Yarra Valley FM 99.1
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We are your local community radio station broadcasting 24 hours a day, every day of the year from Victoria, Australia on 99.1FM. You can pick up our signal in the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia and Murrindindi shires, as well as many eastern Melbourne suburbs, or you can listen on the Web.
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Our
format offers
something for everyone including a variety
of daytime music genres, interviews, and many specialist music
programs.
Every
presenter at Yarra Valley FM 99.1 is a volunteer who is committed to
serving the local community with entertainment, music, information and
matters of local interest.
We transmit our local news
bulletins regularly during the day; these are specially prepared by us
and contain news about the Yarra Valley and surrounding districts. Yarra Valley FM 99.1 is a not-for-profit organisation; we depend on the support of our members and sponsors to stay on the air. To find out why and how to become a member, click here. |
Our sponsor of the month:
Andrew
McMath Real Estate
www.andrewmcmath.com.au |
Tune your radio to 99.1 FM - and enjoy!
Our initial studios from which numerous "test transmissions" were broadcast were located in several temporary venues, including the ladies toilet of the old Healesville Railway Station, an office, a concrete shed and a mobile van in a cow paddock. The broadcasts were a resounding success, and with growing public profile, we commenced full-time broadcasting in March 1991 as 3VYV upon moving to our current permanent premises as a part of the Woori Yallock shopping centre.
Over the years, the station has suffered its share of interesting setbacks, from wombats chewing cables, to the threat of bushfire, to the entire transmitter on Briarty's Hill burning down in December 1995. We were the only community radio station in Australia transmitting under "Remote Area Power Supply" which meant that volunteers had to regularly run the gauntlet of wildlife, mud, flooding (one hapless soul actually tipped their vehicle into the creek), and a borderline 4WD track to start the generator that recharged the batteries for transmitter power!
For many years, we were known as VYV - Voice of the Yarra Valley, but changed our name to Yarra Valley FM 99.1 in May 2002 to reflect the growing profile of the station. We now broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and have the capacity to broadcast on the Internet - a quantum leap from a caravan in a cow paddock!
Our mission is to provide a local radio service to the community of the Yarra Valley by the provision of:
Membership is open to anyone who is interested in supporting Yarra Valley FM 99.1.
Members benefit from knowing they're supporting everything we do. There are some special benefits for members, such as occasional newsletters, opportunities for training to be a presenter, participation in social activities and voting rights at member's meetings. For more information about membership, click this LINK
Subscriptions are $35 (single), $70.00 (family), $70 (corporate ) and $20 (unwaged, pensioner concession or health card) per annum.
Sponsorships come in the form of paid announcements which are limited to a total of 5 minutes per hour. For further information about our current sponsors, or to how to become one, click this LINK