3MDR, a community station in the Victorian Dandenongs, is celebrating its 40th year with an exhibition Broadcasting Local Legends at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum. You can sit in the makeshift studio and then soak in the history of the station through videos, rare audio clips, iconic music posters and listening to their podcast. The exhibition is free and on display until Sunday March 8.
The inaugural 3MDR team, from the station website
3MDR started test transmissions in 1985 as 89.9FM before settling at 97.1FM in 1990 when the full broadcasting licence was granted.
The station has lived beside the Cockatoo water tower, behind Mary and Lionel Lattemer’s house in a bus which was fitted out as a radio station, a milk bar in Belgrave and above the Mechanic’s Hall in Emerald.
Images: Brianna Speight from Facebook.