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ABC Gippsland (call sign: 3GLR) is an
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station in
Gippsland, Victoria 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 ...
. The station is based in Sale and covers from
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 ...
, through to
Mallacoota Mallacoota is a small town in the East Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Mallacoota had a population of 1,063. At holiday times, particularly Easter and Christmas, the population increases by about 8,000 ...
. Amber Irving-Guthrie hosts the Breakfast program, Alice Walker presents Mornings and Mim Hook on Saturday Breakfast. At the time of its opening on 31 October 1935 ABC Gippsland 3GI was the sixth regional station opened by the ABC and the first of its kind in regional Victoria. The station was initially based in Sale's Post Office Building, and boasted what was at the time the tallest mast and most powerful transmitter in the state, located near
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and currently transmits on 828kHz. ABC Gippsland now broadcasts from York Street, Sale. The station was also formerly known as GI FM. Sister station 3MT based at
Omeo Omeo ( ) is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia on the Great Alpine Road, east of Mount Hotham, in the Shire of East Gippsland. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Omeo had a population of 406. The name is derived from a ...
broadcasts on a frequency of 720kHz.


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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 ...
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