[1] 2000s The then Australian Broadcasting Authority issued a radio license area plan for the Sunbury region on 22 June 2000, which determined that a community radio station license should be granted for the area.
[2] The station was established to provide local news, information and community access to the township of Sunbury, in outer north west metropolitan Melbourne, as well as to the surrounding localities of Diggers Rest, The Gap, Couangult and Toolern Vale.
The station has been involved with battle of the band competitions, broadcasting community events.
This work resulted in 3NRG being invited to speak for the first time as a keynote at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's national conference on small station innovation.
[6] Previously considered a rural town, Sunbury has experienced growth since the 1970s with the expansion of Melbourne's metropolitan area.