About EasyFM

The radio station was established in 1993 to deliver music of yesterday to today. From its humble beginnings in broadcasting to a few streets in Umina (NSW), the station has grown and now broadcasts across the Central Coast throughout the Hunter, Northern Suburbs of Sydney and into the Blue Mountains.

The station is now located in its modern studios in North Gosford. Staffed solely by volunteers, our community station broadcasts 24 hours a day 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Radio Five-O-Plus is not just for those ages 50 plus, but for anyone that appreciates music from the 60’s through to the 80’s, specialising in easy listening and music that brings back memories.

As well as music we have community/local events, regular news, sport, traffic and weather reports throughout the day. Tune your radio to EasyFM at 93.3FM today.

The management of EasyFM

The station operates like most other organisations that you may be familiar with. There is a Board, a Station Manager reporting to the Board, the volunteers who assist the Station Manager in the day to day operation of the station as well as various committees as may be defined in the station policies and procedures.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at the Erina Fair Library Complex, Meeting Space 3, Erina, NSW, 2250 from 3pm and commencing at 3:30pm sharp. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact the radio station on 4325 1950 if you are attending.

Station Governance

The station is governed by an elected Board. Board members are nominated and then elected by the radio station members at the Annual General Meeting. Reporting to the Board is the Station Manager, Allan Maddox. The Board members for 2025 are:

Easy Fm board

David Rogerson

Chairperson

Sonia Gerakios

Vice-Chair

Ann Fredericks

Secretary

Janine Rowling

Treasurer

Lance Rudd

Ordinary member

Station Policies & Documents

Underlying the Station Governance are the station policies listed below. Please contact us if you’d like a copy of one of the policies. Alternatively, you can download a copy of a document by clicking on the appropriate document listed below:

History of Radio Five-O-Plus

Radio Five-0-Plus was born due to radio buffs Phil Paterson and Ian Hill who felt the need for a local community radio station in the Woy Woy Peninsular area catering for seniors’ music tastes.

Timeline of events

  • March 1993 – Radio Five-0-Plus first went to air during Seniors Week in March 1993.
  • August 1993 – Regular broadcasting began two days per week using a small room above a pharmacy in Umina as the “studio”.
  • 1994 -With the help of Gosford Council, a transmitter was set up on Rumbalara at East Gosford with increased power of 200 watts, giving a much wider listening area. The studio was relocated to Mann Street Gosford. Broadcasts were provided on weekends and later extended to included Mondays.
  • 1999 – the right to broadcast 24/7 was granted.
  • February 2001 – a new transmitter was installed on Rumbalara at East Gosford which increased the power of our signal to 1,000 watts.
  • 22 November 2002 – a Permanent Broadcasting Licence by the Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) was granted with the call sign 2SNR on the frequency of 93.3MhzFM.
  • 16 February 2005- National Radio News was broadcast six times per day on weekdays and three to four times per day on weekends. 
  • March 2005 – Some wonderful staff members donated and fitted out a caravan to create our own mobile studio named “Little Bippy”.  On 20 March 2005, Little Bippy’s first outside Broadcast occurred from the Terrigal Seniors Citizens Club to coincide with 2005 Seniors Week.
  • 30 June 2005 – the transmitter was relocated to Somersby with the installation of a new antenna system.  Broadcasting commenced in stereo at 2000 watts from a Mixed Polarised antenna.
  • 2007 – Radio Five-O-Plus broadcasting licence was renewed for another five years.
  • 12 June 2009 – the station relocated from Mann Street to the current premises at Unit 13/31 Dwyer Street, North Gosford.
  • 2011- The station began broadcasting Macquarie Radio News and a further increase of news bulletins took place in 2012.
  • February 2012 Australian Communication Media Authority (ACMA) granted renewal of 2SNR’s Permanent Broadcasting Licence to 2017.
  • April 2012 – Little Bippy was retired and the radio took delivery of a Community Liaison Van donated by Freemasons Northern Region Branch, Diggers at the Entrance, Gosford RSL Club, Gosford RSL Sub-branch, the Central Coast Leagues Club and our own station fund-raising.
  • April 2012, the transmitter and antenna were relocated to a new adjacent radio tower and share a common antenna, in a joint venture, with two other local community stations.  All three community stations now broadcast at 2,000 watts each in stereo, from a Vertical Antenna. 

From a very small beginning by the founding members, we now have:

  • a dedicated staff of presenters who select their own music and present live broadcasts daily
  • dedicated support staff to assist the presenters and handle the phones as well as manage the office work to keep the station up and running 24/7.
  • the station covering the whole Central Coast area from the Hawkesbury River to Lake Macquarie plus we have listeners in the Blue Mountains, Northern Beaches and Newcastle.
  • with the advent of streaming, we have listeners tuning in from regional areas, interstate and overseas.

However, we wouldn’t be in business but for the wider community who listen to us every day and who have supported us.

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