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Macquarie Southern Cross Media is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n company, owned by Macquarie Media Group
Macquarie Media Group

Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AUD1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation....
. The company was previously known as Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, prior to the absorption of the remaining assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
 that were purchased by Macquarie Media Group in 2007.

The company owns several regional radio stations, as a result of takeovers of stations formerly owned by DMG Radio Australia
DMG Radio Australia

dmg Radio Australia operates commercial radio networks in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia. The company is 100% owned by United Kingdom company, Daily Mail and General Trust Group....
 and RG Capital Radio Network
RG Capital Radio Network

Before being sold to Macquarie Bank, RG Capital was in a majority ownership by Australian gameshow king Reg Grundy....
. The company also owns the stations forming the Southern Cross Television
Southern Cross Television

Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
 and Southern Cross Ten
Southern Cross Ten

Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....
 networks around regional Australia and Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
, which hold varying affiliations with the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and Network Ten
Network Ten

Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
.

Radio
The format of each station is defined by one of two common formats:



Agreements were reached with Macquarie, DMG and Prime Television
Prime Television

Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
 to ensure that existing brand names owned by DMG Radio could continue to be used by both Macquarie and Prime.

Programming
Group Program Director - Rod Brice

Macquarie Southern Cross Media produces its own networked programming across both brands, which include:



Some of its stations picked up the Continuous Call Team
Continuous Call Team

The Continuous Call Team is an Australian radio sports program, covering the news and live games of the National Rugby League. It is produced and broadcast by 2GB Sydney, and is relayed to stations in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria , Western Australia and Papua New Guinea....
 when Broadcast Operations Group
Broadcast Operations Group

Owned by Bill Caralis, Broadcast Operations Group operates a number of radio stations in northern New South Wales & southern Queensland, Australia....
 could not resolve broadcast rights issues with 2GB
2GB

2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, Amplitude modulation. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, especially in the Sydney area....
 and the National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
.






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Macquarie Southern Cross Media is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n company, owned by Macquarie Media Group
Macquarie Media Group

Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AUD1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation....
. The company was previously known as Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, prior to the absorption of the remaining assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
 that were purchased by Macquarie Media Group in 2007.

The company owns several regional radio stations, as a result of takeovers of stations formerly owned by DMG Radio Australia
DMG Radio Australia

dmg Radio Australia operates commercial radio networks in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia. The company is 100% owned by United Kingdom company, Daily Mail and General Trust Group....
 and RG Capital Radio Network
RG Capital Radio Network

Before being sold to Macquarie Bank, RG Capital was in a majority ownership by Australian gameshow king Reg Grundy....
. The company also owns the stations forming the Southern Cross Television
Southern Cross Television

Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
 and Southern Cross Ten
Southern Cross Ten

Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....
 networks around regional Australia and Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
, which hold varying affiliations with the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and Network Ten
Network Ten

Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
.

Brands


Television


  • Stations branded Southern Cross Television
    Southern Cross Television

    Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
     are usually dual affiliates of the Seven Network
    Seven Network

    The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
     and Network Ten
    Network Ten

    Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
    , with some exceptions (for instance, GTS/BKN and Southern Cross Central (QQQ)
    QQQ

    QQQ is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* QQQ, an Australian television station broadcasting in remote eastern and central areas of Australia...
    ).
  • Stations branded Southern Cross Ten
    Southern Cross Ten

    Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....
     are sole affiliates of Network Ten
    Network Ten

    Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
    . These stations often brand themselves both with the Network Ten and Southern Cross Ten logos, from time to time.


Radio


The format of each station is defined by one of two common formats:

  • Hit Music Network - a popular music format targeted at 18-39 year olds, using the Star FM
    Star FM (Australian radio network)

    Star FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.The brand was created in 1999 by DMG Radio Australia....
    , Hot FM
    Hot FM (Australian radio network)

    Hot FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland and Western Australia.The brand was created by DMG Radio Australia, before they sold their regional stations to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004....
     and Sea FM
    Sea FM (Australian radio network)

    SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
     brands.
  • Local Works - talkback and adult contemporary music format target at over 35s, mainly on the AM and heritage FM stations, as well as Gold FM and Mix FM and RadioWest
    RadioWest

    Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
     in Western Australia.


