WOW FM 100.5

WOWfm 100.5 (ACMA call sign 5WOW[1]) is a community radio station based in Semaphore, South Australia, named in reference to its location in Adelaide's Western suburbs.

From 1994 through 2000, WOWfm held a number of short-term licences under the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Temporary Community Broadcasting Licence (TCBL) scheme, broadcasting on 100.7 MHz.

[3] In October 2005, WOWfm's studios were the subject of an arson attack, causing $50,000 worth of damage[5] and taking the station off-air for at least two weeks.

[7] In 2010, WOWfm held a fundraising concert at the Semaphore Palais to raise funds for the purchase of a new mast to broadcast "louder and wider across Adelaide".

WOWfm has won multiple South Australian Community Broadcasters Association (SACBA) Bilby Awards,[10] including Small Station of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020.