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Broadcast area | Townsville RA1 [1] |
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Frequency | 103.1MHz |
Branding | hit103.1 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Contemporary hit radio |
Affiliations | Hit Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Southern Cross Austereo |
102.3 Triple M | |
History | |
First air date | 1932 26 January 1994 (on FM) |
Former call signs | 4RR (1932–1994) Hot FM (1994–2016) |
Former frequencies | 891 kHz AM (1978–1994) 890 kHz AM (1932–1978) |
Technical information | |
ERP | 100 kW |
Repeater(s) | 93.1 FM Mount Inkerman 107.9 FM Bowen |
Links | |
Website | Official website |
hit103.1 Townsville (ACMA callsign: 4TSV) is an Australian commercial radio station in Queensland. Owned and operated as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format to Townsville, Queensland. First broadcast in 1932 as 4AY on 890 kHz AM, changing to 891 kHz in 1978. The station operated under call-sign 4RR from 1987 until, in 1994, the station relaunched on the FM band as active rock-formatted Hot FM. At the time, the station was owned by Rural Press - later sold to dmg Regional Radio, then Macquarie Regional RadioWorks and Southern Cross Media Group.
On 16 August 2016, a repeater was switched on from Mt. Inkerman, south of Home Hill, covering the Burdekin region 93.1 MHz.
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