93.3 Central FM was a community radio station

Radio station

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 based on the island of Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 and serving mainly three villages: Attard

Attard

Ħ'Attard is a village located at the centre-most point of the island of Malta. Together with Balzan and Lija it forms part of "the Three Villages" and has been inhabited since the Classical Period. Ħ'Attard's traditional Latin motto is Florigera rosis halo due to its many flower gardens and citrus...

, Lija

Lija

Lija is a small village on the island of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels...

 and Balzan

Balzan

Ħal Balzan is small village in Malta, one of the so called three villages, together with Attard and Lija.The village originally consisted of a group of small dwellings and farms but eventually grew, becoming a parish in the 17th century...

. 93.3 Central FM went on air on the 15 January 2006. The station was founded and managed by Maltese radio personality Andre` Bugeja (Today forms part of the Xfm 100.2 crew). Located in Attard, a central and densely populated location on the island of Malta, Central FM managed to reach a wide audience thanks to its ongoing, community centric and entertaining programming. The station transmitted on 93.3 MHz from the center of Malta and all around the world on the World Wide Web.

The station motto was 'Transmitting from the center of the island' ("L-istazzjon li jxandar mic-centru ta' Malta").

93.3 Central FM also trained various young aspiring radio presenters who have today managed to follow a professional media career. The station was the first ever community radio

Community radio

Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

station on the Maltese islands to broadcast using high radio standards. CentralFM was also famous amongst the English-speaking community as it collaborated with a number of foreign radio personalities stationed in America, UK, and Australia .

Central FM terminated its broadcast due to personal commitments from the management who stated they would be working on new projects in the future.