97.7 Snow FM (
call sign
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: 2SKI) is a commercial radio station in
New South Wales
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, covering the areas of
Cooma
Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega, New South Wales, Bega with the Riverina.
...
,
Jindabyne
Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its p ...
,
Thredbo
Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via Cooma, Berridale and Jindabyne. The village is built in the valley of the Th ...
,
Perisher and
Charlotte Pass
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. The station broadcasts on multiple frequencies to reach the townships within the Snowy Mountains region. Snow FM is a part of the
Capital Radio Network
Capital Radio Network is an Australian radio company, which owns stations in Canberra, Goulburn, Cooma, the Snowy Mountains, Gippsland and Perth. The company is a subsidiary of Blyton Group, with Kevin James Blyton as managing director for bo ...
.
Snow FM services roughly 25,000 permanent residents,
but also services the large number of tourists who visit the nearby ski resorts of Thredbo, Perisher, Charlotte Pass and Selwyn Snowfields.
Snow FM shares much of its branding, format and music with their Capital Radio Network sister station,
93.5 Eagle FM, based in
Goulburn
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.
In June 2015, Snow FM and
XLFM (then 2XL), switched to the Zetta play out system, as Capital Radio Network continued to roll out the play out changes.
In July 2019, Snow FM begun broadcasting into
Canberra
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on
DAB+ Digital Radio. The transmission is made through Capital Radio Network sister stations
2CC and
2CA
2CA is an Australian Commercial broadcasting, commercial radio station on the AM band serving Canberra. It is jointly owned by the Capital Radio Network and Grant Broadcasters. The station broadcasts on AM Stereo 1053 kHz and on Digital Au ...
, based in Canberra.
Current On Air Line-Up
Weekdays:
6:00am-10:00am: Snow FM Breakfast with Simmo
10:00am-1:00pm: Workday with Ant
1:00pm-5:00pm: Arvo’s with Sam
5:00pm-7:00pm: Will & Woody
7:00pm-8:00pm: Kyle & Jackie O Hour of Power
8:00pm-12:00am: Up All Night with Bailey
Weekends:
6:00am-6:00pm: Rotating announcers
Notable former announcers
* Ellie Mobbs (
2Day FM
2Day FM (call sign 2DAY) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network.
History
1980s
2Day FM was one of three radio st ...
)
* Andrew Dunkerley (
Triple M
Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 45 radio stations with flagship stations broadcasting a mainstream/classic rock music format in Sydney, Melbourne, and B ...
,
Mix 101.1,
Mix 106.3
Mix 106.3 (call sign: 1CBR) is a commercial radio station in Canberra, Australia and is owned by ARN and Southern Cross Austereo.
Mix 106.3 plays current hits and a variety of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s music ( adult hits), primarily targeted at ...
,
Mix 106.5 Mix 106.5 may refer to:
*WWMX
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)
* Jack Tree (
Nova 106.9)
* Jordan Bocock (
104.8 Channel 4 Dubai)
Awards and recognition
See also
*
List of radio stations in Australia
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References
External links
Snow FM Snowy Mountains
{{Capital Radio Network
Radio stations in New South Wales
Contemporary hit radio stations in Australia
Capital Radio Network
Cooma