Years ago I caught a dance music pirate on 90.8; this was around the Hurstville area. There was also a dance music pirate on 91.8 on air around Christmas 2020.
Living Audio FM (Riverwood) used 88.7, 98.0 and 91.7.
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Seems like the 3MP pirate must have been caught or got bored, 90.1 has been off air for a week or so now. A couple days prior to it going, it had gone to open carrier (no audio).
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I remember there was a pirate station around Fairfield and Ivanhoe on 88.8 a few years ago. What happened to it? Also, what cause pirate station Whiz FM 99.9 to shut down? I think if it got an official license, it could have been somewhat successful since CADA is not on FM in Melbourne.
Picked up a possible pirate FM station at Beechworth, VIC today:
Nothing listed on the ACMA database, though 99.9 MHz is reserved for a community broadcasting service at Tallangatta. I don’t think it’s this however as it faded very quickly driving out of town, admittedly towards Wangaratta rather than back towards Tallangatta. It lasted for about 5 km so a bit more power than your average mp3 tx. Unfortunately I didn’t check this frequency in Wodonga.
It was airing Casey Kasem AT40 from I think 1987, judging by the tracks played. No announcements at all.
Currently in Trentham and will be here a couple of nights.
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Probably straight from YouTube or iHeart.