Smooth 95.3 (call sign: 2PTV) is a commercial radio station based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
In contrast to Nova Entertainment's other Australian radio brand, the pop/rock Nova network, Smooth 95.3 (originally named Vega and Classic Rock) was originally positioned to target the baby boomer market of listeners in the 40 to 60 age bracket, with a mix of talk and music from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Smooth 95.3's major rivals in the Sydney market are 101.7 WSFM, KIIS 106.5 and Triple M. During its first AC Nielsen ratings survey (No.
In June 2006 [1] the station dropped its "40 years of music" slogan and moved drive-time hosts Rebecca Wilson and Tony Squires to share the breakfast slot with Angela Catterns.
[2] In August 2015, smoothfm 95.3 was crowned the number-one FM station for the first time with an 8.2 share.