The station's breakfast comedy show was for many years hosted by Bob Cooke and Richard Moore.
Cooke and Moore also played a number of fictional character on-air, including Mickey Finn and Knocker Knowles (a shady used car salesman and his dim-witted, former AFL footballer accomplice), Vinnie and the V8s (a music group best known for their hit song 'Outside Coles on a Saturday Night'[3]), Whimmo the Wonder Clown and the R-Rated Cowboy.
As a commercial FM operator in the Hobart area, 7HO was granted space on the new DAB Mux.
It utilises vertically polarised transmissions and is co-located in the Broadcast Australia Site on Mt Wellington, the same facility that houses 7HO's FM service.
[citation needed] In November 2021, 7HO, along with other stations owned by Grant Broadcasters, were acquired by the Australian Radio Network.
This deal will allow Grant's stations, including 7HO, to access ARN's iHeartRadio platform in regional areas.
Originally played for amusement on Capital Radio during the morning by Chris Tarrant, the jingle quickly became a running gag.