7HOFM
7HO FM (call sign: 7HHO) is one of 3 commercial radio stations in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It commenced broadcasting on August 13, 1930, as the first commercial radio station in its city, broadcasting under the callsign of 7HO.
The station's initial frequency was 890 kHz AM, in 1935 moving to 860 kHz, then in 1978 to 864 kHz.
On November 1, 1990, 7HO converted to the FM band to 101.7 MHz. The official call-sign was changed to 7HHO but the station identified on-air as Mix 101 HOFM.
For quite some time is was known as Mix 101 HOFM and then simply HOFM. On November 5, 2007, HOFM re-added the 7 to the HOFM branding, therefore changing its on-air name to7HO FM Hobarts feel good station.
7HO FM is owned by Grant Broadcasting and has local programming and news,and as of early November 2007 it dropped the John Laws Morning Show' and replaced it with a wide variety workday which kicks off weekdays from 9am and is a music based format, the music format is Hot Adult Contemporary playing songs from the 80's 90's and today ".The stations current on air line up is Breakfast Tori and Wolfie, Morning John Inglis,Drive with ?????? and nights with Richard Moore. Weekends with Kevin Johnston.
The callsign 7HO originated from the name of the founder, Ron Hope, and the two first letters of the city, Hobart.
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