FIVEaa
Coles Radio, smoothfm, smooth 80s | |
History | |
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First air date | 14 March 1976 |
Call sign meaning | 5 Adelaide Australia |
Technical information | |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°45′34″S 138°36′26″E / 34.7594°S 138.6072°E |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | fiveaa |
FIVEaa (pronounced Five Double A) is Adelaide's only commercial talkback radio station. The station has a range of programs including news, sports, current affairs, social issues, football calls, gardening, lifestyle, cars, travel and health. It is owned by Nova Entertainment.
History
5AA commenced service in
5AA commenced its life with a "Beautiful Music" format and quickly became Adelaide's number-1-rated radio station. In 1976, the only FM competition was
In the 1980s, 5AA was sold to the State Government-owned
A new slogan was adopted in the early 1990s; "5AA, Where you don't miss a thing" and the station began a slow rise in the ratings to challenge ABC Radio and 5DN.
On 27 September 1996, 5AA was separated from the TAB and sold by the Government of South Australia as part of its asset sales program to repay state debt, 5 years after the $3 billion collapse of the State Bank. The new owner was dmg Radio Australia, with CEO Paul Thompson, which had national headquarters in Adelaide.
In 2000, another new logo was adopted with the slogan "Interactive Radio FIVEaa".
In October 2004, the station shifted to new premises in Hindmarsh Square alongside Nova 919, also owned by DMG Radio Australia, which had launched two months earlier.
In November 2009 dmg (now
References
- ^ "Broadcasting Licences" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Lachlan Murdoch acquires other half of DMG Radio". MediaSpy. 2 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.