mountains 89.1 broadcast area the upper and mid blue mountains slogan your voice your community frequency 89.1 mhz fm first air date january 8 1993 format community radio transmitter coordinates 33 42 45 s 150 18 44.5 e 33.71250 s 150.312361 e 33.71250 ; 150.312361 coordinates 33 42 45 s 150 18 44.5 e 33.71250 s 150.312361 e 33.71250 ; 150.312361 owner the blue mountains public broadcasting society inc. webcast radio blue mountains stream website rbm.org.au radio blue mountains 89.1 is a not for profit all volunteer community radio station serving the blue mountains since 1993 . it broadcasts 24 hours a day from its studio in gang gang street katoomba to a potential audience of some 75 000 people across the blue mountains and to a much wider national and international audience through internet streaming . radio blue mountains is linked to the cbaa community radio network a national community radio network which provides a wide range of programming when local presenters are not available . the station is funded through listener support grants and limited commercial sponsorship . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 community involvement 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the blue mountains public broadcasting society inc was set up in katoomba on 25 august 1985 . initial test broadcasts were conducted in and around leura and katoomba over the next six and a half years . in june 1992 the then australian broadcasting tribunal granted a full time community broadcasting licence to the society . six months later on 8 january 1993 the society began its first official public broadcast to the community . 1 they society were provided a popcorn rent in the lower section of the nepean community college which in turn had a popcorn rent with tafe nsw at 7 gang gang st katoomba . in 1994 the station purchased a satellite dish to enable it to receive the cbaa community radio network programme feed allowing radio blue mountains 89.1 to broadcast 24 hours a day . the society celebrated its 21st anniversary in 2007 . 2 in august 2008 the station obtained a licence to broadcast on the internet and began implementing internet streaming systems . in late 2016 the cbaa formerly began invoicing and issuing internet streaming licenses separate to broadcast license and radio blue mountains took out a streaming license . in early 2015 the agm was five months overdue and the station was in difficulty of staying operational . moral was at its lowest point as people and management publicly abandoned the broadcaster . when the 2014 agm was finally held 21nov 2015 none of the former management stood for re election and none were nominated by the membership . with less than 2 days to go before the agm there was still no interest in any of the 4 vacant management committee positions to run the station . new experience was canvassed in the community . a local entrepreneur who had shown interest the year before by offering an extensive business plan to the station was contacted . he became the only nomination for president of radio blue mountains . three other members were nominated and all were unchallenged at the agm . the new management team consisted of hereward dundas taylor president francis dutton vice president willem hendricksen secretary and colin wilcox treasurer . under the leadership of the new president who also took on the full time role of station manager the station made a remarkable turn around in just 6 months . the exodus and bad press not only stopped but record levels of membership began to bolster the station ; local programming more than doubled from 25 shows to well over 50 ; new volunteers came to the station ; radio blue mountains was nominated for 4 major awards 2 local awards by the blue mountains regional business chamber business leader hereward dundas taylor and creative industries radio blue mountains and the community radio broadcasting authority of australia nominated 2 personnel at the station as one of four finalist in two national award categories volunteer contributor of the year hereward dundas taylor and youth volunteer of the year ben scott smith 13 years old at the time . the station continued to go from strength to strength and morale had returned to strengths rarely seen before . when the 2015 agm was held 21nov just 8 months after the previous agm interest in the community broadcaster had grown so significantly that the management committee had been expanded from 4 to 9 . seven positions were created at the agm but the members saw the need for this to be immediately expanded to 9 . within a week 2 additional positions were created and the majority of the management committee were new members who had joined since the 21mar 2015 . the management committee for 2016 consists of hereward dundas taylor president julie ankers vice president owen james secretary christine law treasurer and ordinary members being jenny coppock aunty susan tate indigenous representative francis dutton colin wilcox and douglas brown . in early 2016 the president learned that the state owned government building that has housed the station since it commenced officially broadcasting in 9jan 1993 was to be sold . on the 25feb 2016 the committee finally elected to separate the role of president and station manager after the president had found a suitable contender . on the 29jan the position was offered as an acting appointment to a highly experienced woman name currently withheld which will take place 21mar after a 3 week hand over . the position will be reviewed 30jun as a permanent role . radio blue mountains continues to go from strength to strength . programming edit the station s diverse programming is designed to suit the needs of the blue mountains community ranging from programs for the disabled to others featuring local bands . interviews with people of interest to blue mountains residents and occasional live outside broadcasts are also a feature of its programming . the station s programs involve a wide range of music styles including jazz country rock dance blues and classical as well as coverage of local issues and events . community involvement edit radio blue mountains 89.1 works closely with the all sections of the blue mountains community . its close relationship with the blue mountains city council has led to efforts to establish the station as an emergency communicator in times of bushfires and other catastrophes . the station encourages local musicians and runs the annual battle of the bands and highlights social and cultural activity in the upper blue mountains through on air interviews along with its daily promotion of community events through its community notice board segments . see also edit list of australian radio stations references edit blu fm history . blu fm . 2008 . archived from the original on 2008 07 20 . retrieved 2008 07 15 . external link in publisher help our blu heaven . blue mountains gazette . 2007 06 20 . archived from the original on 8 august 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 15 . external link in publisher help external links edit official website v t e radio stations in sydney am and fm stations with an asterisk are also available on digital am stations abc radio national 576 abc newsradio 630 702 abc sydney 2gb 873 2ue 954 sky sports radio 1017 sbs radio 1 1107 2ch 1170 2rph 1224 2sm 1269 rete italia 1539 vision radio network 1611 2moro radio 1620 2me radio arabic 1638 2mm 1665 the greek radio of australia 1683 sw stations 2355 ozy radio 3210 ozy radio 5050 fm stations sydneywide muslim community radio 92.1 abc classic fm 92.9 koori radio 93.7 fbi 94.5 smooth 95.3 nova 96.9 sbs radio 2 97.7 2000fm 98.5 2rph 100.5 wsfm 101.7 fine music 102.5 hope 103.2 2day fm 104.1 triple m 104.9 triple j 105.7 kiis 106.5 2ser 107.3 fm stations local mood fm 87.6 vintage fm 87.6 87.8 88.7 penrith hawkesbury & camden voice of islam 87.6 radio austral 87.8 2rdj 88.1 burwood wsfm 88.3 camden 2rrr 88.5 ryde radio skidrow 88.9 inner west 89.1 radio blue mountains katoomba 2glf 89.3 liverpool eastside radio 89.7 waverly hawkesbury radio hawkesbury 2nbc 90.1 narwee 2mwm 88.7 90.3 manly 2ccr fm 90.5 cumberland c91 .3 campbelltown the edge 96 . one 96.1 katoomba wsfm 99.1 richmond northside radio 99.3 north shore move fm 99.5 wentworth falls 2ssr 99.7 sutherland swr fm 99.9 blacktown triple h 100.1 hornsby 2mcr 100.3 campbelltown & camden wow fm 100.7 penrith bfm 100.9 bankstown 2lt 101.1 wentworth falls digital only stations 2sm dance super digi fun super digi gorilla radio zoo digital abc abc dig music abc country abc jazz abc grandstand abc extra arn the edge digital pure gold 80s pure gold 90s chemist warehouse remix macquarie radio network nts nova entertainment koffee coles radio sbs radio sbs chill sbs poparaby sbs popasia sbs popdesi sbs radio 3 sbs radio 4 sca buddha radio kinderling more digital stardust the range triple m classic rock digital sky sports radio sky sports radio 2 sky thoroughbred 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