The Nova Network is a group of five

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s owned wholly or in part by

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. The Perth station is a joint venture between

and the

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. Each station has its own local Breakfast show with daytime, drive and night shifts networked across all stations.

Stations

Network shows

Nova syndicates a number of programmes across its network. These include: * The Chrissie Swan Show, Weekdays 2pm - 4pm *

Kate, Tim & Joel ''Kate, Tim & Joel'' is an Australian drive radio show with Kate Ritchie, 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 on iTunes ...

, Weekdays 4pm - 6pm *

Fitzy and Wippa ''Fitzy and Wippa'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 96.9 in Sydney, Australia. It is hosted by comedians Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Michael "Wippa" Wipfli with Sarah McGilvray. The show airs from 6 am to 9 am on weekday mo ...

, Weekdays 6pm - 7pm * Smallzy's Surgery, Weeknights 7pm - 10pm * Late Nights with Mason Tucker, Weeknights 10pm - 12am * Ben & Liam around Australia, Sunday 6am - 9am

Local announcers

Nova 96.9 – Sydney: * Matt and Sarah, Weekdays 5am-6am *

, Weekdays 6am-9am * Jamie Row, Weekdays 9am-11pm * Mel Tracina, Weekdays 1pm-3pm

Nova 100 Nova 100 (call sign: 3MEL) is a commercial radio station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, broadcasting on 100.3 MHz. The station is owned by NOVA Entertainment along with sister station, smoothfm 91.5. History Nova 100 commenced on th ...

– Melbourne: * Ben, Liam & Belle Weekdays 6am-9am * Jamie Row, Weekdays 9am-1pm * Mel Tracina, Weekdays 1pm- 3pm Nova 106.9 – Brisbane: * Ash, Luttsy & Susie, Weekdays 6am-9am * Maddy Rowe, Weekdays 9am-11am * Keegan Bakker, Weekdays 12pm-3pm Nova 91.9 – Adelaide: * Jodie & Haysey, Weekdays 7am-9am * Maddy Rowe, Weekdays 9am-11am * Keegan Bakker, Weekdays 12pm-3pm

Nova 93.7 Nova 93.7 (call sign: 6PER) is a commercial radio station in Perth, Western Australia. Jointly owned by NOVA Entertainment and Australian Radio Network, it was established in the Perth market on 5 December 2002. Nova 93.7 was launched at 3pm b ...

– Perth: * Nathan, Nat & Shaun, Weekdays 6am-9am * Ross Wallman, Weekdays 9am-1pm * Ben Carney, Weekdays 1pm-3pm

Criticism

Nova have received criticism for frequently

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songs on their playlist. In a piece about the

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, ''

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s Andrew P. Street wrote that the 2004 rollout of Nova FM had "accidentally turned

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and

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into stars, before the network swapped to its current format of 14 endlessly repeated songs."

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