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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: 1980 radio dramas, Radio stations established in 1980, 3MMM, List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes, 4MMM, 2Day FM, BBC Lincolnshire, 2MMM, Fox FM, KZTD, Heart Gloucestershire, WLVP, WMCN, 96fm, WBDY, DevonAir, WDST, WYAI, WZON-FM, WCXZ, KKSN, KJAV, Radio Tay, KADA-FM, CJMX-FM, WOPP, WNKI, WKDG, WDLK, KLWJ, KNMI, KZWY, Heart Peterborough, KVFG, Heart Dorset & New Forest, DYIO, KEZY, WHMX, KTEK, WHCF, WJGL, WLQY, DWDM-FM, KPOK, KJAE, DYMK-FM, WJJR, KORT-FM, WRKF, KLGN, KXBN, WHSM-FM, KQNG-FM, KSUU, KPLT-FM, WMSW, KDLX, KJMB-FM, WTCL, KRTK, WYND, KTXV, WVIK, DYNC, DWEB, DYRT, CJBX-FM, KAYQ, KPIR, DWRA-FM, DWBE, 1980 in British radio. Excerpt: 3MMM (identified on air and in print as Triple M) is a radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Australia. Its target demographic is the 30 - 54 age group. Triple M Melbourne is part of the Austereo Triple M Network and broadcasts on the 105.1 MHz frequency. The station was Australia's first commercial FM station, originally known as EON FM, broadcasting on 92.3 MHz. In late 1979, a consortium, members of which included recording entrepreneur Bill Armstrong, band manager Glenn Wheatley and stockbroker Bill Conn, successfully bid on one of two Melbourne FM licenses and set about creating a commercial FM radio station. Armstrong headed the consortium, having seen the commercial opportunities of FM radio in the US and the UK. Despite what their license application read, they had no blueprint at all with regard to marketing, programming, administration or promotion. The next six months was then spent building a radio station from scratch. A makeshift studio was set up in Bank Street, South Melbourne, draped with hessian to deaden the noise. Late-night dummy runs were performed a week before the on-air date to test the equipment. EON FM Logo at commencement of broadcasting in 1980...
