Move FM

Move FM
City of license Australia Lithgow, New South Wales
Frequency 107.9 MHz FM
Repeaters 99.5 FM Wentworth Falls
First air date 3 July 1939
Format Contemporary hit radio
Language(s) English
Former frequencies 95.3 MHz FM (19962004)
Owner Midwest Radio Network
Sister stations 2LT
Website Move FM

Move FM (ACMA callsign: 2ICE) is an Australian FM radio station serving the Lithgow region of New South Wales. It was opened in 1996 as KISS 95.3.

History

In 1996 Midwest Radio Network sought and was granted a license to establish an FM radio station to complement 2LT. The company was granted a license to broadcast on 95.3MHz and began operating as KISS 95.3. Later a frequency conflict with a Sydney station led to a change to 107.9 MHz and a name change. Finally in 2011 the station was renamed to MoveFM.[1]

On 15 April 2004 Move FM's former frequency was auctioned for $106 million by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. In exchange the Tribunal awarded Midwest two licenses for additional FM frequencies and areas, allowing it and sister station 2LT to extend coverage by operating repeater stations in Katoomba and the Blue Mountains.[2][3] After various technical issues, the translators entered service in February 2015.

Programming

References

  1. "Corporate Information", Midwest Radio Network, retrieved 19 Mar 2013.
  2. "Home Page", Midwest Radio Network, retrieved 19 Mar 2013.
  3. "Draft Variation to License Area Plan for Lithgow, NSW", Australian Communications and Media Authority, retrieved 19 Mar 2013.