Nova 106.9

4BNE

City	Brisbane, Queensland
Broadcast area	Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Tweed Heads
Branding	Nova 106.9
Slogan	Live Life Nova
Frequency	106.9 MHz FM (also on DAB+)
First air date	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Language(s)	English
ERP	12,000 watts
HAAT	289 m^[1]
Transmitter coordinates	27°27′47″S 152°56′49″E / 27.46306°S 152.94694°E / -27.46306; 152.94694
Callsign meaning	4 = Queensland BrisbaNE
Owner	NOVA Entertainment (Daily Mail (UK Radio 2) Pty Ltd)
Website	www.novafm.com.au/station/nova1069

Nova 106.9 (call sign: 4BNE) is a commercial radio station operating in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, owned by NOVA Entertainment. DMG Radio purchased the Brisbane FM licence for $80 million in April 2004 to complete their national network of Nova stations.^[2] Nova 106.9's studios are located at 130 Commercial Road in Teneriffe.

History

Following the successful bid for the last commercial FM licence to be auctioned for Brisbane in April 2004, on the frequency originally occupied by Ipswich station Q-FM which later changed its name to Star FM, Nova 106.9 – call sign 4BNE – began test transmissions in August 2004.^[3] These transmissions featured comedy pieces with a 'personality' by the name of "Bevan - The Work Experience DJ" who is widely rumoured to be Comedian Simon Kennedy.^[4]^[5] Bevan still is a feature in Nova 106.9's programming often hosting infrequent shows at Christmas time and special events. The test broadcasts continued up until the official launch on 4 April 2005 from a temporary studio in a converted Teneriffe woolstore, while the new studio complex was being completed upstairs in the same building.^[6] The new studio complex became operational in February 2006.

Nova 106.9 took over rival B105's sponsorship of the Brisbane Broncos in late 2006, and Nova's logo replaced B105's on the Broncos training gear.^[7] In 2007 it became the official FM station for the Rugby League State of Origin series, and a media partner of Brisbane Roar, the Brisbane Lions, the Queensland Bulls and the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Studios

The Nova 106.9 Studios are located in a converted woolstore in Teneriffe. The interior of the building retains as much of the original construction as possible with the open office construction with no ceilings.

The Studio block consists of 5 broadcast and production studios as well as a newsroom. The master control room is located outside as a showpiece overlooking the foyer and a bridge across an atrium for natural light to access the floors below.

The complex is based around the Klotz Digital Vadis audio system linking all the studios and Master Control to the transmission site at Mt Coot-tha. The Studios use the Maestro Digital Audio playout system as used by all the Nova stations.^[9]

References

↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
↑ Frew, Wendy (23 April 2004). "DMG Bids $80m For Brisbane FM Licence, Completes Set Of Cities". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 15 May 2010. |section= ignored (help)
↑ Chalmers, Emma (6 August 2004). "Too early to tell whether it'll be a super Nova". The Courier-Mail. p. 3. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Chalmers, Emma (8 December 2004). "Made-Up DJ a Star". The Courier-Mail. p. 5. |access-date= requires |url= (help); |section= ignored (help)
↑ "Qconfidential". The Courier-Mail. 13 April 2007. p. 28. |access-date= requires |url= (help); |section= ignored (help)
↑ "Top guns". Brisbane City News. 19 January 2006. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Brisbane Broncos Sponsors". Online at the Brisbane Broncos Website. Retrieved on 18 September 2007.
↑ "Queensland Roar Sponsors". Online at the Queensland Roar Website. Retrieved on 18 September 2007.
↑ "Klotz Vadis Whitepaper PDF". Online at the broadcastpapers.com Website. Retrieved on 18 September 2007.

Line Up

Breakfast - Ashley "Ash" Bradnam, Kip Wightman & David "Luttsy" Lutteral

(Newsreader - Ange Anderson & Sports Reporter Mitch Lewis)

Mornings - Katie Mattin

Afternoons - Tim Wong-See

Drive - Kate, Tim & Marty

Nights - Kent "Smallzy" Small

Late Nights - Jason "Finn" Smith

Weekends / Fill In - Jacob Cummings, Miriam Young

External links

NOVA Entertainment

Nova	Nova 96.9 (Sydney) Nova 100 (Melbourne) Nova 106.9 (Brisbane) Nova 91.9 (Adelaide) Nova 93.7 (Perth)

smoothfm	smoothfm 95.3 (Sydney) smoothfm 91.5 (Melbourne)

Other	FIVEaa (Adelaide) Star 104.5 (Gosford) Joint Venture: 97.3 FM (Brisbane)

Digital Radio	Koffee NovaNation Coles Radio smoothfm (Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth)

Television	Smooth

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