Cityfm
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| Broadcast area | Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Frequency | 94.9 MHz FM |
| Format | 80s & 90s Retro |
| Owner | Central Melbourne FM Inc |
CityFM is a former temporary broadcasting station in Melbourne, Australia.
City FM in Melbourne Australia was established and developed in Melbourne, Australia to provide for a community-based radio service to the diverse inner city population of Melbourne; thus it was identified as CityFM.
The station also presented a mix of new music, with club classics - and gained its popularity primarily based on the music mix, however the radio station offered a number of personalities and a format that was a viable listening alternative to the mainstream commercial broadcasters.
City FM was one of many temporary broadcasters at the time vying for a full-time radio licence, that was to be issued to not-for-profit organisations by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.
The first of the temporary radio stations, were suburban community radio broadcasting groups, which under the broadcasting legislation in place in the 1980s the then Australian Broadcasting Tribunal permitted up to two weeks of temporary broadcasts per broadcast group with a maximum allocation of 4 weeks per annum. These broadcasts were referred to at that time as "Test Broadcasts", designed to test either facilities of readiness to broadcast and audience response to the proposed service being trialled at the time of the test broadcast.
The incoming Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) was established under the Australian Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and its role was to provide for additional radio services. Part of this role was the extension of the "Test Broadcast" system to allow for more flexibility and therefore providing more options for new community-based groups and narrowcasters to enter broadcasting - something which was not able to occur previously.
One of the effects of this was the establishment of long period "temporary licences" for periods of up to 90 days. The first group in Australia to participate in the long term temporary licence permitted by the new ABA was HitzFM in Melbourne, Australia (Founded by Anton Vanderlely)in late 1993.
By 2001, there were many temporary community radio stations in Melbourne (and similarly in Sydney) vying for a limited number of full-time licences, these included: Joy FM, Kiss 90FM, KIX 91.5, Hitz FM, Laugh Radio, StreetFM/Street Nation, Employment Access Radio (EAR FM), HotFM Chart Radio, Golden Days Radio - Caulfield, SRA (RIMT University, Melb), 3MU (Monash University, Caulfield), SubFM (La Trobe University, Bundoora), and Kool'N'Deadly (3KND - Preston).
The first of the CITY FM temporary broadcasts was established in what was known as the "Tandy Building" in Moorabbin Victoria. The transmitter site was at Casseldon Place on the Melbourne CBD, which provided around 25 km coverage from a 250 Watt FM transmitter through a single folded dipole antenna.
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