Commercial FM radio comes to Launceston, finally.
Posted by Paul • Wednesday, January 9. 2008 • Category: domestic radio
Almost 28 years after commercial FM radio came to Australia, Launceston in Tasmania is finally set to have its own commercial FM station. 7LA, the major local commercial station, currently broadcasting on 1098 kHz, was scheduled to start test transmissions on 89.3MHz on January 8th.
Launceston's other commercial station, 7EX, is also expected to move to 90.1MHz at some point in the future; the station currently relays Melbourne's Sport 927 horse racing station. It is likely that the station will change format when it moves to FM, and the Sport 927 broadcasts will transfer to a narrowcast AM licence, as an FM commercial licence is too valuable to waste on horse racing.