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Radio station
Red FM
was a commercial radio network covering regional
Western Australia
. Formerly only broadcasting to mine sites, Red FM later covered every town north of
Perth
and following the re-branding of
WAFM
, included the major centres of
Broome
,
Port Hedland
,
Karratha
and
Geraldton
. Red FM was a part of the Redwave Media Group owned by
Seven West Media
and targeted 18 to 39 year-old listeners with a
contemporary hit radio
format. Red FM operated under the Australian radio callsigns 6RED, 6HED, 6FMS and 6GGG.
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Red FM was launched in 1998, initially as a mining radio station providing news and music to the remote mining areas. It later extended its broadcast reach to other remote areas and towns that were previously served by
WAFM
. Red FM had the largest geographical service area for a commercial radio network in the Southern Hemisphere. Its target audience was the 4?50 group with a potential listening audience of 185,000 people statewide. Red FM generally broadcast to the same area as its sister, the
Spirit Radio Network
.
In October 2019, Red FM was included in the sale of Redwave Media to
Southern Cross Austereo
.
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On 16 March 2020, Red FM programming was replaced with that of
Hit Western Australia
, with local advertising feeds retained for
Broome
,
Geraldton
,
Karratha
,
Port Hedland
and remote Western Australia.
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