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Radio Metro

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105.7 Radio Metro
Broadcast areaAustralia Gold Coast and Tweed Heads, Australia
Frequency105.7 MHz
Programming
FormatTop 40, R&B, Dance
History
First air date
July 1995 (1995-07)
Call sign meaning
4MET – Metro
Technical information
ERP10,000 Watts Directional
Links
Webcasthttp://s1.voscast.com:10152/metro1057
Websitehttps://radiometro.com.au/

Radio Metro is a community Australian radio station located on Gold Coast, Queensland.

It is the only youth community radio station on the Gold Coast. The majority of Radio Metro's demographic is between the ages of 15–44, specifically 18–24.

History

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1995–2001: Hott FM

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Radio Metro was originally broadcast as Hott FM in July 1995 from a shed in Nerang, Queensland on weekends with a weak mono signal. At the end of 1997, the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA- now the ACMA- Australian Communications and Media Authority) granted Radio Metro a full-time community broadcast permit.[1]

2001–2013: Radio Metro

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Hott FM changed its name to Radio Metro in 2001. The station is available locally, nationally and internationally through the station website and play national and international Dance, R'n'b, Top 40 & Leftfield tracks.

Programming

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Programs on the station include the following:

References

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  1. ^ "About Radio Metro".
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