saturday 1st December 2007.
At midday, on Friday the 30th of November, East Gippsland's Classic Hits station, 3GV became Gold 1242 straight after John Laws signed off for the final time
At the same time, a new localised radio station was being promised, instead of all the networked talkback that was on 3GV, the new Gold 1242 will be going for a music orientated sound
But the confusing thing is where the website for Gold 1242 is. At the moment, the old 3gv.com.au is redirecting to a URL that doesnt exist, so the link from theradio.com.au website, is the only way to read about the station, and listen online
Related Articles: The Radio.com.au Site Gold 1242's Stream
Tuesday 20th November 2007.
There's no reports on the internet, not even on the ABC site is reporting that Warrnambool's News Radio has finally made it on air
But it's been confirmed that the service is in testing mode, and without a Stereo light, unlike how the Latrobe Valley service started with, before that service went Mono when testing was done
Warrnambool's News Radio service is set to start at the start of December, while testing continues for the next couple of weeks
Related Articles: ABC News Radio - New Frequenices List
Monday 8th October 2007.
The kids at Patterson Lakes Primary school are on air, and they aren't afraid to challenge the big names on air either
Patto FM broadcasting on 104.7 with a radius of 1km around the school, currently playing a loop staying on air 24/7 is the newest addition to the Victorian radio scene, providing a local student radio station for the school, and giving the students a chance to be heard on air
Mainly students from Grade's 5 and 6 can be heard on air, in what is currently a loop playing, including some interviews, school achievements, local news and music carefully chosen for the school students, teachers and the community to enjoy
Related Articles: School Jocks On Air - The Age Patterson Lakes P.S. - Patto FM Site
Thursday 4th October 2007.
The town of Yarrawonga has finally had the "switch" flicked for Vision FM to commence broadcasting on 87.6
It's the stations 300th station to commence on air, since it's starting days in Queensland
In recent months, Vision FM has put on most of the licences it holds in Victoria, but it's 1656 transmitter in Merbein, 87.6 in Tecoma, 88.0 in Tootgarook, 87.8 in Koorlong, 87.6 in Woori Yallock and 87.6 in Campbell's Creek are still to make it on air.
There's still some uncertainty as to what will happen with narrowcast licenes 88.0 in Hamilton and Portland, after Vision FM were winners of 102.1 and 105.3 respectively
Related Articles: Vision FM Station List
Sunday 29th July 2007.
Finally, we can report that News Radio is on air for the Latrobe Valley, after months of waiting
The revised time frame of gettiung the service on air was put back to September after a delay, which also put other towns on a delay also.
It's expected that at this stage, this is a test broadcast and the launch of the Latrobe Valley station will happen at the start of September
Related Articles: News Radio - New Frequencies List
Thursday 12th July 2007.
Sydney broadcaster Stan Zemanek, who was battling a brain tumour last year, has died in his Sydney home at 2:45am Thursday morning
The broadcaster was on Foxtel's Beauty and the Beast, which then made it's way to Channel Ten. That was before he decided to take on the drive spot at Melbourne's 3AW in 2002
After deciding to come back to Sydney, he was slotted into the night time spot where he was previously doing well, and continued where he left off
He signed off from radio in December last year, to spend more time with his family.
Victorian stations that used to take Stan Zemanek's program, before the merger of RG Capital and DMG Regional Radio included Bendigo's 3BO FM, Mildura's 3MA FM and Albury/Wodonga's 2AY. But before that, he was also heard on 3CV 1071 before it was sold to become Easy Listening 1071, on which Stan was taking calls from Central Victoria complaining that they can't hear his show anymore, That was when 3BO FM came in.
Related Articles: Broadcaster Zemanek dies age 60 - ABC News Tumour claims 'shock jock' - The Age Shock Jock Stan Zemanek dies - Herald Sun Stan Zemanek's Website
Tuesday 3rd July 2007.
