I did a quick scan today at home in Leopold and 1341 is still broadcasting. I checked the Maprad.io site which has transmitters mapped out using ACMA data and it came up with the following transmitter sites owned by Geelong Broadcasters. The blue line is the link from the studios to the transmitter.
Assume a lot of these are the old tourist FM frequencies?
3GL.com.au was registered/updated on 2024-01-05 to Geelong Broadcasters.
Since it’s narrowcast, it can’t really be considered major… niche at best.
Plus, the Oldies (not “Classic Hits”) format is not mainstream in 2024 as the demos are far too old.
There is a chance Grant/Geelong Broadcasters will offically relaunch 3gl on Monday 15th January. Just my guess mind you
http://3gl.com.au/ is coming soon
I get their use of an old logo - but I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone from Geelong call themselves a “west coaster”.
I wonder if an actual launch will be any different from their test programming- some voice tracked announcers from Bay perhaps?
Are there any 3GL announcers on Bay? They’d prob love doing some work on there.
I get why they used that branding as their signal was so strong.
Apparently their mornings announcer Craig Meddings was on 3GL in the 80s - so maybe?
I highly doubt Dave Ferguson of Bay 93.9 Property Guide on Saturday Mornings will be on 3GL since he also busy with 3mp and 2ue as well
Classic hits are a distinct format to Oldies.
Oldies is roughly the AM Top 40 era: Buddy Holly to Disco. Classic Hits is for the later generations after the explosive growth of FM had fragmented the music listeners. Stations both there in the States and here which play 80s and later stuff can’t “play it all” in the way a 2SM, 3XY or 4IP would have. They can only pretend that they do.
Maybe they could have used this one?
But the “West Coaster” one is probably the more recognisable.
Even as a 90s kid this one is instantly recognisable - there were still plenty of cars adorning this bumper sticker many years after the FM conversion.
Though reading through a few posts on Facebook, it appears this logo was used in the late 1980s once Hoyts took over the station. Those present at the time don’t appear to recall that period fondly - it apparently coincided with sweeping changes and job losses, maybe in the lead up to the FM (and format) conversion?
Either way, the old ‘West Coast’ logo from before that time might be a dose of nostalgia from a happier period for those who were involved. Probably more in keeping with the playlist too.
Good news. The 3GL website sort-of exists now.
Bad news, there’s nothing on it yet, as in polar bear in a snowstorm.
More to come I suppose.
Also assume they want the West Coast branding to expand its audience as the signal is so strong beyond Geelong
you have added “https” which the 3GL site is not using, I had to replace it with “http”
I just tried it and https works for me.
Maybe it’s do with browsers? Using Chrome I just get a blank screen with https. If I go http I get the page.
I was getting a blank screen with https as well and with http I get a coming soon page. I didn’t realise that it was there.
I’m using Edge, which is based on Chrome, so you must be right.
