7HO
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7HO FMHobart's Home of Variety is one of 3 commercial radio stations in Hobart
, Tasmania
, Australia
. It commenced broadcasting on 13 August 1930, as the first commercial radio station in its city, broadcasting under the callsign of 7HO.
The station's initial frequency was 890 kHz AM, in 1935 moving to 860 kHz, then in 1978 to 864 kHz.
On 1 November 1990, 7HO converted to the FM band to 101.7 MHz. The official call-sign was changed to 7HHO but the station identified on-air as Mix 101 HOFM.
For quite some time is was known as Mix 101 HOFM and then simply HOFM. On 5 November 2007, HOFM re-added the 7 to the HOFM branding, therefore changing its on-air name to 7HO FM.
7HO FM is owned by Grant Broadcasting and has local programming and news,and as of early November 2007 it dropped the John Laws Morning Show and replaced it with a wide variety workday which kicks off weekdays from 9am and is a music based format, the music format is Hot Adult Contemporary playing songs from the 80's 90's and today ".The stations current on air line up is 'Breakfast with the Stars' with Johnno and Jane, Mornings with Rebel, A to Z variety lunch with Richard Moore. The Drive Home with Wolfie and Candy and the Hot 30 with Matty and Maude
Weekends include the Waterboys, Better Homes and Gardens, Partymix, Totally 80's and Top 40 Pop
The callsign 7HO originated from the name of the founder, Ron Hope, and the two first letters of the city, Hobart.
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It commenced broadcasting on 13 August 1930, as the first commercial radio station in its city, broadcasting under the callsign of 7HO.
The station's initial frequency was 890 kHz AM, in 1935 moving to 860 kHz, then in 1978 to 864 kHz.
On 1 November 1990, 7HO converted to the FM band to 101.7 MHz. The official call-sign was changed to 7HHO but the station identified on-air as Mix 101 HOFM.
For quite some time is was known as Mix 101 HOFM and then simply HOFM. On 5 November 2007, HOFM re-added the 7 to the HOFM branding, therefore changing its on-air name to 7HO FM.
7HO FM is owned by Grant Broadcasting and has local programming and news,and as of early November 2007 it dropped the John Laws Morning Show and replaced it with a wide variety workday which kicks off weekdays from 9am and is a music based format, the music format is Hot Adult Contemporary playing songs from the 80's 90's and today ".The stations current on air line up is 'Breakfast with the Stars' with Johnno and Jane, Mornings with Rebel, A to Z variety lunch with Richard Moore. The Drive Home with Wolfie and Candy and the Hot 30 with Matty and Maude
Weekends include the Waterboys, Better Homes and Gardens, Partymix, Totally 80's and Top 40 Pop
The callsign 7HO originated from the name of the founder, Ron Hope, and the two first letters of the city, Hobart.