Southern FM (Melbourne Australia)
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| Southern FM 88.3 MHz | |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz FM |
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| Format | Broadbased Community / Music & Talk |
| Owner | Southern Community Broadcasters Inc |
| Website | www.southernfm.org.au |
Southern FM (3SCB 88.3 FM) is a community broadcasting station operating in the Southern and Bayside suburbs of Melbourne Australia.
[edit] History
The radio station was established in 1981 by former Australian Broadcasting Control Board member Dom Iacono and then former ABC engineer Jack Burgesson, who with a dedicated band of volunteers, first broadcast for a two day broadcast from the Caulfield Town Hall.
The first test broadcast was not spectacular or particularly notable apart from the fact that it was the first test broadcast by the new group, and attracted much interest in the local area which the radio station was to eventually service.
The second 'test broadcast' was from the store room of the now demolished East Bentleigh Community Hall
After a succession of approx 20 "test" broadcasts of one to two week durations, the parent organisation Southern Community Broadcasters Inc was successful in being granted a full time license on March 30, 1990.
Following many moves of studios and offices, the radio station ended up at Railway Crescent Moorabbin, above the (now) former Salvation Army Opportunity Shop.
From there the radio station moved to the Moorabbin City Council offices and from there to the most recent studio location at Balcombe Road in the suburb of Mentone.
[edit] Southern FM in 2007
Southern FM presents a wide format of specialist programs, and provides full editorial and content control to its presenters.
The program make up is diverse, as demonstrated by this listing of programs (source: www.southernfm.org.au)
Breakfast With David Frost Music, incl. children's corner at 7.35AM
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. The Classical Hour With David Frost
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Monday Mix Musical variety & local showbiz news with Daryl Mietzcke
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Community Fusion Community issues with Kaye
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Music Time Easy listening country music with Janette B
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Salut Les Amis French songs & news with Anna Wasserman Dupont
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Samoan Drive News, interviews, music, sports with Sanni & Taffi
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Indian Voice Of Fiji News, health issues, children's stories in native languages by Usha Sharma & Manju Jaczina
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Projection South Spanish and Latin American show with Mario Rodriguez
10:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Croatian Voice Music, chat and phone in with Marisca Chok
It should be noted that Southern FM, like many other community radio stations in Melbourne, has incorporated many non-English speaking groups into the program schedule. This partially due to the financial consideration offered by the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF).
Southern FM is licensed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority as a "C" class community radio station, operating on a power output of 200 watts ERP from Moorabbin.
The longest serving on air presenters at Southern FM include Reg Pitt (Southern Country), Daryl Pitman (Southern Sport), Eric Macarow (Jazz as you Like it), Bill Bennett (God Speak), David Boag (Sunday Easy). There are more to include in this list as this page develops.
Presenters who moved on include a small group who participated in the first broadcasts of a temporary youth broadcasting station Hitz-FM, following the success in 1991 of a Saturday Night radio program NightBeat. In later years another radio broadcast group Golden Days Radio (at time of formation known as Spirit Of Australia Broadcasters) was founded by a nmber of people formerly associated with Southern FM
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