Classic 87.6 Carnarvon

When the people of Carnarvon kept saying the big commercial stations no longer played the oldies, someone finally did something about it: Classic 87.6 began transmitting in the Western Australian coastal town in June 2020, and its signal has been spinning vintage hits ever since.

The playlist runs from the 1940s to the late 1970s, covering big band, country, pop and rock in one continuous flow. Frank Sinatra and Doris Day sit comfortably beside the Beatles, Neil Diamond, Elton John, ELO and ZZ Top - as the station puts it, if the big stations don't play it, they certainly do.

Beyond Carnarvon itself, the service has spread to Jurien Bay and Lancelin further down the coast, and the internet stream carries the Home of the Classics signal to listeners everywhere. For anyone whose musical heart lives in the mid-20th century, it makes a warmly programmed oldies web radio to listen online for free.