Hit101.3 Central Coast
Australian radio station located on the New South Wales Central Coast
Hit101.3 (call sign: 2CFM) is an Australian radio station located on the New South Wales Central Coast, part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. Hit101.3 broadcasts from the Central Coast Radio Centre on Henry Parry Drive, in Gosford, along with sister station Triple M Central Coast. Its broadcast area is the Central Coast, however the station can be heard on FM at points as far as Newcastle, Sydney and parts of the Blue Mountains. The station was first broadcast from studios located in Mann Street, Gosford, where it was known on-air as Coast Rock FM, and is now broadcast from Henry Parry Drive, Gosford.
The station
Hit101.3 primarily plays a Hot Adult contemporary music format with a range of music from the 1990s to current hits, in alignment with most of SCA's regional Hit Network stations.
Its current weekday lineup consists locally of Maz Compton & Matt Baseley from 5-9am, broadcast across Hit Network's NSW regional stations from Gosford. Nic Kelly hosts a local Mornings program from 9am-12pm. Harry Boucher hosts 12-3pm across Hit's regional network stations including the Central Coast, before Carrie & Tommy from 3-6pm, Hughesy, Ed & Erin from 6-7pm, Jimmy & Nath 7-9pm, before music runs 12am-1am, and best bits from the network's two drive programs run 1am-5am.
History
Gosford Communications first submitted an application for a broadcast licence in August 1987. The Australian Broadcasting Tribunal(ABT) granted a commercial FM broadcast licence to Gosford Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Country Television Services; a private company owned by Ted and Miriam Rodgers, in August 1988.
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