Capital Radio Network is an
Australian radio company, which owns stations in Canberra, Goulburn, Cooma, the Snowy Mountains, Gippsland and Perth. The company is a subsidiary of
Blyton Group
Blyton Group is an Australian media and entertainment company. The company primarily operates in the radio industry under its subsidiary Capital Radio Network and owns hospitality, service and entertainment businesses in New South Wales.
Hist ...
, with Kevin James Blyton as managing director for both. The company first acquired
2XL (now XLFM) in the Snowy Mountains, as well as
2CC
2CC is a commercial radio station on the AM band in Canberra, Australia. It began broadcasting on 1210 kHz in 1975 changing to 1206 kHz in 1978. It is jointly owned by Capital Radio Network and Grant Broadcasters.
History
2CC, which bega ...
and
2CA in Canberra - the latter two offloaded from parent companies
Australian Radio Network
ARN is a group of commercial radio stations around Australia. It includes the Pure Gold, KIIS Network, CADA, ARN Regional and iHeartRadio brands.
The company operates the ARN News service in Australia, which uses international correspondent ...
and
Austereo respectively in order for them to launch joint-venture stations
104.7 and
Mix 106.3.
In February 2015, Capital Radio Network acquired
Gippsland
Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It cove ...
-based
3GG
3GG is an Australian commercial radio station based in Warragul, Victoria owned by Capital Radio Network. Formerly owned and operated by Resonate Broadcasting and prior, RG Capital and Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, it was acquired by the Capita ...
.
With the exception of
XLFM,
Snow FM and
3GG
3GG is an Australian commercial radio station based in Warragul, Victoria owned by Capital Radio Network. Formerly owned and operated by Resonate Broadcasting and prior, RG Capital and Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, it was acquired by the Capita ...
, all stations are operated as a 50/50 joint-venture with
Grant Broadcasters
Grant Broadcasters is an Australian regional radio network. Founded in 1942, by 2019 it owned 53 radio stations. In 2022 it sold 46 to Here, There & Everywhere retaining shareholdings in seven in Canberra, Geelong, Goulburn and Perth.
Histor ...
.
Owned and Operated Stations
*
Canberra
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2CC
2CC is a commercial radio station on the AM band in Canberra, Australia. It began broadcasting on 1210 kHz in 1975 changing to 1206 kHz in 1978. It is jointly owned by Capital Radio Network and Grant Broadcasters.
History
2CC, which bega ...
''Talking Canberra 1206 2CC'' - 1206AM and DAB
2cc.net.au**
2CA ''Forever Classic 2CA'' - 1053 AM and DAB+
**
KIX Country Radio 97.5FM and DAB+
**My Canberra Digital DAB+
**Snow FM, relayed on DAB+
*
Cooma
Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina.
At the , Cooma had a po ...
/
Jindabyne
Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its ...
/
Snowy Mountains
The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range cordillera syst ...
**
XLFM
***96.1FM
Cooma
Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina.
At the , Cooma had a po ...
***107.3FM
Jindabyne
Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its ...
***98.7FM
Perisher Valley
***92.1FM
Thredbo
Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, situated in a part of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, and has been operated by Event Hospitality and Entertainment since 1987.
It is approximately ...
***92.5FM
Bombala
***92.5FM
Charlotte Pass
**
Snow FM
***97.7 FM, Cooma
***94.7FM Jindabyne
***101.9FM Perisher
***92.9FM Thredbo
***91.7FM Bombala
***91.7FM Charlotte Pass
***DAB+ Canberra
**KIX Country Radio - Cooma 87.6FM, Jindabyne 88.0FM
*
Gippsland
Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It cove ...
**
3GG
3GG is an Australian commercial radio station based in Warragul, Victoria owned by Capital Radio Network. Formerly owned and operated by Resonate Broadcasting and prior, RG Capital and Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, it was acquired by the Capita ...
531 AM
*
Goulburn
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
**
GNFM 107.7 FM
**
Eagle FM 93.5 FM
**KIX Country Radio 100.7FM
*
Perth
Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...
**
6iX
6IX (stylised as 6iX) is a commercial radio station in Perth, Western Australia, broadcasting a classic hits and oldies format from its studios in Osborne Park. First broadcast in 1933, the station is currently owned and operated as a joint vent ...
1080 AM, 105.7FM & DAB+
**KIX Country Radio DAB+
**My Perth Digital DAB+
**X Digital DAB+
Networks
Some Capital Radio Network stations broadcast identical formats and programming in the
networks
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Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
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below:
Former Stations
In the 1990s, Kevin Blyton held a 40% stake in Newcastle's
NXFM.
Outside of buying and selling stations in the same stations/territories as current stations, he has also held stations in
Tasmania
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and
Queenstown,
New Zealand
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Notes
References
External links
2CC2CA2GN*
3GGEagleFMXLFMSnowFM6iXMy Perth DigitalMy Canberra DigitalX Digital
Australian radio networks
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