3RPH
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox radio station
| above =
| name = Vision Australia Radio
| callsign = 3RPH
| logo = Vision_Australia_Radio_logo.png
| logo_size = 120px
| logo_alt =
| logo_caption =
| area = Victorian Community RA1
| frequency = {{ubl|AM: {{Frequency|1179|kHz}}|DAB+: 9A/9B Melbourne}}
| rds =
| branding =
| format = Radio reading service
| subchannels =
| network = Vision Australia Radio
| affiliations = {{ubl|RPH Australia|BBC World Service}}
| owner = Vision Australia
| licensee = Vision Australia Limited
| operator =
| sister_stations =
| founded =
| airdate = {{Start date|df=yes|1982|12|12}}
| last_airdate =
| former_callsigns =
| former_names =
| former_frequencies = AM: {{Frequency|1629|kHz}} (1982–1990)
| callsign_meaning = Radio for the Print Handicapped
| licensing_authority = ACMA
| acma_bsl = 3540
| power = 5000 W{{cite book |title=Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition |date=October 2019 |publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority |pages=8,58,123 |url=https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-10/stations_book_electronic_edition_0.pdf}}
| coordinates = {{coord|-37.742016|145.113168|display=inline,title}}
| repeaters = {{ubl|AM: {{Frequency|882|kHz}} Warrnambool|FM: {{Frequency|93.5|kHz}} Warragul}}
| webcast = {{TuneIn|id=Vision-Australia-Radio-Melbourne-1179-s107725/}}
| website = {{URL|https://radio.visionaustralia.org/}}
}}
3RPH is a community radio station owned and operated by Vision Australia as part of the Vision Australia Radio network. The station broadcasts a radio reading service to Melbourne, Victoria, with repeater services in Warragul and Warrnambool, Victoria.
The station commenced broadcasting on 12 December 1982 at 1692 kHz AM,{{cite web |url=http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=749 |title=blindness and low vision services |publisher=Vision Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105015226/http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=749 |archive-date=5 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Farouque |first1=Farah |title=Why Leach is getting serious all over |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/12/1039656162108.html |work=The Age |date=12 December 2002 |access-date=1 January 2008}} before moving to the 1179 kHz AM frequency vacated by 3KZ.
3RPH is also a member of Radio Print Handicapped Network and a BBC World Service partner station.{{cite web |url=http://www.rph.org.au/ |title=RPH Australia website |access-date=2007-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/help/2007/12/071204_asiapacificeng.shtml |title=FM/AM in the Asia and Pacific regions: English |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101031251/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/help/2007/12/071204_asiapacificeng.shtml |archive-date=1 January 2008 |url-status=live}}
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Category:Radio stations in Melbourne
Category:Radio reading services of Australia
Category:Radio stations established in 1982
Category:1982 establishments in Australia
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