Fresh 92.7 (formerly Fresh FM) is a not-for-profit,
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popul ...
station broadcasting in
Adelaide
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, South Australia on a frequency of 92.7 MHz. The radio station can also be accessed through DAB+ digital radio,
iHeartRadio
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and the Fresh 92.7 App available for Apple iOS and Android.
Fresh Broadcasters Incorporated is the name of the incorporated body under which Fresh 92.7 sits and 5FBI is their call sign.
The organisation is overseen by a volunteer board of between six and ten professionals, runs on 14 staff, and is supported by over 180 volunteers (known as members) in a range of capacities. It employs professionals with extensive radio experience to guide the volunteer team and to ensure the station complies with licence obligations. Fresh 92.7 relies on client sponsorship; Fresh Mate
subscribers; revenue from the EDM Production Course, merchandise sales, and their Book-a-DJ service; grant funding; and donations as sources of revenue.
History
Plans for Fresh 92.7 were laid when Chris Velliaris, James Engelman, and Geoff Wintle were visiting Melbourne in January 1997, and were exposed to
Hitz FM, a youth radio station. They all agreed that
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...
could benefit from a similar broadcasting concept. They formed a non-for-profit association and charter, and assembled a team of volunteers, including those with experience in various broadcasting professions.
Many of these volunteers had originally hosted specialist dance music shows on Coast FM 88.7.
Fresh commenced broadcasting with an
Australian Broadcasting Authority
The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) was an Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications. The Authority took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Trib ...
"Temporary Community Broadcaster" licence on 17 March 1998. Initially the station broadcast at 92.9 MHz in a frequency-sharing agreement with the
Italian language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 8 ...
radio station
Radio Televisione Italiana. They later moved to 92.7 MHz and on 22 August 2002, Fresh received a full-time broadcasting licence from the ABA. Then in October 2010, Fresh moved into new, state-of-the-art, digital studios in Adelaide's fashionable East End.
On 19 February 2016, the
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on ...
's Vice-Chancellor Warren Bebbington announced that, in order to secure the future of
Radio Adelaide as an independent not-for-profit organisation from July 2016, they had signed a deal with Fresh 92.7 that allowed Radio Adelaide to relocate and share their premises.
The two organisations continue to operate as two separate entities. Neither station's programming is affected as part of the arrangement. In 2022, Radio Adelaide moved to new studios on Greenhill Road, just outside the CBD.
Fresh 92.7 Top 92
The ''Fresh 92.7 Top 92'' is an annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted by the listeners. It airs at the start of the year in January.
Digital radio
In mid-2011, Fresh 92.7 commenced broadcasting digital transmission.
See also
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List of radio stations in Australia
This is a list of radio stations that broadcast in Australia.
The first digit of the callsign represents the state or territory: 1 – ACT, 2 – NSW and ACT, 3 – VIC, 4 – QLD, 5 – SA, 6 – WA, 7 – TAS, 8 – NT.
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References
External links
Fresh 92.7 Website
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Radio stations in Adelaide
Community radio stations in Australia
Dance radio stations