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Best Radio Stations in Melbourne

Melbourne's airwaves are some of the best in Australia, and this is the short list worth pressing play on first. We've picked the stations that genuinely sound like the city — ABC's local desk, the footy talkers, the independent dance and bass crews, the community broadcasters and the late-night specialists — so you can tune into Naarm wherever you are. The full Melbourne catalogue is there to explore once you've found your favourites.

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ABC Local Radio Melbourne logo

ABC Local Radio Melbourne

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AU

ABC Radio Melbourne is the city's daily news, talkback and weather desk — the default first dial for what's actually happening in town.

Kiss FM 87.6 & 87.8 Melbourne logo

Kiss FM 87.6 & 87.8 Melbourne

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AU

Kiss FM is Melbourne's long-running independent dance station, deeply tied to the local club and warehouse scene and a true voice of the after-dark city.

SEN Sports 1116 Melbourne logo

SEN Sports 1116 Melbourne

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AU

SEN 1116 is the home of Melbourne footy talk — AFL, sport news and the kind of barbed barbecue debate this city runs on.

SYN Media 90.7 Melbourne 3SYN logo

SYN Media 90.7 Melbourne 3SYN

AU

SYN 90.7 is the youth-run Naarm community station where Melbourne's next wave of presenters, musicians and culture writers cut their teeth.

Gold 104.3 Melbourne 3KKZ logo

Gold 104.3 Melbourne 3KKZ

AU

Gold 104.3 is the city's commercial classic-hits flagship — the breakfast-show, drive-home soundtrack a huge slice of Melbourne actually listens to.

Smooth FM Melbourne 91.5 logo

Smooth FM Melbourne 91.5

AU

Smooth FM 91.5 covers the easy-listening side of Melbourne radio with adult-contemporary pop for slow mornings and sunset commutes along the Yarra.

Inner FM 96.5 Melbourne logo

Inner FM 96.5 Melbourne

AU

Inner FM 96.5 is the volunteer-run sound of Melbourne's inner north-east — local voices, multicultural shows and the kind of programming you only get from a proper community station.

Physical Radio logo

Physical Radio

AU

Physical Radio plugs into Melbourne's deep electronic underground with house, techno and DJ sets pulled straight from the city's club scene.

J-Air 87.8 FM Melbourne logo

J-Air 87.8 FM Melbourne

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AU

J-Air is Melbourne's Jewish community broadcaster and a great example of the multilingual ethnic radio that's woven into the city's identity.

UltraCool Radio logo

UltraCool Radio

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AU

UltraCool Radio brings a stylish, atmospheric mix of jazz, lounge, funk and soundtrack cuts — late-night Brunswick bar energy, on demand.

The Dump logo

The Dump

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AU

The Dump digs through 90s, noughties and alternative cuts — the indie-rock end of Melbourne's record-shop culture distilled into a single stream.

Hand of Doom Radio logo

Hand of Doom Radio

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AU

Hand of Doom Radio represents Melbourne's heavy underground with doom, stoner and sludge — a nod to one of the city's most fiercely loyal music scenes.

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