I noticed this yesterday too, now by far the clearest of the Toowoomba FMs into Brisbane. I thought it may have been tropo enhancement yesterday but it’s still there, and the others are at usual levels. Previously it was almost unheard in most of Brisbane.
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Yeah moved from the Uni to Mount Kynock onto the same site as to what 4WK 95.5 was on about 12-18months ago due to a stuffed antenna at the Uni, and then some other shit went down so instead of getting the antenna fixed Kynock became semi permanent
Now with the tower it and 95.5 scheduled to be knocked over to build a parking lot for a new shopping centre it has now been moved up the hill a little to another site which I don’t believe I am allowed to say which one yet. 4WK has other plans in the works
As for the coverage been a lot better anyone that knows Andrew Chapman knows he is quite good at engineering radio sites 
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I did find this odd
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From the Sydney CBD… it seemed to be better yesterday than on Tuesday.
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Not really, I’m a member of the Central Coast Community station that I do tech work for & I reside & work outside their licence area, there’s other members from outside the licence area who present programs & listen in who cause no problems what so ever, at one stage, one of those members were voted in to be on the management committee, at Coast FM we’ve found if there’s going to be trouble, it’s usually from a local who’s moved from one of the other community stations or not been accepted into one of the other stations.
I’m not 100% sure but think Coast FM Gosford may even have some members who live out of state or overseas, who stream online & want to support the station they like listening to?
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I think the main issue with BFM at the time was that much of their programming was not aimed at the Bankstown community. I do listen to Coast FM from time-to-time and I don’t believe that would be an issue. I think Coast FM is an excellent example of how a community radio station should sound - all targeted at the Central Coast. An easy to listen to format during the day that would be attractive to sponsors, then after hours and weekends, a variety of specialist programs that allow members of the community to get to air.
88.9 Tamworth should really look closely at what Coast FM do and adopt it!
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Yes agree, even Lake Macquarie FM broadcasts from outside their licence area.
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Even I am technically outside 2BRW’s licence area!
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What I am skeptical about are those who are aspirant HPON stations, or organisations trying to maneuverer their way into community radio.
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At least 4DDB still sound like a community station and aren’t’ trying to ape a greatest hits commercial station though I think that would be very popular given the FM choice in the area.
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The wheels of the local rotary at work 
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As mentioned in the RDS thread, it looks like 98five has rebranded:
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That’s just the thing, it’s hard to blame community stations for filling a format gap that the commercial stations aren’t providing.
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If this is a Christian station then don’t they have to make it clear?
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Nope the Christian one is 92.9 here in Toowoomba
Oh and I don’t tend to get involved with religious stations either 
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It’s likely clear enough if you listen to it long enough, if it’s anything like Hope 103.2 in Sydney (where there’s a religious song about 1 in every 4 during the weekday).
Looking from a distance, I always found the “Sonshine” pun in their name almost a little too clever, and it always felt odd that people appear to have just called it by the 98five frequency more so.
Yes and the other 3 songs are what you’d hear on commercial radio, albeit family friendly ones in that there is nothing risque or controversial in the lyrics.
I’m a bit surprised that Rhema hasn’t gone down the same path, there is rarely any non religious commercial music.
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There is also Soncity FM in Geraldton…does this station even exist anymore? It is/was on 97.3. Hard to get in Quokka City due to Coast FM. Poor choice of frequency given the propensity for intense ducting along the west coast.
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Long gone. Yeah, use to make a mess of Coast FM away from Mandurah city. MAMA is the current Geraldton community broadcaster on a more suitable frequency 100.5.
Katanning has a 6SON retransmission license, also on 97.3. Not sure if that 1 is on air. Busselton was also trying to set up a 6SON retransmission at one point.
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