The Hit Network is an Australian

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network owned and operated by

Southern Cross Austereo Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio statio ...

. The network consists of 41 radio stations broadcasting a

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

music format, as well as 6

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stations.

History

The Hit Network was formed in 1986 as the Austereo Network after Austereo, the licensee of Adelaide

station

SAFM SAFM (official callsign: 5SSA) is a commercial FM radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Hit Network. The station is broadcast to Adelaide, South Australia from studios in Franklin Street. History The sta ...

, purchased Fox FM in Melbourne. The network grew throughout the late 1980s and the 1990s, acquiring B105 Brisbane,

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 radi ...

Sydney and PMFM Perth, as well as establishing joint-venture stations in Canberra and Newcastle. The network would later become known as the ''Today Network'', with stations adopting a

contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

music format. Following the acquisition of Austereo by Southern Cross Media Group, the company incorporated the regional Hot FM,

Sea FM Sea FM was an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland and NSW owned by Southern Cross Austereo. Some Sea FM stations were later sold to meet media ownership requirements. Prime Television Limited purchased Sea FM Townsvil ...

and Star FM networks into the Today Network. In October 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced it would relaunch SAFM in Adelaide as Hit 107, with a staggered network-wide relaunch announced in December. On 14 January 2015, the network was relaunched as Today's Hit Network, with the relaunch extending to Canberra in January 2016.

Hobart was relaunched as Hit100.9 in February, with the remaining network stations adopting the Hit Network branding as part of a national brand consolidation in December. On 27 July 2020, the Hit Network was relaunched, adopting a new logo and "pop-based" music format in an attempt to target a 30–54 year old audience. In addition,

Hit 105 B105 (call sign 4BBB) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on a frequency of 105.3 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. The station has undergone numerous branding changes ove ...

Brisbane and Hit 107 Adelaide reverted to their heritage brands B105 and SAFM respectively. On 20 August 2020, Southern Cross Austereo announced the network would introduce statewide networked breakfast programs in

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and Victoria, replacing 19 local shows. On 1 December 2020,

Mix 94.5 Mix94.5 (official call sign 6MIX) is a commercial FM radio station owned by Southern Cross Austereo in Perth, Western Australia, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. History The station originally began as 6KY, beginning broadca ...

Perth switched affiliation from the

Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations. The network dates back t ...

network to the Hit Network, with Hit92.9 relaunching as 92.9 Triple M.

Stations

, the Hit Network consists of 41 FM radio stations. ACT *

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 and sister station MIX ...

NSW * 2Day FM 104.1 Sydney *

Hit101.3 Central Coast Hit101.3 (call sign: 2CFM) is an Australian radio station located on the New South Wales Central Coast, part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. Hit101.3 broadcasts from the Central Coast Radio Centre on Henry Parry Drive, in Gosford, alon ...

* Hit105.9 Central West * Hit105.5 Coffs Coast * hit102.3 & 105.1 Mid North Coast *

Hit106.9 Newcastle hit106.9 (call sign: 2XXX) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, on a frequency of 106.9 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. Triple M is a sister station sharing the ...

Hit93.1 Riverina 2WZD, which is branded as hit93.1 Riverina, is an Australian radio station that transmits on 93.1 MHz FM and is owned by Southern Cross Media. History On 14 November 1991 the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (ABT) granted an FM commercial ...

* Hit99.7 Riverina MIA * Hit104.9 The Border QLD * B105 Brisbane * Hit103.5 Cairns * Hit Central Queensland * Hit100.7 Darling Downs * Hit94.7 Emerald * Hit101.9 Fraser Coast * 90.9 Sea FM Gold Coast * Hit100.3 Mackay & the Whitsundays * hit Maranoa * Hit102.5 Mount Isa * Hit89.1 South Burnett * Hit97.9 Tablelands * Hit103.1 Townsville SA * SAFM 107.1 Adelaide * SAFM 96.1 Limestone Coast TAS * Hit100.9 Hobart VIC * 101.9 The Fox Melbourne *

Hit91.9 Bendigo hit91.9 Bendigo (official callsign: 3BDG) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Hit Network. The station is broadcast to Central Victoria from studios in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square. T ...

* hit Goulburn Valley * Hit99.5 Sunraysia WA * Mix 94.5 Perth * Hit95.3 Albany * Hit101.3 Broome * Hit99.7 Carnarvon * Hit102.3 Esperance * Hit96.5 Geraldton * Hit97.9 Kalgoorlie * Hit106.5 Karratha * Hit Northwest * Hit91.7 Port Hedland * Hit Southwest * Hit Wheatbelt

Network shows

*'' Carrie & Tommy'' * ''Hughesy, Ed & Erin'' *''Hot Nights with Abbie Chatfield'' *''Jimmy & Nath'' *''Jimmy & Nath Up Early'' *''The Saturday Night Party Playlist''

Digital radio

, the Hit Network broadcasts an additional 7 radio stations on DAB+ digital radio. Choose The Hits was a station only broadcast on

and ran between 1 February 2010 and 24 May 2010. The Hit Network launched Caravan Radio on 24 May 2010. It was a "pop up" Digital Radio station that played the best bits from Hamish & Andy's Caravan of Courage journeys while they toured the United Kingdom on their fourth Caravan of Courage.Hamish & Andy get their own station with Caravan of Courage Radio
- mUmBRELLA, ''24 May 2010''

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