Smooth Chill (Australian radio station)

smooth Chill (formerly Koffee) is a digital radio station broadcast by NOVA Entertainment in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. It was launched on 16 April 2009 under the name Koffee, prior to the commencement of DAB+ broadcasts.[1]

This article is about the radio station in Australia. For the radio station in the United Kingdom, see Smooth Chill (UK radio station).
smooth Chill
CitySydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane
Broadcast areaAustralia, online & DAB+
Slogan
  • Your cool and surprising music mix (2019–present)
  • Time to chill (2009 - 2019)
FrequencyDAB+ & Internet Radio
First air date
  • 16 April 2009 (as Koffee)[1]
  • 25 September 2019 (as smooth Chill; online only)
Last air date5 September 2019 (on DAB+)
FormatChill out
ClassTerrestrial
OwnerNOVA Entertainment
WebcastHTTP AAC+ 48kb stream
Websitewww.smooth.com.au/smoothchill-player

In September 2019 , Koffee was rebranded as smooth Chill to extend the smoothfm brand, and its slot on DAB+ radio was replaced by smooth Relax. smooth Chill is currently available for online streaming only.

Music

Koffee's position is 'Time To Chill' and plays a varied range of music across multiple genres of chillout music, including folk, electronica, singer-songwriter, and trip-hop, as well as Jazz and other rarely played genres on Australian radio.

On 6 September 2019, the Koffee station was replaced by a new station called smooth Relax.

On 25 September 2019, the station was replaced by smooth Chill, which restored the programming and most of the music that was originally on Koffee.

Availability

Following Nova Entertainment's purchase of additional digital radio spectrum,[2] the station launched into the Brisbane market in February 2010.

Koffee is the winner of the 2014 Commercial Radio Awards, 'Best Digital Radio Format'.[3]

Koffee was available on DAB+ digital radio until 5 September 2019. Currently, the station is available for online streaming via the website.

See also

References
  1. Dudley, Jennifer (16 April 2009). "Digital stations go to air". The Courier-Mail. p. 12. Retrieved 25 April 2010. |section= ignored (help)
  2. Digital Radio Plus Article
  3. http://www.acras.com.au/Winners-and-Finalists/2014
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