A NEW radio station designed to celebrate Canberra’s centenary and promote local talent has been launched today. 

“Canberra 100,” launched by MIX 106.3 and 104.7, will be available on the new Digital Spectrum and is currently being trialled in the ACT.

Promoters say the station has been designed to “celebrate Canberra’s milestone year and along with the best in commercial music any events running to celebrate the centenary, along with pieces highlighting the cities beginnings and moments in time since 1913.”

Canberra 100 will also put the call out to unsigned local artists to submit their original music for the chance to have it played on the station in segments dedicated to up and coming musicians and bands.

Canberra FM Radio General Manager Eoghan O’Byrne says “I am excited that we can use the technology that is being trialed in the region to create a truly local format in the form of our Canberra 100 ‘pop-up’ station and demonstrate what the advances in radio broadcasting technology
can offer the region.”

Canberra 100 will be on-air until after the official Centenary weekend celebrations conclude on March 12 and new content will regularly added to the station reflecting what is happening in the region today along with what was happening in our growing community through the past 100 years.

Canberra 100 can only be listened to with a digital receiver which are available at all major electrical retailers such as The Good Guys, Domayne, Harvey Norman, Dick Smith and Bing Lee.