102.3 Triple M (ACMA callsign: 4TOO) is an Australian radio station in Queensland. Owned and operated as part of

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's Triple M network, it broadcasts an

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format to

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. First broadcast in 1931 on 1170

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AM, later 780 kHz, then became 774 kHz in the 1978 shakeup when all AM transmitters were shuffled into the 9 kHz spacing regime. In 1998 the station transferred to the FM band, under ownership of dmg Regional Radio later sold to

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and

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. The station broadcasts all

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NRL matches, and has previously networked music programming to the regional LocalWorks network. In January 2015 the 774 kHz AM repeater was shut down, and in December 2015 the masts were demolished. On 16 August 2016, a repeater was switched on from Mt Inkerman, south of Home Hill, covering the Burdekin region on 92.3 MHz. On 3 September 2018, 4TOFM was rebranded to 102.3 Triple M.

Gallery

File:Day 32 - 150 Faces (26486145891).jpg, Radio 4TO announcer Stewart 'Stuie' McInnes interviews Johnny O'Keefe, 19 December 1969 File:StevePrice.jpg, Steve Price, local identity and radio announcer with 4TO for more than 30 "mango seasons", 2016 File:Broadcast centre for 4TO Hot FM, Mix 106.3 and Sea FM.jpg, Old photo of 'The Blue Block on Woolcock' File:The Blue Block on Woolcock 2017.jpg, 2017 photo of The Blue Block on Woolcock

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