Three D Radio

Three D Radio (call sign: 5DDD) is a community radio station based in Adelaide, Australia and located in St Peters, South Australia. Established in 1979, it broadcasts on 93.7 MHz across the greater metropolitan area of Adelaide and the surrounding rural areas, as well as a live stream via its website. Three D Radio is run by volunteers, with no paid staff and is funded by contributions made by its listeners and the very occasional grant.

History

Regular broadcasting began at midnight, 21 December 1979, on a frequency of 103.3 MHz. The first music heard on Triple M (as the station was then known) was a version of Tomorrow Never Knows by 801 Live, then Turn Up Your Radio by the Masters Apprentices. The first voice to be heard was that of Mandy Salomon whose brief introduction conveyed the incredulous excitement of the 500-strong crowd of supporters celebrating outside the studios. The on-air launch by Premier Don Dunstan followed. The Triple M callsign was purchased in the early 1990s by Village Roadshow, for their national network of stations under that name. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, the major cash injection allowed the station to purchase modern equipment and maintain running costs for quite some time. The station changed name to Three D Radio on 1 October 1993.

Format

There are over 60 diverse programs going to air each week to an average cumulative audience of over 110,000 listeners.

Three D Radio is run by the PMBA, or Progressive Music Broadcasting Association. They are committed to playing contemporary, progressive and alternative music and support the local music and arts community in a way that few other Adelaide radio stations do. One way is via the Sound Lounge program where local bands play live to air from the Three D studios.

There are no playlists. Announcers are free to choose the music that they present; however, there are strict quotas which ensure that content is at least 40% Australian music, of which half is local South Australian releases and a quarter is local unsigned material. Another quarter of music content is from female artists, who historically have been under-represented in broadcast music.

Shows

Monday
* First Thing Monday

Simple Sounds
* Reverb
* Front Ears

Instromania!
* Afterthought

Kpopalypse

Mike Drive

Voiceprint Arts

Hillbilly Hoot

Twilight Jamboree / Illogical Progression

Tuesday
* Mellowscream
* Four Larks & A Wren
* The Droste Effect
* Three D Lounge

Technicolour Dreaming
* Flow Motion
* The Mysterioso Show

The Whole Kit & Caboodle
* Steppin' Out

The Environment Show

Proud To Be Loud

The Vanishing Point

Wednesday
* PS I Love You
* Before I Wake

Spacejam Radio
* Euphoric Amnesia

Groovin' With Sister T
* Rise Above
* Sonic Cinematic

Audio Origami

Mystery Train
* Offbeat

Raw Like Sushi

Hush & Pandemonium

Thursday

The Sound Of Muesli

Freewheelin'
* Smash It Up
* Southbound

Cuckoo's Nest

Youth FM

Follow The Sound

Mystery Train

Blues Power

Roots & Branches

Friday

Friday Breakfast

Strange Rampage
* Spin Out
* Street Beat

The Doo Wop Corner

Drivel Drive
* Local & Live
* Best Kept Secret

Jukebox Jungle
* Critical Mess

Saturday
* 4 Course Breakfast

Yodel Action

Revival

The B-Side / The Grand Intro

Oscillate Wildly

Top 20+1

The Sound Lounge

Voodoo Vinyl

Sunday
* Desolation Sounds

Sunday Sleep In

Snooze Button
* Seriously Straight Totally Twisted

Lawnmower Music

Set The Controls / Underground Frequency

The Prison Show

POWERSURGE
* A New Dave Rising

See also

* List of radio stations in Australia

References

External links

Three D Radio

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Community radio stations in Australia
Radio stations in Adelaide