On air · Melbourne

Great Southern Sound

Four radio stations running off a hard drive in my house. Australian alt‑rock, 90s indie and everything in between — with real news and weather. No app or sign‑up needed: pick a station and press play.

The dial

Four stations, always running. Tap Open the player for artwork and track names, or paste a stream link into a radio app, your car, or a smart speaker.

Great Southern Sound

5,758 tracks · ≈380 hrs

The whole library on shuffle. Anything from 1962 to last month, no genre rules.

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Player https://radio.aleckon.org/public/southern-sound
Stream https://radio.aleckon.org/listen/southern-sound/radio.mp3

The Nineties

1,226 tracks · ≈80 hrs

Released 1990 to 1999, nothing either side. Heavy on the grunge and the guitars.

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Player https://radio.aleckon.org/public/gss-nineties
Stream https://radio.aleckon.org/listen/gss-nineties/radio.mp3

Classics

898 tracks · ≈60 hrs

Everything from before 1990 — the 60s, 70s and 80s end of the shelf.

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Player https://radio.aleckon.org/public/gss-classics
Stream https://radio.aleckon.org/listen/gss-classics/radio.mp3

Beats

484 tracks · ≈32 hrs

Electronic, dance, hip‑hop and trip‑hop. The one to put on when the guitars get too much.

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Player https://radio.aleckon.org/public/gss-beats
Stream https://radio.aleckon.org/listen/gss-beats/radio.mp3

Every hour, on every station

:00
News. ABC top stories, read fresh — the bulletin is written and voiced five minutes before it airs, so it's genuinely current.
:30
Weather. Melbourne conditions, wind, today's top and tonight's low.

In the car, or on your phone

Easiest to remember: radio.aleckon.org brings you back here. Streaming uses roughly 50–90 MB an hour, so it's worth staying on wi‑fi for long sessions.