Agreements were reached with Macquarie, DMG and Prime Television
Prime Television

Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
 to ensure that existing brand names owned by DMG Radio could continue to be used by both Macquarie and Prime.

Programming


Group Program Director - Rod Brice

Macquarie Southern Cross Media produces its own networked programming across both brands, which include:

  • The Big K's Work Day, afternoon program
  • The Benchwarmers with Ant and Becks, afternoon program
  • The List with Matty and Renee, a Top 30 program
  • Red Eye Radio, overnight program
  • The Awesome 80s, Eighties music
  • The Love Lounge, nighttime programming
  • Health Matters with Dr. John D'Arcy, health issues with Dr. John D'Arcy
  • Money Matters, personal finance issues
  • Sunday Groovies, Seventies and Eighties music and trivia
  • Truck Radio with Mel, overnight program
  • Talking Back the Night, overnight program with Jamie McDonald
    Jamie McDonald

    Jamie Mc Donald is an Irish musician/singer/busker/songwriter who has played extensively through-out Europe both as a solo perfromer and as a member of bands, such as The Carney Brothers....
  • Max Music Workday, weekdays '10 in a row' with Brendo
  • Digital Life, with Cameron St. Clair


Some of its stations picked up the Continuous Call Team
Continuous Call Team

The Continuous Call Team is an Australian radio sports program, covering the news and live games of the National Rugby League. It is produced and broadcast by 2GB Sydney, and is relayed to stations in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria , Western Australia and Papua New Guinea....
 when Broadcast Operations Group
Broadcast Operations Group

Owned by Bill Caralis, Broadcast Operations Group operates a number of radio stations in northern New South Wales & southern Queensland, Australia....
 could not resolve broadcast rights issues with 2GB
2GB

2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, Amplitude modulation. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, especially in the Sydney area....
 and the National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
. The most notable was KOFM in Newcastle, who also picked up rights to cover games of the Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
.

Criticisms

One major criticism of stations owned by Macquarie is its reliance on networking programs outside of breakfast from one of four networking centres:

  • Gold Coast
    Gold Coast, Queensland

    The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
     (national and regional centre)
  • Townsville
    Townsville, Queensland

    Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
     (regional centre)
  • Albury
    Albury, New South Wales

    Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is also a Local Government Areas in Australia, administered by Albury City Council....
     (regional centre)
  • Bunbury
    Bunbury, Western Australia

    The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after Mandurah and Perth, Western Australia the state capital. It is situated south of Perth's central business district ....
     (regional centre)


Assets


Radio stations


Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
Licence areaRadio stations owned (call sign
Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In some countries they are used as names for broadcasting stations, but in many other countries they are not....
, branding if any, frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
)
Atherton
Atherton, Queensland

Atherton is a town on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland Queensland, Australia.Average temperatures*Summer 17–35 ?C...
4AMM "Hot FM" (97.9 MHz FM)
Bundaberg
Bundaberg, Queensland

Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Burnett River, approximately 385 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane and 15 kilometres inland from the coast....
4RGB "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (93.1 MHz FM)
Cairns
Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
4RGC "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (99.5 MHz FM), 4HOT "Hot FM" (103.5 MHz FM)
Emerald
Emerald, Queensland

Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands district of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Emerald had a population of 10,999....
4HIT "Hot FM" (94.7 MHz FM)
Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
4SEA "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (90.9 MHz FM), 4GLD "Gold FM" (92.5 MHz FM)
Kingaroy
Kingaroy, Queensland

Kingaroy is an agricultural town in Queensland, Australia, approximately 209 kilometres or about 2.5 hours drive northwest of the state capital Brisbane....
4KRY "CFM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (89.1 MHz FM)
Mackay
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
4RGM
4RGM

