3AW - Melbourne - 693 AM
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Station facts
- Country
Australia- City or region
- Melbourne VIC
- Language
- English
- Genres
- News and talk
- Codec and bitrate
- MP3 · 48 kbps
- Dial position
- 693 AM
- Listener rank
- #1 of 24 in Melbourne VIC
- Official site
- 3aw.com.au
About 3AW - Melbourne - 693 AM
3AW - Melbourne - 693 AM is a news and talk radio station in Melbourne VIC, Australia, broadcasting in English. Its name gives the dial position as 693 AM.
It is one of 24 stations we list in Melbourne VIC and one of 85 news and talk stations in Australia. By listener votes it ranks #1 of 24 in Melbourne VIC.
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Background
3AW is Melbourne's news and talkback station on 693 kHz AM, owned by Tapt Media. It went to air in 1932 as the city's fifth commercial station, and its call sign comes from its founders: the AW stands for Allans Music and the theatre company J C Williamson, with newspaper publisher David Syme as the third partner. The first studio was inside His Majesty's Theatre, and the 1932 licence required a weekly Catholic program, The Catholic Hour, which ran until the 1990s.
The station has moved along the AM dial several times, from 1425 kHz to 1280 in 1935 and 1278 in 1978, and to 693 kHz on 1 May 2006 when it swapped with its sister station Magic to improve reception. Its signal comes from a transmitter at Werribee. Ownership has passed from Macquarie to Fairfax and Nine and now to Tapt Media, which also owns 2GB in Sydney. Long-running programs include the nostalgia show Remember When, and football coverage that goes back to 1953.
- First broadcast
- 1932, Melbourne's fifth commercial station
- Frequency
- 693 kHz AM (since 1 May 2006)
- Owner
- Tapt Media
- Format
- News, talkback and sport
- Transmitter
- Werribee, Victoria
- Football coverage since
- 1953
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