Roccy FM (ACMA callsign: 2LFF) is an
Australian
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radio station
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that transmits on 93.9
MHz
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FM from
Young
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Music
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New South Wales
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Australia
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and serves the towns in the
South West Slopes
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region such as
Cowra
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and
Cootamundra
Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...
.
History
Roccy FM was first broadcast as FM93.9 as supplementary
FM radio
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station to sister station
2LF, before rebranding as
Star FM. This lasted until mid-2008, when owners
Macquarie Media Group
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History
On 3 July 2007 Southern Cross Broadca ...
purchased stations from
Southern Cross Broadcasting
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History
Tony Bell was managing director of the business betwee ...
, and was made to sell both Star FM and 2LF. It was purchased by
Broadcast Operations Group
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, and was made to drop the Star FM branding.
After holding a competition to suggest new names for the station, the breakfast duo at that time, Daniel Sewart and Rick Knight, announced that Roccy FM had been selected after listeners voted on their favourite selection from a short list of entrants. Roccy is a
backronym
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for Radio of
Cowra Cootamundra and
Young, the largest towns in the stations broadcast area.
Radio stations in New South Wales
Radio stations established in 2008
Broadcast Operations Group
Adult contemporary radio stations in Australia
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