3UZ Tower Demolition

The old 3UZ tower at Lower Plenty has been demolished to make way for a housing estate.
The station now transmits from a nearby site
multiplexed into a mast shared with other stations.
"The Greater" 3UZ was one of Melbourne's High
rating stations in the golden days of radio but then they all rated well as there were not that many on the dial and none of this modern FM stuff.
3UZ is now a racing and sport station "Sport 927"

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• melbourne
• radio
• 3uz
• amradio
• demolition
• vk3ase

[jenssoderberg]

For Bobs sake, get to the point! I do not listen to radio, i do not own a television set just because of these stupid commercials.

But perhaps this is the point of this video, that really managed to annoy me. -Thumbs down, and i do it again just out of reflex.

[vk3ase]

Sorry i posted a video that made you waste valuable time watching it even though

it annoyed you.

[JC7876]

Listen closely to the ads for Carpet City. At 1:13 the address is 574a North Rd, Ormond. Then at 1:51 it's moved to 584 North Rd, Ormond. Did they have two stores, or was it John Deek's stuffing up?

[vk3ase]

Carpet City was in an old movie theater that was quite big and may have covered a few addresses

along Nth Rd and also i think they may have had a few shop fronts as well

[tjay130]

Did I see a rod in the video..check it out when the time is at 2:41 something goes through the view from left to right around the middle of the screen. I saw a show on rods and it looks like one to me. Its very quick.

[vk3ase]

Sorry but it is just a boring bird. I had a look at the

original HD footage and the shots from another cams on a wider angel and it is plainly a bird

chasing an insect or something. Anyway i checked

out what rods are and now i know. You lean a new thing every day. Will keep a lookout.

[beachsandinspector]

What a waste of a decent tower, would have been better to leave it and use it for mobile phone / internet no hassles getting permissions then to put up a mast.

Once the suburb is full of people they all will complain of horribile mobile phone / internet and want it improved but they do not want the tower / antennas to make it happen, silly NIMBY people.

[ottoclinton]

Don't know when it was knocked down but the mast was amongst all commercial AM masts around View bank and Lower Plenty,VIC. Peter Byrne claims he could bring "3uz 930" in as far as The Story Bridge in Birsbane eager to hear Don Lunn on the number 1 radio station in Aus in the days of great radio.The Dj's included Sam Anglsea, Allan Lappin,Jimmy Hannan,Bill Gates,Ken Sparkes,John Vertigan,Johnny Chester,Graeme Cherry,Stan Rofe,Rod Spargo,Peter Byrne,John Deeks

[battlestarone]

when he advertised the shag shop,i was on the floor,where i come from that got nothing to do with carpets.

[bellsook]

where was this and when was it knocked down

[uumina]

hey how tall was this mast?

[ausday92]

@JC7876 I stuffed up !!

[MicMogul]

Sounds fantastic on digital and still great AM coverage too. Lots of tuned loops on hotels and TABs across region.