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Gulf FM (ACMA callsign: 5GFM) is a
community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popu ...
station based on the
Copper Coast Copper Coast is a region of South Australia situated in Northern Yorke Peninsula and comprising the towns of Wallaroo, Kadina, Moonta, Paskeville and Port Hughes. The area approximately bounded by Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta is also known a ...
in
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest o ...
. Gulf FM broadcasts 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, to the Copper Coast and surrounding areas. A proportion of the output is automated, but live announcers are used from 7am-midnight.{{Cite web , url=http://www.gulffm.com.au/home.html , title=Gulf FM website , access-date=27 January 2007 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306143005/http://www.gulffm.com.au/home.html , archive-date=6 March 2007 , url-status=dead Its studios are at 31 Hallett Street,
Kadina, South Australia Kadina ( ) is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of the Australian state of South Australia, approximately 144 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. The largest town of the Peninsula, Kadina is one of the three Copper Triangle ...
and its broadcast tower is at Tank Hill, Kadina. The Station is run entirely by volunteers, including a Board of eight (8). Main source of funding is Sponsorship, Fundraising Events, Membership Subscriptions, Community Support Groups Subscriptions, Buddy Subscriptions, Donations, and Grants sourced from the Community Broadcasting Foundation and the Copper Coast Council's Annual Community Grants Scheme.


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Community radio stations in Australia Radio stations in South Australia Yorke Peninsula