Triple M Perth (official callsign: 6MMM) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. The station is broadcast to Perth, Western Australia from studios in Subiaco.

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The station commenced broadcasting in 1937 as 6PM, initially on the AM band at a frequency of 1000 kilohertz,^[1] before converting to the FM band as 6PM-FM on 31 December 1990. The station was later branded as PMFM, The All New 92.9, 92.9 and Hit 92.9. On 1 December 2020, the station was relaunched as Triple M, switching network affiliation with sister station Mix 94.5.^[2]

History[edit]

Triple M Perth was originally 6PM on the AM band, beginning broadcasting on 22 April 1937 making it the third commercial radio station in Perth.^[3] Originally broadcasting from a 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.^[4]

By the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it broadcast a Top 40 format on 1000, later 990 kHz. The station secured significant listener market (ACNielsen) share despite a rival station (96FM) gaining a monopoly on the FM band in the 1980s.

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.

2001 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.

On 19 January 2015, Southern Cross Austereo rebranded 92.9 as Hit 92.9.^[5]

On 1 December 2020, Hit 92.9 relaunched as Triple M Perth, joining the Triple M network and adopting a mainstream rock music format. The Hit Network affiliation was switched to sister station Mix 94.5.^[2] The station was officially launched at 8:00am with a welcome message from Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, with 'All My Life' being the first song played on the newly-relaunched station.^[6]

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Transmission[edit]

Since being on the FM band, Triple M Perth has broadcast from a transmitter site next to the Channel 7 tower from Bickley in the Perth Hills. It shares its transmitter with sister station Mix 94.5 and 96fm. They use a combiner and share the same antenna array. The Bickley site is redundant now and the main site is at Carmel into the same antenna array as Nova 93.7 and Mix 94.5. The original AM transmitter for 6PM was at Coffee Point in Applecross. The ERP is at 40 kW, covering the north and south of Perth. As well as covering Perth, Triple M 92.9 can be heard as far north as New Norcia, south to Waroona and east to Northam.

Digital radio[edit]

Triple M Perth is simulcast on digital radio in Perth.

Triple M Perth 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]

References[edit]

1. ^'Radio 6PM Reunion'. Western Australian Television History. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
2. ^ ^abPrestipino, David (18 November 2020). 'Perth FM radio powerhouses to get a 2021 makeover'. WAtoday. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
3. ^'Radio 6PM Reunion'. Western Australian Television History. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
4. ^'Advertising'. Sunday Times. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 3 November 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
5. ^Southern Cross Austereo’s Today Network rebrands as Today’s Hit NetworkMumbrella 17 December 2014
6. ^'Triple M Perth kicks off with digs at 96FM and the rest of Australia'. Radio Today. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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 breakfast 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]

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KIII, virtual channel 3 (VHFdigital channel 8), is an ABC-affiliatedtelevision stationlicensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. KIII's studios are located on South Padre Island Drive (SH 358) in Corpus Christi, and its transmitter is located near Robstown, Texas.

On cable, KIII is available on Charter Spectrum and Grande Communications channel 5.

History[edit]

KVDO[edit]

The station was originally launched in 1954 as KVDO-TV, broadcasting on channel 22 as the Corpus Christi market's first television station. KVDO was a primary affiliate of the DuMont network,^[1] but carried secondary affiliations with NBC until KRIS-TV took the air in May 1956, CBS until KZTV signed on in September 1956,^[2] and ABC.^[3] It was one of several television stations across the United States that took part in a 1956 lawsuit to prevent VHF stations from being added in their markets, on the grounds that UHF stations in that era typically suffered financially or even went out of business entirely if they had any VHF competition.^[4] The lawsuit was unsuccessful, however, and KRIS and KZTV were both on air as VHF stations by fall 1956.^[1] Around the same time as the VHF stations were launched, as well, the DuMont network collapsed.

KVDO carried on as an independent station, and was sold to H. J. Schmidt's South Texas Telecasting Company in April 1957.^[5] It temporarily suspended broadcast operations in August pending what was announced at the time as a reorganization of its studio layout,^[6] but a federal tax lien was filed against the station by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in September.^[7] In October the station received FCC approval to stay off the air until January 1958,^[8] but by November 1957, the former KVDO studio had been sold to KRIS-TV,^[9] and the station did not relaunch.

