Smooth Chill (Australian radio station)

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This article is about the radio station in Australia. For the radio station in the United Kingdom, see Smooth Chill (UK radio station).

smooth Chill
CitySydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane
Broadcast areaAustralia: online & DAB+
Worldwide: online
FrequencyDAB+ & Internet Radio
Programming
FormatChill out
Ownership
OwnerNOVA Entertainment
History
First air date
  • 16 April 2009 (as Koffee)[1]
  • 25 September 2019 (as smooth Chill; online only)
Last air date
5 September 2019 (on DAB+)
11 December 2020 (online)
Links
Webcast
Website

smooth Chill (formerly Koffee) was a digital radio station broadcast by NOVA Entertainment in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. It was launched on 16 April 2009 under the name Koffee, prior to the commencement of DAB+ broadcasts.[1]

In September 2019[citation needed] , Koffee was rebranded as smooth Chill to extend the smoothfm brand, and its slot on DAB+ radio was replaced by smooth Relax. smooth Chill is currently available for online streaming only.

The station's Facebook page stopped being updated in October 2020, and in December 2020, the station's online stream went offline without any announcement.

Music[]

Koffee's position is 'Time To Chill' and plays a varied range of music across multiple genres of chillout music, including folk, electronica, singer-songwriter, and trip-hop, as well as Jazz and other rarely played genres on Australian radio.

On 6 September 2019, the Koffee station was replaced by a new station called smooth Relax.

On 25 September 2019, the station was replaced by smooth Chill, which restored the programming and most of the music that was originally on Koffee.

Availability[]

Following Nova Entertainment's purchase of additional digital radio spectrum,[2] the station launched into the Brisbane market in February 2010.

Koffee is the winner of the 2014 Commercial Radio Awards, 'Best Digital Radio Format'.[3]

Koffee was available on DAB+ digital radio until 5 September 2019. Currently, the station is available for online streaming via the website.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Dudley, Jennifer (16 April 2009). "Digital stations go to air". The Courier-Mail. p. 12. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Digital Radio Plus Article
  3. ^ http://www.acras.com.au/Winners-and-Finalists/2014
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