Triple M Mackay & The Whitsundays

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Triple M Mackay & The Whitsundays
City Mackay, Queensland
Broadcast areaMackay and the Whitsundays
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Adult Contemporary
Affiliations Triple M
Ownership
Owner Southern Cross Austereo
(Whitsundays Broadcasters Pty Ltd)
History
Call sign meaning
4 – Queensland
RG Capital Mackay
Technical information
Repeater(s) 92.3 FM Airlie Beach
Links
Website 98.7 Sea FM

Triple M Mackay & The Whitsundays (ACMA callsign: 4RGM) is an Australian radio station in Queensland. Owned and operated as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M network, it broadcasts an adult contemporary format to Mackay, Queensland and the Whitsunday Islands. First broadcast on 21 September 1999, it was established by RG Capital – later sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks and Southern Cross Media Group – and is based in the Suncorp building on Victoria Street in Mackay, alongside sister station Hit Network.

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