91.9 Sea FM (call sign: 4SEE) is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the

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and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the FM band from its studios in

Maroochydore Maroochydore ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the urban area of Maroochydore had a population of 63,673 people. The city was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Conno ...

. It is owned by Great Southern Land Media Group, and is sister station to

92.7 Mix FM 92.7 Mix FM (call sign: 4SSS) is an Australian commercial radio station located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, broadcasting as Mix FM. The station can be received in the greater Sunshine Coast area on 92.7 FM. With an adult hits format, the ...

History

In 1995, Sea FM Pty Ltd – later the RG Capital Radio Network – purchased the license of studios of

. The group was successful in launching a second station in the growing

region. Modelled on its Gold Coast sister station, 91.9 Sea FM was launched on 26 June 1996. In 1998, the two stations moved to purpose-built studios and offices in

. The station was sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004, later

Southern Cross Media Southern Cross Media Group (formerly Macquarie Media Group) is one of Australia's major media companies, as the parent company of Southern Cross Austereo. Its headquarters are in South Melbourne. History On 3 July 2007 Southern Cross Broadcas ...

. Following the merger with

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, in 2013 the

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deemed that

Southern Cross Austereo Southern Cross Media Group Limited, Trade name, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and Terrestrial television, television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Au ...

's ownership of stations in both the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast markets breached media diversity laws. The stations were sold to EON Broadcasting headed by

Glenn Wheatley Glenn Dawson Wheatley (23 January 1948 – 1 February 2022) was an Australian musician, talent manager, tour promoter and radio entrepreneur. Wheatley was the founder and managing director of Talentworks. Career Wheatley began his career as ...

in March 2013, with the station retaining a program supply agreement with Southern Cross Austereo. In February 2022, the station was sold to Great Southern Land Media Group, owned by some former Southern Cross Austereo executives.Glenn Wheatley’s Sunshine Coast stations sold to radio veterans
''Music Network'' 15 February 2022

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External links

Official site
Contemporary hit radio stations in Australia Radio stations in Queensland Radio stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia