Nova 100 (call sign: 3MEL) is a commercial radio station in

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, broadcasting on 100.3 MHz. The station is owned by

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along with sister station, smoothfm 91.5.

History

Nova 100 commenced on the Melbourne airwaves at 7 am

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on Monday 3 December 2001, and was the first new commercial radio station in Melbourne for 21 years. Breakfast presenter

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was the first voice heard on the station, with Missy Elliott's song " Get Ur Freak On" being the first song played on the new station. '' Hughesy, Kate & Dave'' was the inaugural breakfast show with Dave Hughes,

and

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. Dave O'Neil later resigned and moved to Vega 91.5 in July 2006. Both Dave Hughes and

remained with the station until November 2013. The station is a major player in the Melbourne radio market, initially with its 'Sounds Different' format playing

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, hip-hop, pop &

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, with a strong lean toward new releases. In 2010, Nova announced that it would remove their policy of "never more than two ads in a row", increasing the number of commercials broadcast per hour from 12 to 21 during the peak times of breakfast and drive. Since 2010, the station has broadcast an

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format, in competition with the Australian Radio Network-owned

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. In December 2013, Meshel Laurie and Tommy Little replaced Dave Hughes and

with their new show ''

Meshel & Tommy ''Meshel & Tommy'' was an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 100 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was hosted by Meshel Laurie and Tommy Little. The show began on 10 December 2013, replacing '' Hughesy & Kate'', and finished on 3 Decem ...

''. In November 2015, Nova announced that

Chrissie Swan Christina Swan (born 3 November 1973) is an Australian television and radio presenter and media personality. Swan co-hosts '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on Nova 100 with Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown. In 2022, she served as a judge on '' The Mas ...

, Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown will host breakfast in 2016 after Meshel Laurie and Tommy Little announced their resignation from the station. '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' commenced in January 2016, with Meshel currently hosts the breakfast show ''Matt & Meshel'' on

along with

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. In December 2016, Nova announced that it will network Greg Burns and Dan Cassin from Nova 96.9 as opposed to local announcers. Despite having yet to achieve a #1 overall rating for the station in the GfK ratings, Nova 100 continues to hold the #1 position for the women in the 45–54 age demographic and has the #4 drive show with '' Kate, Tim & Marty'' around Australia. In April 2019, Nova overhauled its daytime schedule announcing that

would join the station. Tilley remained with the station until November. On 21 October 2022, it was announced that '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' will end after seven years with the final show being on 2 December. Ben Harvey, Liam Stapleton and Belle Jackson will host '' Ben, Liam & Belle'' from 5 December 2022.

Transmission

Nova 100 operates on the 100.3

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FM frequency from the TXA Observatory Rd tower on

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. The transmitter is a Broadcast Electronics FM 10S with an FXi digital exciter. Its transmitter power is 9.5KW which gives a 56 kw ERP.

Announcers

* Ben, Liam & Belle, 6:00am–9:00am *Jamie Row, 9:00am–1:00pm *Mel Tracina, 1:00pm–3:00pm *

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 ...

, 3:00pm–6:00pm *Smallzy's Surgery, 7:00pm–10:00pm *Mason Tucker, 10:00pm-1.00am

News

*Ash Gardner (Breakfast) *Michelle Stephenson (National News Manager/Kate, Tim & Joel newsreader)

References

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