Sounds Of The Fleurieu - EFM - Victor Harbor

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A Brief History

EFM's studios are located at

18 Seaview Road

Victor Harbor

South Australia.

EFM is now classified as a Community Radio Station,

broadcasting on a temporary full time license which was awarded

by the ABA (Australian Broadcasting Association) in Dec 1997.

Encounter FM Community Broadcasters Association Inc. was incorporated as a non-profit organisation on the 11th of October 1991.

The station provides local news and information whilst also promoting tourism in the region. Major events are locally covered with various forms of our Outside Broadcast facilities. The charter includes the provision of assistance to emergency services in times of flood, bushfire, etc., and on the other hand, non profit community groups have access. They can promote activities free of charge. Furthermore, schools and colleges have access to facilities for media studies etc. The audience is a mix of all age groups, and many listeners have said that they have tuned permanently, listening to all program styles.
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The station went to air for the first time in April 1992 from an outside broadcasting van located at TAFE, Victor Harbor. In June 1994 the Association was granted a lease of a council building by the District Council of Victor Harbor, this building has now been developed to provide the station with an office complex, two sound proof broadcasting studios and production facilities.

EFM started broadcasting from the present site in October 1994 on 89.3 MHz via a micro wave link to its main transmitter site located 8 km North East of the studios. Early in 1997 the ABA gave permission for EFM to operate a second frequency 94.7KHz from a transponder at Strathalbyn.

At the end of 1997 the ABA issued a temporary full time license to EFM and a third frequency 88.3MHz from a transponder near Yankalilla. The broadcast area, footprint, covers the towns and townships of the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula.

The Association currently has over 150 subscription members and over 60 on-air presenters.

Current Policy

Encounter FM will provide quality community orientated radio programming based on the premises that:

1) the primary target audience comprises all age groups, all of whom retain an interest in community affairs as a whole, plus an interest in music styles which are not normally catered for in other mediums.

2) the programming will focus on locally relevant issues and will give preference in favour of the cultures and lifestyle within the defined service area.

3) community broadcasting is an art which nurtures and fosters voluntary creative involvement from members of that community.

As a Community Broadcaster, Encounter FM operates under the Codes of Practice adopted by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, (CBAA) complying with the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

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