RadioWest was a group of 11 AM stations across the southern half of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

playing 'Real Music Variety', and targeting the 35+ audience. On 15 December 2016, the network was rebranded

Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 45 radio stations with flagship stations broadcasting a mainstream/classic rock music format in Sydney, Melbourne, and B ...

as part of a nationwide move by parent company

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 ...

to bring all its radio brands into line.Southern Cross Austereo rebranding 60 regional stations as Triple M and Hit Network
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Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in ...

'' 26 September 2016 Formed in the early 1990s, It was once previously owned by

DMG Radio NOVA Entertainment is an Australian entertainment company that operates commercial radio networks (and associated digital brands) in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia. NOVA Entertainment is owned by Lachlan Murdoch's Illyria Pty Lt ...

. Most programming was local to each market with some network input from the RadioWest Network studios in Bunbury, Gold Coast or

Albury Albury (; ) is a major regional city that is located in the Murray River, Murray region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the twin city of Albury–Wodonga, Albury-Wodonga and is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of ...

. 6TZ Bunbury, 6NA Narrogin and 6CI Collie (Now 6TZ/T 1134) formed the radio division of the

Golden West Network Seven Regional WA is an Australian television network serving all of Western Australia outside metropolitan Perth. It launched on 10 March 1967 as BTW-3 in Bunbury, and became known as the Golden West Network (GWN, and later GWN7) in 1979. It ...

until 1988.

Stations

* 6TZ 963 kHz, 2 kW Bunbury commenced 1939 * 6CI 1134 kHz, 2 kW

Collie Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds. The type originated in Scotland and Northern England. Collies are medium-sized, fairly lightly-built dogs, with pointed snouts. Many type ...

commenced 1947 * 6TZ 756 kHz, 2 kW

Busselton Busselton is a city in the South West (Western Australia), South West region of the States and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia approximately south-west of Perth. Busselton has a long history as a popular holiday destin ...

commenced 1995 * 6BY 900 kHz, 2 kW

Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Mic ...

commenced 1953 * 6VA 783 kHz, 2 kW Albany commenced 1956 * 6WB 1071 kHz, 2 kW Katanning commenced 1936 * 6NA 918 kHz, 2 kW

Narrogin Narrogin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, Western Australia, Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly, Western Australia, Pingelly and Wagin, Western Australia, Wagin. In the age of st ...

commenced 1951 * 6AM 864 kHz, 2 kW Northam commenced 1934 * 6MD 1098 kHz, 2 kW Merredin commenced 1941 * 6KG 981 kHz, 2 kW

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surroundi ...

commenced 1931 * 6SE 747 kHz, 5 kW Esperance commenced 1982

References

{{Authority control Southern Cross Media Group Defunct Australian radio networks Radio stations in Western Australia