greater western sydney branding 70s til now and local shows for the community slogan love living local frequency 99.9 mhz fm first air date 27 september 2003 format community radio power 200 watts haat 175m callsign meaning 2 new south wales standing wave ratio owner swrfm community media association inc. sister stations none webcast swrfm listen live website official website swr fm acma callsign 2swr is a community radio station based in blacktown in sydney . the station broadcasts to parts of greater western sydney mainly to the city of blacktown city of fairfield and the city of holroyd . the mission of swr fm is to offer the community a voice and an opportunity for anyone to access the airwaves regardless of age gender nationality or experience . swr fm is a mostly volunteer run organisation and is funded through listener support grants and limited commercial sponsorship . contents 1 history 2 current 3 programming 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit what is now swr fm grew out of a group of people who had initially started in the 1980s as aspirant broadcaster wow fm . eventually forming as swr fm in 1992 the station started conducting regular test transmissions on 88.3 fm and later on 100.3 fm . these are fully operational and programmed broadcasts but were usually limited to one or two weeks at a time . 1 in 1994 the then australian broadcasting authority agreed that swr fm could use its 90 days per year of temporary transmission time by broadcasting every weekend rather than using up all the time in one or two blocks . this enabled the station to have a continuous presence within the community . in 1999 the station was able to broadcast full time under new temporary community broadcasting licences . however it spent much of 2001 and 2002 off the air citation needed due to problems encountered in sharing the frequency with another temporary broadcaster . 2 in 2003 a licence was issued to swr fm and they commenced full time broadcasting on saturday 27 september 2003 . 3 current edit swr fm is now home to busco for brekky and jd for drive . the shows both provide local news weather and traffic and play adult contemporary hits . using its own outside broadcast unit swr fm regularly broadcasts from local shows and festivals including the blacktown and holroyd festivals blacktown show horsley park carols rooty hill australia day celebrations and other local events . the station has a long history of giving air time to local bands . its small day in programs feature live gigs of local musicians and bands . swrtember was launched on saturday 20 september at blacktown showground to promote local upcoming talent . in 2011 australian rock band dragon headlined swrtember and played a 45 minute set live to air . 4 programming edit the station s overall format is adult contemporary branded the 70 s til now but also covers a wide range of music styles through local access shows . genres covered include jazz country and heavy metal . swr fm also broadcasts programs that are presented by special interest groups or in languages other than english . 5 6 see also edit list of australian radio stations references edit allocation of temporary community radio licences pdf . acma . october 2007 . archived from the original pdf on 2008 07 30 . retrieved 2008 07 15 . andree wright 24 september 2001 . investigation summary pdf . australian broadcasting authority . retrieved 2008 07 31 . the history of swr fm . swr fm . 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 31 . external link in publisher help dead link dragon come to blacktown url https www.facebook.com dragonmusic posts 165841076832981 john mckenna 10 july 2005 . linwood house on swr fm . friends of linnwood . retrieved 2008 07 31 . external link in publisher help voice of bangladesh on swr fm . vob . 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 31 . 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 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