Edge Radio

{{about||the New Zealand radio station|The Edge (radio station)}}

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| name = Edge Radio 99.3FM

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| city = Hobart, Tasmania

| area = Greater Hobart

| frequency = 99.3 MHz FM

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| format = Community Radio

| language = English

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| owner = Tasmanian Youth Broadcasters

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| website = {{URL|http://www.edgeradio.org.au/}}

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Edge Radio (call sign: 7EDG) is a community radio station situated in the Australian city of Hobart. It is a youth oriented station, with most of its presenters under the age of thirty.{{Cite news |last=Kane |first=Young |date=2 May 2007 |title=Edge Radio's birthday bash |work=The Mercury |pages=9}} It began broadcasting in February 2013 and receiving a license from the Australian Broadcasting Authority in December 2002.{{Cite news |last=Kane |first=Young |date=4 April 2013 |title=Edge radio turns 10 and that's just the start |work=The Mercury |pages=5}}

Edge Radio focuses on local music, running a Tasmanian music show weekly. The studio is located in the University of Tasmania's Hobart campus.

It has won numerous CBAA Community Radio Awards, including for Excellence in News and Current Affairs Programming (2019), and Best Station Fundraising Campaign – Small Station (2021).{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Past CBAA Community Radio Award Winners |url=https://www.cbaa.org.au/awards/past-cbaa-award-winners |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Community Broadcasting Association of Australia |language=en}}

In 2003 Edge Radio won Community Radio Station of the Year at the CBAA Community Radio Awards.{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=John |date=1 December 2003 |title=Young radio station snares major awards |work=The Mercury |pages=7}}

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