An eXLnt year if the relay started then as well 
This is the 2GO âadvertorialâ that I mentioned last week relating to the AM frequency change in 1986. Image quality is a bit iffy in parts. In page order from Top to bottom. And I lied about it being 8 pages.. itâs in fact TEN pages.
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Stellar job from the newspaperâs sales team, all those ads!
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Itâs probably a buy one, get ten free deal
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âWe may be in crystal clear stereo, but we donât smell any better. 3BO FMâ
A bit late to the party, but I have these 2 files saved. I think the first is what youâre after, but the second is also interesting with the FM auction results.
Commercial Radio Broadcasting Licences LIC022.pdf (195.9 KB)
ACMA_Price-based_Allocations.pdf (142.7 KB)
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Thatâs it! Thank you 
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2PK - sounds like chewing gum!
2BS - self-explanatory
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Sounds like that electronic company TDK
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@JasonF - this might of interest to you in particular - 3BBB logo/ad from the âBallarat Courierâ July 1988.
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Was aboutbthe time 2KO also went over to FM
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They didnât go to FM until 12 October 1992 (so about 4 months later).
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Some coverage from the âBendigo Advertiserâ about 3CVâs conversion to FM as Star FM and the beginnings of 1071-AM on the old 3CV frequency (8 October 1999).
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Is that when they changed the callsign to 3EL?
I think so. I donât think 1071 was ever anything other than 3CV or 3EL in terms of callsigns.
Oh letâs not start this again 
. 3CV didnât âconvertâ to FM, at least the licence didnât. Star was a new FM licence which began at the same time as 3CV changed callsign (to 3EL) and format and was sold. They did a quasi conversion by moving the audience to the new FM station and making it seem like 3CV moved to FM. Same as when the new licence was allocated in Maryborough QLD and they dressed it up as 4MB converting to FM. At the same time 4MB was sold to TAB and changed callsigns to 4FC.
On the EL network- was there a brief period where the heritage AM was silent after 2MC, 2GZ and 2CS converted to FM? Or was the changeover simultaneous?
From a DX perspective, itâs good that nobody has âjumped in the graveâ yet on 918, 1287, 1368, 1449 etc.
One of the few FM stations where they ârounded upâ the frequency to X107. The other couple I can think of were 2GO FM108 (rather than 107.7) and 4SS initially converting to Mix 93 at first, rather than 92.7
Most stations didnât do this. Even the first regional FM commercial station in Queensland was Hitz 93.9 and they didnât round up.
Again, these stations didnât convert. The FM stations were new licences. They moved the audience to the new FM station (or tried to) and then sold the AM stations, many to the EL network. Same as 4CA and 4MK. If I recall correctly it was instant and there was no gap in transmission on the original AM frequency/licence.
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