Amazingly, Townsville, with a population of just over 200,000, have 4 commercial FM stations, including a rock station (Power 100) that doesn’t take any talk-based or live sport coverage (with the exception of Sportsday at 7-8pm weeknights). They also have an AC station (4TO), CHR (Hit) & Hot AC (Star). However, on the flip side, they don’t have any AM commercial stations, which is what Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth have.
In fact, between 1999 & 2005, Townsville had more commercial FM stations than Brisbane, Gold Coast & Sunshine Coast. Not only that, even Cairns & Mackay had more commercial FM stations than Bris/GC/SC between 1999 & 2001! 