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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox radio station | city = [[Melbourne]], Australia | above = | name = 3AW | callsign = | logo = 3AW-2.png | logo_size = 120px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = File:3aw billboard.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_alt = | caption = A 1940s [[billboard (advertising)|billboard]] advertising ''[[For the Term of his Natural Life]]'' in Melbourne | area = Melbourne RA1 | frequency = {{ubl|[[AM broadcasting|AM]]: {{Frequency|693|kHz}}|[[DAB+]]: 9B Melbourne}} | rds = | branding = | languages = English | format = [[Talk radio]] | subchannels = | network = [[Nine Radio]] | affiliations = [[Nine News]] | owner = [[Nine Entertainment]] | licensee = Radio 3AW Melbourne Pty Ltd | operator = | sister_stations = 3EE, broadcasting as [[Magic 1278]] | founded = | airdate = {{start date and age|1932|9|22|df=yes}} | last_airdate = | former_callsigns = | former_names = | former_frequencies = {{ubl|AM: {{Frequency|1425|kHz}} (1932β1935)|AM: {{Frequency|1280|kHz}} (1935β1978)|AM: {{Frequency|1278|kHz}} (1978β2006)}} | callsign_meaning = [[Allans Music|'''A'''llans]] & [[The Age|The '''A'''ge]]; and [[J.C. Williamson|J.C. '''W'''illiamson]] | licensing_authority = [[Australian Communications and Media Authority|ACMA]] | acma_bsl = 4140 | power = 5,000 [[watt]]s | coordinates = {{coord|-37.7997|144.6147|display=inline,title}} | webcast = [https://www.3aw.com.au/ Listen Live] | website = {{URL|https://www.3aw.com.au/}} }} '''3AW''' is a [[Talk radio|talkback]] [[radio station]] based in [[Melbourne]], Australia, owned by [[Nine Entertainment]]. It broadcasts on 693 [[kHz]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]]. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.<ref>If one counts Noel Pamberton Billing's [[3PB (1925-26)]] which was a Melbourne commercial radio station that was only on the air for four months, then 3AW would be Melbourne's sixth commercial station.</ref>
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