receives cable and satellite television service through Pay-TV operators Foxtel & Neighbourhood Cable.
The local radio stations are K-Rock (rock & pop music station), Rhema FM (Christian community station), Hot Country Radio (country music station), The Pulse (community radio service), 3GPH (radio reading service), and Bay FM (adult contemporary). Transmitters for K-Rock, The Pulse, Rhema FM & Bay FM are located at a shared transmitter site on Mt Bellarine near Drysdale. Most radio stations from Melbourne can also be received clearly in Geelong and the surrounding region.
In popular culture
Geelong has inspired manyvisual artists, with several celebrated works depicting the city including Eugene von Guerard who depicted early Geelong in sketches and oil paintings including View of Geelong.
Geelong is a popular filming location. The Geelong region was used as the setting of the SeaChange television series, filmed on location at Barwon Heads between 1998 and 2002. The city has also been the filming location of a number of feature films; including the final scenes On the Beach (1959) at Barwon Heads, Mad Max (1979) around Lovely Banks and Lara, Everynight ... Everynight (1994) at HM Prison Geelong, Ned Kelly (2003) and Ghost Rider (2007) at the Little River Earth Sanctuary, December Boys (2007) in South Geelong at Kardinia Pool, and Knowing (2008) on the Geelong Ring Road.
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named after Geelong, HMAS Geelong (J201) and HMAS Geelong (FCPB 215)
