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 is pronounced as either {{IPA|/?mel.b?n/}} or {{IPA|/?mæl.b?n/}}. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "we gather strength as we go". Melbourne was the capital city of Australia from 1901 until 1927.

Media

Newspapers

Melbourne's daily newspapers include the "small-l liberal" broadsheet The Age, the conservative Murdoch tabloid Herald Sun, and the free afternoon tabloid MX.

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Newspaper - Small-l liberal - Broadsheet - The Age - Conservative - Murdoch - Tabloid - Herald Sun - MX

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Television

The three commercial television channels and the ABC produce a nightly news bulletin in Melbourne, and the Seven network produces one edition of its current affairs show Today Tonight there. The ABC also produces a weekly state-based current affairs show, Stateline, in Melbourne. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) provides world news coverage, as well as an assortment of foreign film and television. Channel 31 is a public access television station which screens mostly foreign-language television for migrant communities, and amateur lifestyle programs.

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Television - ABC - Seven network - Today Tonight - Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) - Channel 31 - Public access

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See also: List of Australian television channels.

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Radio

Melbourne has a wide range of radio stations. In terms of current affairs radio, the most notable locally-produced stations are ABC Local Radio (774 ABC Melbourne, formerly 3LO) and usual ratings winner 1278 3AW, both featuring extensive local news coverage and talkback.

Related Topics:
Radio - 774 ABC Melbourne - 3AW

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Australia's most successful community radio station, 3RRR, is a Melbourne institution. SYN FM, at 90.7 FM, another community station, is staffed and presented entirely by youth up to age 26. Other community stations in Melbourne include 3PBS, which plays mostly specialist music programming, and 3CR, a AM radio station run by a broad coalition of left-wing activists. Melbourne is also home to Australia's first and only gay and lesbian community radio station, Joy Melbourne 94.9 FM. Light FM on 89.9 is Melbourne's community christian station with the slogan of "Good friends, great music and a message of hope". For years, Triple J, the ABC's national youth broadcaster, has been extremely popular with Melbourne's youth, featuring mostly alternative or experimental music, and local talent, though in the late 1990s, the distinctions between it and commercial radio (especially stations with a more 'alternative' image like Nova 100) have become somewhat blurred. Triple M and Fox FM are both owned by the Austereo Network in Australia and consistently rate highly in the city's radio ratings surveys. Triple M boasts a mix of its 'all rock' music and sports coverage, and is a contender in the AFL radio broadcasting rights - currently there are 4 Victorian radio stations that have the rights: Triple M, 3AW, ABC and K-Rock. Fox FM are a 'top 40' style station, much the same as its main rivals Nova 100 and Mix FM.

Related Topics:
Community radio - 3RRR - SYN FM - 3PBS - 3CR - Joy Melbourne - Triple J - Nova 100 - Triple M - Fox FM - Austereo Network - AFL - 3AW - ABC - K-Rock - Mix FM

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See also: List of Australian radio stations.

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