| City of license | Brisbane, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Brisbane RA1 ([2]) |
| Branding | B105 |
| Slogan | Brisbane's '#1 Hit' Music Station |
| Frequency | 105.3 MHz FM (also on DAB+) |
| First air date | September 29, 1930 (AM) February 26, 1990 (FM) |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Language | English |
| ERP | 12,000 watts |
| HAAT | 365 m[1] |
| Former callsigns | 4BK (1930-1990) |
| Former frequencies | 1290 kHz (1930-1935) 1300 kHz (1935-1978) 1296 kHz (1978-1990) |
| Affiliations | Today Network |
| Owner | Southern Cross Austereo (Today FM Brisbane Pty Ltd) |
| Sister stations | 4MMM |
| Webcast | B105 Player |
| Website | Official website |
B105 (call sign: 4BBB) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting on 105.3 MHz in Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Austereo Radio Network. B105's primary audience is 10 to 24 age group.
The station now known as B105 began life as 4BK, commencing transmission in 1930 on the AM band, initially on the frequency 1290 kHz before changing to 1300 kHz in 1935. The introduction of 9 kHz spacing on the AM band led to 4BK moving to 1296 kHz in 1978.
In 1988, the Austereo group purchased the station from Hoyts, intending to use it as a vehicle to bid for an FM conversion licence. Austereo won the FM licence, and in February 1990, the station changed its callsign to 4BBB (not used on-air, unlike the previous AM callsign) and commenced broadcasting on a frequency of 105.3 MHz with the on-air name B105.
Between March 1990 until 2006 it was the highest rating station in Brisbane, except in one ratings survey in 1994, beaten by AM station 4KQ.
In April 2011 the Austereo Group was purchased by Southern Cross Media for more than $700 million, and is now operated under the name Southern Cross Austereo. At this stage B105 continues as always with no significant lineup or operational changes.
The 4BK studio complex, located at 16 Campbell Street, Bowen Hills, was converted to an FM facility with 4BK commencing broadcasting as B105 FM in 1990. The studio complex remained at the Bowen Hills location until July 2000, when owners Austereo relocated B105 and sister station Triple M into new combined premises at 309 North Quay, Brisbane.[2] The new complex was the first in Australia to use the now defunct Klotz Digital audio system, which was revolutionary at the time.
B105's FM transmission has always emanated from the TVQ Ten tower at Mount Coot-tha, Brisbane. The station originally used two Harris HT10 tube transmitters in an A/B failsafe configuration to deliver the service. In 2002 a new solid state Harris Z10CD transmitter was installed at the newly created TX Australia facility, located under the TVQ Ten tower. The existing HT10 transmitter now serves as a backup facility located at the BTQ Seven tower, 1 km away from Channel Ten on Mount Coot-tha.
B105's FM service is licensed for 12Kw Effective Radiated Power at the antenna, and operates it's transmitters at 5Kw base power.
B105 and Southern Cross Austereo's DAB services all emanate from the TVQ Ten tower on combined equipment used by all radio broadcasters in Brisbane.
Jamie Dunn, Ian Skippen and Donna Lynch were the original B105 Morning Crew starting in 1990. Donna Lynch was eventually replaced by Robyn Bailey. Bailey was shifted to Drive in 2002, making way for Penny Cooper. Agro, a puppet character owned and voiced by Jamie Dunn, made regular appearances on the B105 Morning Crew.
In 2004 Austereo shifted the anchor of the B105 Morning Crew, Ian Skippen, to anchor a new show on sister station Triple M. Ian Skippen was replaced by Drive announcer Dean Kesby. While Skippen and the new Triple M Breakfast team enjoyed success, B105's fortunes declined. The introduction of DMG's new FM station Nova 106.9 reduced B105's ratings, dropping it to third position for the first time in its history.
On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, B105 announced the departure of Jamie Dunn who had resigned after talks with management failed to secure him a contracted future with B105. The final show was on Friday December 2, 2005 with an outside broadcast at the Royal Brisbane Children's Hospital.
One sour note was the decision, in all likelihood directed by Austereo, to briefly include former B105 breakfast anchor Ian Skippen in the final broadcast. At around 7.30am Skippen appeared on stage in Triple M gear, and used the time on air (broadcast on both 4MMM and B105) to promote Triple M and his new show while contributing $2,000 to the appeal. Dunn and Skippen had experienced conflict in the past.
B105 trialled possible candidates for the new Breakfast Show through a Drive program that ran from 4pm - 6pm. B105 eventually chose Gabby, Mike and ‘Tard, along with Ben Wasley, who had previously anchored Austereo's The Arvo with Peter Hellier and Judith Lucy. "B105's New Breakfast Show" was renamed "The New Buzz in Brisbane" in mid-2006.
The current breakfast show is Labby ‘'Stav and "Abby" . It includes a number of radio hosts:
Camilla Severi, who had previously worked as part of a crew called "Labby, Camilla & Stav", ceased that role after 4 August 2011. It was announced Abby Coleman would join Labby and Stav after filling in for 2 weeks and now is a permanent member of the show [3]
B105 is currently 2nd in the Brisbane radio ratings behind 97.3FM. Labby, Stav & ‘'Abby are the number 2 FM breakfast show, during the workday they are 2nd and 3rd respectively, FiFi and Jules/Hamish and Andy are 1st, and Hot 30 are 1st.
As at June 2011:-
As at June 2011:-
Natasha 'Tash' Jobson, News Director (Breakfast)
B105 does not do news bulletins between 9am and 4pm weekdays. Drive news (4pm - 6pm) and weekend news is broadcast by journalists in Austereo's Melbourne or Sydney newsrooms.
B105 is simulcast on Digital Radio in Brisbane.
B105 launched Choose The Hits Jelli, a station only broadcast on Digital Radio, was launched on 1 February 2010, and closed on 26th May 2010.
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