Sea Fm broadcasts in Mackay on 98.7FM & 92.3FM in Airlie Beach. The studio is located in the former SGIO [now Suncorp] building in Victoria Street Mackay....
 "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (98.7 MHz FM), 4MKY "Hot FM" (100.3 MHz FM)
Maryborough
Maryborough, Queensland

Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane....
4CEE "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (101.9 MHz FM), 4MBB "Mix FM" (103.5 MHz FM)
Mount Isa
Mount Isa, Queensland

Mount Isa is a city in North-West Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines is one of the most productive single mines in world history?based on combined production of lead, silver, copper and zinc....
4MIC "Hot FM" (102.5 MHz FM)
Nambour
Nambour, Queensland

Nambour is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia, 101 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where it is the capital, at the foot of the Blackall Range....
 (Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is a coastal region located in South East Queensland, north of the Queensland capital of Brisbane. The Sunshine Coast has recently been united into a single Local Government Areas in Australia, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council....
)
4SEE
4SEE

91.9 Sea FM is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the Frequency modulation band from its studios in Maroochydore, Queensland....
 "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (91.9 MHz FM), 4SSS "Mix FM" (92.7 MHz FM)
Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
4RGK
4RGK

4RGK is a radio station in Central Queensland, broadcasting as Sea FM.The station is owned and operated by Macquarie Southern Cross Media out of studios in Rockhampton, Qld....
 "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (101.5 MHz FM), 4ROK "Hot FM" (107.9 MHz FM)
Roma
Roma, Queensland

Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs, Queensland area of Queensland, Australia, 515 km by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego Highway and Carnarvon Highway highways....
4ROM "Hot FM" (95.1 MHz FM)
Townsville
Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
4TOO "4TO" (102.3 MHz FM), 4RAM "Hot FM" (103.1 MHz FM)
Toowoomba
Toowoomba, Queensland

Toowoomba is a city in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265, Toowoomba is one of Australia's largest provincial cities....
/Warwick
Warwick, Queensland

Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying 130 km south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Regional Council Local Government Areas in Australia....
 (Darling Downs
Darling Downs, Queensland

The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of eleven major regions of Queensland....
)
4GR (864 MHz AM), 4RGD "CFM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (100.7 MHz FM)


New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
Licence areaRadio stations owned (call sign
Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In some countries they are used as names for broadcasting stations, but in many other countries they are not....
, branding if any, frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
)
Albury
Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is also a Local Government Areas in Australia, administered by Albury City Council....
1
2BDR "The River" (105.7 MHz FM), 2AAY
2AAY

2AAY, branded on-air as Star FM , is an Australian radio station owned by Macquarie Regional RadioWorks. The station is based in Albury, New South Wales New South Wales....
 "Star FM" (104.9 MHz FM)
Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

Geographic coordinate system: Coffs Harbour is a coastal city located on the north coast of New South Wales about 540 km north of Sydney and 440 km south of Brisbane....
2CFS "2CS" (106.3 MHz FM), 2CSF "Star FM" (105.5 MHz FM)
Dubbo
Dubbo, New South Wales

Dubbo is a city in the Central West, New South Wales of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region with a population of 30,574 at the time of the 2006 census, and serves an estimated catchment of 130,000....
2DBO "Star FM" (93.5 MHz FM)
Gosford
Gosford, New South Wales

Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80km north of the Sydney central business district....
 (Central Coast)
2GGO
2GGO

2GO was the Central Coast?s first commercial radio station. 2GO started on the AM frequency then switched to the current FM107.7 frequency. 2GO supports the Give Me Five For Kids and Little Legends...
 "2GO" (107.7 MHz FM), 2CFM "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (101.3 MHz FM)
Griffith
Griffith, New South Wales

Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith Local Government Areas in Australia....
2RG (963 kHz AM), 2RGF "Star FM" (99.7 MHz FM)
Kempsey
Kempsey, New South Wales