Southern Cross Broadcasting is on the verge of being taken over by Maquarie Media and Fairfax, which will involve the radio stations in the network including Melbourne's 3AW and Magic 1278
The Southern Cross TV stations in Regional Victoria are also part of the takeover, but viewers and listeners are most likely not to notice much change when the takeover happens
Related Articles: Fairfax Gets Back On The Airwaves - The Age
Tuesday 26th June 2007.
Sydney radio broadcaster John Laws made a statement on his radio show yesterday (Mon 25/6) saying he was planning on announcing his retirement on air about 42mins later than when he did, which was at the start of his show
The only reason he said it then, was because the media knew what John Laws wanted to keep a secret, that was that he shall retire from on air duties at 2UE in November, not stating a particular date, but even he thinks he might not last that long, but at the same time definately ruled out going any later than November
The 71 year old vetran broadcaster is in his 55th year as an on air presenter, being in many roles throughout his career, his retirement speech included a thank you to all his supporters over the years, he also reconised those people that dont like his show, despite listening to him
Tim Webster is set to be his replacement, but a formal announcment is yet to be heard, Tim has already been filling in for Laws when he goes on holiday or sick leave
Currently, John Laws broadcasts to the following areas: Bendigo Easy Mix 98.3 FM , Maryborough Easy Mix 1071 AM , Mildura Easy Mix 1467 AM , Colac 3CS 1134 AM , Sale 3GV 1242 AM , Warrambool 3YB 882 AM , Horsham 3WM 1089 AM , Hamilton 3HA 981 AM , Swan Hill 3SH 1332 AM , Albury 2AY 1494 AM , Wangaratta 3NE 1566 AM , Mt. Hotham 3NE 89.3 FM , Mt. Buffalo 3NE 99.1 FM and Myrtleford 3NE 90.1 FM. All stations take 3 hours of the show, except for 3NE, which only takes 2 hours from 9am
Related Articles: King Of The Road Ends 55 Year Journey - SMH It's Goodbye World From The Golden Tonsils - SMH John Laws Career Timeline "You'll Be Greatly Missed" - SMH
Friday 22nd June 2007.
Melbourne station 3AW has reacted to it's AFL ratings with a statement, axeing 3 on air presenters and a producer yesterday (Thu 21/6)
Criag Hutchison, Trevor Marmalade and Dr. Turf have been given their marching orders, as 3AW now finds itself in 2nd spot on the AFL ratings table with 11.3 percent, compared to 17.9 last year, The table also sees 774 ABC Melbourne (11.6) in the lead with Triple M (7.2) in third place
Related Articles: Axe swings at 3AW footy
Monday 11th June 2007.
Ballarat is the only town in regional Victoria set to recieve SBS Radio soon
The service is being rolled out across the nation as part of the broadcasters roll out along with News Radio statewide
SBS Radio is set to be heard on 95.9 on only 1kW which should cover the town. A start time is yet to be announced
Thursday 26th April 2007.
At last, Light FM has joined the rest of the Melbourne radio stations by streaming online, and at good quality
The station makes sure that it's not one of a handful of stations that dont stream online in Melbourne
Light FM are streaming online at 64kbps for fast connections, and 20kbps for slow connections, both in Stereo. Be sure to have Windows Media Player to make this stream work
The only stations not streaming online include: Triple Z 92.3 , SBS Radio 93.1 & 1224 , 3XY 1422 and Rete Italia 1593 . All ethnic broadcasting stations
But there is still a chance to have some sub-metro stations online as well, as 3SER 97.7 , FM 97.9 and Stereo 97.4 are doing. We'll give you a chance to listen to Eastern FM 98.1 soon
Related Articles: Link to Light FM Stream
Friday 20th April 2007.
