97.3 Coast FM’s Paul Voight calls time-out on Mandurah

6 February 2026 97.3 Coast FM announcer and 91.7 The Wave Music Director Paul Voight has called for a time-out on his radio show, pivoting to a media and communications position with NBL1 West basketball club Rockingham Flames. Voight announced to listeners on his top-rating Coast Drive show that Friday February 13 will be his last day on-air…. Read More

Tracey Kol appointed General Manager of Warrnambool’s 3YB FM & Coast FM

15 January 2026 Tracey Kol has been promoted to the role of General Manager at ACE Radio Network’s Warrnambool stations 3YB FM and Coast FM. Tracey was previously Sales Manager at the network. ACE Radio CEO Mark Taylor said “Tracey has demonstrated strong leadership and commercial capability, and she will, in due course, appoint a new Sales Manager… Read More

Barrie Quick announced as new General Manager of West Coast Radio

16 October 2025 West Coast Radio has announced the appointment of Barrie Quick as its new General Manager. With over 35 years of radio experience across the Perth, Sydney and Melbourne markets, Quick brings a wealth of leadership and expertise to the company, as well as a commitment to strengthen the presence of West Coast Radio’s two stations,… Read More

Grant Kereama takes on Coast Drive

10 October 2025 Grant Kereama is the new host of Coast’s Drive show, switching roles with Jon Dunstan, with the legendary NZ broadcaster bringing his signature warmth and...

Mandurah radio stations join forces to support Homelessness Awareness Day

29 August 2025 For the eighth consecutive year, Mandurah’s 97.3 Coast FM and 91.7 The Wave have teamed up with West-Aus Crisis and Welfare Services for their annual Winter Appeal supporting Homelessness Awareness Day 2025. “The cost-of-living crisis has put pressure on our community, many are doing it tough… so we urged those who could, to chip in… Read More

West Coast Radio Chairman Ian Bassett-Scarfe to step down after 40 years

13 June 2025 After four decades as West Coast Radio’s Chairman of the Board, Ian Bassett-Scarfe – the man who helped bring commercial radio to Mandurah – is stepping down.Ian will hand the reins to his son, Adam.A Mandurah local, Ian was an integral part of the West Coast Radio story, joining forces with school friend Ian Willock… Read More

Coast’s Feel Good 500 returns

29 May 2025 Coast FM is bringing back one of New Zealand's favourite radio traditions, the Feel Good 500, a listener-voted countdown of the top 500 feel-good songs...

A radio dynasty: Third generation broadcaster Ben Vertigan joins the industry

20 February 2025 Three generations of one family, united by their passion for broadcasting.A love of radio clearly runs deep in the Vertigan family.Seventeen-year-old Ben Vertigan has officially kicked off his radio career at Warrnambool’s 3YB FM/COAST FM, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather before him.Ben is the son of Jon Vertigan, 16-time ACRA winner,… Read More

Great catch: Fishing Fellas joins forces with Hi Tide on Coast FM 693

29 January 2025 For two decades, it’s been the go-to destination for all things angling on the NSW Central Coast.And this month, Coast FM 963’s Fishing Fellas has joined forces with Hi Tide, thought to be the longest running fishing and boating radio program in the world.After more than three decades on air, the Hi Tide Fishing and… Read More

Ace Radio’s Lachlan Rooke and Donna Gladman Walk Out of the Shadows for Lifeline

8 September 2024 To commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday, September 10, Coast FM and 3YB FM’s Lachlan Rooke and Donna Gladman will walk 9km in Warrnambool...

LiSTNR scores an ACE

1 July 2024 From today, July 1 2024, ACE Radio's 21 stations will be available to stream on the LiSTNR app, in a new partnership between the pair....

Southern Cross Country: NZ’s first dedicated country station

6 December 2023 New Zealand has its first dedicated country music radio station called Southern Cross Country playing the classics and latest hits from local and international talent....

The new patron of COAST-FM is John Singleton, AM

23 February 2023 John Singleton has become a patron of NSW Central Coast community station COAST-FM. He visited the station to record an interview with journalist, Skaie Hull,...

Two ACE radio stations celebrate coming of age

31 July 2020 ACE Radio have celebrated the 18th birthdays of both its Coast FM Warrnambool and Mixx FM Hamilton stations. That’s right, they’re both now old enough...

Warrnambool radio’s Lois Chislett to retire at years end

9 December 2019 Long-serving ACE Radio journalist, Lois Chislett, is set to retire at the end of the year. Lois’ radio career began at 3YB Warrnambool in 1973, having...

Random 30 gets Aced

1 April 2019 The Random 30, Grant Broadcasters’ highly successful networked night show has added another eight stations from the ACE Radio Network, taking the tally to 26...

Is Mandurah the home of free cars?

2 March 2018 Coast FM wraps another 97 Days of Summer. Another summer has come and gone, and one more Coast FM listener has just won a brand-new...

Coast FM on top of Warrnambool ratings

7 April 2015 The first Warrnambool survey in 8 years has been released with Coast FM controlling 37.7% of the available audience and leading the market in all...

Wild weather no match for Coast FM’s Trampbusters

25 June 2014 The wild weather conditions in Australia's eastern states this week have hit most communities in one way or another. Stations have been reporting damage and...

97.3 Coast FM Breakfast Crew helping to raise money for Cure Cancer Australia

29 May 2014 Most people don’t need an excuse to hoe into a bacon and egg barbecue breakfast, but there was added incentive at RAC Mandurah last Friday...

Did the rain dance work?

19 March 2014 Monday, March 17th marked 100 days without rain in Mandurah, the longest dry spell in the Peel region city since records began in 1907. Captain Coast,...