7HO FM (call sign: 7HHO) is one of 3 commercial radio stations in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It commenced broadcasting on 13 August 1930, as the first commercial radio station in its city, broadcasting under the callsign of 7HO. [1]
The station's initial frequency was 890 kHz AM, in 1935 moving to 860 kHz, then in 1978 to 864 kHz.[2]
On 1 November 1990, 7HO converted to the FM band - 101.7 MHz. The official call-sign was changed to 7HHO but the station identified on-air as Mix 101 HOFM.
For quite some time is was known as Mix 101 HOFM and then simply HOFM. On 5 November 2007, HOFM re-added the 7 to the HOFM branding, therefore changing its on-air name to 7HO FM.
7HO FM is owned by Grant Broadcasting and has local programming and news,and as of early November 2007 it dropped the John Laws Morning Show' and replaced it with a wide variety workday which kicks off weekdays from 9am and is a music based format, the music format is Hot Adult Contemporary playing songs from the 80's 90's and today ".The stations current on air line up is 'Breakfast with the Stars' with Johnno and Jane, Mornings with Rebel, A to Z variety lunch with Richard Moore. The Drive Home with Wolfie and Candy and the Hot 30 with Matty and Maude
Weekends include the Waterboys, Better Homes and Gardens, Partymix, Totally 80's and Top 40 Pop
The callsign 7HO originated from the name of the founder, Ron Hope, and the two first letters of the city, Hobart.
7HO is also famous in London, England for being mentioned on an advertising jingle for Hobart. Originally played for amusement on Capital Radio in the morning by DJ Chris Tarrant, the jingle quickly became a running gag that spawn a cult following. This culminated in Chris Tarrant doing a tour of Australia,, finishing with broadcasting his morning show to Londoners from the studios of 7HO in Hobart on the last day of his tour.
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