About Juice107.3

Juice107.3

Juice107.3 — callsign 4CAB — is a Christian community radio station broadcasting to the Gold Coast, Queensland on 107.3 MHz FM in Queensland, Australia. Its motto is "Good Taste Radio" — good taste as a programming philosophy — and its format blends 60% Christian music with 40% mainstream — a family-friendly mix backed by what the station calls its "Good Taste Guarantee," so the whole family can enjoy quality radio without any awkward moments — the promise on which the station's brand is built. The genre is best described as pop-Christian-top-40: contemporary, upbeat, and unmistakably positive — the sound of a station that believes radio should leave you better than it found you. It also carries news (including a simulcast of Nine News), sport and general talk programs. Directories list juice1073.com.au as its website; no website URL is set in this profile's frontmatter.

Overview

Juice107.3 is the Gold Coast's Christian community station: operated by the local Christian community, for the benefit of the Gold Coast. Although the station is a production of the Hope Media Group — the Sydney-based Christian broadcaster behind Hope 103.2 — it remains operated on its behalf by the local community. The station trades as Juice Media Ltd (ABN 63 068 323 106). Its published studios are at Studio 23, 60 Seaworld Drive, on the Gold Coast, with directory listings also showing Unit 1/6 Elliott Street, Surfers Paradise; published contacts include (07) 5571 0738 and +61 7 5636 4988, and its social handles are @juice1073. In an environment where radio has become impersonal and disconnected, the station says, Juice107.3 is proud to be local and independent — "a lot of what you hear on Juice107.3 is unique and you won't hear it anywhere else."

History

Juice107.3 was established as the Gold Coast's Christian community radio service on 107.3 FM — part of the wave of Christian community stations that took to the Australian airwaves from the 1990s, serving cities whose commercial dials offered nothing for the faith community. As a Hope Media Group production operated by the local community, it combined national Christian broadcasting expertise with Gold Coast localism from the start. The model is unusual in community radio: most Christian stations are standalone local associations, but Juice107.3 pairs the resources and programming of a national Christian broadcaster with a Gold Coast team that knows its city. The result is a station that sounds professional and feels local — the best of both worlds.

Programming

The station's music is a 60/40 blend: 60% Christian music, 40% mainstream — contemporary Christian artists alongside the safe mainstream hits, all under the "Good Taste Guarantee." The breakfast show is the station's flagship: "Breakfast with Susie," 6am to 9am each weekday — "Faith. Family. Culture. Enjoying the good taste music mix along the way." Susie Holt has been in radio for nearly 20 years and on the Gold Coast for 13; married to Luke (they used to do The Luke & Susie Show broadcast around the country), they have 14-year-old twin sons and a 16-year-old son, plus Kosey the five-year-old Jack Russell. Her show sets up the day with everyday issues, interviews with guests from across the Gold Coast and beyond, and listener stories — her favourite segment, "Your best story in two minutes," has drawn tales of meeting Hugh Jackman, miracle cancer survival and dramatic life direction changes. Listeners text 0488 81 1073 or call the studio on 1300 36 1073.

The station's earlier breakfast incarnation — "Good Taste Brekky with Chloe and Elerrina" — lives on as a podcast with 236 episodes, featuring interviews with Jessica Mauboy, Jimmy Barnes, Screaming Jets frontman Dave Gleeson and actor Alan Fletcher, plus the "Fully Sick Adventures" segment in which the hosts explored family-friendly Gold Coast activities — including a helicopter joy ride with Gold Coast Helitours. Beyond music, Juice107.3 offers news — including a simulcast of Nine News — sport and general talk programs. It is programming for local families: the best available local information and music, family-safe, community-connected.

The Gold Coast is fertile ground for a Christian station. It is one of Australia's most churched cities per capita — the Hillsong-era Pentecostal boom left a deep imprint on the coast, and the churches are among its largest community institutions. Juice107.3 serves that constituency directly: the families in the pews on Sunday and the school run on Monday, the youth groups and the seniors' ministries. In a city often caricatured as Australia's sin city, the station is a reminder of the other Gold Coast — the one that goes to church.

Coverage & Audience

Juice107.3 broadcasts on 107.3 FM to the Gold Coast. Its audience is the Gold Coast's Christian community and family listeners seeking safe, positive radio — the parents who want the radio on in the car without worrying about what comes out of the speakers. The station is frank about its niche: much of what it airs is unique, "both because we are local and independent, and also (sadly) because mainstream media doesn't seem to know what to do with the Christian faith." In a city whose commercial dial chases the young and the loud, Juice107.3 offers the alternative: faith, family and culture, with the awkward moments edited out.

Ownership

Juice107.3 is a production of the Hope Media Group, operated on its behalf by the local Christian community for the benefit of the Gold Coast — a community radio model that pairs national backing with local operation, and one of the few of its kind in Australian community broadcasting. Like all community stations, it depends on its supporters: the site carries the appeal directly — "Your generous investment will plant seeds of hope across our city, so we can continue to impact people with God's love." It is fundraising in the language of faith, and it works because the audience sees the station as a ministry, not just a broadcaster.

The "Good Taste Guarantee" is more than a slogan — it is the station's editorial policy in four words. Every song, every segment, every interview is filtered through it: would a parent be comfortable with the kids hearing this? In an era of explicit lyrics and shock-jock radio, the guarantee is a deliberate counter-programming strategy — and for its audience, a promise kept daily. The 60/40 music ratio serves it: enough contemporary Christian music to be unmistakably a faith station, enough mainstream to be an easy listen for the whole household.

Digital Presence

The station streams online and is listed across radio directories; directories list juice1073.com.au as its website, where the breakfast show pages, podcasts and community content live alongside the live stream. Its YouTube, Instagram and Facebook presences extend the "Good Taste" brand beyond the broadcast signal — the podcast of the old breakfast show still drawing listeners years after its 236 episodes wrapped. "Good Taste Radio" on 107.3 — the Gold Coast's Christian community voice, local and independent, for the whole family. From Susie's breakfast table to the Nine News simulcast, from the Christian chart to the mainstream 40%, Juice107.3 does the thing it promises: good taste, all day, for the Gold Coast. In a crowded dial — Sea FM and Triple M Gold, Hot Tomato, 94.1FM, 4CRB and the rest — 107.3 is the frequency with a difference: the one where faith is the format and family is the audience.