Casey Radio
Casey Radio (3SER 97.7 FM) is Melbourne’s listener-supported community-based radio station, which serves the communities in the south-eastern region of Melbourne.
For over 35 years Casey Radio was speaking to the communities of Casey, Greater Dandenong and the surrounding areas which includes Bayside, Frankston and Kingston.
We are grateful to have them as 100% volunteer-run organization offering local news, music and sports and other content that is tailored to the diverse communities like Afghan, Mauritian, Sudanese, Tamil, Greek, Hindi, Sinhalese, Albanaian, Cook Islands, Dutch.
Casey Radio is operated by South Eastern Radio Association Incorporated Also known as 3SER it broadcasts on the 97.7FM frequency.
The station covers southern cities which comprise Casey, Greater Dandenong with smaller areas that share in the city of Kingston, Frankston and Bayside.
3SER started broadcasting 35 years ago. It was the first broadcast test took was held between May 6-12, 1984. It was later known by the name of Market City Radio or 3MCR on 88.3FM. The station was located on the upper floor of the basketball court in JC Mills Reserve located on Cleeland Street, Dandenong. Test transmissions were scheduled four times every year for a one week and were maintained up until the station was granted its full-time license in the May month in, 1991.
From the beginning to getting an all-time licence, 3SER was relocated out of Dandenong in the Dandenong region to Fountain Gate Regional Shopping Centre, Narre Warren, in the latter half of 1980 following the receipt of the sum of $5000 in a grant and a lease-free area for two years, from former proprietor, Overland Construction Coorporation, together with an investment that was $10,000 by Berwick City Council. City of Berwick.
A letter to the editor by the station’s founder, Fred Harrison, published in the Dandenong Journal on 19 March 1990 said that the change from Dandenong toward Narre Warren had been “primarily a matter of transmission and reception the signal”.
“With FM signals, signals are received primarily via line of sight. due to this, their transmitter location at the basketball arena located at Mills Reserve was in a depression, and their signal was not in the best position of reaching their specified regions – which include the cities of Dandenong, Springvale, Berwick and the Shire of Cranbourne,” Mr Harrison said.
“The City of Dandenong supported the idea of a local radio station right from the beginning and provided a suitable place to call home from the very beginning. It will be treasured for the rest of time.
Lateron, 3SER was able to move to a self-funded location near in the area of Webb Street, Narre Warren in 1996.
In September of 2002 the station moved into its current Studios located in Cranbourne East, which is where it has been celebrating over 20 years on air. Since moving from Cranbourne. The station has gone undergoing a major renovation and now houses two studios equipped with top-of-the-line equipment and software, as well as production, office and recording spaces, in addition to an out-of-the-way broadcast vehicle, which is fully equipped.
3SER’s studios feature the latest audio distribution and digital broadcasting systems typically used for commercial radio. 3SER was assisted by Telstra along with Telstra and the City of Casey and Telstra in 2006 to acquire new broadcast antennas, as well in a transmission facility. The continued support from the Commonwealth and Community Broadcasting Foundation also enabled 3SER to purchase and install an FM transmitter which was upgraded to improve the reach of broadcast signals.
3SER was officially changed to Casey Radio in 2014 to highlight the ongoing and positive relationship they share with their primary patron, which is their main patron, the City of Casey, and the wider community. It was named Casey Radio, however, was not officially adopted until after the station relocated to Cranbourne.
Casey Radio has a proud tradition of broadcasting diversely and features a variety of presenters active in the past when they were part of testing broadcasts.
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