hit is an Australian
commercial radio station broadcasting to regional areas of
Western Australia. Owned and operated by
Southern Cross Austereo, the station broadcasts a
contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...
music format with a breakfast show based from studios in Perth, Western Australia.
History
The stations were established between 1997 and 1999, under the
Hot FM brand first used in Queensland. In 2004, Hot FM and sister stations
RadioWest were sold to
Macquarie Regional RadioWorks.
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, network stations broadcast a variety of local and networked programming, from network hubs based in
Bunbury,
Albury and the
Gold Coast. Following the merger of Southern Cross Media with
Austereo in February 2011, the Hot FM network – along with
Sea FM and
Star FM regional counterparts – became more closely aligned with the
Today Network, including networking programming from
2DayFM
2Day FM (call sign 2DAY) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network.
History
1980s
2Day FM was one of three radio st ...
Sydney and Fox FM (Melbourne), Fox FM Melbourne.
On 15 December 2016, as part of a national brand consolidation by parent company
Southern Cross Austereo, the station was merged into the Hit Network.
In 2020 Southern Cross Austereo purchased the Red Wave Media Group formerly owned and operated by the Seven West Media Group. At 8.00 am on Monday 16th March 2020 the Red FM branded frequencies changed their branding to become part of the Hit Network.
Transmitters
Hit Western Australia is broadcast via 9 full power stations.
In addition, the 13 full power stations feed a further 17 Broadcast relay station, repeater stations.
References
{{Southern Cross Austereo
Radio stations in Western Australia
Contemporary hit radio stations in Australia