SYN Nation
Radio station in Melbourne, Victoria
- SYN Media
- (Student Youth Network Inc.)
Sister stations
First air date
Last air date
SYN Nation was an Australian community radio station broadcasting to Melbourne, Victoria. First broadcast in April 2014, the station was operated by SYN Media, with programming presented entirely by volunteers aged 12–25 years old. The station broadcast from studios on the campus of RMIT University, alongside sister station SYN 90.7. The two stations were merged in April 2019 to create SYN.[2]
History
On 1 April 2014, the station launched on DAB+ digital radio. The launch of SYN Nation was attended by then-Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull, federal MP for Melbourne Adam Bandt, and Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle.[3][4][5] Content for the station was supplied by volunteers at Bay FM Byron Bay, 2XX FM Canberra, Edge Radio Hobart, Gippsland FM Morwell, and 3WAY FM Warrnambool, as well as by Melbourne volunteers. In 2015, the station began broadcasting content from Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio Fitzroy Crossing and 107.9 Radio Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia.
On 16 April 2019, SYN Media announced that SYN Nation would merge with SYN 90.7 to create a single station, broadcasting on 90.7FM and DAB+ digital radio in Melbourne. The newly merged SYN commenced broadcasting on 22 April 2019.[2]
Flagship programming (at time of closure)
Melbourne
- Art Smitten (Arts and culture)
- The Naughty Rude Show (Sex and relationships)
- Represent (Political discussion)
- Player One (Video game discussion)
Regional
- The Edge (News & Current Affairs)
See also
References
- ^ "MELBOURNE RA1" (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Changes at SYN and the end of SYN Nation". Radioinfo.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Young Australians launch new national digital radio service". SYN Media. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "SYN launch new national digital radio service". Radio Today. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ Newstead, Al (3 April 2014). "Young Australians Launch New Digital Radio Station". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
External links
- SYN Nation website
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AM and FM stations with an asterisk are also available on digital (DAB+) radio
- ABC Radio National 621*
- 3AW 693*
- ABC Radio Melbourne 774*
- 3CR 855*
- RSN Racing & Sport 927*
- ABC NewsRadio 1026*
- SEN 1116*
- Vision Australia Radio 1179
- SBS Radio 1224*
- Magic 1278*
- 3CW 1341 (Geelong)
- 3MP 1377*
- 3XY Radio Hellas 1422
- 3KND 1503*
- SEN Track 1593*
- Vision Christian Radio 1611
- Radio Nostalgia 1629
- 2ME 1638
- Vision Christian Radio 1665
- Radio Haanji 1674
- Hellenic Radio 1683
- Islamic Voice Radio 1701
(Melbourne wide)
- 89.9 TheLight*
- SYN 90.7*
- smoothfm 91.5*
- 3ZZZ 92.3*
- SBS Radio 93.1*
- Nova 100 (100.3)*
- KIIS 101.1*
- Fox FM 101.9*
- 3RRR 102.7*
- 3MBS 103.5
- Gold 104.3*
- Triple M 105.1*
- ABC Classic FM 105.9*
- PBS 106.7*
- triple j 107.5*
- 3ABN 87.6-88.0 (various)
- Kiss FM 87.6-88.0 (various)
- Middle Eastern Radio 87.6 (Essendon)
- Surf FM 87.6 (Frankston)
- J-Air 87.8 (St. Kilda)
- Southern FM 88.3 (Mentone)
- Plenty Valley FM 88.6 (Yarrambat)
- WYN FM 88.9 (Werribee)
- KIX Country 89.3 (Geelong)
- 93.9 Bay FM (Geelong)
- 3WBC 94.1 (Box Hill)
- UGFM 94.5 (Kinglake)
- 94.7 The Pulse (Geelong)
- Joy 94.9* (Melbourne CBD)
- K rock 95.5 (Geelong)
- Golden Days Radio 95.7 (Caufield)
- 96three FM (96.3) (Geelong)
- 96.5 Inner FM (Heidelberg)
- 3MDR 97.1 (Emerald)
- 3SER 97.7 (Cranbourne East)
- 979fm (97.9) (Melton)
- Eastern FM 98.1 (Croydon)
- OKR FM 98.3 (Kilmore)
- RPP FM 98.3 (Frankston)
- Apple FM 98.5 (Bacchus Marsh)
- RPP FM 98.7 (Mornington)
- North West FM 98.9 (Glenroy)
- Yarra Valley FM 99.1 (Woori Yallock)
- Sunbury Radio 99.3 (Sunbury)
- Vision Australia Radio 99.5 (Geelong)
- Flow FM 106.3 (Healesville)
- ABC
- ABC Country
- ABC Jazz
- ABC KIDS Listen
- ABC Grandstand
- Double J
- Triple J Unearthed
- ARN
- Chemist Warehouse Remix
- Gold 80s
- KIIS 90s
- CADA
- Nine
- NTS
- Nova
- Coles Radio
- smooth Relax
- SEN
- Rete Italia
- Rythmos
- SEN 2
- SEN 3
- RSN
- RSN Carnival
- RSN Carnival 2
- TAB Live
- SBS
- SBS Arabic24
- SBS Chill
- SBS PopAsia
- SBS PopDesi
- SBS Radio 3
- SCA
- Fox Buddha
- Fox Dance
- Fox Easy
- Fox Oldskool
- Fox Urban
- Triple M Classic Rock
- Triple M Country
- Triple M Greatest Hits
- Triple M Hard n Heavy
- Triple M Soft Rock
- Community
- 3MBS Digital
- LightDigital
aspirant stations
- 3AB 1116
- 3AK 1116/1503
- 3BM 1341
- 3GB 1620
- 3MGR 89.9
- ABC Kinglake Ranges 97.1
- City FM 94.9
- Barry
- Hitz FM 89.9
- Kiss 90 FM (89.9)
- Lion 96.1/1674
- Macquarie Sports Radio 1278
- MTR 1377
- NovaNation
- Pulse 95 (94.9)
- Radar
- Radio 2 1620/1629
- SYN Nation
- Stereo 974 (97.4)
- Talking Lifestyle 1278
- Australian radio markets
- Adelaide
- Brisbane
- Canberra
- Darwin
- Gold Coast
- Hobart
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Sydney
- See also
- List of radio stations in Australia
