Triple M Bendigo

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Triple M Bendigo (3BBO)
Broadcast area Central Victoria
Frequency 93.5 MHz
RDS MMM93.5
Programming
Format Mainstream rock
Network Triple M
Ownership
Owner
Hit91.9 Bendigo
History
First air date
4 June 1931 (1931-06-04) (as 3BO)
Former call signs
3BO (1931–1993)
Former frequencies
  • AM: 970 kHz (1931–1978)
  • AM: 945 kHz (1978–1993)
Call sign meaning
Derived from former callsign 3BO – Bendigo
Technical information
Licensing authority
 ACMA
ERP 120 kW [1]
Transmitter coordinates
 36°59′32″S144°18′30″E / 36.992211°S 144.308331°E / -36.992211; 144.308331
Links
Public licence information
Profile
Website www.triplem.com.au/bendigo

Triple M Bendigo (official callsign: 3BBO) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. It broadcasts to Central Victoria from studios in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square.

The station was founded in 1931 by AWA as 3BO, initially on the AM band at a frequency of 970 kilohertz, [2] [3] before converting to the FM band as 3BO FM on 5 April 1993. [4] In 1987 it was sold by AWA to Wesgo. [5] It was sold again in 1992. [6]

On 15 December 2016, it was rebranded Triple M. [7]

Triple M's Golden Square studios produce and air local programs from 6 am–10 am weekdays, including a four-hour breakfast show presented by Bryan Coghlan and Jules Greenhalf. [8] Network programming comes from studios in Albury, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney.

On the 9 January 2026, Triple M Bendigo’s transmitter at Mount Alexander was damaged during the Victorian bushfires, causing the station to go off air terrestrially. This also caused sister station Hit91.9 to go off air, as well as ABC Central Victoria and all digital TV services. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). Australian Communications & Media Authority. October 2019. pp. 24, 69, 104.
  2. ↑ New B Station: 3BO Bendigo The Telegraph 24 June 1931 page 6
  3. ↑ "3BO - The Bendigo Station".
  4. ↑ "3BO is making the switch - AM to FM".
  5. ↑ Radio days are over for AWA Canberra Times 29 October 1987 page 16
  6. ↑ Takeover costs hit Wesgo Canberra Times 13 October 1994 page 19
  7. ↑ 3BO to become Triple M after rebranding Bendigo Advertiser 26 September 2016
  8. ↑ "Cogho & Jules". Triple M. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Triple M Bendigo". Facebook. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.


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