From our humble beginnings broadcasting from a caravan to the area's leading local radio station!
We have grown to become the area’s leading local radio station and our region’s only community radio station.
During the day we play a selection of hits and classics from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s right through to today’s best songs. And what would community radio be without the diverse selection of specialist music programs that we broadcast of an evening? From blues to jazz to rock – we’ll take you there!
Your Community, Your Station
Our studios are based in Salamander Bay and we’re on-air 24/7 with a strong signal extending across all of Port Stephens; from Karuah and Hawk’s Nest in the north, across to Maitland in the west and to Lake Macquarie in the south. We also stream our broadcast live 24/7 from our website, so you can take PSFM with you, wherever you go in the world.
At PSFM we love our community and aim to keep you up-to-date with local information, news, weather and what’s on in the greater Port Stephens area. If you have an upcoming event you would like people to know about, please click here.
Station History
100.9 Port Stephens FM’s first test transmission was broadcast across the airwaves on the 1st of April, 1993 from the peak of Wanda Head, Salamander Bay; transmitting 30 Watts on the 95.3FM frequency from our mobile studio – the caravan!
By the end of the year, we were transmitting 200 watts from a studio in Stockton Street, Nelson Bay with a signal-boost from the main transmitter at Gan Gan Hill Lookout. Our 90 day broadcast licence allowed us to operate for seven days each month.
In February 1998 we were granted a 5-month 24-hour licence and since July 1998 we have operated on a full-time licence. During those first years, PSFM’s service to the community included: local employment services, interviews with State and Federal Members of Parliament, Port Stephens Council news, emergency service announcements, Street Beat interviews with the local chief inspector and local weather reports from Coastal Patrol (now Marine Rescue).
During 1999, PSFM was able to secure a new directional aerial on our tower, allowing even greater transmitting strength to the west. July 2000, saw the relocation of our studios from Nelson Bay to the Tomaree Community Centre in Salamander Bay where we operate today.
It is with great thanks to our Foundation President Benni Lind and the hard work of all the founding committee and subsequent members of PSFM that we are the great station that you hear today.