Switch 1197 is owned and operated by Brisbane Interactive Radio Group Inc. (BIRGI) and was founded in 1999. After completing 6 test transmissions as Switch FM along side other fellow aspirant broadcasters on the 97.3 FM frequency, BIRGI was given a full time community radio broadcasting licence by the Australian Broadcast Authority in early 2002. Switch 1197 began test transmissions in late 2002 and began full time broadcasting at 8am on April 7th 2003, identifying as i1197. Then, after popular demand, the 'Switch' was brought back in January 2005, and has remained ever since. Since then, Switch have supplied the ...