Hit91.9 Bendigo

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Hit91.9 Bendigo (3BDG)
City Bendigo, Victoria
Broadcast area Central Victoria
Frequency FM: 91.9 MHz
RDS Hit91.9
BrandingHit91.9
Programming
Format Contemporary hit radio
Network Hit Network
Ownership
Owner Southern Cross Austereo
(Radio 3CV Pty Ltd)
Triple M Bendigo
History
First air date
8 October 1999 (1999-10-08) (as Star FM)
Call sign meaning
Bendigo
Technical information
ERP 120 kW [1]
Transmitter coordinates
36°59′32″S144°18′30″E / 36.992211°S 144.308331°E / -36.992211; 144.308331
Links
Website www.hit.com.au/bendigo

Hit91.9 Bendigo (official callsign: 3BDG) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Hit Network. The station is broadcast to Central Victoria from studios in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square.

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The station commenced broadcasting in 1999 as 91.9 Star FM when 3CV, a Maryborough-based station, obtained a supplementary FM licence. On 15 December 2016, the station was relaunched as Hit91.9. [2]

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Golden Square studios from 9am–12pm weekdays, consisting of a three-hour mornings show presented by Michael Billings.

Networked programming originates from studios in Townsville, Melbourne and Sydney.

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References

  1. Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. October 2019. pp. 24, 69, 104.
  2. "SCA to rebrand regional to Hit and Triple M". Radio Today (Australia). 20 September 2016.