Casey Radio

3SER Casey Radio 97.7fm

Broadcast area	City of Casey City of Greater Dandenong
Slogan	"Sound of the South-East" and "Casey Radio"
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	1983
Format	Community, Ethnic, Sport, Religion, Music, Youth and School
Power	400 W
Owner	South Eastern Radio Association Inc
Website	www.caseyradio.com.au

Casey Radio on 97.7 FM is a non-commercial community radio station which caters to the south-east of Melbourne, Australia, an area which includes the City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong.

Overview

Casey Radio 97.7fm is a non-profit group whose sole aim is to inform and entertain the people of Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. Caters to all community based requirements as well as musical tastes, ranging from representations from local council to sport, country to comedy, retro to modern, rock to rockabilly, and a wide diversity of ethnic programmes.^[1]

History

CASEY RADIO 97.7fm began in 1983 as Market City Radio, where test transmissions were carried out from Dandenong to the south-eastern region of Melbourne. They first moved to Westfield Fountain Gate shopping centre in 1987, when the station's name was changed to South Eastern Radio (3SER). Test transmissions were conducted four times a year (a week each time), and continued until a full-time licence was granted in May 1991. The station commenced full-time broadcasting in July 1991, and was officially opened by Marj Cottle, Fred Harrison and Wendy Morgan on 30 September 1991. The studios were moved to another location at the Westfield Fountain Gate in the early 1990s. However, circumstances dictated that more stable premises be sought, and in the mid-1990s the station relocated to a self-funded location at Princes Highway, Narre Warren. 3SER commenced transmission from their new premises in Cranbourne, near Casey Indoor Leisure Complex and the Cranbourne Library, on 21 September 2002.

The 3SER FM logo before the use of the word "Casey"

Programming

CASEY RADIO 97.7fm is perhaps mostly known for its wide variety of shows. This list includes a diverse range of Music, including Pop, Modern, Latin and Dixieland Jazz, Brass and Wind band, Classical plus a diverse range of ethnic programming, including Hindi, Cantonese, Mauritian, Serbian language Serbian,Urdu, Samoan, Dutch and Cambodian.

Sport

Since 1993, Casey Radio 97.7fm has been radio's home of the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Premier Cricket competitions, and continues to be so to this day (well not anymore). The station hosts a special Saturday morning radio program in winter for the VFL, and summer for the Victorian Premier Cricket competition, and then follows this by broadcasting matches of both competitions live on weekends.^[2]

Also since 1993 Casey Radio 97.7fm have broadcast many charity-related sporting events, as well as Indoor Cricket, Netball, Baseball (Claxton Shield), Basketball (NBL), Picnic Racing, (Non TAB) Soccer and Boxing.

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Radio stations in Melbourne and Geelong

AM and FM stations with an asterisk are also available on digital (DAB+) radio ¹Lion FM and Surf City Sound timeshare on 1674 AM

AM stations	ABC Radio National 621* 3AW 693* 774 ABC Melbourne* 3CR Melbourne 855* RSN Racing & Sport 927* ABC NewsRadio 1026* SEN 1116* Vision Australia Radio 1179 SBS Radio 1224* Magic 1278* 3CW 1341 (Geelong) Classic Rock Radio 1377* 3XY Radio Hellas 1422 3KND 1503* Rete Italia 1593 Vision Radio Network 1611/1665 3CW 1620AM Program ACR Chinese Radio 1629 2ME Radio Arabic 1638 Rythmos 1656 Radio Haanji 1674 The Greek Radio of Australia 1683 Islamic Voice Radio 1701

FM stations (Melbourne wide)	Light FM 89.9* SYN 90.7* Smooth 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*

FM stations (local)	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) Stereo 974 (97.4) (Brooklyn) Casey Radio 97.7 (Cranbourne) 979fm (97.9) (Melton) Eastern FM 98.1 (Croydon) OKR FM 98.3 (Kilmore) RPP FM 98.3/98.7 (Frankston and Mornington) Apple FM 98.5 (Bacchus Marsh) North West FM 98.9 (Glenroy) Yarra Valley FM 99.1 (Woori Yallock) 3NRG 99.3 (Sunbury) Vision Australia Radio 99.5 (Geelong) Flow FM 106.3 (Healesville)

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Previous and aspirant stations	3AB 1116 3BM 1341 3MGR 89.9 3MP 1377 City FM 94.9 3GB 1620 Barry Hitz FM 89.9 Kiss 90 FM (89.9) Lion 96.1/1674 MTR 1377 NovaNation Pulse 95 (94.9) Radar Radio 2 1620/1629

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