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This article is about the radio station in Perth, Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. For other uses, see 92.9 (disambiguation).
92. 9 FM (6PPM)
City of licensePerth
Broadcast areaPerth
SloganPerth's #1 Hit
Music Station
Frequency92. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 9 MHz FM
First air date1937 (as 6PM)
FormatHit music
ERP40 kW
Callsign meaningaddition of letter to
former callsign 6PM
Former callsigns6PM
AffiliationsToday Network
OwnerAustereo
(Consolidated Broadcasting System Pty Ltd)
Sister stationsToday Network
Mix 94.5
WebcastWMA (32kbps)
Website929.com.au

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History

92. 9 was originally 6PM on the AM band, beginning broadcasting on April 22, 1937 and in the '60s, '70s and '80s broadcast a Top 40 format on 990 kHz. Medium Wave (MW is a part of the Medium frequency (MF radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. The station secured significant listener market (AC Neilson) share despite a rival station (96FM) gaining a monopoly on the FM band in the 1980s. ACNielsen is a global Marketing research firm with worldwide headquarters in New York City. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

On December 31, 1990, the station was one of two additional Perth radio stations to gain a license to convert in the FM band. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) They became 92. 9 6PM-FM; then subsequently PMFM. The official call sign, for regulatory purposes was changed to 6PPM to reflect the move to FM. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise During most of the 1990's PMFM was Perth's number one radio station.

The 2000s saw PMFM change their name to The All New 92. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 9, and then to just 92. 9. In February 2006, 92. 9 changed its logo in line with the rest of the Today Network. The Today Network is a network of radio stations run by Austereo Radio Network. In 2007 92. 9 and sister station Mix 94. 5 moved to a new purpose built building at 450 Roberts Road in Subiaco.

Weekday Shows

6am - 9am - Em & Wippa

9am - 1pm - Ellie Mobbs

1pm - 4pm - John Bleby

4pm - 6pm - Hamish and Andy

6pm - 7pm - The Kyle & Jackie O Show

7pm - 10pm - Hot 30 Countdown

10pm - 12am - Dani and Matt

12am - 5:30am - Hit Music

Transmission

92.9's previous studios in Subiaco.
92. Hamish & Andy are an Australian Comedy duo, consisting of Hamish Blake and Andy Lee. Kyle Sandilands (born 10 June 1971) is an Australian Radio host, best known for hosting with Jackie O, Australia's biggest interactive Jacqueline Ellen Last O'Neil Henderson, better known as Jackie O, (born January 31, 1975) is an Australian commercial Radio host, 9's previous studios in Subiaco. Subiaco is an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated to the north of Kings Park.

Since being on the FM band, 92. 9 has broadcast from a transmitter situated next to the Channel 7 tower from Bickley in the Perth Hills. This article is about the television station in Perth Western Australia Bickley is a suburb of Perth Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. Perth Hills is a term used primarily for marketing purposes to identify that part of the Darling Scarp and hinterland east of the scarp that lies within the shires of Mundaring It shares its transmitter site with sister station Mix 94.5 and 96fm. MIX 945 (official callsign 6MIX is a commercial music radio station owned by Austereo in Perth Western Australia. They use a combiner and share the same antenna array. The original AM transmitter for 6PM was situated at Coffee Point in Applecross. Applecross is a suburb of Perth Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. The ERP is at 40kW Omni-directional, covering the north and south of Perth. As well as covering Perth, 92. 9 can be heard as far North as New Norcia, South to Waroona and East to Northam. New Norcia is a town in Western Australia, 132 km (82 miles north of Perth, along the Great Northern Highway. Waroona is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Pinjarra and Harvey Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers about north-east of Perth in the Avon

Networking

Like most radio stations that are part of a national network, 92. 9 participates in networking and automation of certain shows. Currently the following shows are networked:-

Notable Past announcers

See also

External links

Further reading

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