Blyton Group

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Blyton Group
Company type Privately held company
Industry Radio broadcasting, hospitality
FounderKevin Blyton
Headquarters
Jindabyne, New South Wales
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
Key people
Kevin Blyton, Josh Elliot
Divisions Radio, Snow Resorts, Airport, Theme Park
Subsidiaries Capital Radio Network

Blyton Group is an Australian media and entertainment company. The company primarily operates in the radio industry under its subsidiary Capital Radio Network and owns hospitality, service and entertainment businesses in New South Wales.

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History

The company was started by Kevin Blyton who first acquired a radio station 2XL (now XLFM) in the Snowy Mountains and has since grown the radio network and expanded into hospitality. With the exception of XLFM, Snow FM and 3GG, all radio stations are operated as a 50/50 joint venture with Grant Broadcasters.

The current COO of Blyton Group is Josh Elliot. [1] Former radio host with Capital Radio Network, Andrew Dunkerley, served as Operations Manager until his departure in July 2020. [2]

In 2020, Blyton Group announced a 10-year master-plan for continued development of its Charlotte Pass Snow Resort, beginning with an upgraded chair lift. [3]

In November 2021, Grant Broadcasters sold their wholly owned radio stations to ARN. Their share of Capital Radio Network stations and wholly owned Geelong stations K Rock and Bay 93.9 remained with the Grant Broadcasters' owners, the Cameron family. [4]

Radio Network

Operating under the name Capital Radio Network, [5] the Blyton Group wholly owns three radio stations and has a joint venture with Grant Broadcasters for the remaining stations. The radio network operates in 5 locations across Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. The Snowy Mountains radio station organised the automated music for the Blyton Group's Magic Mountain amusement park speakers.

Wholly owned stations

Joint venture with Grant Broadcasters

Former stations

In the 1990s, Kevin Blyton held a 40% stake in Newcastle's NXFM. [9]

Outside of buying and selling stations in the same stations/territories as current stations, he has also held stations in Tasmania and owned Q92fm in Queenstown, New Zealand which he purchased in 1992.[ citation needed ]

Hospitality and services

Blyton Group operates two snow resorts in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains region. The two resorts are Charlotte Pass Snow Resort [10] and Selwyn Snow Resort. [11]

The company also has multiple hotels as a part of their operations in the region:

In the 2019-2020 Australian summer bushfires, the Selwyn Snow Resort burned down, [12] the Blyton Group has committed to rebuilding. [13]

In addition to the resorts and hotels, the Blyton Group owns the Snowy Mountains Airport Corporation, which operates Cooma-Snowy Mountains Airport [14] and as a part of their Charlotte Pass resort, operate an over-snow bus service [15] linking the village to Perisher Valley.

Entertainment

Group also operates the movie theatres in the Snowy Mountains townships of Jindabyne and Cooma. In Merimbula, the Blyton Group have the Magic Mountain amusement park. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Dunkerley departs Blyton Group & Capital Radio Network". Radio Today. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Andrew Dunkerley Leaving Blyton Group". RadioInfo. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "New Chair for Charlotte Pass". Snowy Mountains Magazine. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "ARN acquires Grant Broadcasters for $307 million". Radio Today. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Capital Radio Network Stations". Radio Alive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "3GG Finally Sold". Radio Info. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "DAB+ digital radio goes live in Canberra". Radio Today. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Capital Radio Network continues to roll out ZETTA Digital Playout System". newmedia.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "The History of Newcastle Radio Stations". www.soundworld.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "10-year $10 million investment announced for Charlotte Pass ski area - Australasian Leisure Management". www.ausleisure.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "News - Selwyn Sale Media Release". Ski Forum. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Ski resort completely destroyed by bushfires". www.abc.net.au. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Quinn, Katie (16 May 2020). "Selwyn developing design for new resort". Tumut & Adelong Times . Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "REX to Commence Services to the Snowy Mountains". www.perisher.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Oversnow". Charlotte Pass Snow Resort. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Contact Magic Mountain". Magic Mountain Merimbula. Retrieved 18 August 2020.


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