Nova 93.7 (call sign: 6PER) is a commercial radio station in

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 ...

, Western Australia. Jointly owned by NOVA Entertainment and

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 correspondents ...

, it was established in the Perth market on 5 December 2002. Nova 93.7 was launched at 3pm by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and by current drive presenter Tim Blackwell, with " Can't Stop" the first song being aired. Nova 93.7 is only the second commercial

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station in Perth to not have previously been an AM station. The first was ARN's 96fm.

Controversies

Rigged competition

In April 2010, announcer Hans Bruechle tipped off his friend Ashlea Reid when he was about to play the secret song. The radio station was alerted to the rigging by a friend of both Reid and Bruechle. Following the incident Nova gave the prize to youth suicide prevention charity Youth Focus and Bruechle was fired.

Announcers

* Nathan, Nat & Shaun (Breakfast) 6:00am–9:00am * Ross Wallman (Mornings) 9:00am–12:00pm * Ben Carney (Afternoons) 12:00pm–3:00pm *

Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel ''Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel'' is an Australian drive radio show with Ricki-Lee Coulter, Tim Blackwell and Joel Creasey. It is broadcast on Nova FM from 4pm to 6pm on weekdays. A daily podcast featuring the best bits from each show is available ...

(Drive) 3:00pm–6:00pm * Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie (Drive) 6:00pm–7:00pm * Smallzy's Surgery (Nights) 7:00pm–10:00pm * Mason Tucker (Late Nights Mondays to Thursdays) 10:00pm–1:00am

News

* Ellie Petricevic (News) * Michelle Stephenson (National News Manager)

References

External links

Nova 93.7's homepage

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