8HA
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Broadcast area | Alice Springs |
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Frequency | 900 kHz (Alice Springs) 100.5 MHz (Yulara) |
Programming | |
Format | Talk/Adult Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Broadcast Operations Group (Alice Springs Commercial Broadcasters) |
Gold FM, Sun FM | |
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, 8DN 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."
Announcers
[edit]- Dave Peters (The Big Breakfast)
- Sandee Beech (The Big Breakfast)
- John Laws (Mornings)
- Mel Elliot (AM News)
- Adrian Renzie (Central Australia Today)
- Brent Bultitude (Afternoons)
- Dave Prior Manager and (Drive)
- Cameron Jackson (PM News)
- Gary Stewart (Talk Tonight)
- Talk Overnight
- David Wood 1986
Networked Shows
[edit]Various shows are sourced from other Australian radio stations including A-League Nation, NRL Nation and Super Rugby Nation on (Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons / evenings / nights).
Notes
[edit]- ^ "AM Radio NT". Australian Radio Stations. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.