90.1 Chilli FM

Chilli 90.1fm
City Australia Launceston, Tasmania
Broadcast area Launceston RA1
Slogan Home of the Hottest Hits
Frequency 90.1 MHz FM
Translator(s) 100.3 FM Launceston CBD
First air date 1938 (1938) (as 7EX)
Format Contemporary hit radio
Language(s) English
Transmitter coordinates Coordinates: 41°26′23″S 147°08′17″E / 41.439743°S 147.137945°E / -41.439743; 147.137945
Callsign meaning 7 - Tasmania
Homage to final AM callsign 7EX (The EXaminer)
Former callsigns 7EX (19382011)
Former frequencies 1008 kHz AM (19782011)
? kHz AM (19381978)
Owner Grant Broadcasters
(Bass Radio Pty Limited)
Sister stations 89.3 LAFM
Website Chilli 90.1fm

Chilli 90.1fm (callsign: 7EXX) is an Australian radio station in Tasmania. Owned and operated by Grant Broadcasters, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format to Launceston and surrounding areas. First broadcast in 1938 as 7EX,[1] the station currently broadcasts from studios in York Street, alongside sister station 89.3 LAFM.

History

Set up in 1938 by The Examiner newspaper to rival 7LA, both it and 7EX shared a fierce rivalry, splitting the city's audience through to much of the 1980s. Eventually, the station changed hands numerous times, before forming the TOTE Sports Radio horse racing radio network.

In 2002, television station ABNT-3 vacated VHF channel 3, opening up space for further FM radio services in Launceston. In 2005, it was announced that 7EX, along with 7LA and ABC Northern Tasmania were to move to the FM band - 7LA on 89.3, 7EX on 90.1 and ABC Northern Tasmania on 91.7.[2] In 2010, Grant Broadcasters purchased the 7EX licence from TOTE Sports Radio[3] - who in turn purchased a narrowcast licence on 7EX's old AM frequency - before relaunching in 2011 as contemporary hit radio-formatted Chilli 90.1fm.[4]

Today, the station networks the majority of its programming to Scottsdale-based Chilli 99.7.

On Air

Weekdays:

External links

References

  1. "About Us". The Examiner. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. "Launceston stations are going FM". Radioinfo.com.au. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. "Grant Broadcasters buys TasRadio's old frequency in Launceston". Radioinfo.com.au. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. "Hot new station launches in Launceston". Radioinfo.com.au. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2015.


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