8HA explained

8HA
City:Alice Springs
Area:Alice Springs
Frequency:900 kHz (Alice Springs)100.5 MHz (Yulara)
Airdate:2 March 1971
Format:Talk/Adult Contemporary
Owner:Broadcast Operations Group (Alice Springs Commercial Broadcasters)
Sister Stations:Gold FM, Sun FM
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

Networked Shows

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 and References

  1. Web site: AM Radio NT. Australian Radio Stations. 2008-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915041840/http://www.ausradiostations.com/amnt.html. 2008-09-15. dead.