Kempsey is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in Kempsey Shire Council. It is located 15 kilometres inland from the coast of the Pacific Ocean where the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line, New South Wales cross the Macleay River....
2
2PQQ "2MC FM" (106.7 MHz FM), 2ROX "Star FM" (105.1 MHz FM)
Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
3
2XXX "NXFM" (106.9 MHz FM), 2KKO "KOFM" (102.9 MHz FM)
Orange
Orange, New South Wales

Orange is a provincial city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Mitchell Highway, west of Sydney at an altitude of . Orange presently has a population of 31,544 and the city is a major provincial centre....
2GZF "2GZ" (105.9 MHz FM), 2OAG "Star FM" (105.1 MHz FM)
Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, Wagga with an urban population of 46,735 people, is the state's largest inland city and the country's fifth largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia....
2WG
2WG

2WG is an Australian radio station which transmits on 1152kHz on the Amplitude modulation band. It is licensed to the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, New South Wales....
 (1152 kHz AM), 2WZD
2WZD

2WZD, which is branded as Star FM , is an Australian radio station that transmits on 93.1 MHz FM radio and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
 "Star FM" (93.1 MHz FM)
1.Translators for The River on 90.1 MHz in Omeo
Omeo, Victoria

Omeo is a town in Victoria , Australia, located on the Great Alpine Road, east of Mount Hotham, in the Shire of East Gippsland. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Omeo had a population of 452....
 and 96.5 MHz in Corryong
Corryong, Victoria

Corryong is a small town in Victoria , Australia. It is located east of Albury-Wodonga, near the upper reaches of the Murray River and thus close to the New South Wales border....
. There is also a translator for StarFM in Corryong
Corryong, Victoria

Corryong is a small town in Victoria , Australia. It is located east of Albury-Wodonga, near the upper reaches of the Murray River and thus close to the New South Wales border....
 on 95.7 MHz.
2. Translators on 100.7 MHz (2PQQ) and 102.3 MHz (2ROX) in Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie, New South Wales

Port Macquarie is a large town on the mid-North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, located about 390 km north of Sydney, and 570 km south of Brisbane....
.
3. 50:50 joint venture with Austereo. NXFM is considered an Austereo Today Network
Today Network

The Today Network is a network of radio stations run by Austereo Radio Network....
 station, while KOFM is considered part of the Austereo Triple M
Triple M

The Triple M Network is a radio station network owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network....
 network. Macquarie Southern Cross Media handles administration and sales for both stations.


Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
Licence areaRadio stations owned (call sign
Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In some countries they are used as names for broadcasting stations, but in many other countries they are not....
, branding if any, frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
)
Bendigo
Bendigo, Victoria

Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. The Greater Bendigo municipality is home to around 100,000 while the city has a steadily growing urban population of about 80,000 people which places it as the fourth largest regional centre in Victoria after Ballarat, Victoria, Geelong, Victo...
3BBO "3BO" (93.5 MHz FM), 3BDG "Star FM" (91.9 MHz FM)
Mildura
Mildura, Victoria

Mildura is a regional city in northwestern Victoria , Australia, part of the Rural City of Mildura. Mildura is located in the Sunraysia region, and is on the banks of the Murray River....
3RMR "3MA FM" (97.9 MHz FM), 3MDA "Star FM" (99.5 MHz FM)
Shepparton
Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is the fifth largest List of cities in Australia in Victoria , Australia. The population of the municipality of City of Greater Shepparton in 2005 was estimated to be at 60,403 residents....
3SRR "95 3SR FM"2 (95.3 MHz FM), 3SUN "Star FM" (96.9 MHz FM)
Warragul
Warragul, Victoria

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people kilometres east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria . Warragul lies amid rolling hills between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north....
 (Gippsland)
3SEA "Star FM" (94.3 MHz FM1)
1. Re-transmitter at 97.9 MHz FM in Traralgon
Traralgon, Victoria

Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria , Australia. Traralgon is a town of the City of Latrobe....
.
2. The actual 3SR call sign and frequency (1260 kHz AM) is now owned by, and is a full-time simulcast of, horse and greyhound racing station 3UZ
3UZ

3UZ is the official callsign of a medium-wave radio station in Melbourne, Australia which broadcasts under the name Sport 927....
 "Sport 927" from Melbourne.


Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
Licence areaRadio stations owned (call sign
Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In some countries they are used as names for broadcasting stations, but in many other countries they are not....
, branding if any, frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
)
Hobart7TTT "Sea FM
Sea FM (Australian radio network)

SEA FM is a commercial Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania and is owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media....
" (100.9 MHz FM), 7XXX "Heart 107.3" (107.3 MHz FM)


South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
Licence areaRadio stations owned (call sign
Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In some countries they are used as names for broadcasting stations, but in many other countries they are not....
, branding if any, frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
)
Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mount Gambier is the second most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, the capital of the state.It is approximately 450 kilometres south of Adelaide and 435 kilometres west of Melbourne....
5SE (963 kHz AM), 5SEF
5SEF

5SEF, branded on-air as Star FM , is an Australian radio station owned by Macquarie Regional RadioWorks. The station is based in Mount Gambier, South Australia South Australia....
 "Star FM" (96.1 MHz FM)


Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
Licence areaRadio stations owned (call sign
Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In some countries they are used as names for broadcasting stations, but in many other countries they are not....
, branding if any, frequency
Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency....
)
Albany
Albany, Western Australia

Albany is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, situated around a port on the southern coast.Its metropolitan area has a population of 25,196 as of the 2006 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state....
6VA "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (783 kHz AM), 6AAY "Hot FM" (106.5 MHz FM)
Bridgetown
Bridgetown, Western Australia

Bridgetown is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth, Western Australia on the Blackwood River at the intersection of South Western Highway with Brockman Highway to Nannup, Western Australia and Augusta, Western Australia....
6BY "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (900 kHz AM), 6BET "Hot FM" (100.5 MHz FM)
Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after Mandurah and Perth, Western Australia the state capital. It is situated south of Perth's central business district ....
6TZ "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (963 kHz AM)1, 6BUN "Hot FM" (95.7 MHz FM)
Esperance
Esperance, Western Australia

Esperance is a town in Western Australia, located on the south coast around half-way between Albany, Western Australia and the South Australian border; 7 hours drive and 1 hour flight from the capital, Perth, Western Australia....
6SE "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (747 kHz AM), 6SEA "Hot FM" (102.3 MHz FM)
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a Western Australian city located east-northeast of Perth, Western Australia located in the Eastern Goldfields.The city was founded in 1893 during the Yilgarn-Goldfields gold rush, and is located close to the so-called "Golden Mile"....
6KG "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (981 kHz AM), 6KAR "Hot FM" (97.9 MHz FM)
Katanning
Katanning, Western Australia

Katanning is a town located 277 km south east of Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway....
6WB "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (1071 kHz AM), 6KAN "Hot FM" (94.9 MHz FM)
Merredin
Merredin, Western Australia

Merredin is a town in Western Australia, located in the Central Wheatbelt roughly midway between Perth, Western Australia and Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on List of road routes in Perth, Western Australia, Great Eastern Highway....
6MD "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (1098 kHz AM), 6MER "Hot FM" (105.1 MHz FM)
Narrogin
Narrogin, Western Australia

Narrogin is a large town in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly, Western Australia and Wagin, Western Australia....
6NA "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (918 kHz AM), 6NAN "Hot FM" (100.5 MHz FM)
Northam
Northam, Western Australia

Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon River, Western Australia and Mortlock Rivers, about north-east of Perth, Western Australia in the Avon Valley....
6AM "RadioWest
RadioWest

Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
" (864 kHz AM), 6NAM "Hot FM" (96.5 MHz FM)
1. 6TZ also re-transmitted via 1134 kHz AM in Collie
Collie, Western Australia

Collie is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, south of the state capital, Perth, Western Australia, and inland from the regional city and port of Bunbury, Western Australia....
 (6CI, now listed by ACMA
Australian Communications and Media Authority

