Casey Radio 3SER is a non-commercial community radio station which caters to the greater south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. As a community broadcaster, Casey Radio's role is to provide general local community programming including entertainment, news and information, and aims to "inform, entertain and involve" its listeners. The station caters to the communities' diverse needs with an eclectic mix, ranging from local council news to sport, country to comedy, retro to modern, rock to rockabilly, and a wide diversity of ethnic and multilingual programmes. The current Association President is Nia McMartin. Broadcast Area Their licence covers an area of 637.6 km² and 410 514 residents (2017). This includes most of the City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong, and eastern parts of the City of Frankston. The transmitter is limited to a maximum 400 watts of power and is located at a former landfill site off Quarry Road in Narre Warren North, Victoria. The Melbourne South East RA1 licence is bounded north by Noble Park, Dandenong North, most of Endeavour Hills, and Narre Warren North; north-east by Harkaway; east by Berwick (and part of Beaconsfield), Clyde North, and Clyde; south-east by Tooradin (and part of Dalmore); south by Blind Bight, Warneet, and Pearcedale; south-west by Langwarrin South, and Langwarrin; west by Carrum Downs, parts of Patterson Lakes, Chelsea Heights, Aspendale Gardens, Braeside, and part of Mordialloc (north of Woodlands Golf Club); and north-west by Dingley Village, Springvale South, and Springvale. History Casey Radio began life as Market City Radio in 1983, and the first test transmission was carried out from JC Mills Reserve, Dandenong on 6 May 1984. A further transmission later occurred from the Dandenong Show. After a 2-year hiatus, the station was revived by several early members, particularly life member Fred Harrison (originally from 3RPP), who assisted in the original licence application. Station facilities were established at Fountain Gate Shopping Centre on Magid Drive, Narre Warren in 1987. The frequency allotted for testing was 88.3 MHz, and the test transmissions were broad, extending to the Peninsula and the City of Knox. Some listeners even reported receiving the signal from Coburg and Geelong (which are 42 km and 83 km away respectively). These test transmissions continued four times a year (a week each time). Graeme Lewis and Andrew Tokely formed part of a technical team that oversaw the construction of the original transmission tower in April 1991.