8HA
City | Alice Springs |
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Broadcast area | Alice Springs |
Frequency | 900 kHz (Alice Springs) 100.5 MHz (Yulara) |
Slogan | The Best Songs of All Time |
Programming | |
Format | Talk/Adult Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Alice Springs Commercial Broadcasters |
History | |
First air date | 2 March 1971 |
Links | |
Website | http://8ha.com.au |
8HA is a radio station based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It broadcasts on the medium wave radio band, at a frequency of 900 kHz.[1]
It also broadcasts on radio channel 42 on the Optus Aurora satellite service on Optus C1.
8HA has been on the air since 2 March 1971, and is the only commercial radio station operating on the medium-wave (i.e. AM) band in the Northern Territory (the only other station to do so, in Darwin, was shut down in the 1990s).
The current format is a mixture of talk and music, with the positioning statement "The Best Songs Of All Time."
8HA's sister station, Sun 96.9, is based in the same building.
Announcers[]
- Dave Peters (The Big Breakfast)
- Mez Elliot (The Big Breakfast)
- Adrian Renzie (Territory Today)
- Dave Prior (Today's Best Country)
- Bruce Davenport (Afternoons with Bruce)
- Cameron Jackson (PM News)
- Rowdy Rodriquez (Thursday evening Sports Show)
- John Boyle (Saturday Morning Sports Show)
- Mary Meldrum (Saturday Morning Sports Show)
Networked Shows[]
Various shows are sourced from other Australian Radio Stations including Better Homes and Gardens (TV series) and Jono and Dano.
Notes[]
- ^ "AM Radio NT". Australian Radio Stations. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
- Radio stations in Alice Springs
- Radio stations in the Northern Territory
- Australian radio station stubs