Star FM

Star FM was an Australian radio network, consisting of Top 40/CHR formatted stations in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The brand was created by NOVA Entertainment, then known as DMG Regional Radio, in 1999, with the network being sold to Southern Cross Austereo.

For the unrelated Central Coast, New South Wales radio station, see Star 104.5.
Not to be confused with DWSM,102.7 Manila a FM radio station broadcasting from the Philippines.

Star FM
Broadcast areaNew South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Australia
FrequencyVarious
SloganHits and Old Skool
Programming
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
Ownership
OwnerSouthern Cross Austereo
Links
Websitewww.starfm.com.au

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 were rebranded as Hit, meaning that the Star FM and Hot FM brandings ceased to exist.[1][2]

Stations

New South Wales

Victoria
  • 3BDG 91.9 MHz Bendigo
  • 3MDA 99.5 MHz Mildura
  • 3SEA 94.3 MHz and 97.9 MHz Gippsland (formerly Sea FM)
  • 3SUN 96.9 MHz Shepparton (formerly Sun FM)

South Australia
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References
  1. Battersby, Lucy (26 September 2016). "60 regional radio stations to become Triple M or Hit Network". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. "Top-rating Star FM to take a Hit". Shepparton News. 27 September 2016.
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