Industry Broadcast radio Website Resonate Broadcasting Type of business Private company | Headquarters Australia Founded 2008 | |
Key people Rex Morris and Sally Dobson, Directors | ||
Resonate Broadcasting is an Australian media company, operating radio stations across various centres across regional Queensland, as well as Hawaii. Formed in 2008, with the acquisition of 3GG Warragul, Victoria, 4GC and Hot FM Charters Towers, Queensland, the company currently operates 16 radio stations across Australia and the United States.
History
The company was formed in 2008 by directors Rex Morris and Guy Dobson. The former was the group Program Director for Austereo's Triple M Network, based in Brisbane, while the latter was the group's CEO. The first acquisitions were of three stations divested by Macquarie Media Group following its purchase of Southern Cross Broadcasting – 3GG Warragul, Victoria, and 4GC and Hot FM Charters Towers, Queensland. In July 2012, the stations were joined by two more, with 4LG and West FM in Longreach sold to the company by Radio Outback Pty. Ltd.
On 31 May 2012, the company acquired three radio stations in Hawaii from Chaparral Broadcasting Inc. – KHBC and KIPA in Hilo, and KHWI in Holualoa – through subsidiary Resonate Hawaii, LLC. KHBC and KWHI began simulcasting as adult top 40 The Wave @92FM, and in 2013 was joined by alternative rock 102.7 The Beach KTBH-FM.
After an attempted sale to Watermark Media fell through, in February 2015 Warragul, Victoria-based 3GG was acquired by the Capital Radio Network. On 30 October 2015, it was announced the company had acquired the assets of Macquarie Regional Radio, a subsidiary of Macquarie Radio Network, thereby adding eight stations to their network in Queensland.