91.9 Sea FM

91.9 Sea FM
Maroochydore, Queensland;
Broadcast area	Nambour RA1 ([1])
Frequency	91.9 MHz FM
Branding	91.9 Sea FM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations	Today's Hit Network; (via Sea FM)
Ownership
Owner	EON Broadcasting; (Sunshine Coast Broadcasters Pty Ltd);
History
First air date	21 June 1996
Call sign meaning	4 - Queensland; SEE (sounds like SEA)
Technical information
Power	10 kW
HAAT	331 m
Transmitter coordinates	26°47′24″S 152°55′5″E / 26.79000°S 152.91806°E
Repeater(s)	102.5FM Tewantin
Links
Website	91.9 Sea FM

91.9 Sea FM (call sign: 4SEE) is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the Sunshine Coast and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the FM band from its studios in Maroochydore. It is owned by EON Broadcasting, and is sister station to 92.7 Mix FM.

History

In 1995, Sea FM Pty Ltd - later the RG Capital Radio Network - purchased the license of studios of 92.7 Mix FM. The group was successful in launching a second station in the growing Sunshine Coast region. Modeled on its Gold Coast sister station, 91.9 Sea FM was launched on 26 June 1996.^[1] In 1998, the two stations moved to purpose built studios and offices in Maroochydore.

The station was sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004, later Southern Cross Media Group. Following the merger with the Austereo Radio Network, in 2013, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found that Southern Cross Austereo's ownership of stations in both the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast markets breached media diversity laws. The stations were sold to EON Broadcasting for $17.75 million by the end of March 2013, while "maintaining the strong ‘family’ relationship with Southern Cross Austereo", due to a Program Supply Agreement between EON Broadcasting and Southern Cross Austereo.^[3]

In the June 2015 Sunshine Coast ratings survey commissioned by Xtra Research, Sea FM placed second with a 15.2% share 10+, behind sister station Mix FM but ahead of Grant Broadcasters' Hot 91.1.

In December 2016, Southern Cross Austereo rebranded all of their Hit Network stations to pull all of their stations in this network together under one brand.^[4] Despite being in the Hit Network, 91.9 Sea FM was not rebranded due to it not being owned by Southern Cross Austereo. This also makes it the only Hit Network station to keep its original branding.

Shows

BarRat and Jess
Holly Spillane
Ethan
Carrie & Tommy
Hughesy & Kate
Collective Noun
Sea FM's All Aussie Adventures
Ash London Live
WAKEY WAKEY IT'S DANNY LAKEY
HitAU
Old School House Party
Boxed in with FiFi Box
The Queen Sesh
Weekend Breakfast
Trending 20 With Angus And Ash

References

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
^ "Southern Cross Austereo sells Sunshine Coast radio stations". Mediaspy. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ http://www.adnews.com.au/news/sca-completes-biggest-rebrand-in-australian-radio-history

External links

Official site

[ACMA-com-radio-1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

[3] "Southern Cross Austereo sells Sunshine Coast radio stations". Mediaspy. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[4] ttp://www.adnews.com.au/news/sca-completes-biggest-rebrand-in-australian-radio-history

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