Triple M Bendigo

Triple M Bendigo (official callsign: 3BBO) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. It broadcasts to Central Victoria from studios in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square.

Triple M Bendigo (3BBO)

Bendigo, Victoria
Broadcast area	Central Victoria
Frequency	FM: 93.5 MHz
RDS	MMM93.5
Programming
Format	Mainstream rock
Network	Triple M
Ownership
Owner	Southern Cross Austereo (Radio 3BO Pty Ltd)
Sister stations	Hit91.9 Bendigo
History
First air date	4 June 1931 (1931-06-04) (as 3BO)
Former call signs	3BO (1931–1993)
Former frequencies	AM: 970 kHz (1931–1978) AM: 945 kHz (1978–1993)
Call sign meaning	Derived from former callsign 3BO – Bendigo
Technical information
Power	120 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates	36.992211°S 144.308331°E / -36.992211; 144.308331
Links
Website	www.triplem.com.au/bendigo

The station was founded in 1931 by AWA as 3BO, initially on the AM band at a frequency of 970 kilohertz,^[2][3] before converting to the FM band as 3BO FM on 5 April 1993.^[4] In 1987 it was sold by AWA to Wesgo.^[5] It was sold again in 1992.^[6]

On 15 December 2016, it was rebranded Triple M.^[7]

Triple M's Golden Square studios produce and air local programs from 6 am–10 am weekdays, including a four-hour breakfast show presented by Bryan Coghlan and Jules Greenhalf.^[8] Network programming comes from studios in Albury, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney.