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Radio station in Perth, Western Australia
NOVA 93.7 headquarters at Rokeby Road, Subiaco
Nova 93.7
(call sign:
6PER
) is a commercial radio station in
Perth
, Western Australia. Jointly owned by
NOVA Entertainment
and
Australian Radio Network
, it was established in the Perth market on 5 December 2002. Nova 93.7 was launched at 3pm by the
Red Hot Chili Peppers
and by current drive presenter Tim Blackwell, with "
Can't Stop
" the first song being aired.
Nova 93.7 is only the second commercial
FM radio
station in Perth to not have previously been an AM station. The first was
ARN
's
96fm
.
Controversies
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Rigged competition
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In April 2010, announcer Hans Bruechle tipped off his friend Ashlea Reid when he was about to play the secret song. The radio station was alerted to the rigging by a friend of both Reid and Bruechle. Following the incident Nova gave the prize to youth suicide prevention charity Youth Focus and Bruechle was fired.
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Announcers
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News
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- Ellie Petricevic (News)
- Scott Cunningham (News)
- Michelle Stephenson (National News Manager)
References
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External links
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