3AW

3AW began transmission in February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.

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The station is now broadcasting on 1278 kHz from a transmitter in the suburb of Lower Plenty and studios are located in South Melbourne, sharing facilities with sister station Magic 693. The program format is primarily news, talkback and sport.

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The station is owned and operated by Southern Cross Broadcasting and is the #1 rated AM radio station in Melbourne.

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February: February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is the shortest Gregorian month and the only month with the length of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400). In...

1932: 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday....

Melbourne: Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3.8 million in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). The city's name ...