6PPM

Hit 92.9

City	Perth
Broadcast area	Perth
Branding	Hit 92.9
Slogan	Hits & Old Skool
Frequency	92.9 MHz FM (1990–)
First air date	22 April 1937 (1937-04-22) (as 6PM) 31 December 1990 (1990-12-31) (as 6PPM)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Language(s)	English
ERP	40 kW
Former callsigns	6PM (1937–1990)
Former frequencies	990 kHz AM (1937–1990)
Affiliations	Hit Network
Owner	Southern Cross Austereo (Consolidated Broadcasting System Pty Ltd)
Sister stations	Mix 94.5
Website	Official website

Hit 92.9 (call sign: 6PPM) is a radio station broadcasting in Perth, Australia. The station is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network and broadcasts on the 92.9 MHz frequency. 92.9's studios used to be located at 283 Rokeby Road, Subiaco. In March 2007, they moved to a purpose-built broadcast centre with sister station Mix 94.5, at 450 Roberts Road, Subiaco.

Hit 92.9 was originally 6PM on the AM band, beginning broadcasting on 22 April 1937 making it the third commercial radio station in Perth. Originally broadcasting from radio mast in Fremantle, the station moved its transmission mast to Coffee Point in South Perth in 1940 to give better reception to listeners north of Perth.

By the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s broadcast a Top 40 format on 990 kHz. The station secured significant listener market (AC Neilson) share despite a rival station (96FM) gaining a monopoly on the FM band in the 1980s.

On 31 December 1990, the station was one of two additional Perth radio stations to gain a licence to convert to the FM band. They became 92.9 6PM-FM; then subsequently PMFM. The official call sign was changed to 6PPM for regulatory purposes to reflect the move to FM. During most of the 1990s PMFM was Perth's number one radio station.

The 2000s saw PMFM change their name to The All New 92.9, and then to just 92.9. In February 2006, 92.9 changed its logo in line with the rest of the Today Network. In 2007 92.9 and sister station Mix 94.5 moved to a new purpose built building at 450 Roberts Road in Subiaco.

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