Triple M Gippsland
Radio station in Warragul, Victoria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Triple M Gippsland (official callsign: 3SEA) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. The station is broadcast to townships in the Gippsland region of Victoria from studios in Traralgon.
Broadcast area | Gippsland |
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Frequency | FM: 94.3 MHz |
Branding | 94.3 & 97.9 Triple M |
Programming | |
Format | Mainstream rock |
Network | Triple M |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 3 May 2002 (2002-05-03) (as Sea FM) |
Call sign meaning | SEA FM |
Technical information | |
Power | 7 kW[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 38.262006°S 146.046258°E / -38.262006; 146.046258 |
Repeater(s) | FM: 97.9 MHz Traralgon |
Links | |
Website | www |
The station commenced broadcasting in 2002 as 94.3 Sea FM as a supplementary license to 3GG. On 4 July 2005, the station relaunched as Star FM in line with Macquarie Regional RadioWorks' other Victorian stations, retaining its contemporary hit radio music format.[2] On 15 December 2016, the station was again relaunched as Hit Gippsland.[3]
On 20 July 2020, the station flipped formats to mainstream rock as Triple M. Networked programming, including Carrie & Tommy and Hughesy & Kate were replaced by that of the Triple M network.[4] Despite being part of the Hit Network, the station had previously broadcast Triple M AFL coverage as the only Southern Cross Austereo-owned station in the Gippsland region.
In 2023 Triple M relocated its broadcasting operations to studios in Traralgon. The studio on Coonoc road is shared with ACE Radio's TRFM and Gippsland Gold as well as Southern Cross 10.