Triple M Gippsland (official

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: 3SEA) is a

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station owned and operated by

Southern Cross Austereo Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio station ...

as part of the

Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations. The network dates back to th ...

network. The station is broadcast to townships in the

Gippsland Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...

region of

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from studios in

Warragul Warragul is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of 19,85 ...

. The station commenced broadcasting in 2002 as 94.3 Sea FM as a supplementary license to 3GG. On 4 July 2005, the station relaunched as Star FM in line with

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' other Victorian stations, retaining its

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music format. On 15 December 2016, the station was again relaunched as Hit Gippsland. On 20 July 2020, the station flipped formats to

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as Triple M. Networked programming, including ''

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'' and ''

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'' were replaced by that of the

Triple M network Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations. The network dates back to t ...

. Despite being part of the Hit Network, the station had previously broadcast Triple M

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coverage as the only Southern Cross Austereo-owned station in the Gippsland region.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Warragul studios from 6am–12pm weekdays. The station's local output consists of a three-hour breakfast show presented by Ed Cowlishaw Networked programming originates from studios in

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, the

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and

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Transmission Quality

The station transmits from a main transmitter and a repeater: * 94.3 FM is broadcast from the main transmitter which is a site near Yarragon South
coords
at 7 kW Power. * 97.9 FM is broadcast from the repeater which is a site near Tyers
coords
at a power of 500W.

References

External links

* Mainstream rock radio stations in Australia Radio stations established in 2002 Radio stations in Victoria 2002 establishments in Australia {{Australia-radio-station-stub