perth branding hit 92.9 slogan hits & old skool frequency 92.9 mhz fm 1990 first air date 22 april 1937 1937 04 22 as 6pm 31 december 1990 1990 12 31 as 6ppm format top 40 chr language s english erp 40 kw former callsigns 6pm 1937 1990 former frequencies 990 khz am 1937 1990 affiliations hit network owner southern cross austereo consolidated broadcasting system pty ltd sister stations mix 94.5 website official website hit 92.9 call sign 6ppm is a radio station broadcasting in perth australia . the station is part of southern cross austereo s hit network and broadcasts on the 92.9 mhz frequency . 1 92.9 s studios used to be located at 283 rokeby road subiaco . in march 2007 they moved to a purpose built broadcast centre with sister station mix 94.5 at 450 roberts road subiaco . contents 1 history 2 transmission 3 digital radio 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit hit 92.9 was originally 6pm on the am band beginning broadcasting on 22 april 1937 making it the third commercial radio station in perth . 2 originally broadcasting from radio mast in fremantle the station moved its transmission mast to coffee point in south perth in 1940 to give better reception to listeners north of perth . 3 by the 1960s 1970s and 1980s broadcast a top 40 format on 990 khz . the station secured significant listener market ac neilson share despite a rival station 96fm gaining a monopoly on the fm band in the 1980s . pmfm logo on 31 december 1990 the station was one of two additional perth radio stations to gain a licence to convert to the fm band . they became 92.9 6pm fm ; then subsequently pmfm . the official call sign was changed to 6ppm for regulatory purposes to reflect the move to fm . during most of the 1990s pmfm was perth s number one radio station . the 2000s saw pmfm change their name to the all new 92.9 and then to just 92.9 . in february 2006 92.9 changed its logo in line with the rest of the today network . in 2007 92.9 and sister station mix 94.5 moved to a new purpose built building at 450 roberts road in subiaco . in december 2014 southern cross austereo announced 92.9 will rebrand as hit 92.9 . 4 the rebrand took place on 19 january 2015 . transmission edit hit 92.9 s broadcast centre in subiaco which also houses mix 94.5 since being on the fm band hit 92.9 has broadcast from a transmitter situated next to the channel 7 tower from bickley in the perth hills . it shares its transmitter site with sister station mix 94.5 and 96fm . they use a combiner and share the same antenna array . the original am transmitter for 6 pm was situated at coffee point in applecross . the erp is at 40 kw omnidirectional covering the north and south of perth . as well as covering perth hit 92.9 can be heard as far north as new norcia south to waroona and east to northam . digital radio edit hit 92.9 is simulcast on digital radio in perth . hit 92.9 launched choose the hits jelli a station only broadcast on digital radio was launched on 1 february 2010 and closed on 26 may 2010 . citation needed see also edit mix 94.5 list of australian radio stations references edit radio stations in perth wa . world radio map . 2014 . retrieved 13 january 2014 . radio 6pm reunion . western australian television history . 14 april 2010 . retrieved 13 january 2014 . advertising . . sunday times . perth western australia national library of australia . 3 november 1940 . p. 6 . retrieved 13 january 2014 . http mumbrella.com.au today network rebrands todays hit network 268396 further reading edit business as usual for radio stations says gary roberts . radio stations sold by jack bendat to austereo for 100m . managing director gary roberts to stay on . campaign brief sept. 1997 p. 6 miraudo nadio.snap crackle and pop . popular breadfast radio announcers in competition to win competitive breakfast radio ratings mix 94.5 botica s bunch paul shepherd lisa shaw and fred botica 96 fm s paul redmond and bary kay battle with 92.9 pmfm s gary shannon jane marwick and bernie brittain . sunday times perth w.a. 6 august 2000 p. 41 external links edit hit 92.9 austereo v t e southern cross austereo television southern cross nine southern new south wales australian capital territory regional victoria regional queensland spencer gulf broken hill southern cross ten northern new south wales spencer gulf broken hill southern cross television seven affiliate remote eastern and central australia darwin spencer gulf broken hill tasmania multichannels aspire tv