North West FM

98.9 North West FM is a local community radio station with a full time license based in Glenroy in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station is dedicated to providing service, communication, information and entertainment to our members, supporters and to the people of our community.Our official name is North West Community Radio Association Inc.History:Following a public meeting on 5th November 1987, the North West Community Radio Association was formally inaugurated and later incorporated in November 1988.√ò Our first transmission was made from the Broadmeadows TAFE College in November 1988.√ò The Department of Transport and Communications made a full time licence available early in 1990. North West FM applied for it and was successful.√ò A Transmitter Licence was issued and full time transmission commenced on 8 April 1993.√ò The North West FM website was launched in 2000. The website was re-developed and re-launched in its current version on 17 November 2005