8HA

8HA

City	Alice Springs
Broadcast area	Alice Springs
Slogan	The Best Songs of All Time
Frequency	900 kHz (Alice Springs) 100.5 MHz (Yulara)
First air date	1971
Format	Talk/Adult Contemporary
Owner	Alice Springs Commercial Broadcasters
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 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."

8HA's sister station, Sun 96.9, is based in the same building.

	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)
• Mez Elliot (The Big Breakfast)
• Adrian Renzie (Territory Today)
• Dave Prior (Today's Best Country)
• Bruce Davenport (Afternoons with Bruce)
• Cameron Jackson (PM News)
• Rowdy Rodriquez (Thursday evening Sports Show)
• John Boyle (Saturday Morning Sports Show)
• Mary Meldrum (Saturday Morning Sports Show)

Local Shows

• Big Breakfast (6.00am - 9.00am Weekdays)
• Territory Today (12.00pm - 1.00pm Weekdays)
• Solid Gold Lunch (1.00pm - 2.00pm Weekdays)
• Afternoons with Bruce (2.00pm - 4.00pm Weekdays)
• Saturday Morning Sports (8.00am - 10.00am Saturday)
• Jukebox Saturday Night (6.00pm - midnight Saturday)
• Today's Best Country (6.00am - 8.00am Sunday)

Networked Shows

Various shows are sourced from other Australian Radio Stations including Better Homes and Gardens (TV series) and Jono and Dano.

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