96.5 Wave FM

96.5 Wave FM is a local radio station servicing the Wollongong & Illawarra region of New South Wales. The station can be heard from Helensburgh in the north, to Bowral in the west, and Ulladulla in the south. Originally known as 2WL, on the AM band, the station has been broadcasting since the 1930s.

Hosts

Travis Winks, Mel Grieg & Chris Lee are the hosts of 'The Illawarra's Fun Breakfast Show' which runs from 5-9am each weekday. Wave FM News chief, Rob Gooda presents half-hourly news, sport and weather updates for the show - with Dave Clark taking over in the afternoon.

Current weekday schedule:

5am-9am: Breakfast with Jade, Trav & Chris
9am-11am: Mornings with Lydia
11am-2pm: Workday with Andy
2pm-6pm: Drive Home with Tiffany
6pm-10pm: Nights with Hutzy

Weekends feature various announcers including Hutzy, Jade and Lydia & Ray

Wave Fm is live and local 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no other networked programs.

Demographic

The station was originally skewed to a baby boomer demographic, playing the best of the 60's, 70's and 80's, as well as a few new tunes. However recently they have incorporated more and more new music, and is now a mix of 80's 90's and new music.

Slogan

The slogan for the station is currently "80's To Now" showing that they play a mix of songs from those eras. Previously they have used "80's, 90's And Now", "The Illawarra's Best Music Variety," "Radio that Rocks," and "Playing Whatever We Feel Like" slogans.

Ratings

Cumulative audience all people aged 10+, 5am-12midnight, Monday to Sunday is 76,200. Audience share is 19.2%.

News

News is presented at 5:00am, 5:30am, 6:00am, 6:30am, 7:00am, 7:30am, 8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00pm on weekdays. News is on the hour between 9am and 6pm on weekends.

Rob Gooda (5:30am-11:30am, weekdays. Saturday Mornings)

Dave Clark (12:00pm - 6:00pm, weekdays)

News runs for 4 minutes and includes local, national, international news, sport, weather and finance. In breakfast and drive time slots traffic news airs.

Announcers

The Breakfast Show was hosted by

• Dave Gorr & Phebe Irwin (?-07)
• Dave Gorr & Greg Vincent (2007-08)
• Dave Gorr, Greg Vincent & Jade Papesch (2008-10)
• Sammy Power & Dave Gorr (2011)
• Sammy Power & Greg Vincent (2011)
• Sammy Power, Greg Vincent & Travis Winks (2011-12)
• Travis Winks & Jade Papesch (2012-2013)
• Travis Winks & Emma Bennett (2013-2015)
• Travis Winks & Mel Greig (2016-2018)
• Mel Greig, Travis Winks & Chris Lee (2018)
• Travis Winks & Chris Lee (2018 - Current)