Geronimo FM is a youngsters
hits radio
Hits Radio is a network of 26 contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK. The network launched in 2018 with the rebranding of Bauer's Manchester station Key 103 and its merger with The Hi ...
based in
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by Hamengkubuwono, a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an importan ...
, Indonesia. It first went on-air as a pirate station called ''Gembel Rapi'' in 1968. Geronimo got its license in 1971 and May 31 was selected as its official start date. The station was, at first, an
AM station
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for making audio radio transmissions, and is still used worldwide, primarily for medium wave (also known as "AM band") transm ...
on 1602 kHz and has since retained its
top hits format. In 5 March 1990, Geronimo was the first station in Yogyakarta to move to
FM on 105.8. That was after the Indonesian government opened the frequency for commercial
radio stations
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio signal, audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a lan ...
, but in 2003 Indonesia's
Communication
Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...
s Minister issued a decree in the FM Radio Frequency Master Plan that forced Geronimo to move to 106.1 FM.
External links
Official website
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Radio stations in Indonesia
Former pirate radio stations
Mass media in Yogyakarta
Radio stations established in 1968