96five Family FM

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4FRB
City Brisbane, Queensland
Broadcast areaSouth-East Queensland
BrandingFamily-FM 96five
Slogan Family's Number One
Music That Matters
Frequency 96.5 MHz FM
First air dateNovember 1, 2001 (2001-11-01) [1]
Format Christian radio
Language(s) English
ERP 12,000 watts
HAAT 283 m [2]
Transmitter coordinates 27°27′47″S152°56′49″E / 27.46306°S 152.94694°E / -27.46306; 152.94694
Callsign meaning 4 = Queensland
Family
Radio
Brisbane
OwnerFamily Radio Ltd
Sister stations 96five Digital
Website 96five.com

96five (call sign: 4FRB) is a Christian community broadcast radio station operated by Family Radio Ltd in Brisbane, Australia. The radio stations continued operation is supported by sponsorship, fundraising and pledges. A separate program output is aired on the stations DAB+ Digital Radio channel called "Inspire".

Brisbane capital city of Queensland, Australia

Brisbane is the capital of and the most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.5 million, and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the historic European settlement and is situated inside a peninsula of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs)—most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is "Brisbanite".

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Programming

Family FM (identified on-air as 96five) describes itself as being a "family-friendly broadcaster", with programming content that is suitable for all ages. It is similar to radio stations in Melbourne Light FM and Sydney's Hope 103.2.

Hope 103.2 is a Easy Listening station in Sydney, Australia, transmitting on the FM dial at 103.2 MHz. Founded as 2CBA by the Rev. Vernon Turner, it commenced broadcasting on 5 March 1979 and cemented itself as Australia's first Christian FM radio station. Its mission is 'Communicating Hope to transform life, faith and culture'.

The stations music playlist, consists of both contemporary Christian artists, and also mainstream artists. The station guarantees that listeners will hear no bad language or questionable content.

It also features numerous family segments and positive messages from family and ministry figures, that air each hour. A number of specialist programs such as Focus on the Family and Talking Life that deal with Christian, Mental Health and Family issues also air.

Focus on the Family is an American Christian conservative organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by psychologist James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is active in promoting socially conservative views on public policy. Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations that rose to prominence in the 1980s. As of the 2015 tax filing year, Focus on the Family declared itself to be a church.

Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Its adherents, known as Christians, believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and savior of all people, whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Depending on the specific denomination of Christianity, practices may include baptism, Eucharist [Holy Communion], prayer, confession, confirmation, burial rites, marriage rites and the religious education of children. Most denominations have ordained clergy and hold regular group worship services.

Family group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence

In the context of human society, a family is a group of people related either by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence or some combination of these. Members of the immediate family may include spouses, parents, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. Members of the extended family may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and siblings-in-law. Sometimes these are also considered members of the immediate family, depending on an individual's specific relationship with them.

The station also conducts regular Outside Broadcasts at various events and locations, including primary schools and at feature community events.

On-Air Lineup

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Saturdays:

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Studios

The station's studios are based in the northern Brisbane suburb of Alderley.

The station's transmission facilities are located at a shared broadcast facility on Mt. Coot-tha.

Community Outreach

The radio station organises and liaises with a number of community outreach programs and initiatives through its ministry.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  2. ↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
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