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{{about||the New Zealand radio station|The Edge (radio station)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox radio station | name = Edge Radio 99.3FM | logo = | city = [[Hobart]], Tasmania | area = Greater Hobart | frequency = 99.3 [[megahertz|MHz]] [[FM broadcasting|FM]] | translator = | repeater = | format = [[Community Radio]] | language = English | power = | class = | facility_id = | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = | owner = [[Tasmanian Youth Broadcasters]] | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = {{URL|http://www.edgeradio.org.au/}} }} '''Edge Radio''' (call sign: '''7EDG''') is a community radio station situated in the Australian city of [[Hobart]]. It is a youth oriented station, with most of its presenters under the age of thirty.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kane |first=Young |date=2 May 2007 |title=Edge Radio's birthday bash |work=The Mercury |pages=9}}</ref> It began broadcasting in February 2013 and receiving a license from the [[Australian Broadcasting Authority]] in December 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kane |first=Young |date=4 April 2013 |title=Edge radio turns 10 and that's just the start |work=The Mercury |pages=5}}</ref> Edge Radio focuses on local music, running a Tasmanian music show weekly. The studio is located in the [[University of Tasmania]]'s Hobart campus.<ref name=":0" /> It has won numerous CBAA Community Radio Awards, including for Excellence in News and Current Affairs Programming (2019), and Best Station Fundraising Campaign β Small Station (2021).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Past CBAA Community Radio Award Winners |url=https://www.cbaa.org.au/awards/past-cbaa-award-winners |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Community Broadcasting Association of Australia |language=en}}</ref> In 2003 Edge Radio won Community Radio Station of the Year at the CBAA Community Radio Awards.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=John |date=1 December 2003 |title=Young radio station snares major awards |work=The Mercury |pages=7}}</ref> == References == <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.edgeradio.org.au Edge Radio] {{Hobart FM}} {{Coord|42|54|13.9|S|147|19|36.3|E|display=title|type:landmark_region:AU}} [[Category:Radio stations in Hobart]] [[Category:Community radio stations in Australia]] {{Hobart-stub}} {{Australia-radio-station-stub}}
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