88.3 Southern FM - Southern FM

Southern FM

Southern FM presents a wide format of specialist programs, and provides full editorial and content control to its presenters but ensures through its programming that all local demographics are catered for from children through youth, baby boomers and the older generation.

The program make up is diverse, as demonstrated by this listing of programs (source: )

Tuesdays

• 6:00AM – 9:00AM Sri Lankan Aussie Big Breakfast -

Music & guest interviews by Rob Foenander

• 9:00AM – 11:00AM Kaleidoscope -

Guests, interviews, comedy, toe-tapping music with Terri Adams

• 11:00AM – 12:00PM Best Medicine -

Health and wellbeing with Gaytana

• 12:00PM – 2:00PM No Time LIke The Past -

Radio nostalgia by David Frost

• 2:00PM – 3:00PM Military Matters -

News and history from our armed services

• 3:00PM – 4:00PM Books for Business for Better -

Lynne Cazaly reviews the latest business & self-improvement books

• 4:00PM – 6:00PM Tuesday Tonic -

Local news & interviews by Bob Lawson & Vicki Liddell

• 6:00PM – 8:00PM Mood Of Melbourne -

Easy listening music with Nigel Carter

• 8:00PM – 10:00PM The Peoples Court -

Leo, Big Dog, Dr.Cruel & Costanza talking sport

• 10:00PM – 12:00AM SportzFM -

George hosts Kingston city soccer (Greek)

• 12:00AM – 2:00AM Midnight Mass -

Alternative musical stylings from Europe

Southern FM, like many other community radio stations in Melbourne, has incorporated many non-English speaking groups into the program schedule.

Southern FM is licensed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority as a "C" class community radio station, operating on a power output of 200 watts ERP from Moorabbin.

The longest serving on air presenters at Southern FM include Reg Pitt (Southern Country), Terri Adams (Kaleidoscope), Barry Ikin (Let's Dance), David Frost (Breakfast/Tunes I Can't Forget), Greg Neighbour (Choicecuts), Andrew Rennie (The Space Show).

Presenters who moved on include a small group who participated in the first broadcasts of a temporary youth broadcasting station Hitz FM, following the success in 1991 of a Saturday Night radio program NightBeat. In later years another radio broadcast group Golden Days Radio (at time of formation known as Spirit Of Australia Broadcasters) was founded by a number of people formerly associated with Southern FM