Dormancy and relaunch as KIII[edit]

Following the demise of the original KVDO, South Texas Telecasting petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to add a third VHF allocation on Channel 3 at Corpus Christi due to KVDO's failure as a UHF station. Other cities also wanted the Channel 3 allocation; however, following a lot of struggle, channel 3 was ultimately allocated to Corpus Christi, and hearings to award the channel began in 1961.^[10] South Texas Telecasting was one of three applicants for the channel, alongside Nueces Telecasting and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times,^[11] but the Caller-Times withdrew its application in 1962 after its owner, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, acquired the San Antonio Express-News.^[12]

South Texas Telecasting was awarded channel 3 in December 1962,^[13] but Nueces Telecasting then filed a protest alleging that awarding the channel to South Texas Telecasting would violate the FCC's regulations on concentration of media ownership.^[14] Nueces withdrew its petition in June 1963 after South Texas Telecasting agreed to pay the company $40,000.^[15]

KIII[edit]

The station relaunched on May 4, 1964 as a full ABC affiliate,^[16] and retains that network affiliation today. It was originally planned to retain the original KVDO call sign, but its call sign was changed to KIII by the time it launched.^[16]

South Texas Telecasting, which had by this time added Clinton D. McKinnon as its major stockholder and executive vice president but still retained most of its original board of directors, later evolved into McKinnon Broadcasting, who remained the station's owners until 2010.

In 1969, KIII started a satellite in Victoria, Texas, KXIX (channel 19), to bring ABC programming to that area. In 1976, KXIX was sold to local ownership. It now operates as Fox affiliate KVCT.

On April 29, 2010 it was announced that KIII would be acquired by London Broadcasting Company.^[17] which the sale was closed on August 31.^[18] On September 18, 2011, KIII began broadcasting newscasts in high definition.

On May 14, 2014, the Gannett Company announced that it would acquire KIII and five other LBC stations for $215 million. Gannett's CEO Gracia Martore touted that the acquisition would give the company a presence in several fast-growing markets, and opportunities for local advertisers to leverage its digital marketing platform.^[19] The company also owns fellow Texas ABC affiliates WFAA and KVUE, which it had acquired in its purchase of Belo Corporation. The sale was completed on July 8.^[20] 13 months later, on June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KIII was retained by the latter company, named Tegna.^[21]

Digital television[edit]

Digital channels[edit]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]

KIII shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 8.^[26] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3.

Programming[edit]

KIII carries the entire ABC schedule, with a half-hour delay on Friday late-night programming during the UIL/TAPPShigh school football season for an extended newscast with Friday night highlights. Syndicated programming on KIII includes The Big Bang Theory, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Wheel of Fortune, and Modern Family. Corpus Christi is one of the few television markets to carry both Wheel and Jeopardy! on separate stations; Jeopardy! airs on NBC affiliate KRIS-TV.

News operation[edit]

KIII currently airs 21½ hours of local news programming each week (with 3½ hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station also produces its own high school football highlight show when in season; the program airs on Fridays immediately after the 10 p.m. newscast. The station has been rated #1 consistently, beating its nearest competitor, KRIS by a significant margin.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Around the Dial with Dorothy Stanich'. Corpus Christi Times, May 3, 1964.
2. ^'KVDO gets CBS Cable Service'. Corpus Christi Times, July 15, 1956.
3. ^'ABC 'Racket Squad' Sold in Two Languages'. Billboard, January 19, 1957.
4. ^'Court Is Asked to Keep TV Stations Off Air'. Elwood Call-Leader, April 19, 1956.
5. ^'TV Sale Okayed'. Austin American-Statesman, April 5, 1957.
6. ^'KCCT Has New Link Transmitter'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, August 24, 1957.
7. ^'Federal Tax Lien Filed Against KVDO'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, September 26, 1957.
8. ^'KVDO-TV Gets Extension of Time Off Air'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, October 16, 1957.
9. ^'KRIS-TV Starts Operating In New Studio Tomorrow'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, November 14, 1957.
10. ^'FCC To Begin Oral Hearings Monday on Channel Three'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, November 12, 1961.
11. ^'Oilman Is Principal In TV Application'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, July 28, 1960.
12. ^'Caller-Times Will Drop TV Station Application'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, April 16, 1962.
13. ^'FCC Examiner Recommends that KVDO Get Channel 3'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, December 4, 1962.
14. ^'Channel 3 Deadline For Reply Extended'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, February 11, 1963.
15. ^'Channel 3 TV Competitor Withdraws Its Application'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, June 28, 1963.
16. ^ ^ab'Open House Slated Today At New Station, KIII-TV'. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, May 10, 1964.
17. ^http://www.caller.com/news/2010/apr/29/dallas-based-company-to-buy-kiii-tv/
18. ^http://www.caller.com/news/2010/aug/31/dallas-company-buys-kiii-tv/?partner=newsletter_headlines
19. ^'Gannett Buys 6 London Broadcasting Stations'. TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
20. ^Gannett Completes London Broadcasting Buy, TVNewsCheck, Retrieved 8 July 2014.
21. ^'Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed | TEGNA'. Tegna. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
22. ^RabbitEars TV Query for KIII
23. ^Where to Watch Me-TV: KIII
24. ^Find out what's on KIII ION tonight
25. ^RabbitEars TV Query for Cozi TV
26. ^'DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds'(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links[edit]

• KIII in the FCC's TV station database