Move FM
City | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia |
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Broadcast area | Lithgow RA1 |
Slogan | Music that makes you move |
Frequency | 107.9 MHz FM |
Repeater(s) | 99.5 FM Wentworth Falls |
First air date | 3 July 1939 |
Format | Contemporary hit radio |
Language(s) | English |
Former frequencies | 95.3 FM (1996–2004) |
Owner | Midwest Radio Network |
Sister stations | 2LT |
Website | Move FM |
Move FM (ACMA callsign: 2ICE) is an Australian FM radio station serving the Lithgow region of New South Wales. It was opened in 1996 as KISS 95.3.
History
In 1996 Midwest Radio Network sought and was granted a licence to establish an FM radio station to complement 2LT. The company was granted a licence to broadcast on 95.3MHz and began operating as KISS 95.3. Later a frequency conflict with a Sydney station led to a change to 107.9 MHz and a name change. Finally in 2011 the station was renamed to MoveFM.[1]
On 15 April 2004 Move FM's former frequency was auctioned for $106 million by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. In exchange the Tribunal awarded Midwest two licences for additional FM frequencies and areas, allowing it and sister station 2LT to extend coverage by operating repeater stations in Katoomba and the Blue Mountains.[2][3] After various technical issues, the translators entered service in February 2015.
Programming
Weekdays
- The Morning Move with Jack Wallace (Weekdays, 06:00-09:00)
- The Move Music Marathon (Weekdays, 09:00-10:47)
- Kimbo's Big Lunch by request! (Weekdays, 12:00-13:00)
- Move Arvos with Kimbo (Weekdays, 13:00-16:00)
- Hamish & Andy (Weekdays, 16:00-18:00)
Weekends
- Weekend Breakfast with Jack (Weekends, 06:00-10:00)
- Saturdays with Kimbo (Saturdays, 10:00-14:00)
- Take 40 Australia with Angus O'Loughlin & Emma Freedman (Saturdays, 14:00-18:00)
- The Drop with Marty Smiley & Michael Beveridge (Saturdays, 18:00-00:00)
- Sundays with Kimbo (Sundays, 10:00-14:00)
- Planet Vevo with Dan Debuf & Maz Compton (Sundays, 14:00-17:00)
- Boxed In with Fifi Box (Sundays, 17:00-18:00)
References
- ↑ "Corporate Information", Midwest Radio Network, retrieved 19 Mar 2013.
- ↑ "Home Page", Midwest Radio Network, retrieved 19 Mar 2013.
- ↑ "Draft Variation to Licence Area Plan for Lithgow, NSW", Australian Communications and Media Authority, retrieved 19 Mar 2013.