About Us

Gippsland FM is the local community radio station in the central Gippsland / Latrobe Valley area in Victoria, Australia. Situated in the town of Morwell, we are like almost 400 other Community Radio Stations around the country. Whilst the ABC is funded by our taxes, and commercial radio through advertising, a fundamental platform for Community broadcasting is that it can be funded by direct contribution from listeners.

Gippsland FM is a non-profit, volunteer-run organisation which aims to provide an alternative radio service for the local community, complementing and supplementing the national and commercial radio networks.

The official station call-sign is 3GCR-FM, however the station has been using the name “GIPPSLAND FM” for the past twenty-five years or more. The station is owned and operated by the Gippsland Community Radio Society Co-operative Limited and broadcasts on a frequency of 104.7 on the FM band and online.

Membership and participation is open to anyone in the community. All members can have a say in the running of the station. Community groups and individuals who may not wish to become broadcasters, but are keen to support their local station, can become subscribers and contribute in many other ways to our day-to-day operations (including technical, non-technical, physical and intellectual).

For more information on subscriptions and the benefits, please contact us.

Our Values

We value the following:

People – our members being treated with dignity and respect, viewing the community as our primary stakeholder and maintaining a bias in favour of the disabled and those under-represented in our community (and in mainstream media).

Honesty and Integrity – our organisation operating with honesty through open, ethical and trustful leadership with these qualities being exhibited by all members to each other and our stakeholders.

Teamwork – with a commitment to building common goals based on open communication and concern and support for each other.

High Performance – doing the best we can, always including compliance with all legal, ethical and community obligations including our sector Codes of Practice.

Social Responsibility – operating our organisation in a socially and environmentally responsible manner that embodies good corporate citizenship.

Primary Activity

For the purposes of Part 2.6 of the Law, the primary activities of the co-operative are:

To operate as a charitable institution established for the principal purpose of advancing culture, radio and music by establishing, maintaining, operating and promoting community radio station 3GCR to provide free broadcasting services for the direct benefit of the public including:

• Negotiating, obtaining and maintaining broadcasting licences;
• Providing regular updates during an emergency event;
• Encouraging and developing the uses of radio and media for education, public affairs, social and cultural commentary, information, community issues and entertainment;
• Conducting entertainment, promotions, concerts, cultural activities, meetings, conferences, community information, seminars or courses on matters of interest;
• Furnishing, equipping and maintaining studios, production facilities and transmission facilities;
• Teaching, training, educating and providing services for the training of any persons involved in the preparation and broadcasting of content;

Making available to the community the facilities to create and produce local content for broadcast; and To operate and maintain a gift fund to be known as the Gippsland Community Radio Gift Fund in accordance with the requirements of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) and other such purposes as are incidental or ancillary to this primary activity purpose.

The co-operative can only exercise the powers it has in the applicable laws to carry out these primary activities and do all things incidental or convenient in relation to the exercise of power under this clause.