Student Youth Network
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| Abbreviation | SYN |
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| Formation | 2000 |
| Merger of |
3TD Student Radio Association |
| Type | Broadcast, online |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Slogan | Where young people run the show |
| Website | syn |
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| City | Mt Dandenong |
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| Broadcast area | Melbourne |
| Branding | SYN 90.7 |
| Slogan | "Where young people run the show" |
| Frequency | 90.7 MHz FM |
| First air date | 28 January 2003 |
| Format | Community, Youth |
| ERP | 56 kW |
| Callsign meaning |
3 - Victoria Student Youth Network |
| Former frequencies | 94.9 MHz FM (test broadcasts) |
| Owner | SYN Media (Student Youth Network Inc.) |
| Sister stations | SYN Nation |
| Website | www |
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| City | Mt Dandenong |
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| Broadcast area | Melbourne |
| Branding | SYN Nation |
| Slogan | "Where young people run the show" |
| Frequency | 204.64 MHz DAB |
| First air date | 1 April 2014 |
| Format | Community, Youth |
| ERP | 56 kW |
| Owner | SYN Media (Student Youth Network Inc.) |
| Sister stations | SYN 90.7 |
| Website | www |
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| Genre | Television production |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | SYN Media |
| Headquarters | Melbourne |
| Website | syn |
SYN Media (Student Youth Network Inc.) is an Australian youth-run media organisation that provides training and broadcast opportunities for young people. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and independent media that is made by and for Melbourne's young people. It's a multi-media organisation utilising radio, television, and online. Approximately 80,000 people tune into SYN's radio broadcast on 90.7 FM weekly. Volunteers are all aged 12–25 years, and fill various roles in the organization. These include presenting and producing programs and working within the various departments including radio, TV, online, music, talks, marketing and publicity, IT and technology. A 2006 McNair listener survey showed a similar age group, 15–24, as the largest age group listening to community radio in Australia.
SYN has three major production departments: SYN Radio, SYN TV, and SYN Online.
SYN produces two independent broadcasts - SYN 90.7, on 90.7 FM; and SYN Nation, on DAB+ digital radio. The two stations also simulcast online. While programming on both stations rotates four times each year in seasons, a number of flagship programmes remain consistent, including:
Other seasonal programmes cover a broad range of subjects.
SYN evolved out of MSR (Melbourne Student Radio) which consisted of Thornbury High's (then Thornbury Darebin College) 3TD, RMIT's SRA, Latrobe University's SUB FM, Swinburne University's 3SSR, Monash University's 3MU and Deakin's BAS radio. MSR had a one-month temporary aspirant broadcast licence in 2000 between August and September. Due to in-fighting at the board level of MSR, SRA station manager Jesse Nonneman approached Colin Thompson and Paul Van Eeden (the teachers from Thornbury High) and proposed a split from MSR to form a new youth radio station that would have 50% content from primary and high school students and 50% university content. The new station was called SYN FM, or Student Youth Network.
The full-time licence application was co-authored by Nonneman (SRA station manager), Simon Goodrich (SRA assistant manager), Van Eeden (3TD president) and Thompson (3TD treasurer). The public hearings held at the Melbourne Town Hall in 2000 (to hear the claims of the 22 aspirant radio stations) with Professor David Flint saw Goodrich, Van Eeden, McCarthy and RMIT University lecturer and ABC Media commenter Lee Burton represent SYN. The tag line for the application was "creators not just consumers of media". The budget plan for SYN was paid for by the Victorian Education Department with the backing of the Education Minister Mary Delahunty, who also donated her own money towards the costs of the lawyers developing the SYN constitution. Delahunty personally launched the SYN incorporated company in 2000 with two students from 3TD, Moshidi Manaka and future comedian Danny McGinlay. SYN had the backing of a number of ministers including state minister Justin Madden and federal minister Martin Ferguson. The original board included members from the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria and other Victorian youth bodies. When the licence was allocated to SYN in 2001 the then ABA (ACMA) commended SYN for being inclusive of all youth groups, citing in particular the involvement of Multicultural Youth Affairs Victoria and the Debaters Association of Victoria.
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