Radio EMFM
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| City of license | Echuca |
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| Broadcast area | Echuca |
| Slogan | The Sounds Of The Mighty Murray |
| Frequency | 104.7 MHz FM |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio (pop, rock, rap), Rockabilly, Rock and Roll, Swing Music, Jump Blues, Boogie-Woogie, Adult contemporary, Alternative radio, Alternative radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 1 kW |
| HAAT | 20 Metres |
| Callsign meaning | 3GRR |
| Owner | Echuca Moama Broadcast Inc. |
| Website | http://www.radioemfm.org.au |
Radio EMFM 104.7 is a community radio station based in the town of Echuca, Australia. On 4 November 1997, EMFM was issued a full-time licence, broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on a frequency of 104.7 MHz, which it does to this day.
Today
EMFM has about over 50 announcers, supporting & technical staff combined. They have a variety of DJs ranging from 13 to over 60 all playing different genres of music, Hit Music can be heard on a Sunday, with all other genres of music can be heard ranging from Monday to Saturday [1]
History
Radio EMFM was housed in a warehouse in an office when they 1st started in Matong Rd, Echuca in 1977 . It was divided into 3 studios, with only 1 equipped. Some programs were still being relayed from KLFM in Bendigo. On 4 November 1997, EMFM was issued a full-time licence, broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on a frequency of 104.7 MHz, which it does to this day. During this time, Radio EMFM's production facilities were used to record the then Royal Vic. Institute for the Blind (now Vision Aust) Talking Riverine Herald & Deniliquin Times Newspaper. Outside broadcasts have always been part of Radio EMFM, and with the gift of a caravan from Echuca Moama Rotary Club, after some refurbishment in 2008, they will have a permanent mobile studio. EMFM moved to Matong Rd for some 7–8 years, then to a ’dog box’ studio at the back of the Echuca Bowling Club for 2 years. This was a cramped two room portable, until we moved into the present studios in December 2006 at the Echuca East Recreation Reserve after they had been refurbished. They now have a sound-proof ‘on air’ studio, a library room, an office, and a production studio and toilets. The studios in Sutton St were officially opened on 12 February 2007 by Monique Wright, Weather Presenter on TV Channel 7’s Sunrise Program. They are still present at this site.[2]
Equipment
Equipment for their broadcasting at Radio EMFM is: The on - air studio is equipped with an Elan Audio Harrier 16 Channel Mixer, with loudspeakers & external input. Most of the presenters prefer to bring in their CDs and play them in 1 of the 3 CD players in the studio. Production: They use a small mixer plugged into an input of their production computer & use Adobe Audition to edit. Transmission: Their transmitter is on site currently broadcast at 300W, but soon will be boosted up to 1 kW when they receive their new antenna, a RVR Electronics FM Exciter is used with a 1 kW RVR Electronics RF Amplifier. Also a volume limiter is used to keep the sound at a constant level.
References
- ↑ "Radio EMFM Station Program", Radio EMFM 104.7, accessed 28th of July 2009.
- ↑ "Radio EMFM Home", Radio EMFM 104.7, accessed 28th of July 2009.