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89.9 LightFM
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City Melbourne, Australia
Broadcast area Melbourne
Branding89.9 LightFM
Slogan Melbourne's Positive Alternative
Frequency 89.9 MHz FM
DAB+ (2010– )
First air date19 December 2001
Format Contemporary Christian music
Pop
Adult contemporary
Community Focus Radio
Power N/A
ERP 30 kW
Class Community
OwnerLightMelbourne Inc.
Website lightfm.com.au

89.9 LightFM is a Christian community radio station in Melbourne, Australia. It broadcasts on 89.9 LightFM (3TSC) from studios at 333 Mitcham Road, in Mitcham and a transmitter on Mount Dandenong attracting more than a million listeners per month. [1]

Christian usually refers to:

Community radio radio service serving a specific community

Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters. Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. They are generally nonprofit and provide a mechanism for enabling individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, to share experiences and, in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors of media.

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History

The station's beginnings can be traced to 1977 when Melbourne Christian Radio was founded [2] It conducted test broadcasts in 1980, 1981, and 1982, as 3MGR before purchasing air time on commercial station 3DB.

Melbourne Gospel Radio Inc., broadcasting as 3MGR, was an aspirant community radio station in Melbourne, Victoria.

KIIS 101.1

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The organisation that runs 89.9 LightFM was formerly called Triple Seven Communications. They conducted a three-month temporary broadcast in late 2001 and was informed in December of that year that they were successful for one of the four community licences available from the Australian Broadcasting Authority, now the Australian Communications and Media Authority. [3] 89.9 LightFM began full-time permanent broadcasting on Sunday 1 December 2002. [2] [4]

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian Government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio. ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Australian Communications Authority.

In January 2017 it was announced that 89.9 LightFM reaches 1,040,000 people every month. [1]

Initiatives

LightNews

89.9 LightFM has its own dedicated news service that provides hourly updates throughout the day, and every half an hour during the breakfast (6am-9am) program. Previously, 89.9 LightFM had broadcast the Macquarie National News program every hour.

Macquarie National News is the name of the news service provided by Macquarie Media, providing half-hourly radio news bulletins to radio stations across Australia. It is distributed to stations by Macquarie Media Syndication.

Nine News simulcast

An exclusive simulcast of Nine News Melbourne at 18:00 with Peter Hitchener, Tony Jones and Livinia Nixon airs at 18:00 every night of the week, except if the Nine Network is covering the cricket or the NRL Grand Final. The newsreader for that night chats with 89.9 LightFM every afternoon, previewing the bulletin at 18:00 hours.

<i>Nine News Melbourne</i> television series

Nine News Melbourne is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened in Melbourne, and across Victoria.

Peter Hitchener Australian journalist

Peter Donald Beauchamp Hitchener OAM is an Australian television presenter. He has been the chief news presenter for GTV-9 of their flagship bulletin Nine News Melbourne since 1998, and prior to that was the weekend news presenter.

Tony Jones is an Australian sports presenter and journalist, based in Melbourne. Jones is the sport presenter for Today, and for Nine News Melbourne on weeknights. He will also be a host on the network’s Australian Open coverage from 2019.

Careline

The 89.9 LightFM Careline is a supportive service for people that need prayer, an explanation of Christianity, or simply an understanding ear. Where requested callers can be referred to a local church. The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund has assisted with the operating costs of the Careline in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Digital radio

89.9 LightFM is simulcast on Digital Radio in Melbourne.

LightDigital is a digital station broadcasting 100% Christian music, and was launched on 1 December 2011

LightChristmas broadcasts every year from early December through to early January online. In 2014, for the first time, LightChristmas appeared as a 'pop up' digital radio station.

Presenters

89.9 LightFM on-air team

The presenters of 89.9 LightFM these include Lucy Holmes, Kel McWilliam, Azzan Schuster, Cam Want, Erica Davis, Dan Widdowson, Luke Holt, Susie Holt, Leroy Brown, Clayton Bjelan, MJ Want and Allan Martin, as well as the Nine News Melbourne team.

Shows

89.9 LightFM has many full-time and some part-time announcers employed at the radio station.

On-air schedule

Weekdays:

Saturday:

Sunday:

LightDigital on-air schedule

Weekdays:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Music

Christian

89.9 LightFM plays a wide array of music of both Christian and secular. Christian music on the station is generally a mixture of pop, modern rock, and gospel. 89.9 LightFM plays up to 40% Christian music not including Christian songs from mainstream artists such as U2.

Mainstream

89.9 LightFM generally play a mix of adult contemporary music. This makes up the other 60% of music they play. This quite often results in the station playing songs from the Billboard 100 Adult Contemporary. They also include music from the Top 40 Australia and United States singles charts. However, they still play a variety of pop and Soft rock songs from the 1990s and early 2000s.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Be a Light to a Million! | 89.9 LightFM". 89.9 LightFM.
  2. 1 2 LightFM. "LightFM History" . Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  3. ↑ "Allocation of four community radio broadcasting licences for Melbourne" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Authority. p. 188. Archived from the original (pdf) on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "Community Radio Broadcasting Licences" (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. 2006-12-19. p. 27. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

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