A failed takeover attempt by one of the losing bidders for the permanent licence, Wild FM (a more commercially oriented dance music station) pushed FBi's full-time 24/7 broadcast to August 2003.

[2] At the launch, company President Cassandra Wilkinson told radioinfo that FBi 94.5FM aims to "celebrate the creativity and diversity of the city’s music and arts communities.

[5] In 2009, FBi asked listeners to ask Richard Branson to donate $1 million to the station, with the person getting his attention being promised $50k if he came through with the goods....[6] A young Australian woman swam to his house on Necker Island to inform him of the campaign and Branson called the station to chat on air to broadcaster Alison Piotrowski.

A number of Sydney dance music promoters and collectives presented shows on the station; including Picnic, Motorik, Purple Sneakers, THUMP by Vice and others.

[7] FBi is Sydney's only independent youth radio station, broadcasting across the city with a signal strength as large as its commercial rivals - reaching Gosford, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong.

[8] FBi broadcasters have included many individuals from the Australian music and entertainment industries including: DJs & Musicians: Anna Lunoe, Nina Las Vegas, Ajax, Kid Kenobi, Mark Dynamix, Deepchild, Ro Sham Bo, Kato, Bad Ezzy, Pimmon (aka Paul Gough), Klue (True Vibenation), Johnny Segment (aka Timothy Neville), Peter Hollo, Al Grigg, Marcus Whale, Bruno Brayovic (Peabody); DOBBY, Mike Who (Planet Trip Records), Luke M de Zilva, Jaimee Taylor-Nielsen and Adi Toohey.