Capital Radio Network is an
Australian
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radio company, which owns stations in Canberra, Goulburn, Cooma, the Snowy Mountains, Gippsland and Perth. The company is a subsidiary of
Blyton Group, with Kevin James Blyton as managing director for both. The company first acquired
2XL (now XLFM) in the Snowy Mountains, as well as
2CC 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
Austereo was an Australian mass media company based in Melbourne. It was founded in 1980 by Paul Thompson, and operated 16 radio stations in metropolitan and regional Australia under the Today Network and Triple M brands. In 2011, the compan ...
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.
With the exception of
XLFM,
Snow FM
97.7 Snow FM (call sign: 2SKI) is a commercial radio station in New South Wales, covering the areas of Cooma, Jindabyne, Thredbo, Perisher and Charlotte Pass. The station broadcasts on multiple frequencies to reach the townships within the Sn ...
and
3GG, 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.
History
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Owned and Operated Stations
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Canberra
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is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
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2CC ''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 ...
/
Jindabyne/
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 ...
***107.3FM
Jindabyne
***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
Charlotte Pass (often erroneously referred to as Charlotte's Pass) is a snow resort and village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The pass is in the Kosciuszko National Park where the Kosciuszko Road crosses Kangaroo Ridge. ...
**
Snow FM
97.7 Snow FM (call sign: 2SKI) is a commercial radio station in New South Wales, covering the areas of Cooma, Jindabyne, Thredbo, Perisher and Charlotte Pass. The station broadcasts on multiple frequencies to reach the townships within the Sn ...
***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 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
GNFM (formerly known as 2GN) is an Australian radio station serving the Goulburn region, which opened in January 1932 as 2GN on a frequency of 1390 kHz (1368 kHz between 1978 and 2022). Test broadcasting began on 9 December 1931. It is now co-own ...
107.7 FM
**
Eagle FM 93.5 FM
**KIX Country Radio 100.7FM
*
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
**
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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below:
Former Stations
In the 1990s, Kevin Blyton held a 40% stake in Newcastle's
NXFM
hit106.9 (call sign: 2XXX) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, on a frequency of 106.9 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. Triple M is a sister station sharing the s ...
.
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
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