hit104.7 Canberra

hit104.7 (call sign: 2ROC) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on a frequency of 104.7 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network.

hit104.7
Broadcast areaCanberra RA1 ()
Frequency
Brandinghit104.7
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
AffiliationsHit Network
Ownership
Owner
Mix 106.3
History
First air date
27 February 1988 (1988-02-27)[1]
Technical information
ERP20,000 watts
HAAT332 m[2]
Transmitter coordinates
35°16′32″S 149°5′52″E
Repeater(s)FM: 100.7 MHz Tuggeranong
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

hit104.7 and sister station MIX 106.3 broadcast from Crace in the Australian Capital Territory.

History

In 1987, Canberra radio station 2CA was awarded the licence to operate a supplementary FM service. The station was assigned the call-sign 2ROC and on-air branding FM104 (later changed to FM104.7). It commenced broadcasting on 27 February 1988 at 8 am on the frequency 104.7 MHz FM.[3] FM104, along with rival KIX106, were the first new commercial FM radio stations to be licensed in Australia in eight years and were the first supplementary FM licences in Australia. Just a day before the station's launch, on Friday 26 February 1988, then-owner of 2CA, John Fairfax Ltd announced it had sold Macquarie Radio Network to a Queensland-based consortium, Sonance Ltd for an undisclosed sum believed to be in the region of $100 million.[4]

By April 1988, 2CA and FM104.7 were sold to Austereo from Sonance Ltd for $15.25 million.[5][6] In June the results of the first survey since the introduction of the new FM stations gave FM104.7 9.5% of the radio audience with its rock music format, behind its sister station 2CA, with 11.6% of the radio audience with its news-talk format. Station manager of Macquarie Canberra, Greg St John, said the recent sale to Austereo had left the stations in 'financial limbo' and unable to package their product during the ratings period earlier in the year.[7]

In the mid-1990s, due to AM radio's dwindling audience and the increasing popularity of the music based FM stations Austereo - owner of 104.7 & 2CA and ARN - owner of Mix 106.3 & 2CC, merged to form a joint venture ownership of both FM stations - Canberra FM Pty Ltd.[8][9] The AM stations were sold off, moved to other premises and are currently owned by Capital Radio Network and Grant Broadcasters.

In December 2015, Southern Cross Austereo and Australian Radio Network announced that FM104.7 would rebrand to hit104.7 in 2016.[10]

On Monday 18 January 2016, hit104.7 launched with a new breakfast show, Ryan & Tanya, as the station joined the Hit Network. As well as a new name and branding it gives the station even greater access to the network's on-air, online and social content.[11] Since 4 December 2017,[12] the hit104.7 breakfast show has been hosted by Ned & Josh.[13][14]

On 14 April 2021, it was revealed that the station lost to Mix 106.3 in the Canberra radio ratings.[15]

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
  3. "FM stations on air today". The Canberra Times. 27 February 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. "Qld consortium buys Macquarie". The Canberra Times. 27 February 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. "Turn on, tune in and win". The Canberra Times. 25 April 1988. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. "MACQUARIE LOOKS TO LISTING FOR EXPANSION". Australian Financial Review. 9 June 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  7. "2CC races clear of its stablemate". The Canberra Times. 6 June 1988. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. JONES, MEGAN (20 March 1997). "Canberra FM shake-up". Age, The (Melbourne, Australia). p. 3. ISSN 0312-6307. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. MATHIESON, CLIVE (20 March 1997). "Cuts force operators to pool Canberra FM stations". The Australian. p. 21. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. "Canberra's Hit104.7 Arrives". Radio Today. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  11. "New year, new show, new radio station". RadioInfo Australia. 15 January 2016.
  12. Wilson, Zanda (4 December 2017). "Hear Ned & Josh's first break on Hit 104.7 Canberra". Radio Today. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  13. "WA's 'Ned & Josh' head to Canberra". RadioInfo Australia. 14 November 2017.
  14. "Ned and Josh take over breakfast radio slot at Hit 104.7 in Canberra". The Canberra Times. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. Kelly, Vivienne (14 April 2021). "Hit 104.7 takes significant hit and tumbles from top spot in Canberra's radio ratings". Radio Today. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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