Australian Communications and Media Authority is an Government of Australia agency whose main roles are to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications, and to represent Australian interests in international communications matters....
 under 6TZ), and 756 kHz AM in Busselton
Busselton, Western Australia

Busselton is a town in the South West region of Western Australia. Founded in 1832 by the Bussell family, Busselton has been one of the fastest growing regions in Australia in the last decade and has a population of approximately 20,000....
 and the Margaret River
Margaret River, Western Australia

Margaret River is a town in the South West of Western Australia, located in the valley of the eponymous Margaret River, south of Perth, Western Australia, the state capital....
 region.


Television assets

  • Southern Cross Television
    Southern Cross Television

    Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
  • Southern Cross Ten
    Southern Cross Ten

    Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....


Former Owned and Operated Stations


Due to conditions placed upon the takeover of DMG Radio's regional stations in 2005, Macquarie had to sell these stations to other parties:

  • To Prime Television
    Prime Television

    Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
    :
    • 4CA, Cairns
    • Sea FM
      Sea FM (Townsville)

      SEA FM 100.7 is a commercial Australian station based in Townsville, Queensland. Unlike other Sea FM stations, the Townsville station is owned by Prime Television....
       and Mix-FM
      Mix-FM

      Mix FM is a commercial Australian station based in Townsville, Queensland owned by Prime Television....
      , Townsville
    • 4MK
      4MK-FM

      4MK-FM is a radio station in Mackay, Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It was purchased by Prime Television in 2005 from Macquarie Regional RadioWorks....
      , Mackay
    • 4RO
      4RO-AM

      4RO ROCKHAMPTON4RO is an AM radio station in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia owned by Prime Television.FREQUENCY4RO broadcasts on 990 kHz to the greater Central Queensland region while its sister station Gladstone-based 4CC broadcasts on 927 kHz in Gladstone, 1584 kHz in Rockhampton and in Biloela on 666 kHz....
      , Rockhampton
    • 4CC, Rockhampton/Gladstone
  • To Ace Radio
    Ace Radio

    ACE Radio is an Australian radio company, owning several AM broadcasting and FM stations in Victoria .Its latest acquisition is 2AY Albury Wodonga, purchased from Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2005....
    :
    • 2AY
      2AY

      2AY is an AM radio station broadcasting from Albury, New South Wales, New South Wales, to South West New South Wales and North East Victoria ....
      , Albury-Wodonga


Further, due to conditions triggered by the purchase of the assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
, Macquarie Media Group was required to sell further stations to meet further diversity requirements at the time; the transactions to satisfy this being completed on 2008-03-14:

  • To Grant Broadcasters
    Grant Broadcasters

    Grant Broadcasters is an Australian regional radio network that also includes a small number of metropolitan radio stations. It is a privately owned company, held by Janet Cameron and her family....
    :
    • Launceston, Tasmania
      Launceston, Tasmania

      Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, with a population of 99,675, located at the juncture of the North Esk River, South Esk River, and Tamar River, Tasmania rivers....
      : 7LA
      7LA

      89.3 LAFM is a radio station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia.It opened on December 13, 1930, broadcasting on 1100 AM and from 1978 1098 AM....
       (1098 kHz AM)
    • Burnie, Tasmania
      Burnie, Tasmania

      Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. The town was renamed for William Burnie - a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company - in the early 1840s....
      : 7BU "Heart 558" (558 kHz AM), 7SEA "Sea FM" (101.7 MHz FM)
    • Scottsdale, Tasmania
      Scottsdale, Tasmania

      Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around 63 km north-east of Launceston, Tasmania and 22 km south-east of the coastal town of Bridport, Tasmania....
      : 7SD "Heart 540" (540 kHz AM), 7RGS "Sea FM" (99.7 MHz FM)
    • Devonport, Tasmania
      Devonport, Tasmania

      Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River . It, along with the slightly smaller city of Burnie, Tasmania, are the major regional centres of the north-west of the state....
      : 7AD "Heart 900" (900 kHz AM), 7DDD "Sea FM" (107.7 MHz FM)
    • Queenstown, Tasmania
      Queenstown, Tasmania

      Queenstown is a town in the West Coast, Tasmania region of the island of Tasmania. It is located in a valley on western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range....
      : 7XS
      7XS

      7XS is a radio station based in Queenstown, Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, broadcasting on the FM radio band on a frequency of 92.1 MHz, to the west-coast of Tasmania....
       "West Coast 7XS" (837 kHz AM), 7AUS "Aus FM" (92.1 MHz FM)
  • To Resonate Broadcasting:
    • Warragul, Victoria
      Warragul, Victoria

      Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people kilometres east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria . Warragul lies amid rolling hills between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north....
      : 3GG
      3GG

      3GG is a regional adult contemporary radio station that operates in Gippsland, Victoria , Australia. It was owned and operated by RG Capital before being accquired by the then newly formedMacquarie Regional RadioWorks before their sale to Resonate Broadcasters in March 2008....
       (531 kHz AM)
    • Charters Towers, Queensland
      Charters Towers, Queensland

      Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 135 kilometers south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. The Charters Towers area covers the size of 68,388 square kilometers ...
      : 4GC (828 kHz AM), 4CHT "Hot FM" (95.9 MHz FM)
  • To Smart Radio/Pinecam Pty Ltd (owners of the 4VL licence in Charleville, Queensland
    Charleville, Queensland

    The town of Charleville is located in South Western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire Council, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres....
    ):
    • Emerald, Queensland
      Emerald, Queensland

      Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands district of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Emerald had a population of 10,999....
      : 4HI (1143 kHz AM)
    • Kingaroy, Queensland
      Kingaroy, Queensland

      Kingaroy is an agricultural town in Queensland, Australia, approximately 209 kilometres or about 2.5 hours drive northwest of the state capital Brisbane....
      : 4SB "Heart 1071" (1071 kHz AM)
    • Mount Isa, Queensland
      Mount Isa, Queensland

      Mount Isa is a city in North-West Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines is one of the most productive single mines in world history?based on combined production of lead, silver, copper and zinc....
      : 4LM (666 kHz AM)
    • Roma, Queensland
      Roma, Queensland

      Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs, Queensland area of Queensland, Australia, 515 km by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego Highway and Carnarvon Highway highways....
      : 4ZR (1476 kHz AM)
  • To Broadcast Operations Group
    Broadcast Operations Group

    Owned by Bill Caralis, Broadcast Operations Group operates a number of radio stations in northern New South Wales & southern Queensland, Australia....
    :
    • Young, New South Wales
      Young, New South Wales

      Young is a town in the South West Slopes, New South Wales region of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of Young Shire Council. Young is the Cherry Capital Of Australia and every year hosts the National Cherry Festival....
      : 2LF (1350 kHz AM), 2LFF "Star FM" (93.9 MHz FM)
  • To Coastal Broadcasters Pty Ltd (owners of the 4KZ licence in Innisfail, Queensland
    Innisfail, Queensland

    Innisfail is a town located in the Far North Queensland of the state of Queensland, Australia . It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries but also as being one of Australia's wettest towns....
    ):
    • Atherton, Queensland
      Atherton, Queensland

      Atherton is a town on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland Queensland, Australia.Average temperatures*Summer 17–35 ?C...
      : 4AM (558 kHz AM)


See also

  • RadioWorks
    RadioWorks

    RadioWorks is a radio broadcaster based in New Zealand. Formally an independent company, listed on the stockmarket it was purchased by CanWest Global Communications through a local subsidiary and in 2004 transferred into the ownership of MediaWorks NZ....
  • American RadioWorks
    American RadioWorks

    American RadioWorks is a dedicated documentary production unit operated by American Public Media, the program distribution arm formerly known by the name of its parent organization, Minnesota Public Radio, which may be best known for A Prairie Home Companion....


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