3ZZZ - Triple Z is a community based radio station in Melbourne, Australia and its surrounding regions (including Geelong) and is broadcast on the FM 92.3 MHz band Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 km² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/km² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003 census) located on Corio... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length...

History

3ZZZ began regular broadcasting on the FM 92.3 band in June 1989.

3ZZZ was successful in a licence application that was contested at the time by a Spanish language broadcasting group known as "The Voice of Hispano America (VHA-FM)"

The community broadcast licence was granted to 3ZZZ on the basis of its diversity of languages and communities represented.

For the multicultural community

3ZZZ broadcasts for a multiple number of ethnic groups in Melbourne. It has 400 volunteer broadcasters who broadcast in over 70 languages, 24 hours a day. There are an estimated 400,000 weekly listners.

By the multicultural community

The radio station is finaced by listner's subscriptions and donations, company sponsorship and by grants from Community Broadcasting Foundation.

Internet Broadcasting

3ZZZ began internet broadcasting in the year 2000. Internet radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ...

External Links

http://www.3zzz.com.au/