3GG is an Australian commercial radio station based in

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. Founded in 1937 as 3UL, it has been owned by the

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since February 2015.

History

3GG first went to air in 1937 as 3UL, named after the town from which it then broadcast;

. 3UL's founder was Vic Dinenny. Dinenny had earlier operated 3YB as a mobile station, broadcasting from various towns around

. As more and more rural stations opened in Victoria, the concept of a mobile station became less practical. Therefore, Dinenny applied for and received licences for two non-mobile (or conventional) stations, one in

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, which kept the 3YB call sign, and the other being 3UL in Warragul, which used the last two letters of the town name as its call sign. Within a few years of opening, 3UL became part of the Argus Broadcasting Services network, along with 3YB Warrnambool and 3SR

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. This Victorian rural radio network was operated by '' The Argus'', then a daily newspaper. When ''The Argus'' closed in January 1957, their radio network evolved into the Associated Broadcasting Company which owned 3UL until it was sold to Regional Communications Pty Ltd in 1982. In August 1988 it was purchased by Shepparton Broadcasting.

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launched sister station

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. In 2004, both 3GG and Sea FM were purchased by

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– the only change being to Sea FM, which was rebranded as Star FM. Because of changes in media law, and following the purchase of

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by Macquarie Southern Cross Media, either Sea FM or 3GG would have to be sold – the latter was sold to

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, a new entity operated by

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executives Guy Dobson and Rex Morris. Due to Resonate's Austereo connections – and following the merger of Southern Cross Media Group and Austereo – the station was closely aligned to the

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network. In February 2015, 3GG was acquired by the

. As a result, the station shifted music formats from

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

to classic hits, in line with other network stations.

Transmitter and studios

While the transmitter location has always remained on Brandy Creek Road just north of Warragul, the studio location has over the years changed from Warragul to Traralgon and back to Warragul at its current location of 7/61 Smith Street, Warragul. Its reception can be heard in

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and

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, plus King Island.

Notable presenters

Current

Local programming is produced and broadcast from 3GG's studios in Smith Street, Warragul 24/7 with announcers presenting from 5:30am to 7pm on weekdays and 6am to 6pm on weekends. The station's presenters include Andrew Deak, Craig Prichard , Aaron Chilcott, John Banks & Trent McCurdy.

Former

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(Member for

) *John Vertigan (retired) *Madeleine Burke *Ron Bond *Peter Leslie ( 2DU) *Ken Austin *Andy Johns *Daniel Gunn (SA-FM, PM-FM, 96FM, 91.7 The Wave) *Stuart Baker (soundaudiosolutions.com.au) *Bob Cornish *Brendan Atch *

Peter Landy Peter Landy (born 1943) is an Australian television presenter. Career Beginning his career in the early 1960s—after attending the Jesuit Xavier College—he started with Radio 3UL, Warragul, co-ordinating horse racing and football broadcast ...

* David Font (

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) *Max Taylor *Leigh Drew ( 3AW, 3AK) *Gary Nicholls *David Johns *Mike Nicholls *Malcolm T. Elliott *Graham Lever *John Doherty *Mark Vale *Tony Osler *Peter O'Callaghan ( 3MP) *Peter Grace *Ashley Malone *Greg Allen (

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/ Gold 1242) *Ron Burke ( 3AW) *Steve Murphy (

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) *Andrew Ogilvie *Toni Pippicelli ( Nova 96.9) *Diana Simons (Australian Traffic Network) *Pat Penneta (3AW) *Amanda Penneta (3AW) *

Fifi Box Fiona Box is an Australian radio broadcaster, television presenter and actress. Career Radio Box's early career was spent in regional Australia working at stations 2MC/ROXFM Port Macquarie, 3TR Traralgon and 3GG Warragul. In November 2010, ...

( Fox FM) *James Clothier *Darren Harding *Kate Neubaur *Jon Martin (analogue/digital conversion '97) *Steve O'Halloran *Lauren Setches (

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Hamilton) *Brendan McIntosh (Ace Radio Hamilton) *Mike Harris *Nick Swanson *Steve Woods (MCM Media) *Mark Vale *Simon Diaz (

Smooth 91.5 Smooth 91.5 (call sign: 3PTV) is a commercial radio station based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station is owned by Nova Entertainment along with her sister station, Nova 100, and currently plays easy listening songs from the late-19 ...

) *Belinda King *Steve Mac (McNamara) (

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) *Mark Hyland ( K Rock 95.5) *John Blackman (

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) *Jeff Cooper *Mark Skurnik *Phil Dickson *Matt Cameron *Rod Bear *Chris Guy *Matty Wray *Toni Irwin

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:3GG Capital Radio Network Classic hits radio stations in Australia Radio stations established in 1937 Radio stations in Victoria (state) 1937 establishments in Australia