Red FM was a commercial radio network covering regional Western Australia. Formerly only broadcasting to mine sites, Red FM later covered every town north of Perth and following the re-branding of WAFM, included the major centres of Broome, Port Hedland, Karratha and Geraldton. Red FM was a part of the Redwave Media Group owned by Seven West Media and targeted 18 to 39 year-old listeners with a contemporary hit radio format. Red FM operated under the Australian radio callsigns 6RED, 6HED, 6FMS and 6GGG.
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Broadcast area | Western Australia |
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Frequency | See below |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary hit radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Seven West Media |
Spirit Radio Network | |
History | |
First air date | 29 June 1998 |
Links | |
Website | www.redfm.com.au |
History
Red FM was launched in 1998, initially as a mining radio station providing news and music to the remote mining areas. It later extended its broadcast reach to other remote areas and towns that were previously served by WAFM. Red FM had the largest geographical service area for a commercial radio network in the Southern Hemisphere. Its target audience was the 4–50 group with a potential listening audience of 185,000 people statewide. Red FM generally broadcast to the same area as its sister, the Spirit Radio Network.
In October 2019, Red FM was included in the sale of Redwave Media to Southern Cross Austereo.[1] On 16 March 2020, Red FM programming was replaced with that of Hit Western Australia, with local advertising feeds retained for Broome, Geraldton, Karratha, Port Hedland and remote Western Australia.[2][3]
Frequencies
- Argyle102.7FM
- Barrow Island103.9FM
- Bremer Bay103.5FM
- Brockman 2 mine – Pit 8101.3FM
- Brockman 4 mine102.1FM
- Broome101.3FM
- Cape Lambert91.7FM
- Cervantes101.5FM
- Channar mine105.7FM
- Christmas Creek mine90.9FM
- Drumsite, Christmas Island98.9FM
- Christmas Island Phosphate Hill90.9FM
- Christmas Island Rocky Point106.9FM
- Cloudbreak mine105.1FM
- Cloudbreak mine 197.1FM
- Cloudbreak mine 297.9FM
- Cocos Islands (West Island)100.5FM
- Coorow101.9FM
- Cue102.9FM
- Dalwallinu106.1FM
- Darlot101.9FM
- DeGrussa Mine102.9FM
- Derby102.7FM
- Ellendale106.9FM
- Eneabba102.1FM
- Exmouth102.9FM
- Extension Hill mine102.5FM
- Fitzroy Crossing102.9FM
- Fortnum mine102.1FM
- Garden Well mine103.3FM
- Geraldton96.5FM
- Golden Grove107.9FM
- Green Head102.1FM
- Halls Creek102.9FM
- Hope Downs 1 mine102.9FM
- Hope Downs 4 mine95.9FM
- Hope Downs Village91.7FM
- Hopetoun103.7FM
- Jack Hills mine94.3FM
- Jimblebar mine90.9FM
- Jundee105.7FM
- Jurien Bay103.1FM
- Kalbarri102.9FM
- Karara mine102.1FM
- Karratha106.5FM
- Koodaideri mine91.3FM
- Koolyanobbing107.5FM
- Kununurra102.5FM
- Lake Gregory106.9FM
- Lancelin102.3FM
- Laverton102.1FM
- Leeman102.5FM
- Leinster 102.9FM
- Leonora101.7FM
- Marandoo102.9FM
- Marandoo mine102.1FM
- Marble Bar102.7FM
- Meekatharra103.1FM
- Mesa A mine96.9FM
- Mesa J mine94.1FM
- Moora90.9FM
- Morawa103.1FM
- Mount Jackson107.3FM
- Mount Keith97.7FM
- Mount Keith mine102.9FM
- Mount Magnet102.5FM
- Mount Welcome94.5FM
- Mount Whaleback mine104.1FM
- Murrin Murrin94.1FM
- Murrin Murrin mine102.5FM
- Nammuldi mine94.5FM
- Newman88.9FM
- Newman Area C mine106.5FM
- Northcliffe102.7FM
- Nullagine103.1FM
- Pannawonica102.9FM
- Paraburdoo mine101.3FM
- Perenjori100.1FM
- Plutonic Gold Mine105.9FM
- Port Hedland91.7FM
- Roebourne95.3FM
- Roy Hill mine102.9FM
- Sally Malay mine105.3FM
- Sandstone104.7FM
- Solomin Mining Area 1102.7FM
- Solomon Mining Area 296.3FM
- Tanami Mines Site 297.7FM
- Telfer106.9FM
- Telfer Mine West Dome93.3FM
- Three Springs101.1FM
- Ti Tree103.7FM
- Tjirrkarli102.9FM
- Tom Price105.7FM
- Mount Tom Price mine103.3FM
- Tropicana Gold Mine107.7FM
- Walpole102.9FM
- Warburton102.1FM
- West Angelas95.7FM
- West Angelas mine Dep B88.3FM
- West Angelas mine Dep E102.9FM
- Western Turner Syncline Mine88.9FM
- Western Turner Syncline Mine 296.3FM
- Windarling102.9FM
- Wodgina102.1FM
- Woodie Woodie92.5FM
- Wyndham102.9FM
- Yalgoo104.5FM
- Yandi mine Site 198.7FM
- Yandi mine Site 294.7FM
- Yandi Junction SW Mine89.1FM
- Yandicoogina mine105.7FM
- Yandicoogina Village99.3FM
- Yiyili102.9FM