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{{short description|Radio station in Canberra, Australia}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name               = hit104.7
| logo               = 
| city               = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]
| area               = Canberra RA1 ([http://www.acma.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/documents/maps/la_508.pdf])
| branding           = hit104.7
| frequency          = {{ubl|[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB+]]: 8D [[Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory)|Canberra]]|[[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 104.7 [[megahertz|MHz]] Canberra}}
| translator         =
| repeater           = FM: 100.7 MHz [[Mount Taylor (Australian Capital Territory)|Tuggeranong]]
| airdate            = {{start date|1988|2|27|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2012 |title=Commercial Radio Broadcasting Licences |url=http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic022_commercial_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173315/http://acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100052/lic022_commercial_radio_broadcasting_licences.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=15 July 2015 |publisher=[[Australian Communications and Media Authority]]}}</ref>
| format             = [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]]
| language           = [[English language|English]]
| power              = 
| erp                = 20,000 [[watt]]s
| haat               = 332 m<ref>[[height above average terrain|HAAT]] estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.</ref>
| class              = 
| facility_id        = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|35|16|32|S|149|5|52|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
| callsign_meaning   = 
| former_callsigns   = 
| former_frequencies = 
| affiliations       = [[Hit Network]]
| owner              = [[Southern Cross Austereo]] (50%)<br />[[Australian Radio Network|Australian Radio Network Pty Ltd]] (50%)
| licensee           = Canberra FM Radio Pty Ltd
| sister_stations    = [[Mix 106.3]]
| website            = {{official website|https://www.hit.com.au/canberra/}} 
}}
'''hit104.7''' (call sign: '''2ROC''') is a commercial [[FM radio]] station broadcasting in [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]], Australia, on a frequency of 104.7 [[MHz]], and is part of [[Southern Cross Austereo]]'s [[Today's Hit Network|Hit Network]].

hit104.7 and sister station [[Mix 106.3|MIX 106.3]] broadcast from Crace in the [[Australian Capital Territory]].

==History==

In 1987, [[Canberra]] radio station [[2CA]] was awarded the licence to operate a supplementary FM service. The station was assigned the call-sign '''2ROC''' and on-air branding '''FM104''' (later changed to '''FM104.7'''). It commenced broadcasting on 27 February 1988 at 8 am on the frequency 104.7 [[MHz]] [[FM radio|FM]].<ref name="Launch and Sonace buys Macquarie" /> FM104, along with rival [[Mix 106.3|KIX106]], were the first new commercial FM radio stations to be licensed in Australia in eight years and were the first supplementary FM licences in Australia. Just a day before the station's launch, on Friday 26 February 1988, then-owner of 2CA, John Fairfax Ltd announced it had sold Macquarie Radio Network to a Queensland-based consortium, Sonance Ltd for an undisclosed sum believed to be in the region of $100 million.<ref name="Launch and Sonace buys Macquarie">{{Cite news |date=27 February 1988 |title=Qld consortium buys Macquarie |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101979034 |access-date=23 February 2021 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=62 |issue=19,137}}</ref>

By April 1988, 2CA and FM104.7 were sold to [[Austereo]] from Sonance Ltd for $15.25 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitfield |first=Kathryn |date=25 April 1988 |title=Turn on, tune in and win |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102082419 |access-date=22 December 2020 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=62 |issue=19,194}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Neales |first=Sue |date=9 June 1988 |title=MACQUARIE LOOKS TO LISTING FOR EXPANSION |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/macquarie-looks-to-listing-for-expansion-19880609-k2uv7 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804104914/https://www.afr.com/politics/macquarie-looks-to-listing-for-expansion-19880609-k2uv7 |archive-date=4 August 2023 |access-date=22 February 2021 |newspaper=[[The Australian Financial Review]]}}</ref> In June the results of the first survey since the introduction of the new FM stations gave FM104.7 9.5% of the radio audience with its rock music format, behind its sister station 2CA, with 11.6% of the radio audience with its news-talk format. Station manager of Macquarie Canberra, Greg St John, said the recent sale to Austereo had left the stations in 'financial limbo' and unable to package their product during the ratings period earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whitfield |first=Kathryn |date=6 June 1988 |title=2CC races clear of its stablemate |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101986999 |access-date=24 February 2021 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=62 |issue=19,236}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, due to AM radio's dwindling audience and the increasing popularity of the music based FM stations Austereo - owner of 104.7 & 2CA and ARN - owner of Mix 106.3 & 2CC, merged to form a joint venture ownership of both FM stations - Canberra FM Pty Ltd.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Megan |date=20 March 1997 |title=Canberra FM shake-up |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1CE7B55B79704BDA8059B661626D7036&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F11BC0645B9EBB2A0 |access-date=22 October 2020 |newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |location=Melbourne |page=3 |via=[[Newsbank]] |issn=0312-6307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathieson |first=Clive |date=20 March 1997 |title=Cuts force operators to pool Canberra FM stations. |url=http://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&an=austln0020010929dt3k00v4z&cat=a&ep=ASE |url-access=registration |access-date=22 October 2020 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |page=21 |via=[[Factiva]]}}</ref> The AM stations were sold off, moved to other premises and are currently owned by [[Capital Radio Network]] and [[Grant Broadcasters]].

