The Central Queensland Hot FM station was originally created to attract the younger demographics that didn't listen to DMG's established classic hits station, Gladstone's 4CC which also broadcast to Rockhampton.
While the local Hot FM sales office was moved into the existing 4RO and Sea FM studio complex, the local breakfast program began being broadcast from the existing 4CC building in Gladstone.
Hot FM began broadcasting its local breakfast show from the Gladstone studio on 24 January 2005.
[2][3][4] Although no longer stablemates, 4CC and Hot FM have continued to share the same building in Gladstone since the merger.
[5] On 26 September 2016, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Hot FM in Central Queensland would be renamed Hit as part of a major rebranding of the radio network.
[6] There have been fourteen duos that have presented Hot FM's/Hit CQ's breakfast show since its inception in October 2000 to its rebranding to Hit in December 2016.
They have included former Big Brother Australia contestants, Rebecca Dent and Ben Norris.