Triple M Bendigo (official

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: 3BBO) is a

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station owned and operated by

Southern Cross Austereo Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio stati ...

as part of the

Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations. The network dates back to ...

network. The station is broadcast to

Central Victoria North Central Victoria is a rural region in the Australian state of Victoria. The region lies to the south of the Victorian/New South Wales border as defined by the Murray River, to the southwest of the Hume region, to the west of the Great Di ...

from studios in the

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban populat ...

suburb of

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. The station commenced broadcasting in 1931 as 3BO, initially on the

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at a frequency of 970

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, before converting to the

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as 3BO FM on 5 April 1993. On 15 December 2016, the station was relaunched as Triple M.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Golden Square studios from 6am–12pm weekdays. The station's local output consists of a three-hour breakfast show presented by Bryan Coghlan and Kylie Stevenson Networked programming originates from studios in

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, the Gold Coast,

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and

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References

External links

* Mainstream rock radio stations in Australia Radio stations established in 1931 Radio stations in Bendigo Bendigo {{Australia-radio-station-stub