Southern FM is the local community radio station for the south, south-eastern and bayside suburbs of Melbourne with a population of over 470,000.

The second test broadcast was from the store room of the now demolished East Bentleigh Community Hall The station was originally established to cover the then municipal areas of Chelsea, Mordialloc, Sandringham, Caulfield, and Brighton.

Following many moves of studios and offices, the radio station ended up at Railway Crescent Moorabbin, above the (now) former Salvation Army Opportunity Shop.

Southern FM presents an extremely wide and diverse mixture of general entertainment and specialist interest music and spoken word based programs.

[1] Southern FM, like many other community radio stations in Melbourne, has incorporated many non-English speaking groups into the programme schedule.