Triple M Sydney was another. When they first went to air in 19880, they mentioned 105 as their frequency rather than 104.9.
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Also in Melbourne it was Gold 104
7HO converted to âHOFM 101â when it was broadcast on 101.7. And Canberra had FM104 before they added the â.7â to the logo.
Darwin of course had/still has Hot 100 (100.1).
Yes, rounding down was common. I was talking about rounding up.
What about Nova100. Iâve always found it interesting they keep referring to that.
And how Radio97, 96FM and i98FM still to this day donât mention their frequency on-air, nor in their logo. Imagine trying to launch a new FM station these days like that.
Personally I donât think itâs a problem if they are the only station on that larger frequency. Eg Nova on 100.3 is the only station on 100-anything.
Found this on Trove (Canberra Times), Wed 25 July 1990, seems like the original 100.7 Triple J frequency for Canberra had to be changed, not because of WIN-4 as I had thought, but because of an issue with older VCRs, which used Channel 4.
I guess this is why you run test broadcasts!
The other thing I had tried to find (but couldnât definitively) was when ABC FM in Canberra changed from 101.9 to 102.3⌠that looks as though it happened only a few months before the launch of Triple J (so April 1990) based on the newer frequency first being listed in a âCanberra Timesâ radio guide in mid-late April. But there was no article on the change.
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There was a small mention about the ABC-FM frequency change on the below Canberra Times article, dated April 23, 1990.
Also included in the article was 2CA pulling John Laws off the Canberra airwaves. He wouldnât be heard again in Canberra until 2CC picked up the program in 1995, after the station had been bought by the Capital Radio Network.
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Also from Trove, in the Canberra Times, some coverage on the change from KIX FM to Canberra FM, which occurred on Saturday 12 February 1994.
And a Google search returns this as their logo
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ABC Radio Brisbaneâs 100th anniversary is on July 25, 2025.
A t-shirt has been released
Some more history
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Great workâŚyouâre getting close to @TV-Expert level with all this troving and fiching. Iâve always wondered why 100.7 was rejected for JJJ.
I wonder how the older VCRs in Wollongong coped as both Ch 3 and Ch 4 were used locally there?
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Similar to parts of the Darling Downs/Southern Downs - high power 3 and 4.
Perhaps they had to only sell VCRs that output on 0 or 1.
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our first VCR used Channels 0-1.
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We had ones that did both, but our first VCR had Ch 3 and 4 options with a switch at the back to change it. Not an issue where we were.
Perhaps WIN 3 North Wollongong and WIN 4 Illawarra werenât both strong enough at the same location to cause the same issue?.
Back in 2000, around the time the Australian Broadcasting Society (? - never knew it was called that) was allocating new community radio licences around the country.
As per below, the ABS had advised Rhema FM, the successful applicant for 99.7 in Newcastle that it needed to increase itâs TX power (from 2,000 to 10,000 watts) to keep the licence⌠that doesnât seem to be something that they are enforcing these days.
(from the âNewcastle Heraldâ - 3 Oct 2000).
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Did Chris Lorax from Mad as Hell come up with that headline?
i think thatâs a typo.
Watt do you mean?! I see nothing wrong with it wattsoever!
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I wish 3LO Melbourne released one for their 100th birthday. Happy centenary 4QR/612/ ABC Radio Brisbane!
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