91.9 Sea FM (call sign: 4SEE) is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the Sunshine Coast and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the FM band from its studios in

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. It is owned by Great Southern Land Media Group, and is sister station to 92.7 Mix FM.

History

In 1995, Sea FM Pty Ltd - later the

RG Capital Radio Network RG Capital Radio in the radio industry was an Australian radio company, formed in 1995 by Reg Grundy with the acquisition of 90.9 Sea FM. Between 1996 and 2000, the group grew to 28 stations across regional centres, and was subsequently floated ...

- purchased the license of studios of 92.7 Mix FM. The group was successful in launching a second station in the growing Sunshine Coast region. Modelled on its

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sister station, 91.9 Sea FM was launched on 26 June 1996. In 1998, the two stations moved to purpose built studios and offices in

. The station was sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004, later

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. Following the merger with

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, in 2013 the

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deemed that

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's ownership of stations in both the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast markets breached media diversity laws. The stations were sold to EON Broadcasting headed by

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in March 2013, with the station retaining a program supply agreement with Southern Cross Austereo. In February 2022, the station was sold to Great Southern Land Media Group, owned by some former Southern Cross Austereo executives.Glenn Wheatley’s Sunshine Coast stations sold to radio veterans
''Music Network'' 15 February 2022

References

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External links

Official site
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