Switch 1197 [SEP] inception
the 97.3 MHz frequency was auctioned to the (Australian Radio Network in association with DMG Radio Australia), by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.
In 2002, the Australian Broadcasting Authority, granted a high powered FM community licence to Christian broadcaster 96five Family FM on 96.5 MHz, and a high powered AM community licence to BIRGI on 1197 kHz.
Brisbane Youth Radio began test transmissions in late 2002 and began full-time broadcasting at 8 am on 7 April 2003, identifying as i-1197. From this period of time
again re-branded from Switch 1197, to become Brisbane Youth Radio.
Audio streaming.
In 2004, Switch 1197 was the first radio station in Australia to stream with aacPlus technology and it continues to provide both near CD quality (64kbit/s) and Mobile (32kbit/s) compatible streams, as well as a 128k MP3 stream.
In 2007, Brisbane Youth Radio was added to the Internode Broadband Radio Streams that are provided by Australian ISP Internode.
Programming.
The stations general weekday daytime