Roccy FM (ACMA callsign: 2LFF) is an

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that transmits on 93.9

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FM from Young,

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and serves the towns in the

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region such as

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and

Cootamundra Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. I ...

History

Roccy FM was first broadcast as FM93.9 as supplementary

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station to sister station 2LF, before rebranding as Star FM. This lasted until mid-2008, when owners Macquarie Media Group purchased stations from

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, and was made to sell both Star FM and 2LF. It was purchased by

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, and was made to drop the Star FM branding. After holding a competition to suggest new names for the station, the breakfast duo at that time, Daniel Sewart and Rick Knight, announced that Roccy FM had been selected after listeners voted on their favourite selection from a short list of entrants. Roccy is a

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for Radio of Cowra Cootamundra and Young, the largest towns in the stations broadcast area.

References

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