92.9

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92.9 FM

Broadcast area	Perth
Slogan	Perth's No 1 Hit Music Station
First air date	1937 (as 6PM)
Frequency	92.9 MHz FM
Format	Hit music
ERP	40 kW
Owner	Austereo
Website	http://www.929.com.au

92.9 is a music radio station, owned by Austereo and part of the Today Network, broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia. Their studios are presently located on Rokeby Road in Subiaco.

Contents 1 History 2 Weekday Shows 3 Transmission 4 Networking 5 Notable Past announcers 6 See also 7 External link

[edit] History

92.9 was originally 6PM on the AM band, beginning broadcasting on April 22, 1937 and in the '60s, '70s and '80s broadcast a Top 40 format on 990 kHz. The station also fended off challenges by rival FM station 96FM in the 1980s, an era where FM was becoming dominant.

On December 31, 1990, the station was the first of two Perth radio stations to convert to FM and became 92.9 6PM-FM, and then PMFM. The official call sign, for regulatory purposes was changed to 6PPM to reflect the move to FM.

The 2000s saw PMFM change their name to The All New 92.9, and then to just 92.9. In February 2006, 92.9 changed its logo in line with the rest of the Today Network. In 2007 92.9 will move to a new purpose built building on the corner of Monteah and Roberts Road in Subiaco.

[edit] Weekday Shows

• 6am - 9am - Em, Wippa & Ollie
• 9am - 1pm - Harlee McLeod
• 1pm - 4pm - Matt Bern
• 4pm - 6pm - Hamish & Andy
• 6pm - 7pm - The Kyle & Jackie O Show
• 7pm - 10pm - Hot 30 Countdown
• 10pm - 5:30am - Hit Music

[edit] Transmission

Since being on the FM band, 92.9 has broadcasted from a transmitter situated next to the Channel 7 tower from Bickley in the Perth Hills. It shares its transmitter site with sister station Mix 94.5 and 96fm. They use a combiner and share the same antenna array. The original AM transmitter for 6PM was situated at Coffee Point in Applecross. The ERP is at 40kW Omni-directional, covering the north and south of Perth. As well as covering Perth, 92.9 can be heard as far North as New Norcia, South to Waroona and East to Northam.

[edit] Networking

Like most radio stations that are part of a national network, 92.9 participates in networking and automation of certain shows. Currently the following shows are networked:-

• Hamish and Andy - From Melbourne
• Kyle & Jackie O's Hour of Power (6pm to 7pm) - From Sydney
• Hot 30 Countdown (7pm to 10pm) - From Sydney
• The Hot Hits (Saturdays 4pm to 8pm) - (MCM Entertainment)
• Take 40 with Andrew G (Sundays 8am to 12pm) - (MCM Entertainment)
• Party Hard (Fridays 10pm to 1am)
• American Top 40 (Sundays 8pm to 12am)

[edit] Notable Past announcers

• Gary Shannon
• John Burgess
• Paul Redman
• Jane Marwick
• Bernie Brittain
• John K Watts (as 6PM)
• Lionel Yorke (as 6PM)
• Jeff Newman (as 6PM)
• Ric Melbourne (as 6PM)

[edit] See also

• Mix 94.5
• List of Australian radio stations

[edit] External link

• 92.9's website

Austereo Today Network
2Day Sydney	FOX FM Melbourne	B105 Brisbane	92.9 Perth	SAFM Adelaide	FM 104.7 Canberra	NXFM Newcastle