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2WZD, which is branded as
History
On 14 November 1991 the
The Federal Court found that the decision the ABT made was an error of law. On 5 October 1992, the ABT and Broadcasting Act 1942 were replaced by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the Broadcasting Act 1992. On 2 December 1992, South West Media Ltd who was also competing for an independent FM licence, advised the ABA it was withdrawing its licence application.[3][4]
The ABA announced that an inquiry into the licence grant would be held on 19 – 20 May 1993 at The Old Wagga Inn. The inquiry would re-examine Wagga and Riverina FM Stereo Broadcasters application which Riverina Broadcasters had contested. The inquiry would also look at the application for a supplementary FM commercial licence from Riverina Broadcasters, and at the viability of Riverina Broadcasters if an FM commercial licence was granted to a second independent licensee in the city.[4]
On 12 October 1993, ABA announced that the FM commercial licence was granted to Riverina Broadcasters and it decided not to grant an independent FM licence, as the ABA found that the viability of Riverina Broadcasters would have been jeopardised if an independent FM licence was granted.[4]
In July 1994 2WZD began broadcasting on 93.1 MHz as FM93.
In 2000 the station sacked four of its radio presenters and began networking with the StarFM network hub in
The stations branding of
References
- ^ a b c d "Apparatus Licence". Australian Communications and Media Authority. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Apparatus Licence". Australian Communications and Media Authority. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b "ABA revisits Wagga Wagga for FM licence inquiry". Australian Broadcasting Authority. 14 May 1993. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d "New FM radio service for Wagga". Australian Broadcasting Authority. 12 October 1993. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ "About Us". The Radio. 93.1 Star FM. Retrieved 18 June 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Grimson, Ken (12 April 2000). "Wagga radio stars dumped". The Daily Advertiser. pp. 1, 4.
- ^ Bartlett, Jason (7 June 2000). "Move marks start of a new era for Wagga broadcaster". The Daily Advertiser. p. 3.
- ^ Catalano, Christian (3 September 2004). "Macquarie pays $194m in radio deal". Fairfax. The Age. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ Owen, Brodie (6 October 2015). "2WG, Star FM move into new Forsyth Street studios". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (13 December 2016). "End of an era as radio gets re-branded". The Daily Advertiser.