Nova 100

Nova 100

Broadcast area	Melbourne, Australia
Slogan	Live Life Nova
Frequency	100.3 MHz FM
First air date	3 December 2001
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	56 kw
Callsign meaning	3-Victoria MEL-Melbourne
Owner	DMG Radio Australia
Website	www.nova100.com.au

Nova 100 (call sign: 3MEL) is a commercial radio station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, broadcasting on 100.3 MHz. It is in the Melbourne radio market, with the intention of challenging the number one FM Austereo station Fox FM by playing alternative, hip hop, pop & dance music, with a strong lean towards new music. However in recent years it has failed to offer much competition, failing to come close to Fox FM in the ACNielsen ratings.

In 2010 Nova announced that it would remove their policy of "never more than two ads in a row" by increasing the number of ads broadcast per hour from 12 to 21 during the peak times of breakfast and drive.

Nova 100 is owned by DMG Radio Australia, a subsidiary of the UK's Daily Mail Group, with a sister station 91.5FM, which share the same studio location on Level 2, 678 Victoria St, Richmond VIC.

History

Nova 100 commenced on the Melbourne airwaves on Monday 3 December 2001. It was the first new commercial radio station in Melbourne for 21 years.^[1]

Transmission

Nova 100 operates on the 100.3 MHz FM frequency from the TXA Obseratory Rd tower on Mount Dandenong. The transmitter is a Broadcast Electronics FM 10S with an FXi digital exciter. Its transmitter power is 9.5KW which gives a 56 kw ERP.^{[citation needed]}

Announcers

• Breakfast (6:00AM - 9:00AM): Hughesy & Kate with Ed
• Mornings (9:00AM - 1:00PM): Kelli Paun
• Afternoons (1:00PM - 4:00PM): Dylan Lewis
• Drive (4:00PM - 6:00PM): Meshel, Tim & Marty
• Late Drive (6:00PM - 7:00PM): Fitzy & Wippa
• Nights (7:00PM - 10:00PM): Nova's Fresh Hits with Christo and Katie
• Late Nights (10:00PM - 1:00AM): Late Nights with Deano
• Weekend/Fill-in: Ash Williams, Aaron Rich, Andie Sammut, Vaya Pashos, Shura Taft & Alex Walker

Nova Newsroom

Nova 100 and its sister station 91.5FM work out of the same newsroom. Nova has live traffic updates from the Australian Traffic Network during the afternoon and on weekends. The audio used while reading traffic updates has lately been the background music of The Fame by Lady Gaga. Previously Nova used Life Aquatic and Right Here, Right Now by Fatboy Slim.

Nova 100 News Team:

• Nikole Gunn (News Director)
• Lauren Brain (Breakfast)
• Emma Bruer (Drive)
• Pip Mooney (Drive back-up)
• Bree Roberts (Drive back-up)
• James Lake (Weekends)
  

Traffic Reporter:

• Andrew Crook
  

Sportsbeat:

• Jeff Tyler
  

Former News Presenters:

• Kerrie Mouthaan
• Belinda Batty
• Carrie Bickmore
• Honor Elliott
• Patrina Jones
• Emily McBurnie
• Rebecca Maddern
• Laura Tchilinguirian
• Heidi Murphy

Nova 100 Staff

• Program Director: Mike Cass
• Music Director: Estelle Paterson

Former Announcers

Amanda Lee Hayley Pearson Cal Wilson Harlee McLeod Melissa Femia Corey Layton Johnny Katz Jarrod Walsh Dave Williams Andy Ross Josh Kirby Olivia Belvedere

Brendan 'Whippy' Danger Samuel Johnson Dave O'Neil Stuey Paton Tim Arnold Brad Elliot Shane Lowe Dan Taylor Akmal Saleh Daniel Gawned Jody McLeod

Reference

1. ^ Carbone, Suzanne (4 December 2001). "After a long wait, a Nova statement on the FM band". The Age (Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 3. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=AGE011204H322K57KSIE. Retrieved 20 Mar 2010. 

External links

• Nova 100
• Nova Facebook