Hot Tomato (call sign: 4HTB) is a

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(102.9 FM) on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The current breakfast line-up consists of Paul " Galey " Gale, teamed with Emily Jade O'Keefe and David " Christo " Christopher . The local drive home was hosted by Simon Baggs and Moyra Major, who previously worked together at Sea FM before Simon Baggs farewelled the drive shift on November 2, 2021. From January 2022 Baggs replacement is 1029er and Big Brother million dollar winner Trevor "Big Trev" Butler. The show will be known as Moyra and Big Trev for the local drive home. The Street Team will continue without Big Trev. Major and Baggs won a 2020/21 ACRA for Best Music Special for their live broadcast on Facebook and radio from the runway of Gold Coast Airport during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as the airport was closed . Gale, O'Keeffe and Christo won Best On Air Team (Provincial) for most popular Breakfast line-up. A key point of difference between Hot Tomato and the other Gold Coast radio stations is that all shows originate and are broadcast from the local region, there is no networking, the station is 100% Gold Coast. Hot Tomato was the first radio station in Queensland to use the limited inventory concept, getting around the Nova trademark by calling it "only ever two ads in a row." Hot Tomato also prides itself on an active local newsroom delivering on-the-hour news updates and runs a local website called myGC which have news from the Gold Coast, Australia and the world, events on the Coast and more. The first song played on Hot Tomato was

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". In November 2018 Hot Tomato was purchased by

Grant Broadcasters Grant Broadcasters is an Australian regional radio network. Founded in 1942, by 2019 it owned 53 radio stations. In 2022 it sold 46 to Here, There & Everywhere retaining shareholdings in seven in Canberra, Geelong, Goulburn and Perth. History ...

. In November 2021, Hot Tomato, along with other stations owned by

, were acquired by the Australian Radio Network. This deal will allow Grant's stations, including Hot Tomato, to access ARN's iHeartRadio platform in regional areas. The deal was finalized on January 4, 2022.ARN and Grant Broadcasters unite to create Australia's leading radio and digital audio business
''AdNews Australia'' 4 January 2022 It is expected Hot Tomato will integrate with ARN's

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, but will retain its current name according to the press release from ARN.

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{{Grant Broadcasters Australian Radio Network Radio stations established in 2003 Radio stations on the Gold Coast, Queensland Adult contemporary radio stations in Australia