96fm is a radio station broadcasting in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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96fm began broadcasting on 96.1 MHz on August 8, 1980 as Perth's first commercial FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 radio station. The first record played at the 4pm launch was Steely Dan's "FM (No Static at all)" with Gordon O'Byrne the first live "jock" to air. Gary Roberts

Gary Roberts (Australian Radio)

Gary Roberts is Managing Director of Perth radio station Nova 93.7 having started his radio career in the late 60's at 3AW in Melbourne. He spent nine years on air with a number of stations including 5AD Adelaide, 2UW Sydney and 6KY Perth before moving into Programming...

 was its first Program Director.

Throughout the 1980s, 96fm provided groundbreaking innovation for Perth radio listeners.