Just as SEN get the AFL rights, they also had to let go of the VFL and NRL coverage that they were broadcasting
But, in good faith, another station has picked up the VFL rights where SEN left off. Double X found on 1611 AM in Melbourne is the new broadcaster of VFL games into Melbourne
It's also been reported that Double X have scored the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) as well, the first station in Australia to follow an Ice Hockey League, in particular the "Melbourne Ice" team. Double X will have coverage from 4pm each Sunday. Despite most matches being played at 9:30am or 10am that morning
But for those NRL fans, we can't report on any station relaying Ray Hadley's 2GB coverage in Victoria at all
Related Articles: Melbourne Ice News
Tuesday 17th April 2007.
As this report is being written, there's tests being conducted in the New South Wales towns of Wagga Wagga and Lismore with News Radio on air
In a document on the DCITA website, it declares that Stage One of the News Radio roll out includes only one Victorian region, and that's the Latrobe Valley
News Radio and Radio National are set to start in the Latrobe Valley sometime soon within months, But it seems that it's News Radio that will be first to make it on air
The new service for News Radio will be on 95.1, leaving Radio National with 95.9 when it starts up
Stage Two of the rollout is expceted to have more Victorian towns listed
Related Articles: DCITA Website - Stage One Rollout Of ABC Services NewsRadio Website - New Frequencies
Monday 26th March 2007.
Racing broadcaster Sport 927 may not be broadcasting into Ballarat and Shepparton if the ACMA doesnt grant the network an exemtpion to a certain part of a new act that was introduced at the start of this year
As many media networks have been reporting already, these new rules included that all commercial stations provide at least 4 hours of local content on air. The owner of Sport 927 has written to be exempted or temporarily relieved of this act for the time being, but the ACMA hasnt been willing to give them the exemption
Most of Sport 927's transmitters in Victoria are all narrowcast licences, so it wouldnt conern the network as much, but the Shepparton and Ballarat licences are commercial, after 3SR and 3BA moved from the AM band to FM to vacate their AM frequencies for the racing network. But the licences didnt get converted to narrowcast, like the Bendigo licence did. So being a commercial licence means there's more transmitter power covering the town
The problem for Sport 927 is that there are no offices or studios in either Ballarat or Shepparton, so providing local content would be difficult. So the owner of the network has already commented on the situation, saying the stations in Ballarat and Shepparton could close down
If this was to be the case, the racing network would want to consider a narrowcast licence, probably on the FM band around the 87.6 to 88.0 range. This would mean their coverage is limited to the area, and towns in the Goulburn Valley including Euroa, Benalla, Nagambie, Seymour, Tatura, Tongala and Kyabram would all need to be covered with local transmitters for each town
Related Articles: Stanzout for sure (Sport 927 mentioned from half way down the page)
Thursday 22nd March 2007.
Maryborough has a new community station, well it's a TCBL technically, but their on air presence is like a community station
Goldfields FM has finally come on air after many years of work by the people behind the station and sponsors in the area, including the transmitter tower and finding studios
The broadcast is on 99.1 and in full stereo, and regular programming has only just commenced. The Maryborough Advertiser has done a special newspaper feature on the station, the links are below
Related Articles: Goldfields FM Q & A Creating Radio Waves Presenters Aplenty Rise And Shine With Breakfast Construction Of The Transmitter Station Transmitting Shire Wide And Beyond
Tuesday 20th March 2007.
Ever seen how many microphone flags get on the TV?
They're probably for more advertising or just covering the news. Either way, it's all interesting as to where each one is placed, and how much exposure they get
Wednesday 31st January 2007.
Christian Broadcaster Vision FM has powered up two more stations in Victoria
On Tuesday the 23rd of January, Terang's 90.5 FM came on air, making it the 265th station Vision FM has on air nationwide
Meanwhile, the next day in Port Cambpell, the 88.0 FM transmitter was put on air for the first time, making it the 266th station in total.
The Vision FM transmitters that remain unused are rapidly getting lower in numbers, with nearly all of the transmitters that were purchased in the HPON auctions a couple of years ago all on air
Related Articles: Vision FM Article on Terang's 90.5 FM Vision FM Article on Port Cambpell's 88.0 FM
Tuesday 16th January 2007.
