newcastle lake macquarie hunter valley central coast slogan newcastle s 1 hit music station frequency 106.9 mhz fm 1992 first air date august 30 1937 1937 08 30 as 2hr 1950s as 2nx 1990s as 2xxx format contemporary hit radio language s english callsign meaning nxfm comes from former 2nx callsign former callsigns 2hr 1937 1954 2nx 1954 1992 former frequencies 1341 khz am 1978 1992 affiliations hit network owner southern cross austereo radio newcastle pty. ltd. sister stations kofm website official website nxfm call sign 2xxx is an australian radio station licensed to and serving newcastle new south wales and surrounding areas . it broadcasts at 106.9 mhz on the fm band from its studios in charlestown . it is owned by southern cross austereo and is part of hit network . kofm is a sister station sharing the same building . contents 1 history 2 shows 3 references 4 external links history edit nxfm s history can be traced back to singleton radio station 2hr owned by hunter river broadcasters pty. ltd. the station launched on august 30 1937 . shareholders included the singleton argus and the robinson family . three years later the station was moved to maitland with transmitter at lochinvar . in those days 2hr operated on 680 khz with 300 watts of power and was affiliated with the macquarie broadcasting network . programs were originated locally between 6 30 am and 6 30 pm before taking the macquarie feed at 6 30 pm . in the 1950s 2hr was relocated to newcastle with its transmitter located in bolwarra . station manager ken robinson was a former army officer and his identification number had the letters nx . therefore the station was given the callsign 2nx and a new frequency at 1360 khz . in 1971 2nx s owners hunter broadcasters were purchased by the catholic broadcasting company owned by the catholic church . 2nx programming still was relayed to 2nm overnight during this time and was identified as 2nxnm . in the early 1990s the catholic church got out of broadcasting and sold 2nx to radio newcastle which was later taken over by austereo and then sold a 50 % stake to rg capital radio network which was taken over by macquarie bank . 2nx was granted a license to convert to fm in the 90s and moved to 106.9 mhz branding itself originally as x107 before changing to its current name nxfm . on april 2011 southern cross media bought out austereo for more than 700 million giving southern cross media full ownership of nx fm . nxfm are a sponsor of local a league team the newcastle jets . citation needed shows edit weekdays monday friday nick & sophie for breakfast 6 00am to 9 00am violet 9 00am to 12 00pm pez 12 00pm to 4 00pm hamish & andy 4 00pm to 7 00pm rove & sam 7 00pm to 8 00pm ash london live 8 00pm to 10 00pm rnb friday nights 10 00pm to 1 00am saturdays onelove radio 1 00am to 3 00am weekend breakfast with dan & maz 7 00am to 9 00am maximum music weekend 9 00am to 3 00pm vevo20 countdown with angus o loughlin & ash london 6 00pm to 8 00pm old school house party 8 00pm to 12 00am sundays ministry of sound radio 12 00am to 2 00am weekend breakfast with dan & maz 7 00am to 9 00am maximum music weekend 9 00am to 2 00pm planet vevo with dan & maz 2 00pm to 5 00pm boxed in with fifi box 5 00pm to 6 00pm the em rusciano radio show 6 00pm to 8 00pm osher s love line 8 00pm to 10 00pm hit au 10 00pm to 12 00am references edit external links edit nxfm 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 stations in newcastle new south wales am stations 2hd 1143 1233 abc newcastle sky sports radio 1341 sbs radio 1413 abc newsradio 1458 radio national 1512 newcastle hospital radio 1629 fm stations 2chr 96.5 rhema fm 99.7 2rph 100.5 triple j 102.1 kofm 102.9 2nur 103.7 new fm 105.3 abc classic fm 106.1 nxfm 106.9 regional new south wales radio market albury wodonga newcastle upper hunter wagga wagga australia radio markets adelaide brisbane canberra darwin gold coast hobart melbourne newcastle perth sydney see also list of radio stations in australia v t e significant places and items of interest in the hunter region of new south wales commerce and industry industry cardiff locomotive workshops forgacs shipyard hunter valley coal chain hunter valley wine kia ora stud kooragang island newcastle port corporation tomago aluminium smelter shopping charlestown square hunter street stockland glendale stockland green hills westfield kotara other national stock exchange of australia education primary avondale school hunter valley grammar school kahibah public school newcastle grammar school secondary all saints college st joseph s campus avondale school callaghan college waratah technology campus hunter school of the performing arts hunter valley grammar school irrawang high school lambton high school maitland grossmann high school maitland high school merewether high school newcastle grammar school newcastle high school rutherford technology high school tomaree high school tertiary avondale college hunter tafe university of newcastle entertainment sport and culture broadmeadow basketball stadium dungog film festival hunter valley steamfest newcastle civic theatre newcastle entertainment centre newcastle international sports centre newcastle number 1 sports ground newcastle regional show newcastle 500 geography general broughton island burning mountain cape hawke glenrock lagoon lake chichester lake macquarie myall lakes mount royal range mount sugarloaf port stephens stockton beach tops to myall heritage trail national parks and nature reserves barrington tops black bulga state conservation area booti booti ghin doo ee mount royal myall lakes tomaree towarri wallingat watagans werakata the glen rivers allyn avon barrington bow bylong chichester gloucester goulburn hunter karuah manning myall pages paterson wangat williams worondi rivulet historical air transport broadmeadow aerodrome defence fort scratchley greta army camp education newcastle boys high school general history of newcastle new south wales hunter valley cannabis infestation lake macquarie petrified forest maitland gaol newcastle museum nobbys head royal newcastle hospital tahlee historic property industry cockle creek power station cockle creek smelter south maitland coalfields south waratah colliery state dockyard teralba colliery walka water works walsh island dockyard and engineering works wangi power station maritime bluebell collision cawarra shipwreck maianbar shipwreck mv sygna shipwreck natural disasters 1989 newcastle earthquake june 2007 hunter region and central coast storms seaham bushfires 1939 people leo clarke henry dangar william dobell francis greenway james hannell charles menzies rail general 3801 steam locomotive broadmeadow locomotive depot hunter valley railway trust hunter valley steamfest murulla rail accident newcastle flyer richmond vale railway museum railway lines belmont morpeth fernleigh track richmond vale railway south maitland railway toronto railway stations allandale antiene belford 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