Radio Metro is a community

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radio station located on

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. It is the only youth community radio station on the Gold Coast. The majority of Radio Metro's demographic is between the ages of 15-35, specifically 18-24.

History

1995-2001: Hott FM

Radio Metro was originally broadcast as Hott FM in July 1995 from a shed in Nerang, Queensland on weekends with a weak mono signal. At the end of 1997, the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA- now the ACMA-

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) granted Radio Metro a full-time community broadcast permit.

2001-2013: Radio Metro

Hott FM changed its name to Radio Metro in 2001. The station is available locally, nationally and internationally through the station website and play national and international Dance, R'n'b, Top 40 & Leftfield tracks.

Programming

Programs on the station include the following: *

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with

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* Group Therapy with Above & Beyond * SINPHONY Radio with

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with

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* Darklight Sessions with

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* Jacked Radio wih

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* Radio Wonderland Allison Wonderland * Team Tiger with

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* The Spot with Solardo * The Birdhouse with

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* Safari Radio with Mobin Master and friends * Aoki's House with

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* Heldeep Radio with

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* Fonk Radio with

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* The

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Show * GUD Vibrations with

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and

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* Nervo Nation with

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* Vicious Sound System with

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References

External links

*http://www.radiometro.com.au/ Radio Metro {{Gold Coast radio Australian radio networks Dance radio stations Radio stations established in 1995 Radio stations on the Gold Coast, Queensland