5SEF, branded on-air as 96.1 Star FM

Star FM (Australian radio network)

Star FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.The brand was created in 1999 by DMG Radio Australia. In 2004 Macquarie Regional RadioWorks bought all the stations except Star 104.5FM on the New South Wales Central Coast which is...

, is an Australian radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 owned by Southern Cross Media. The station is based in Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....

 South Australia

South Australia

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. Like most of the Star FM network, the only local program that is broadcast from Mount Gambier is the Breakfast Program. All other programming is networked from Albury

Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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 or the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

 in Queensland

Queensland

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. 5SEF started broadcasting in 1998 and is a sister station to 5SE.