Triple M Gippsland

Triple M Gippsland
City	Warragul, Victoria
Broadcast area	Gippsland
Frequency	FM: 94.3 MHz
Branding	94.3 & 97.9 Triple M
Slogan	Rock's Greatest Hits; Everything Gippsland;
Programming
Format	Mainstream rock
Network	Triple M
Ownership
Owner	Southern Cross Austereo ; (Votraint No. 691 Pty Ltd)
History
First air date	3 May 2002 (as Sea FM)
Call sign meaning	SEA FM
Technical information
Power	7 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates	38.262006°S 146.046258°E
Repeater(s)	FM: 97.9 MHz Traralgon
Links
Website	www.triplem.com.au/gippsland

Triple M Gippsland (official callsign: 3SEA) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. The station is broadcast to townships in the Gippsland region of Victoria from studios in Warragul.

The station commenced broadcasting in 2002 as 94.3 Sea FM as a supplementary license to 3GG. On 4 July 2005, the station relaunched as Star FM in line with Macquarie Regional RadioWorks' other Victorian stations, retaining its contemporary hit radio music format.[2] On 15 December 2016, the station was again relaunched as Hit Gippsland.[3]

On 20 July 2020, the station flipped formats to mainstream rock as Triple M. Networked programming, including Carrie & Tommy and Hughesy & Kate were replaced by that of the Triple M network.[4] Despite being part of the Hit Network, the station had previously broadcast Triple M AFL coverage as the only Southern Cross Austereo-owned station in the Gippsland region.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Warragul studios from 6am–12pm weekdays. The station's local output consists of a three-hour breakfast show presented by Anna Dare, and a three-hour mornings show presented by Aaron Chilcott.

Networked programming originates from studios in Townsville, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney.

Transmission Quality

The station transmits from a main transmitter and a repeater:

94.3 FM is broadcast from the main transmitter which is a site near Yarragon South (coords) at 7kW Power.
97.9 FM is broadcast from the repeater which is a site near Tyers (coords) at a power of 500W. [5]

References

Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2019. pp. 25, 71, 138.
"Gippsland's new STAR". Radioinfo. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
"SCA to rebrand regional to Hit and Triple M". Radio Today (Australia). 20 September 2016.
"SCA moves Hit Dubbo & Hit Gippsland to Triple M Network". Radio Today (Australia). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
A.C.M.A. (PDF). A.C.M.A. https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-01/stations_book_electronic_edition.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Official website

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[1] Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2019. pp. 25, 71, 138.

[2] "Gippsland's new STAR". Radioinfo. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[3] "SCA to rebrand regional to Hit and Triple M". Radio Today (Australia). 20 September 2016.

[4] "SCA moves Hit Dubbo & Hit Gippsland to Triple M Network". Radio Today (Australia). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[5] A.C.M.A. (PDF). A.C.M.A. https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-01/stations_book_electronic_edition.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)