yesshop joint ventures central digital television darwin digital television tasmanian digital television radio queensland stations hit network hit 105 brisbane 97.9 hot fm atherton 103.5 hot fm cairns 94.7 hot fm emerald 100.3 hot fm mackay 102.5 hot fm mount isa 107.9 hot fm rockhampton 95.1 hot fm roma 103.1 hot fm townsville 93.1 sea fm bundaberg 90.9 sea fm gold coast 89.1 hot fm kingaroy 101.9 sea fm maryborough 100.7 hot fm toowoomba 91.9 sea fm sunshine coast triple m local works 104.5 triple m brisbane 92.5 gold fm gold coast 103.5 mix fm maryborough 864 4gr toowoomba 102.3 4to townsville 99.5 sea fm cairns 98.7 sea fm mackay 101.5 sea fm rockhampton 92.7 mix fm sunshine coast new south wales stations hit network 2day fm sydney 106.9 nxfm newcastle 101.3 sea fm gosford central coast 104.9 star fm albury 105.5 star fm coffs harbour 93.5 star fm dubbo 99.7 star fm griffith 105.1 102.3 star fm kempsey port macquarie 105.1 star fm orange 93.1 star fm wagga wagga triple m local works 104.9 triple m sydney 102.9 kofm newcastle 105.7 the river albury 106.3 2cs coffs harbour 107.7 2go gosford central coast 2rg 963 griffith 106.7 100.7 2mc kempsey port macquarie 105.9 2gz orange 1152 2wg wagga wagga victorian stations hit network fox fm melbourne 91.9 star fm bendigo 99.5 star fm mildura 96.9 star fm shepparton 94.3 97.9 star fm warragul gippsland triple m local works 105.1 triple m melbourne 93.5 3bo bendigo 97.9 sun fm mildura 95.3 3sr fm shepparton south australian stations southern cross austereo hit 107 adelaide 104.7 triple m adelaide 963 5se mount gambier 96.1 star fm mount gambier western australian stations hit network hit 92.9 perth 106.5 hot fm albany 100.5 hot fm bridgetown 95.7 hot fm bunbury 97.9 hot fm kalgoorlie 94.9 hot fm katanning 105.1 hot fm merredin 100.5 hot fm narrogin 96.5 hot fm northam triple m local works mix 94.5 perth radiowest 783 albany radiowest 900 bridgetown radiowest 963 bunbury radiowest 981 kalgoorlie radiowest 1071 katanning radiowest 1098 merredin radiowest 918 narrogin radiowest 864 northam other stations tasmanian stations hit 100.9 hobart heart 107.3 hobart joint venture stations hit 104.7 canberra mix 106.3 canberra digital only stations buddha radio national loveland national stardust national triple m classic rock digital sydney melbourne and brisbane triple m modern rock digital adelaide and perth previous digital stations triple m perth perth only radar music national barry national the main stage national choose the hits national high voltage radio national radio gaga national caravan radio national i see red national u20 national v t e radio stations in perth am and fm stations with an asterisk are also available on digital am stations abc newsradio 585 rete italia 657 720 abc perth radio national 810 6pr 882 6rph 990 6ix 1080 6mm 1116 mandurah tab racing radio 1206 2me radio arabic 1656 fm stations vision radio network 87.6 88.0 magic fm 87.8 89.7 fm wanneroo 91.3 sportfm fremantle rtrfm 92.1 hit 92.9 nova 93.7 mix 94.5 6eba 95.3 96fm 96.1 sbs radio 96.9 97.3 coast fm mandurah abc classic fm 97.7 98.5 sonshine fm triple j 99.3 curtin fm 100.1 noongar radio 100.9 capital 101.7 fm kcr 102.5 kalamunda mac fm 103.3 perth fm 104.9 107.3 heritage fm armadale radio fremantle 107.9 fremantle digital only stations abc abc country abc jazz abc grandstand double j triple j unearthed capital radio network grant broadcasters kix country my perth digital x digital macquarie radio network news . talk . sport nova entertainment smoothfm perth sbs radio sbs chill sbs poparaby sbs popasia sbs popdesi sbs radio 1 sbs radio 3 sbs radio 4 southern cross austereo buddha radio kinderling more digital triple m classic rock digital triple m modern rock digital community capital 101.7 digital iris perth previous and aspirant stations 6ar 100.9 6pcr 91.3 groove 101.7 fm australia radio markets adelaide brisbane canberra darwin gold coast hobart melbourne newcastle perth sydney see also list of radio stations in australia coordinates 31 56 46 s 115 49 13 e 31.9461 s 115.8203 e 31.9461 ; 115.8203 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hit 92.9 & oldid 737146688 categories radio stations in perth western australiaradio stations established in 1937contemporary hit radio stations in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from june 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2010coordinates on wikidata navigation 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