8HA

8HA
Alice Springs;
Broadcast area	Alice Springs
Frequency	900 kHz (Alice Springs) 100.5 MHz (Yulara)
Programming
Format	Talk/Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Broadcast Operations Group (Alice Springs Commercial Broadcasters)
Sister stations	Gold FM, Sun FM
History
First air date	2 March 1971
Links
Website	http://8ha.com.au

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.^[1] 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."

Radio air check of 8HA in April 1986

An air check of radio station 8HA captured in April 1986

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Announcers

Dave Peters (The Big Breakfast)
Sandee Beech (The Big Breakfast)
John Laws (Mornings)
Mel Elliot (AM News)
Adrian Renzie (Central Australia Today)
Brent Bultitude (Afternoons)
Dave Prior Manager and (Drive)
Cameron Jackson (PM News)
Gary Stewart (Talk Tonight)
Talk Overnight
David Wood 1986

Networked 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).

Notes

^ "AM Radio NT". Australian Radio Stations. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.

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[1] "AM Radio NT". Australian Radio Stations. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.

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