Seymour's 87.6 is off the air after 3 months of broadcasting on an expired licence
It's now expected that the licence will go to an auction in February, but it's unclear whether that'll definately happen or not after Castlemaine's 87.6 hasnt been reported as being auctioned off yet
The situations differ between the two towns, as in Castlemaine's case the licence was handed back to the ACMA after Vision FM didnt put anything on air as the licence expired.
But in Seymour, the licence expired while the station kept on broadcasting, in the wierdest of circumstances
It's now tipped that Vision FM could pick up the licence in Seymour, but dance music station Orbit FM, relaying Kiss FM could be on the lookout also, or Kids broadcaster from Maqcuarie Regional Radioworks, Kids FM, might be interested
But then again, could a country music station be coming to town? We'll keep you posted on the results
Thursday 21st December 2006.
Colac's community radio station, 104.7 Otway FM, is reported to have had a great radiothon on the weekend of the 16th to 18th of December, broadcasting for a full 48 hours
But it did have it's glitches, when attempting to broadcast the Colac "Carols By Candlelight" the station found itself to have some technilogical problems, but local newspapers in the area are reporting that the station has learned from it
Related Articles: Article From The Extra Article From The Colac Herald Both Articles scanned thanks to "Mots"
Thursday 28th December 2006.
Last month it was reported that Fresh 89.5 had been investigated by the ACMA for not renewing their licence in time. And the licence would expire
The ACMA told the station that it would work on a TCBL licence until a new aspirant was found to use the frequency, but a new report has found that Bendigo could be served by another ABC station, one that wasn't listed in the September 2004 list of towns about to recieve a new ABC station. In this case, it would be News Radio
If News Radio was to get the licence of 89.5 in Bendigo, it would mean that Central Victorian towns would be able to hear the Parliament News Network, instead of relying on 1026 AM from Melbourne.
Ballarat is also not listed to get a News Radio frequency, but the suggestion of 97.5 FM, which was formally used by the Community radio station back then known as Triple B, Now Live FM on 99.9 FM, is being considered. But could the RPH network be looking into the Ballarat market on that frequency?
While this speculation is still going, Fresh FM are left with few options to consider, one of them could be that they will share the 101.5 FM frequency with the Central Victorian Christian station from Harcourt, who are still fighting to get a licence of their own
But the General Manager of Fresh FM said that he wouldn't let the licence go without a fight, and already has signatures for the licence to be returned, but will the ACMA accept that?
Related Articles: ACMA Article Bendigo News Article
Thursday 19th October 2006.
It's now official, the AFL has confirmed that 3AW, Triple M, ABC Local Radio and SEN will all be broadcasting AFL matches for 3 years from 2007
This means, due to 3AW and Triple M paying more for the rights, they will get the first choice of matches to broadcast on Saturday afternoon, while SEN and ABC Local Radio will be broadcasting the other match which is most likely of lower appeal to the audience, or involving teams that are lower on the ladder
On Sunday's, 3AW and Triple M have the 2pm match while SEN and ABC Local Radio will be broadcasting 2 matches involving the 1pm and the new Twilight match set to be starting at 4:45pm
This means that every match, even if played in Canberra, Launceston or the Gold Coast, will be broadcast into Melbourne on at least one radio station. As we pointed out earlier this year, when Hawthorn were going to play the Kangaroos in Launceston, no radio station was going to broadcast the match, mainly because all of the AFL rights holders went to Geelong to broadcast the Geelong v Melbourne match. No station in Melbourne wanted to go to Launceston, except Magic 1278 who were giving their call to Perth's 6PR, but this situation won't happen again under the new deal
Currently, 3AW's footy call can be heard on the ACE Radio Network regionally in Hamilton, Colac, Warrnambool, Swan Hill, Traralgon, Horsham and Albury/Wodonga. Triple M's footy call can be heard on the Maquarie Regional Radio Works network, which can be heard in Bendigo, Shepparton, Warragul and Mildura with Wangaratta's Edge FM taking it as an independant station. But will SEN make any regional affiliates next year? Maybe one of the two FM commercial stations in Albury/Wodonga will take on the SEN call. We'll find out soon
Related Articles: AFL Website The Age Article
Tuesday 19th September 2006.
