Triple M Bendigo

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = Triple M Bendigo

| callsign = 3BBO

| city = Bendigo, Victoria

| area = Central Victoria

| branding =

| frequency = FM: 93.5 MHz

| rds = MMM93.5

| airdate = {{Start date|1931|06|04|df=yes}} (as 3BO)

| format = Mainstream rock

| power = 120 kW{{cite book |title=Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition |date=October 2019 |publisher=Australian Communications & Media Authority |pages=24,69,104 |url=https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-10/stations_book_electronic_edition_0.pdf}}

| coordinates = {{coord|-36.992211|144.308331}}

| callsign_meaning = Derived from former callsign 3BO – Bendigo

| former_callsigns = 3BO (1931–1993)

| former_frequencies = {{ubl|AM: 970 kHz (1931–1978)|AM: 945 kHz (1978–1993)}}

| network = Triple M

| owner = Southern Cross Austereo

| licensee = Radio 3BO Pty Ltd

| sister_stations = Hit91.9 Bendigo

| website = {{URL|https://www.triplem.com.au/bendigo}}

}}

Triple M Bendigo (official callsign: 3BBO) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. It broadcasts to Central Victoria from studios in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square.

The station was founded in 1931 by AWA as 3BO, initially on the AM band at a frequency of 970 kilohertz,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182917540 New B Station: 3BO Bendigo] The Telegraph 24 June 1931 page 6{{cite web |title=3BO - The Bendigo Station |url=https://www.radioheritage.net/Story85.asp}} before converting to the FM band as 3BO FM on 5 April 1993.{{cite web |title=3BO is making the switch - AM to FM |url=https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/5/65073562febb37e3880f02b866571d202873f39f.jpg}} In 1987 it was sold by AWA to Wesgo.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122111234 Radio days are over for AWA] Canberra Times 29 October 1987 page 16 It was sold again in 1992.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118291097 Takeover costs hit Wesgo] Canberra Times 13 October 1994 page 19

On 15 December 2016, it was rebranded Triple M.[https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4189659/3bo-to-become-triple-m-after-re-branding/ 3BO to become Triple M after rebranding] Bendigo Advertiser 26 September 2016

Triple M's Golden Square studios produce and air local programs from 6{{Spaces}}am–10{{Spaces}}am weekdays, including a four-hour breakfast show presented by Bryan Coghlan and Jules Greenhalf.{{Cite web |title=Cogho & Jules|url=https://www.triplem.com.au/shows/cogho-and-mandy |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Triple M |language=en}} Network programming comes from studios in Albury, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney.