type public asx aeo industry radio successor southern cross austereo founded 1980 defunct july 2011 headquarters melbourne australia key people peter harvie chairman guy dobson chief executive officer craig bruce head of content adam lang director of operations kathy gramp chief financial officer jeremy mcvean head of digital strategy ross forgione chief information officer products today network rebranded to hit network triple m network mix 94.5 perth kofm newcastle mix 106.3 canberra triple m classic rock digital radio website www.austereo.com.au austereo radio network formerly operated commercial radio networks in metropolitan and regional areas of australia . on 6 april 2011 southern cross media purchased a majority of the company and is in the process of unifying the austereo networks with southern cross s regional brands . in july 2011 southern cross media and austereo were merged to form southern cross austereo . 1 contents 1 history 2 corporate 3 radio operations 3.1 today network 3.2 triple m network 3.3 joint ventures 3.4 digital radio stations 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded by paul thompson and when commercial fm broadcasting was introduced into australia it acquired the licence for the metropolitan adelaide area ; safm commenced transmission in late 1980 . the next station to join the network was fox fm in melbourne in 1986 eventually to be followed by sydney s 2day fm and 4bk brisbane for which the company was successful in converting to the fm band in 1990 . austereo also purchased perth am radio station 6ix with the intention of converting the station to fm . 6ix which had been re launched by austereo as the eagle 1080 am was consequently sold off after being outbid for either of the two new fm licences by rivals 6ky and 6pm which austereo now own . 1992 saw a monopolistic arrangement take place whereby austereo purchased the hoyts owned triple m network and village roadshow in turn purchased austereo to form a single umbrella company . the purchases were part of a single deal that was unpopular due to the fierce rivalry between the two radio networks and the fact that village roadshow and hoyts were also direct competitors in the film industry . austereo had joint partnerships in canberra . australian radio network and austereo have a joint partnership with 104.7 and mix 106.3 . austereo is varied in the ratings as of the last survey of 2009 its hit music stations top the fm ratings in most markets with 2day fox fm and b105 being the top fm stations in their respective markets safm second in adelaide and 92.9 coming in close behind sister station mix 94.5 in perth . 2 conversely austereo s triple m group of stations have suffered heavily from increased competition from new station vega 95.3 and vega 91.5 in sydney and melbourne respectively with the stations in melbourne and sydney recording some of their lowest ratings of all time . triple m stations currently occupy the last place among fm commercial stations in the ratings however in brisbane and adelaide they record much closer ratings results with lower competition . corporate edit austereo was partially floated in 2001 on the australian stock exchange . its ticker symbol was aeo . as of july 2010 the upper management were peter harvie chairman guy dobson chief executive officer craig bruce group program director triple m and today network in march 2011 southern cross media launched a a 714m takeover bid of national radio broadcaster the austereo group . 3 on 6 april 2011 shareholders of the austereo group accepted the takeover bid giving scm a more than 90 % share in the company . 4 radio operations edit today network edit main article today network slogan city name s number 1 hit music station 2day fm sydney 104.1 mhz fox fm melbourne 101.9 mhz b105 5 brisbane 105.3 mhz safm adelaide 107.1 mhz 92.9 perth 92.9 mhz nxfm newcastle 106.9 mhz formerly a joint venture between austereo and southern cross media since the purchase of the austereo network by southern cross media sea fm was incorporated into the today network . triple m network edit main article triple m network slogan various 2mmm sydney 104.9 mhz 3mmm melbourne 105.1 mhz 4mmm 5 brisbane 104.5 mhz 5mmm adelaide 104.7 mhz mix 94.5 perth 94.5 mhz kofm newcastle 102.9 mhz formerly a joint venture between austereo and southern cross media joint ventures edit a joint venture of 50 50 ownership exists in canberra with the australian radio network where austereo programs 104.7 and mix 106.3 and arn manages administration for both stations . 104.7 joint venture with australian radio network canberra 104.7 mhz mix 106.3 joint venture with australian radio network canberra 106.3 mhz digital radio stations edit name format launch date close date markets triple m classic rock classic rock 25 november 2013 n a all the main stage touring artists music 19 october 2010 n a all radar new music 11 december 2008 25 november 2013 all and canberra barry comedy 16 july 2010 29 june 2012 all u20 under 20s audience generated content station 1 july 2010 20 november 2010 all caravan radio hamish & andy caravan of courage 24 may 2010 1 july 2010 all i see red salvation army red shield appeal 20 may 2010 16 june 2010 all radio gaga all lady gaga 15 march 2010 20 may 2010 all choose the hits real time requests 27 november 2009 20 may 2010 all high voltage radio all ac dc 10 february 2010 15 march 2010 all see also edit list of australian radio stations references edit introducing the new look southern cross austereo . mumbrella . 21 july 2011 . retrieved 27 july 2011 . http www.au.nielsen.com site documents metro411.pdf reuters accc allows takeover bid http www.reuters.com article 2011 03 17 austereo idussdygee7w620110317 southern cross to raise 471m for takeover bid fairfax http www.smh.com.au business southern cross to raise 471m for austereo takeover 20110406 1d3gs.html a b austereo had a monopoly on the fm commercial audience in brisbane until the launch of australian radio network dmg radio australia joint venture 97.3 fm in 2004 . external links edit austereo radio network financial profile and history of austereo radio network v t e southern cross austereo television southern cross nine southern new south wales australian capital territory regional victoria regional queensland spencer gulf broken hill southern cross ten northern new south wales spencer gulf broken hill southern cross television seven affiliate remote eastern and central australia darwin spencer gulf broken hill tasmania multichannels aspire tv yesshop joint ventures central digital television darwin digital television tasmanian digital television radio queensland stations hit network hit 105 brisbane 97.9 hot fm atherton 103.5 hot fm cairns 94.7 hot fm emerald 100.3 hot fm mackay 102.5 hot fm mount isa 107.9 hot fm rockhampton 95.1 hot fm roma 103.1 hot fm townsville 93.1 sea fm bundaberg 90.9 sea fm gold coast 89.1 hot fm kingaroy 101.9 sea fm maryborough 100.7 hot fm toowoomba 91.9 sea fm sunshine coast triple m local works 104.5 triple m brisbane 92.5 gold fm gold coast 103.5 mix fm maryborough 864 4gr toowoomba 102.3 4to townsville 99.5 sea fm cairns 98.7 sea fm mackay 101.5 sea fm rockhampton 92.7 mix fm sunshine coast new south wales stations hit network 2day fm sydney 106.9 nxfm newcastle 101.3 sea fm gosford central coast 104.9 star fm albury 105.5 star fm coffs harbour 93.5 star fm dubbo 99.7 star fm griffith 105.1 102.3 star fm kempsey port macquarie 105.1 star fm orange 93.1 star fm wagga wagga triple m local works 104.9 triple m sydney 102.9 kofm newcastle 105.7 the river albury 106.3 2cs coffs harbour 107.7 2go gosford central coast 2rg 963 griffith 106.7 100.7 2mc kempsey port macquarie 105.9 2gz orange 1152 2wg wagga wagga victorian stations hit network fox fm melbourne 91.9 star fm bendigo 99.5 star fm mildura 96.9 star fm shepparton 94.3 97.9 star fm warragul gippsland triple m local works 105.1 triple m melbourne 93.5 3bo bendigo 97.9 sun fm mildura 95.3 3sr fm shepparton south australian stations southern cross austereo hit 107 adelaide 104.7 triple m adelaide 963 5se mount gambier 96.1 star fm mount gambier western australian stations hit network hit 92.9 perth 106.5 hot fm albany 100.5 hot fm bridgetown 95.7 hot fm bunbury 97.9 hot fm kalgoorlie 94.9 hot fm katanning 105.1 hot fm merredin 100.5 hot fm narrogin 96.5 hot fm northam triple m local works mix 94.5 perth radiowest 783 albany radiowest 900 bridgetown radiowest 963 bunbury radiowest 981 kalgoorlie radiowest 1071 katanning radiowest 1098 merredin radiowest 918 narrogin radiowest 864 northam other stations tasmanian stations hit 100.9 hobart heart 107.3 hobart joint venture stations hit 104.7 canberra mix 106.3 canberra digital only stations buddha radio national loveland national stardust national triple m classic rock digital sydney melbourne and brisbane triple m modern rock digital adelaide and perth previous digital stations triple m perth perth only radar music national barry national the main stage national choose the hits national high voltage radio national radio gaga national caravan radio national i see red national u20 national v t e radio in australia abc radio abc classic fm abc classic 2 abc jazz abc country abc extra abc grandstand abc local radio abc newsradio abc rn radio australia double j triple j triple j unearthed sbs radio sbs radio 1 sbs radio 2 sbs radio 3 sbs radio 4 national sbs chill sbs popasia sbs poparaby sbs popdesi southern cross austereo hit network hot fm sea fm star fm triple m network localworks the range australian radio network kiis network kiis 106.5 kiis 101.1 97.3 fm mix 102.3 mix 106.3 96fm pure gold network wsfm 101.7 gold 104.3 4kq cruise 1323 the edge nova entertainment nova network nova 96.9 nova 100 nova 91.9 nova 106.9 nova 93.7 smoothfm smoothfm 95.3 smoothfm 91.5 smoothfm brisbane smoothfm adelaide smoothfm perth fiveaa star 104.5 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