Network Name: | Capital Radio Network |
Country: | Australia |
Network Type: | Radio |
Available: | Australian Capital Territory Snowy Mountains and Southern Tablelands, New South Wales Gippsland, Victoria Perth, Western Australia, |
Website: | capitalradio.net.au |
Owner: | Blyton Group |
Capital Radio Network is an Australian radio company, which owns stations in Canberra, Goulburn, Cooma, the Snowy Mountains, Gippsland and Perth. The company is a subsidiary of Blyton Group, with Kevin James Blyton as managing director for both. The company first acquired 2XL (now XLFM) in the Snowy Mountains, as well as 2CC and 2CA in Canberra - the latter two offloaded from parent companies Australian Radio Network and Austereo respectively in order for them to launch joint-venture stations 104.7 and Mix 106.3.
In February 2015, Capital Radio Network acquired Gippsland-based 3GG.[1] [2]
With the exception of XLFM, Snow FM and 3GG, all stations are operated as a 50/50 joint-venture with Grant Broadcasters.
Some Capital Radio Network stations broadcast identical formats and programming in the networks below:
Snow FM | Various | 2SKI | Jindabyne | Snowy Mountains | |
Eagle FM | 93.5 FM | 2SNO | Goulburn | Southern Tablelands | |
X Digital | DAB+ | 6IX | Perth | Perth |
2CA | 1053 AM & DAB+ | 2CA | Canberra | Australian Capital Territory | |
6iX | 1080 AM, 105.7 FM & DAB+ | 6IX | Perth | Perth |
XLFM | Various | 2XXL | Jindabyne | Snowy Mountains | |
GNFM | 107.7 FM | 2GBN | Goulburn | Southern Tablelands | |
3GG | 531 AM | 3GG | Warragul | Gippsland and Latrobe Valley |
MyDAB Canberra | DAB+ | 2CC/2CA | Canberra | Australian Capital Territory | |
MyDAB Perth | DAB+ | 6IX | Perth | Perth |
In the 1990s, Kevin Blyton held a 40% stake in Newcastle's NXFM.[4]
Outside of buying and selling stations in the same stations/territories as current stations, he has also held stations in Tasmania and Queenstown, New Zealand.