High Voltage Radio (identified as Triple M's High Voltage Radio in

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and Mix 94.5's High Voltage Radio in

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) was a pop up

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station broadcasting nationally in

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while

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were touring the country in 2010. The station was part of

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and only played AC/DC music.

Programming

The station exclusively played music by AC/DC and included the band's biggest hits, album tracks, live performances and rarities. Byron Cooke, the anchor of

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, was the host of the station and conducted interviews with the band, talked to people going to the concerts and talked about unknown AC/DC trivia. Due to the "pop up" nature of the station, it was only broadcast in Australia between Wednesday, 10 February and Monday, 15 March 2010 to coincide with AC/DC's Australian

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tour. After Monday, 15 March 2010, the station was reformatted to become

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Availability

The station was heard on

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radios in

and

.Triple M AC/DC Feature Page
- Triple M The station also streamed online at th
Triple M website

External links

High Voltage Radio Player

References

{{Southern Cross Austereo Digital radio in Australia Digital-only radio stations Classic rock radio stations in Australia Radio stations established in 2010 Radio stations disestablished in 2010 Defunct radio stations in Australia