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River 94.9 FM

South East Queensland radio station as part of the Australian family-owned Grant Broadcasters network

River 94.9 FM is a South East Queensland commercial radio station with an emphasis on music variety. The station targets the 35-54 demographic with a blend of music to reflect their audience. River 94.9 encompasses music, entertainment, community engagement, audience interaction, traffic reports and hourly news updates on weekdays and weekends, or half-hourly updates during breakfast shows. River 94.9 has an exclusive arrangement with Channel Nine to their National News nightly at 6pm.

It immerses itself in community activity through its outside broadcast scheduling. The station covers over 45 major events during the year, including The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, The Ipswich Festival, and Amberley Airbase activity to the V8 Supercar Races at Willowbank.

The River 94.9 website actively works in parallel with on-air activity and offers information on shows, news and what’s happening in regards to River 94.9.

Listeners find River 94.9 by tuning into 94.9 FM or through the website. River 94.9 can be heard from Toowoomba/Darling Downs to the Gold Coast. Its signal covers the South East corridor of Queensland and can be heard by a potential audience of over 1.2 million people.

River 949 was established in late 2001. It immerses itself in community activity through its outside broadcast scheduling. The station covers over 45 major events during the year, including The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, The Ipswich Festival, and Amberley Airbase activity to the V8 Supercar Races at Willowbank.

In 2006, River 949 underwent a change of format in order to mirror the demographic and lifestyle of the South East corridor of Queensland.

Last updated by Shannon Hore (2011-10-29)