The weather is heating up early for this summer's bushfire season, and already ABC Local Radio across the state has been giving out information on bushfires that have occured.
It's also a good reminder for anyone who wants information on the bushfires that may occur, to check out CFA's Incident Summary page (link is below).
As you may remember, last summer we streamed 774 while the bushfires were occuring, But with the ABC deciding to put 774 on their streaming list, there's no need for us to stream is this summer, but in the situation that certain stations have a local presenter taking calls on the local situation while 774 is playing sport or a Sydney feed, we'll investigate what streaming options we can present online (depending on the reception).
As it stands, ABC Western Victoria via their Horsham transmitter on 594 is the most likely option of being streamed if they decide to take on local information, which is what happened on New Years Day a year ago.
As always, we'll be updating this page during the summer, and a link to have a listen to what is happening in Victoria.
Related Articles: CFA's Incident Summary Page
Thursday 6th July 2006.
It's taken a long time since the report into the ABC's planned transmitters for News Radio across the state, but finally there is some news on the subject.
The ABC have announced that it could be as soon as early next year when they start turning on News Radio transmitters across the nation (70 transmitters in total)
Whether the 70 transmitters mentioned included Radio National, ABC Classic FM and Triple J as well as News Radio is unknown, but it would seem News Radio is the main focus for regional Australians
Currently, News Radio is only heard in major cities and selected regional centres around the nation. But in Victoria, Melbourne is the only place with a News Radio transmitter (1026 AM)
Related Articles: The Age's Green Guide "Radio Waves" column
Tuesday 21st September 2004.
**ARCHIVED**
Did you know that services such as News Radio, and Radio National are all being proposed to open in towns that dont already have these services? It's been almost 3 years since the initial release by the ABA of proposed transmissions of services which arent already broadcasting to country Victoria. Some of them have come on air, but this is whats left.
Latrobe Valley - (already have 96.7 Triple J, 100.7 Local Radio and 101.5 ABC Classic FM) Proposed: 95.1, 95.9 for News Radio and Radio National (you can predict which frequencies they'll be on).
Horsham - (already have 99.7 Radio National and 594 Local Radio) Proposed: 89.3, 90.1 & 90.9 for News Radio, ABC Classic FM and Triple J
Bairnsdale - (already have 106.3 Radio National and 828 Local Radio) Proposed: 102.3, 107.1 & 107.9 for News Radio, ABC Classic FM and Triple J
Lakes Entrance - (can only just get 100.7, 101.5, 96.7 from Latrobe Valley) Proposed: 92.3 (we're guessing a local ABC station)
Portland - (already have 96.9 Local Radio and 98.5 Radio National) Proposed: 97.7, 106.5 & 107.3 for News Radio, Triple J and ABC Classic FM
Western Victoria - (already have 94.9 Triple J, 94.1 Local Radio, 93.3 ABC Classic FM & 92.5 Radio National) Proposed: 91.7 for News Radio
Warrnambool - (already have 89.7 Triple J, 92.1 ABC Classic FM, 101.7 Radio National & 1602 Local ABC) Proposed: 91.3 for News Radio
Nhill - (already have 95.7 Radio National, and can recieve 594 Local Radio from Horsham) Proposed: 97.3 & 98.1 for News Radio and either Triple J or ABC Classic FM
Mt. Beauty - (no services currently) Proposed: 90.9 & 91.7 for Local Radio and Radio National (our guess anyway, to be inline with Myrtleford & Bright)
There ya have it in a nutshell, If it's not on your radio yet, keep waiting, it's coming soon
