3GG

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3GG
City of license Warragul
Broadcast area Gippsland/Latrobe Valley, Australia
Branding 531 3GG
Slogan Forever Classic
Frequency 531 kHz AM
First air date 18 May 1937 (1937-05-18) (as 3UL)
Format Classic hits
Language(s) English
ERP 5 kW
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Callsign meaning 3 - Victoria
Greater Gippsland
Former callsigns 3UL (1937–1989)
Owner Capital Radio Network
(Radio Gippsland Pty. Ltd.)
Sister stations 2XL, Snow FM, 2GN, Eagle FM
Website 3GG

3GG is an Australian commercial radio station based in Warragul, Victoria owned by Capital Radio Network. Formerly owned and operated by Resonate Broadcasting and prior, RG Capital and Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, it was acquired by the Capital Radio Network in February 2015

History

3GG first went to air in 1937 as 3UL, named after the town from which it broadcast; Warragul.[1] In November 1989, 3UL moved premises from Warragul to Traralgon, in the Latrobe Valley, and changed its callsign to 3GG. Under Program Director, Steve Woods, 3GG became the number one station in the listening area.

After ten years, 3GG returned to Warragul. In 2002, owners RG Capital launched sister station Sea FM. In 2004, both 3GG and Sea FM were purchased by the then-new Macquarie Regional RadioWorks - the only change being to Sea FM, which was rebranded as Star FM.

Because of changes in media law, and following the purchase of Southern Cross Ten by Macquarie Southern Cross Media, either Sea FM or 3GG would have to be sold - the latter was sold to Resonate Broadcasting, a new entity operated by radio gurus Guy Dobson & Rex Morris, both a part of Austereo. Due to Resonate's Austereo connections - and following the merger of Southern Cross Media Group and Austereo - the station was closely aligned to the LocalWorks network.

In February 2015, 3GG was acquired by the Capital Radio Network.[2][3] As a result, the station shifted music formats from adult contemporary to classic hits inline with other network stations.

Transmitter and studios

While the transmitter location has always remained on Brandy Creek Road just north of Warragul, the studio location has over the years changed from Warragul to Traralgon and back to Warragul at its current location of 31 Warragul-Korumburra Rd Warragul.

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    3GG Transmitter site on Brandy Creek Road

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    3GG antenna masts

Announcers

Weekdays

  • Local Breakfast with Andrew Deak (05:30-09:00)
  • 80's Lunchbox with George Mihalos (12:00-13:00)
  • The Weekday Pickup with Trent McCurdy (14:00-18:00)
  • Sportsday Victoria with Tony Leonard & Terry Wallace (18:00-20:00)
  • Forever Classic Nights with Jenni Burchell (20:00-22:00)

Weekends

Former announcers

References

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External links

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