Star FM was an Australian radio network, consisting of Top 40/CHR formatted stations in

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, Victoria and

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. The brand was created by NOVA Entertainment, then known as DMG Regional Radio, in 1999, with the network being sold to

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 ...

Programming

The network's stations are aimed at the under-35 section of the market, playing Top 40 and popular music. For most stations, the only local program heard on these stations is the breakfast programme, with Alo Baker's Workday networked from the Gold Coast Media Centre, and drive/nights programming coming from the Southern Cross Austereo's metropolitan stations Fox FM in Melbourne and 2Day FM in Sydney. In 2007, Star FM changed its major positioning statement from "Todays Best Music" to "Your HIT Music Station". The positioning statement was changed again in June 2011 to "Your #1 HIT Music Station" and following the Southern Cross Media/Austereo merger and became "Fresh & First" in 2013 until recently it was changed again to "Hits & Old Skool" On 15 December 2016, all stations that are a part of the

Hit Network The Hit Network is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 41 radio stations broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format, as well as 6 digital radio stations. Hist ...

were rebranded as ''Hit'', meaning that the Star FM and Hot FM brandings ceased to exist.

Stations

New South Wales

2AAY hit104.9 The Border (ACMA callsign: 2AAY) is an Australian radio station owned by Southern Cross Media. The station is based in Albury New South Wales. Some programs based in Albury are simulcast to other Hit Network The Hit Network is an ...

104.9 MHz Albury * 2CSF 105.5 MHz Coffs Harbour *

2DBO 2DBO, branded on-air as Triple M Dubbo 93.5, is an Australian radio station owned by Southern Cross Austereo. The station is based in Dubbo, New South Wales. It is also broadcast on relay transmitters in Gilgandra (101.3 FM), and Narromine ...

93.5 MHz

Dubbo Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and G ...

* 2GZF 105.9 MHz Orange * 2RGF 99.7 MHz Griffith * 2ROX 105.1 MHz Kempsey/102.3 MHz Port Macquarie * 2WZD 93.1 MHz

Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's ...

Victoria

3BDG 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 ...

91.9 MHz

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, mak ...

* 3MDA 99.5 MHz

Mildura Mildura is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area h ...

3SEA Triple M Gippsland (official callsign: 3SEA) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. The station is broadcast to townships in the Gippsland region of Victoria from studios in Wa ...

94.3 MHz and 97.9 MHz Gippsland ''(formerly Sea FM)'' * 3SUN 96.9 MHz

Shepparton Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Sheppart ...

''(formerly Sun FM)''

South Australia

5SEF SAFM 96.1 (ACMA callsign: 5SEF) is an Australian commercial radio station based in Mount Gambier, South Australia, owned by Southern Cross Austereo. It commenced broadcasting on 16 May 1998 under the name FM 96.1. The first breakfast host was L ...

96.1 MHz Mount Gambier

References

External links

Star FMWild Revolution
{{National radio networks in Australia 1999 establishments in Australia Defunct Australian radio networks Contemporary hit radio stations in Australia Southern Cross Media Group