Coast FM

Background In response to the establishment of FM community radio stations around Australia, a group of councillors from the South Western regions of Adelaide approached the Kingston College of TAFE – now known as the Onkaparinga Institute of TAFE – in 1985, regarding the establishment of a comunity radio station on campus. A steering committee was formed in 1986.Southern and Western Broadcasters registered an expression of interest with the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and the first transmission operating as SKY-FM was held over four days in June 1986 from a caravan adjacent to the transmission tower at the rear of the college.Following the success of the first trial broadcast with borrowed equipment, the Australian Broadcasting Commission made a redundant stereo radio desk available with grants and donations facilitating the purchase of studio equipment.A TAFE-funded course allowed the construction of studios in a demountable classroom.SKY TALK programmes were broadcast on Radio