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,becoming the city's 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 "

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" being the first song played on the new station. '' Hughesy, Kate & Dave'' was the inaugural breakfast show on Nova 100, featuring

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and

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

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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, 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

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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

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-owned KIIS 101.1. In December 2013,

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and Tommy Little replaced

and

with their new show '' Meshel & Tommy''. In November 2015, Nova announced that

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, Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown will host breakfast in 2016 after

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 KIIS 101.1 along with Matt Tilley. 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 Matt Tilley 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. In January 2023, Nova 100 re-located from studios at 678 Victoria Street, Richmond (with sister station smoothfm 91.5) to 257 Clarendon Street,

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's Fox FM and

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previously occupied the studios. In February 2024,

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announced that '' Jase & Lauren'' will host Nova 100’s new Melbourne breakfast show, replacing ''Ben, Liam & Belle'' who will move to a national drive show across the Nova Network.

Transmission

Nova 100 operates on the 100.3

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FM frequency from the TXA Observatory Rd tower on Mount Dandenong. 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

* Jase & Lauren, 6:00am–9:00am *Mel Tracina, 9:00am–2:00pm * The Chrissie Swan Show, 2:00pm-4:00pm * Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel, 4:00pm–6:00pm * Ben, Liam & Belle, 6:00pm–8:00pm * Smallzy's Surgery, 8:00pm–10:00pm *The Maddy Rowe Aus Music Show, 10:00pm–12:00am *Nova Nation, 6:00pm–12:00am (Saturday) & 10:00pm-12:00am (Friday) * Jase & Lauren around Australia, 6:00am–10:00am (Sunday) *The Maddy Rowe Aus Music Show, 6:00pm–7:00pm (Sunday) * Nova Nation With Dave Kelly, 8-9pm & 10-11:59pm (Saturday)

News

*Clint Stanaway (Breakfast) *Michelle Stephenson (National News Manager)

References

External links

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