Bay 93.9

BAY FM

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Broadcast area	Geelong
Frequency	93.9 MHz FM
Programming
Format	Pop, Rock
Ownership
Owner	Grant Broadcasting
History
First air date	December 1989
Links
Website	bayfm.com.au

93.9 Bay FM (call sign: 3BAY) is a commercial FM radio station based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It commenced broadcasting from an old industrial estate in Corio, Geelong in 1989. Bay FM was originally licensed to Geelong Independent Newspapers, as part of the Australian Commonwealth government's bid to increase the diversity of radio services in regional centres.

Just before the official launch of the station, the parent company of Bay FM purchased the flagging 3XY Melbourne radio station (then broadcasting a mix of sift rock) from the then owners of 2SM. Under "new" management, 3XY began simulcasting from Bay-FM's Corio studios.

The on air slogan of the simulcast was "93.9 Bay FM, 1422 3XY........Great Rock 'n' Roll"

The then Australian Broadcasting Authority subsequently (after a period of approx 12 months) demanded that they cease simulcasting and recommence separate programs on each stations. 3XY continued with Hot Hits, and Bay FM relaunched with an easy listening music format. In the mid 90s, Bay FM was purchased by the Cameron company (Grant Broadcasters, owner of K-Rock Geelong) and was relocated to the K-Rock building in the centre of Geelong.

On air line-up

Shift	Show	Time
Breakfast	Laurie and Paula for Breakfast	6:00am to 10:00am
Mornings	Mark Hyland	10:00am to 2:00pm
Afternoons	Stevie-G	2:00pm to 7:00pm

At all other times the station uses an automated play list.
On the weekend it rotates it's weekday announcers and fills the gap with other announcers from Geelong/Melbourne, and is known to use voice tracking for a large portion of the weekend.