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8HA
8HA is a radio station based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It broadcasts on the medium wave radio band, at a frequency of 900 kHz. It also broadcasts on radio channel 42 on the Optus Aurora satellite service on Optus C1. 8HA has been on the air since 2 March 1971, and is the only commercial radio station operating on the medium-wave (i.e. AM) band in the Northern Territory (the only other station to do so, 8DN in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, was Timeline of Australian radio, shut down in the 1990s). The current format is a mixture of talk and music, with the positioning statement "The Best Songs Of All Time." Announcers * Dave Peters (The Big Breakfast) * Sandee Beech (The Big Breakfast) * John Laws (Mornings) * Mel Elliot (AM News) * Adrian Renzie (Central Australia Today) * Brent Bultitude (Afternoons) * Dave Prior (Drive) * Cameron Jackson (PM News) * Graeme Gilbert (Talk Tonight) * Gary Stewart (Talk Overnight) Networked Shows Various shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd. Known colloquially as 'The Alice' or simply 'Alice', the town is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre. It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin. The area is also known locally as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years. Alice Springs had an urban population of 26,534 Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. in June 2018, having declined an average of 1.16% per year the preceding five years. The town's population accounts for approximately 10 per cent of the population of the Northern Territory. The town straddles th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
