ABC Gippsland
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ABC Gippsland | |
Broadcast area | Gippsland |
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Frequency | 100.7 MHz FM 828 kHz AM |
First air date | 1935 |
Format | Talk |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Website | http://www.abc.net.au/gippsland/ |
ABC Gippsland (call sign: 3GLR) is an ABC Local Radio station in Gippsland, Victoria. The station is based in Sale but also covers Bairnsdale, Orbost and Moe. The station's local programming includes a breakfast program hosted by Belinda King from 6-8am, as well as a morning program presented by Gerard Callinan.
At the time of its opening on October 31, 1935 ABC Gippsland was the sixth regional station opened by the ABC and the first of its kind in regional Victoria. The station was initially based in Sale's Post Office Building, and boasted what was at the time the tallest and most powerful transmitter in the state, located near Longford.