Australian Radio Network

Australian Radio Network
Industry Broadcasting
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Number of locations
 6 markets
Area served
 Australia
Services Radio:
KIIS Network
Pure Gold Network
The Edge
Digital media:
iHeartRadio
Owner APN News & Media
Parent APN News & Media
Website Official

The Australian Radio Network is a group of commercial radio stations around Australia. It includes the Pure Gold and KIIS networks and owns a 30% stake in the World Movies television channel.

The company operates the ARN News service in Australia, which utilises international correspondents and source news stories from AAP in Australia, CNN from the United States and Sky News and IRN from the United Kingdom. ARN has newsrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Originally ARN was a joint venture of Australian media conglomerate APN News & Media and United States radio company iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications). On February 19, 2014, it was reported that APN News & Media had agreed to purchase Clear Channel's 50% stake in the Australian Radio Network.[1] As a result, the Australian Radio Network is now fully owned by APN. The company continues to operate the Australian version of iHeartRadio.[2]

Until 2014, ARN also included New Zealand radio networks Newstalk ZB, Classic Hits FM, ZM, Radio Sport, Radio Hauraki, Easy Mix, Flava and Coast. These are now part of the New Zealand Media and Entertainment, another branch of APN News & Media.

Radio

KIIS 106.5, Edge 96.1 and WSFM 101.7 broadcast building in North Ryde

In Australia the company owns and operates twelve capital city stations for 25 to 54 year olds. These stations all broadcast entirely local programming, although network stations have the same format and logo.

In Sydney on KIIS 106.5, in Melbourne on KIIS 101.1, in Brisbane on 97.3, in Perth on 96 FM, in Adelaide on Mix 102.3 and in Canberra on Mix 106.3.

In Sydney on WSFM 101.7, in Melbourne on Gold 104.3 in Brisbane on 4KQ 693AM, and Cruise 1323 in Adelaide. Pure Gold plays More Hot Adult Contemporary from the 1960s to 2000s, for the 25–49 year old market, Cruise 1323 only plays the Easy Listening and Oldies format.

Other stations carry different formats. Katoomba-licenced The Edge 96.ONE is a hip-hop, urban and R&B station reaching most of Sydney. Adelaide Classic Hits station 5DN was converted into easy listening station Cruise 1323. Nationwide internet-only station PureCountry was set up August 2006 to play a contemporary country music format but subsequently closed down. ARN's joint venture station in Canberra 104.7 is part of Today's Hit Network run by Southern Cross Austereo.

Stations

Licence areaKIIS NetworkPure Gold NetworkThe Edge
Sydney 2WFM "KIIS 106.5" (106.5 MHz FM) 2UUS "101.7 WSFM" (101.7 MHz FM)
Katoomba 2ONE "The Edge 96.ONE" (96.1 MHz FM)
Melbourne 3TTT "KIIS 101.1" (101.1 MHz FM) 3KKZ "Gold 104.3" (104.3 MHz FM)
Brisbane 4BFM "97.3 FM" (97.3 MHz FM) 4KQ (693 kHz AM)
Adelaide 5ADD "Mix 102.3" (102.3 MHz FM) 5DN "Cruise 1323" (1323 kHz AM)
Perth 6NOW "96 FM" (96.1 MHz FM)

Joint Ventures

Licence areaKIIS Network/Triple M LocalWorksToday's Hit Network
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1CBR "Mix 106.3" (106.3 MHz FM) 2ROC "104.7" (104.7 MHz FM)

Digital Radio

The Australian Radio Network broadcasts a number of digital only radio stations, including: The Edge Digital, Mix 80s, Mix 90s and Chemist Warehouse Remix[3] (details below). This is in addition to simulcasts of existing AM and FM stations.

Former:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "APN confirms ARN & TRN buyout". Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. ↑ "iHeartRadio - ARN - Australian Radio Network". Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ARN Digital-radio

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