8HA
Radio station in Alice Springs, Australia
8HA is a radio station based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It broadcasts on the medium wave radio band, at a frequency of 900 kHz. It also broadcasts on radio channel 42 on the Optus Aurora satellite service on Optus C1.
8HA has been on the air since 2 March 1971, and is the only commercial radio station operating on the medium-wave (i.e. AM) band in the Northern Territory (the only other station to do so, 8DN in Darwin, was shut down in the 1990s).
The current format is a mixture of talk and music, with the positioning statement "The Best Songs Of All Time."
01Announcers
- Sandee Beech (Breakfast)
- Chris Smith (Mornings)
- Mel Elliot (AM News)
- Adrian Renzie (Central Australia Today)
- Steve Hooper (Afternoons)
- Alan Peters (Drive) [Prior Manager]
- Cameron Jackson (PM News)
- Graeme Gilbert (Talk Tonight)
- Gary Stewart (Talk Overnight)
- David Wood [Died 1986]
02Networked Shows
Various shows are sourced from other Australian radio stations including A-League Nation, NRL Nation and Super Rugby Nation on (Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons / evenings / nights).
Sources and credits
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- 8halogo.jpg by Cameron Jackson, PD
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