8HA

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = 8HA

| logo = 8halogo.jpg

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Alice Springs

| area = Alice Springs

| branding =

| frequency = 900 kHz (Alice Springs)

100.5 MHz (Yulara)

| airdate = 2 March 1971

| format = Talk/Adult Contemporary

| power =

| coordinates =

| owner = Broadcast Operations Group (Alice Springs Commercial Broadcasters)

| sister_stations = Gold FM, Sun FM

| website = http://8ha.com.au

}}

8HA is a radio station based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It broadcasts on the medium wave radio band, at a frequency of 900 kHz.{{cite web|url=http://www.ausradiostations.com/amnt.html|title=AM Radio NT|publisher=Australian Radio Stations|access-date=2008-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915041840/http://www.ausradiostations.com/amnt.html|archive-date=2008-09-15|url-status=dead}} It also broadcasts on radio channel 42 on the Optus Aurora satellite service on Optus C1.

8HA has been on the air since 2 March 1971, and is the only commercial radio station operating on the medium-wave (i.e. AM) band in the Northern Territory (the only other station to do so, 8DN in Darwin, was shut down in the 1990s).

The current format is a mixture of talk and music, with the positioning statement "The Best Songs Of All Time."

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Announcers

  • Dave Peters (The Big Breakfast)
  • Sandee Beech (The Big Breakfast)
  • John Laws (Mornings)
  • Mel Elliot (AM News)
  • Adrian Renzie (Central Australia Today)
  • Brent Bultitude (Afternoons)
  • Dave Prior Manager and (Drive)
  • Cameron Jackson (PM News)
  • Graeme Gilbert (Talk Tonight)
  • Gary Stewart (Talk Overnight
  • David Wood 1986

Networked Shows

Various shows are sourced from other Australian radio stations including

A-League Nation, NRL Nation and Super Rugby Nation on (Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons / evenings / nights).

Notes