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SYN Media
Student Youth Network Inc., operating as SYN Media /sɪn/, 90.7FM is an Australian youth-run not-for-profit organisation providing media training and broadcasting opportunities for young people. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and independent media that is made by and for young people in Melbourne.
Founded in 2000, volunteers aged 12–25 – produce content for FM and DAB+ radio, television, print and online. A 2006 McNair listener survey showed a similar age group, 15–24, as the largest age group listening to community radio in Australia. SYN is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.
SYN is a youth-led radio station that broadcasts approximately 40 programs per week. To maintain diversity, volunteers independently select content based on genre or themes, covering music, film, news, culture, comedy, and talk shows. Flagship programs include music showcases, interviews with emerging artists, and educational workshops.
Each year, SYN supports and trains 300+ volunteers under the age of 26 to produce radio, podcasts, TV and online media. This is in addition to the 3,500 school students who take part in SYN's Media Learning programs, including the flagship 'Schools on Air' program and live 'all ages' music events.
In June 2025, SYN announced radio broadcaster and music journalist, Jane Gazzo as their new GM.
SYN Media formed on 13 June 2000 as Student Youth Network Inc. as a merger of two student radio projects – 3TD, based at Thornbury-Darebin College, and RMIT University's Student Radio Association. A merger was to take place between 3TD, SRA, La Trobe University's SUB FM, Swinburne University's 3SSR, Monash University's 3MU and Deakin's BAS Radio as the Melbourne Student Radio consortium. However, talks broke down due to disagreements around giving high school students access to the station in less desirable timeslots and less board access, leading SRA general manager Jesse Nonneman to approach 3TD managers Colin Thompson and Paul Van Eeden about splitting away from the consortium. It broadcasts on 90.7FM in Melbourne.
The new organisation would be known as SAY-FM – Student And Youth FM – however, this was changed to SYN before the group's first meeting. With the aim of promoting young people as "creators not just consumers of media", funding was ensured through the Victorian Education Department, with the financial backing of then-Education Minister Mary Delahunty, and support from state minister Justin Madden and federal minister Martin Ferguson.
In 2001, the organisation secured one of four community radio licenses broadcasting to the Greater Melbourne area, alongside 3KND, JOY 94.9 and Triple Seven (now 89.9 LightFM), and on 28 January 2003 SYN FM launched, broadcasting on 90.7FM.
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SYN Media
Student Youth Network Inc., operating as SYN Media /sɪn/, 90.7FM is an Australian youth-run not-for-profit organisation providing media training and broadcasting opportunities for young people. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and independent media that is made by and for young people in Melbourne.
Founded in 2000, volunteers aged 12–25 – produce content for FM and DAB+ radio, television, print and online. A 2006 McNair listener survey showed a similar age group, 15–24, as the largest age group listening to community radio in Australia. SYN is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.
SYN is a youth-led radio station that broadcasts approximately 40 programs per week. To maintain diversity, volunteers independently select content based on genre or themes, covering music, film, news, culture, comedy, and talk shows. Flagship programs include music showcases, interviews with emerging artists, and educational workshops.
Each year, SYN supports and trains 300+ volunteers under the age of 26 to produce radio, podcasts, TV and online media. This is in addition to the 3,500 school students who take part in SYN's Media Learning programs, including the flagship 'Schools on Air' program and live 'all ages' music events.
In June 2025, SYN announced radio broadcaster and music journalist, Jane Gazzo as their new GM.
SYN Media formed on 13 June 2000 as Student Youth Network Inc. as a merger of two student radio projects – 3TD, based at Thornbury-Darebin College, and RMIT University's Student Radio Association. A merger was to take place between 3TD, SRA, La Trobe University's SUB FM, Swinburne University's 3SSR, Monash University's 3MU and Deakin's BAS Radio as the Melbourne Student Radio consortium. However, talks broke down due to disagreements around giving high school students access to the station in less desirable timeslots and less board access, leading SRA general manager Jesse Nonneman to approach 3TD managers Colin Thompson and Paul Van Eeden about splitting away from the consortium. It broadcasts on 90.7FM in Melbourne.
The new organisation would be known as SAY-FM – Student And Youth FM – however, this was changed to SYN before the group's first meeting. With the aim of promoting young people as "creators not just consumers of media", funding was ensured through the Victorian Education Department, with the financial backing of then-Education Minister Mary Delahunty, and support from state minister Justin Madden and federal minister Martin Ferguson.
In 2001, the organisation secured one of four community radio licenses broadcasting to the Greater Melbourne area, alongside 3KND, JOY 94.9 and Triple Seven (now 89.9 LightFM), and on 28 January 2003 SYN FM launched, broadcasting on 90.7FM.