| Broadcast area | Perth statistical division area - Yanchep to Mandurah |
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| Frequency | 101.7 MHz FM |
| First air date | 1 March 2003 |
| Format | Dance - House, Breaks, Trance, DnB / Urban - Hip hop/R&B, Soul, Crunk / Rock |
| Owner | Youth Media Society of Western Australia Incorporated |
| Website | http://www.groove.com.au |
Groove 101.7 (call sign: 6YMS) was a Western Australian community radio station broadcasting from studios located in Carlisle, owned and operated by the Youth Media Society of Western Australia Incorporated.
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The station was instigated by and for the youth of Perth in July 2002, and was allocated its permanent licence several months later.[1] Initially sharing a frequency with another aspirant broadcaster, the station began 24 hour transmissions after acquiring a full-time broadcasting license on the frequency of 101.7 on the FM band on 1 March 2003. The official radio call sign for the station is 6YMS.[2]
Groove FM broadcast to the entire Perth Metropolitan area, delivering programs designed specifically for Perth's youth and student communities. Its programming format encompassed various music genres to meet the diverse tastes of listeners aged between 12 and 26.
The station was member managed and offered a subscription program to encourage members from the community served by the station to offer financial support through sponsorship and to be part of the decision making processes, by election to the Committee of Management and appointment to the Sub-Committees.
The station closed on 8 March 2008 after failed attempts to renew their broadcast license.
Groove 101.7 FM 'The New Sound' was a community radio station that caters for the unmet needs of the youth population of Perth. It offered an unduplicated service with coverage spread throughout the entire Perth statistical division area - Yanchep to Mandurah. Groove FM ceased transmission on 28 February after ACMA withdrew their license.
After failed renewal of a broadcast license from the Australian Communications and Media Authority and citing financial troubles, Groove ceased broadcasting on 8 March 2008. In assessing the licence renewal application from YMS, ACMA found significant corporate governance problems. Due to the seriousness of these problems and the poor history of compliance by YMS with its licence obligations over several years, ACMA decided that YMS did not have the management capacity to provide the service. ACMA was also of the view that the service provided did not adequately meet the needs of the broader youth community of Perth as its music programming was too narrow. The website has also been decommissioned.
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