BAY FM
Broadcast area	Geelong
Slogan	More Music, More Variety
First air date	December 1989
Frequency	93.9 MHz FM
Format	Pop, Rock
Owner	Grant Broadcasting

93.9 Bay FM (callsign 3BAY) is a commercial FM radio station based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It commenced broadcasting from an old industrial estate in Corio, Geelong in 1989. Bay FM was originally licensed to Geelong Independent Newspapers, as part of the Australian Commonwealth government's bid to increase the diversity of radio services in regional centres. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 230 × 143 pixelsFull resolution (230 × 143 pixel, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... - - 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... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Grant Broadcasters is a group of metropolitan and regional radio stations in Australia. ... Moorabool St, Geelongs main street during Christmas. ... The Division of Corio is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ...

After approximately three years of operation, the parent company of Bay FM purchased the flagging 3XY Melbourne radio station (then broadcasting a mix of sift rock) from the then owners of 2SM. Under "new" management, 3XY began simulcasting from Bay-FM's Corio studios.

The then Australian Broadcasting Authority subsequently (after a period of approx 12 months) demanded that they cease simulcasting and recommence separate programs on each stations. 3XY continued with Hot Hits, and Bay FM relaunched with an easy listening music format. In the mid 90s, Bay FM was purchased by the Cameron company (Grant Broadcasters, owner of K-Rock Geelong) and was relocated to the K-Rock building in the centre of Geelong. The Australian Broadcasting Authority (commonly called the ABA in Australia) is an agency of the Australian federal government, responsible for regulating the television, radio, and Internet industries. ... For other uses, see K-rock. ...

On air line-up

At all other times the station uses an automated play list.
On the weekend it rotates it's weekday announcers and fills the gap with other announcers from Geelong/Melbourne.

External links

• Official site