Gulf FM (Australia)

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Gulf FM
Broadcast area Australia - FM
Frequency 89.3 MHz
First air dateMarch 1998
Format Community
Transmitter coordinates 34°15′23″S137°46′10″E / 34.2564°S 137.7694°E / -34.2564; 137.7694 Coordinates: 34°15′23″S137°46′10″E / 34.2564°S 137.7694°E / -34.2564; 137.7694
OwnerCommunity
Website Gulf FM website

Gulf FM (ACMA callsign: 5GFM) is a community radio station based on the Copper Coast in South Australia. Gulf FM broadcasts 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, to the Copper Coast and surrounding areas. A proportion of the output is automated, but live announcers are used from 7am-midnight. [1]

Its studios are at 31 Hallett Street, Kadina, South Australia and its broadcast tower is at Tank Hill, Kadina.

The Station is run entirely by volunteers, including a Board of eight (8). Main source of funding is Sponsorship, Fundraising Events, Membership Subscriptions, Community Support Groups Subscriptions, Buddy Subscriptions, Donations, and Grants sourced from the Community Broadcasting Foundation and the Copper Coast Council's Annual Community Grants Scheme.


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References

  1. "Gulf FM website". Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2007.