Radio History

[matt86]

@SydneyCityTV

@SydneyCityTV

It’s to my understanding that Show Radio has been around since 1995. While the temporary station was also hosted on 90.9, 96.9 (this might’ve been the first?) and 100.5 before fulltime services were allocated to those frequencies.

As it turns out, I was correct about 96.9FM being the frequency used for the first years of Show Radio (1995, 1996, 1997 & 1999) however 94.5FM was used in 1998.

I’ll have to do further research at a different time to confirm the year/s 90.9FM was used by Show Radio but this temporary pop-up radio station for Sydney was on 100.5FM recently as 2006 & 2007 (2RPH’s translators for Newcastle/Mt Sugarloaf & the Eastern Suburbs/Kings Cross began in September 2008 & October 2009 respectively, according to their website), with 107.9FM being used every year since at least 2009.

As far as I can recall:
2000 & Prior - 96.9 (not sure about 90.9 or 94.5 but definitely possible)
2001 - 2004 - 95.3
2005 - 2008 - 100.5
2009 - now - 107.9

Show radio was actually on air in 2004 the day 95.3 was auctioned to DMG

And yes the irony of Show Radio ending up on 107.9 meant it again clashed with 2ICE as it did in the Kiss 95.3 days.

Up until about 5 years ago the who Show Radio operandi was in the Martin and Angus stand outside the main arena of the show.
Nowadays it’s treated as an OB with only the talk breaks live from one of the main arena media boxes. Codeced back to aftrs HQ for panelling and playout then codeced back to the transmitter at the showground. The irony of that is aftrs is at the old Easter show site at Moore Park.