ABC Gippsland

ABC Gippsland
Broadcast area Gippsland
Frequency 100.7 MHz FM
828 kHz AM
First air date 31 October 1935
Format Talk
Transmitter coordinates 38°05′57.37″S 147°04′06.82″E / 38.0992694°S 147.0685611°E / -38.0992694; 147.0685611
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Website http://www.abc.net.au/gippsland/

ABC Gippsland (call sign: 3GLR) is an ABC Local Radio station in Gippsland, Victoria. The station is based in Sale but also covers Bairnsdale, Orbost and Moe. The station's local programming includes a breakfast program hosted by Belinda King from 6-8am, as well as a morning program presented by Gerard Callinan.

At the time of its opening on 31 October 1935 ABC Gippsland was the sixth regional station opened by the ABC and the first of its kind in regional Victoria. The station was initially based in Sale's Post Office Building, and boasted what was at the time the tallest mast and most powerful transmitter in the state, located near Longford.

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