In December 2015, [[Southern Cross Austereo]] and [[Australian Radio Network]] announced that FM104.7 would rebrand to hit104.7 in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff writers |date=15 December 2015 |title=Canberra's Hit104.7 Arrives |url=http://www.radiotoday.com.au/news/whats-new/8190-canberra-s-hit104-7-arrives.html |access-date=16 December 2015 |website=Radio Today}}</ref>

On Monday 18 January 2016, hit104.7 launched with a new breakfast show, Ryan & [[Tanya Hennessy|Tanya]], as the station joined the Hit Network. As well as a new name and branding it gives the station even greater access to the network's on-air, online and social content.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2016 |title=New year, new show, new radio station |url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/new-year-new-show-new-radio-station |website=RadioInfo Australia}}</ref> From 4 December 2017 until 27 October 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Zanda |date=4 December 2017 |title=Hear Ned & Josh's first break on Hit 104.7 Canberra |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/hear-ned-joshs-first-break-hit-104-7-canberra/ |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=Radio Today |language=en-AU}}</ref> the hit104.7 breakfast show was hosted by Ned & Josh,<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 November 2017 |title=WA's 'Ned & Josh' head to Canberra |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/was-ned-josh-head-canberra/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=RadioInfo Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Jack |date=14 November 2017 |title=Ned and Josh take over breakfast radio slot at Hit 104.7 in Canberra |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6026064/ned-and-josh-take-over-breakfast-radio-slot-at-hit-1047-in-canberra/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 August 2023 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU}}</ref> after Ryan & Tanya left the station and Canberra in November 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doherty |first=Megan |date=30 October 2017 |title=HIT104.7's Ryan and Tanya to leave Canberra - their last show is on Friday |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6026718/hit1047s-ryan-and-tanya-to-leave-canberra-their-last-show-is-on-friday/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU |id={{ProQuest|1958822623}} |quote=Hit104.7's breakfast team Ryan and Tanya are leaving Canberra, with their last show on Friday.}}</ref>

On 14 April 2021, it was revealed that the station lost to Mix 106.3 in the Canberra radio ratings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Vivienne |date=14 April 2021 |title=Hit 104.7 takes significant hit and tumbles from top spot in Canberra's radio ratings |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/canberra-radio-ratings-survey-1-2021/ |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=Radio Today |language=en-AU}}</ref> 

On 30 October 2023, Ned & Josh's show was reportedly axed by hit104.7.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2023 |title=Ned and Josh depart Hit 104.7 |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/ned-and-josh-depart-hit-104-7/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=RadioInfo Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pryor |first=Sally |date=30 October 2023 |title=Canberra radio hosts Ned & Josh's breakfast show axed from FM 104.7 |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8405437/ned-josh-axed-by-1047/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2023 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |publisher=[[Australian Community Media]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU |id={{ProQuest|2883718118}} |quote=AmplifyCBR management acknowledges and thanks Ned and Josh for the role that they have played in the Canberra community over their time, and sincerely wish them well for continued success in their future endeavours. An announcement regarding the new local show line-up for Hit 104.7, commencing in January 2024, will be made this week.}}</ref> Former Mix 106.3 drive hosts, Wilko and Courts joined the station in 2024, after a two-year absence from Canberra radio, replacing Ned & Josh.<ref name="Waymouth 1 November 2023">{{Cite web |last=Waymouth |first=Lizzie |date=1 November 2023 |title=Wilko and Courts to take over from Ned and Josh in Hit 104.7 breakfast slot |url=https://the-riotact.com/wilko-and-courts-to-take-over-from-ned-and-josh-in-hit-104-7-breakfast-slot/717548 |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=Riotact |publisher=Region Group |language=en-AU |quote=After a two-year absence from the Canberra airwaves, Neil 'Wilko' Wilcock and Courtenay 'Courts' Kneen will begin their new show on Monday, 8 January 2024.}}</ref> Wilko and Courts debuted on hit104.7 on 8 January 2024.<ref name="Waymouth 1 November 2023" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Doherty |first=Megan |date=18 January 2024 |title=New Hit 104.7 breakfast hosts Wilko and Courts are back on air and loving it |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8489184/wilko-and-courts-return-to-canberra-radio-station-hit-1047/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2024 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |publisher=[[Australian Community Media]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU |id={{ProQuest|2915657241}} |quote=After being off air for two years doing other things, the pair returned to the airwaves on January 8, hosting breakfast on Hit 104.7.}}</ref>

==Skyfire==
{{Main|Skyfire (Canberra)}}
Since its debut in 1989, the station sponsors the annual Skyfire event, broadcast from Regatta Point and [[Lake Burley Griffin]].<ref name="Skyfire first">{{cite news |date=18 March 1989 |title=The festival is in full swing |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120917196 |access-date=17 March 2024 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=63 |issue=19,519 |quote=The FM104.7 contribution to the Canberra Festival, Skyfire 1, will explode over Kings Park tonight.}}</ref> For the 2024 event, its sister station Mix 106.3 also sponsored Skyfire.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doherty |first=Megan |date=12 March 2024 |title=Skyfire is back and ready to light up the Canberra night after five years |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8549293/excitement-as-skyfire-fireworks-spectacular-returns-to-canberra/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2024 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |publisher=[[Australian Community Media]] |location=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU |id={{ProQuest|2955406896}}}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website}}

{{Southern Cross Austereo}}
{{Canberra FM}}

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