[citation needed] The original owners were well known media personalities John Laws (30%), Mike Willesee (30%), Village Roadshow (30%) and Graham Kennedy (10%).
[citation needed] The original equipment comprised BMX Pacific Recorder mixing consoles, and CEI cartridge machines.
[citation needed] From 1995 to 1998, 2Day FM broadcast the highly successful Martin/Molloy drive program with Tony Martin and Mick Molloy.
Martin and Molloy left the Today Network in late 1998 at the top of the ratings, citing the need for a break from the pressures of radio.
In 2009, 2Day FM were ordered to provide increased protection for children after a 14-year-old child was attached to a lie detector and pressured into discussing her sex life live on air.
"[13][14] In December 2012, the Hot 30 program hosts, Mel Greig and Mike Christian, obtained information about The Duchess of Cambridge's health by impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and The Prince of Wales in a phone call to King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, where the Duchess was being treated for hyperemesis gravidarum.
The call, made at about 5.30 am London time (GMT) on 4 December, was answered at the reception by nurse Jacintha Saldanha as no switchboard receptionist was on duty.
When hospital chief executive John Lofthouse learned it was a prank, he condemned it as an act of "journalistic trickery" that no nurse should have to deal with.
[16] Later, Holleran said that station officials tried to contact the nurses whose voices were recorded at least five times prior to greenlighting the stunt for air.
However, at least one legal expert told ABC News that the stunt may have broken New South Wales state law forbidding the recording of private conversations without the other party's consent.
[24] The hospital chairman, Lord Glenarthur, wrote a letter to Southern Cross Austereo protesting Greig and Christian's actions: "King Edward VII's Hospital cares for sick people, and it was extremely foolish of your presenters even to consider trying to lie their way through to one of our patients, let alone actually make the call.
"[25] Southern Cross Austereo chairman Max Moore-Wilton wrote back to Lord Glenarthur promising "immediate action" and a full review of the process by which the broadcast was cleared.
[26] It also formally cancelled the Hot 30 program and suspended prank-call stunts on all Austereo stations, effective immediately.
[36] Hours after the duo finished their final show at 2Day FM, rival Australian Radio Network announced the pair would be moving to a new look Mix 106.5.
[38] In August 2014, Mel B left the then breakfast team (Merrick Watts, Jules Lund and Sophie Monk) coming to the end of her six-month contract.
[41] They were initially brought on board to connect with a younger audience, however struggled to make inroads against established competitors including Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS, WSFM's Jonesy & Amanda, Triple M's "The Grill Team" and Nova's Fitzy & Wippa.
In July 2015, SCA managed to lure back popular comedians Hamish & Andy to the national drive slot with their syndicated radio show.
[43] The duo continued their strong run in drive since returning to 2Day FM station, with 6.8% audience share in their second survey period.
[44] The duo saw an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the period, placing them in the middle of the pack alongside WSFM and Triple M, which were also on a 6.8% audience share.
[45][46] In January 2017, Rove and Sam moved from the breakfast show to a national nightly program on the Hit Network due to poor ratings.
[47] In November 2017, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Harley Breen would leave the station to focus on his stand up career.
In December 2017, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Grant Denyer would join Em Rusciano and Ed Kavalee.
In July 2020, Southern Cross Austereo unveiled a number of major changes to the Hit Network in metro and regional markets.
It was the biggest network overhaul since the Hit brand was first introduced in 2014 and marked the beginning of a major play by SCA to reclaim their duopoly leadership position in key markets.
In August 2024, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Hughesy, Ed & Erin had been axed with the station to take a new direction.
[54] Early in 2015, Southern Cross Austereo announced a re-branding of the Today Network stations in capital cities.
It was a combination of big pop hits of now and familiar songs from past decades that listeners can “fall back in love with”.
[citation needed] It has an alternate transmission facility on the Broadcast Australia tower at Gore Hill, with an output power of 16 kilowatts delivered by an NEC FBN11K20E valve transmitter.