Hit Western Australia


hit Western Australia is an Australian commercial radio station broadcasting to regional areas of Western Australia. Owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo, the station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio music format with a local breakfast show based from studios in Bunbury.

History

The stations were established between 1997 and 1999, under the Hot FM brand first used in Queensland. In 2004, Hot FM and sister stations RadioWest were sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks.
Under the ownership of DMG Regional Radio, network stations broadcast a variety of local and networked programming, from network hubs based in Bunbury, Albury and the Gold Coast. Following the merger of Southern Cross Media with Austereo in February 2011, the Hot FM network – along with Sea FM and Star FM regional counterparts – became more closely aligned with the Today Network, including networking programming from 2DayFM Sydney and Fox FM Melbourne.
On 15 December 2016, as part of a national brand consolidation by parent company Southern Cross Austereo, the station was merged into the Hit Network.

Transmitters

Hit Western Australia is broadcast via 9 full power stations.
Call signFrequencyBroadcast areaERP
W		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
6AAY95.3 FMAlbany, Western Australia50,000Locally branded as hit95.3 Albany
6BET100.5 FMBridgetown, Western Australia5,000Locally branded as hit Southwest
6BUN95.7 FMBunbury, Western Australia55,000Locally branded as hit95.7 Southwest
6KAN94.9 FMKatanning, Western Australia5,000Locally branded as hit94.9 Great Southern
6KAR97.9 FMKalgoorlie, Western Australia6,000Locally branded as hit97.9 Kalgoorlie
6MER105.1 FMMerredin, Western Australia6,000Locally branded as hit Wheatbelt
6NAM96.5 FMNortham, Western Australia10,000Locally branded as hit Wheatbelt
6NAN100.5 FMNarrogin, Western Australia5,000Locally branded as hit100.5 Great Southern
6SEA102.3 FMEsperance, Western Australia5,000Locally branded as hit102.3 Esperance

In addition, the 9 full power stations feed a further 17 repeater stations.
FrequencyBroadcast areaERP
W		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
106.5 FMAlbany, Western Australia100Infill repeater
94.1 FMBeacon, Western Australia100
94.9 FMBoddington, Western Australia50
95.3 FMBoddington, Western Australia10Infill repeater for the Boddington bauxite mine
96.7 FMBoddington, Western Australia50Infill repeater for the Boddington gold mine
96.7 FMCollie, Western Australia80
91.9 FMKalgoorlie, Western Australia10Infill repeater for the Super Pit gold mine
94.7 FMKambalda, Western Australia20
102.3 FMKoorda, Western Australia200
95.1 FMKulin, Western Australia40
100.3 FMMargaret River, Western Australia25
90.7 FMMukinbudin, Western Australia100
102.1 FMNannup, Western Australia10
97.3 FMPemberton, Western Australia50
89.1 FMRavensthorpe, Western Australia250
102.3 FMSouthern Cross, Western Australia250
104.7 FMWongan Hills, Western Australia30