How much to run the station?

It costs just over $170 an hour to keep the station operational. That’s a little more than $4,100 a day.  This covers everything including the electricity to broadcast, songwriter royalty fees ,record company royalty fees, broadcast equipment maintenance and replacement and general operational costs.

Of course one of the larger costs in most businesses is staff salaries. Radio is no exception – and doing radio well requires a professional and experienced team of technicians and announcers. And that is certainly what we have at Light FM. Most of our team have sacrificed far higher paying jobs in the commercial world to be part of Light FM and make a real difference in the lives of people across Melbourne.