The Hit Network is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 41 radio stations broadcasting a

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

music format, as well as 6 digital radio stations.

History

The Hit Network was formed in 1986 as the Austereo Network after Austereo, the licensee of Adelaide commercial radio station SAFM, purchased Fox FM in Melbourne. The network grew throughout the late 1980s and the 1990s, acquiring

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Brisbane, 2Day FM Sydney and PMFM Perth, as well as establishing joint-venture stations in

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and Newcastle. The network would later become known as the ''Today Network'', with stations adopting 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. Following the acquisition of Austereo by Southern Cross Media Group, the company incorporated the regional Hot FM, Sea FM and Star FM networks into the Today Network. In October 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced it would relaunch SAFM in Adelaide as Hit 107, with a staggered network-wide relaunch announced in December. On 14 January 2015, the network was relaunched as Today's Hit Network, with the relaunch extending to Canberra in January 2016. Sea FM Hobart was relaunched as Hit100.9 in February, with the remaining network stations adopting the Hit Network branding as part of a national brand consolidation in December. On 27 July 2020, the Hit Network was relaunched, adopting a new logo and "pop-based" music format in an attempt to target a 30–54 year old audience. In addition,

Hit 105 B105 (call sign 4BBB) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on a frequency of 105.3 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. The station has undergone numerous branding changes ove ...

Brisbane and Hit 107 Adelaide reverted to their heritage brands B105 and SAFM respectively. On 20 August 2020, Southern Cross Austereo announced the network would introduce statewide networked breakfast programs in

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and Victoria, replacing 19 local shows. On 1 December 2020,

Mix 94.5 Mix94.5 (official call sign 6MIX) is a commercial FM radio station owned by Southern Cross Austereo in Perth, Western Australia, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. History The station originally began as 6KY, beginning broadca ...

Perth switched affiliation from the Triple M network to the Hit Network, with Hit92.9 relaunching as 92.9 Triple M.

Stations

, the Hit Network consists of 41 FM radio stations. ACT *

Hit104.7 Canberra hit104.7 (call sign: 2ROC) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on a frequency of 104.7 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. hit104.7 and sister station MIX ...

NSW * 2Day FM 104.1 Sydney *

Hit101.3 Central Coast Hit101.3 (call sign: 2CFM) is an Australian radio station located on the New South Wales Central Coast, part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. Hit101.3 broadcasts from the Central Coast Radio Centre on Henry Parry Drive, in Gosford, alon ...

* Hit105.9 Central West * Hit105.5 Coffs Coast * hit102.3 & 105.1 Mid North Coast *

Hit106.9 Newcastle 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 ...

* Hit93.1 Riverina * Hit99.7 Riverina MIA * Hit104.9 The Border QLD * B105 Brisbane * Hit103.5 Cairns *

Hit Central Queensland hit Central Queensland is a radio station in Central Queensland part of the Hit Network. The station is owned by Southern Cross Austereo. History In the late 1990s, DMG Regional Radio successfully bid for an FM broadcasting license for a radi ...

* Hit100.7 Darling Downs * Hit94.7 Emerald * Hit101.9 Fraser Coast * 90.9 Sea FM Gold Coast * Hit100.3 Mackay & the Whitsundays * hit Maranoa * Hit102.5 Mount Isa * Hit89.1 South Burnett * Hit97.9 Tablelands *

Hit103.1 Townsville hit103.1 Townsville (ACMA callsign: 4TSV) is an Australian commercial radio station in Queensland. Owned and operated as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format to Townsville, Queensland. ...

SA * SAFM 107.1 Adelaide * SAFM 96.1 Limestone Coast TAS * Hit100.9 Hobart VIC * 101.9 The Fox Melbourne * Hit91.9 Bendigo * hit Goulburn Valley * Hit99.5 Sunraysia WA * Mix 94.5 Perth * Hit95.3 Albany * Hit101.3 Broome * Hit99.7 Carnarvon * Hit102.3 Esperance * Hit96.5 Geraldton * Hit97.9 Kalgoorlie * Hit106.5 Karratha * Hit Northwest * Hit91.7 Port Hedland * Hit Southwest * Hit Wheatbelt

Network shows

*'' Carrie & Tommy'' * ''Hughesy, Ed & Erin'' *''Hot Nights with Abbie Chatfield'' *''Jimmy & Nath'' *''Jimmy & Nath Up Early'' *''The Saturday Night Party Playlist''

Digital radio

, the Hit Network broadcasts an additional 7 radio stations on DAB+ digital radio. Choose The Hits was a station only broadcast on digital radio and ran between 1 February 2010 and 24 May 2010. The Hit Network launched

Caravan Radio Caravan Radio was a pop up Digital Radio station that broadcast nationally in Australia while Hamish & Andy tour the United Kingdom in 2010 on their fourth Caravan of Courage journey. The station is part of the Austereo Today Network. The s ...

on 24 May 2010. It was a "pop up" Digital Radio station that played the best bits from Hamish & Andy's Caravan of Courage journeys while they toured the United Kingdom on their fourth Caravan of Courage.Hamish & Andy get their own station with Caravan of Courage Radio
- mUmBRELLA, ''24 May 2010''

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