Southern Cross Media Group

"Macquarie Media Group" redirects here. For the unrelated company formerly operating as Macquarie Radio Network, see Macquarie Media.

Southern Cross Media Group

Type	Public (ASX: SXL)
Industry	Media
Founded	November 2007
Headquarters	South Melbourne, Australia
Owner	Macquarie Bank (unknown) Nine Entertainment Co. (9.9%) Others (5.8%)
Website	southerncrossaustereo.com.au

Southern Cross Media Group (formerly Macquarie Media Group) is one of Australia's major media companies. On 3 July 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of A$1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. Under the deal, Macquarie Media Group will then on sell the metropolitan radio stations to Fairfax Media.^[1] On 5 November 2007, the company officially acquired Southern Cross Broadcasting's assets.^[2] On 17 December 2009 shareholders approved a restructuring plan. The company was then renamed from Macquarie Media Group to its current name on 17 December 2009.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In March 2016, Macquarie Group sold a 15.7% stake in Southern Cross Media worth $130 million, and of that 9.9% was purchased by Nine Entertainment Co., the owner of the Nine Network.^[6]^[7]

Southern Cross Media Group head office (ASX registered) is located at Level 2, 257 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3205.

Assets

Southern Cross Austereo
American Consolidated Media (10% non-voting stake) ^[8]
Southern Cross Nine
- CTC - Australian Capital Territory/Southern NSW (Canberra, Wollongong, Wagga Wagga, South Coast)
- GLV/BCV - Victoria (Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland, Albury-Wodonga)
- NRN - Northern NSW/South East QLD (Newcastle, Central Coast, North Coast, Gold Coast)
- TNQ - Queensland (Toowoomba, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville, Cairns)
- SGS/SCN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf region of South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales)
Southern Cross Television
- TNT - Tasmania (Hobart and Launceston)
- TND - Northern Territory (Darwin)
- GTS/BKN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf region of South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales)
- QQQ - Central Australia (Remote Eastern and Central Australia)
Tasmanian Digital Television (50% share with WIN Corporation)
Darwin Digital Television (50% share with Nine Entertainment Co.)
Central Digital Television (50% share with Imparja Television Pty Ltd)

References

↑ "Southern Cross Broadcasting sold for $1.35b". abc.net.au. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
↑ "Southern Cross falls to Mac and Fairfax". The Australian. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
↑ "Company website". macquarie.com.au. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
↑ "InvestSmart profile". investsmart.com.au. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
↑ "Internalisation and Corporatisation Meetings" (PDF) (Press release). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
↑ Knox, David (18 March 2016). "Nine buys Southern Cross shares". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
↑ "Telstra tipped to offload its Foxtel stake as Nine buys 9.9% of Southern Cross Austereo". Mumbrella. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
↑ Editor & Publisher

External links

Southern Cross Austereo

Southern Cross Austereo

Television

Southern Cross Nine	Southern New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Regional Victoria Regional Queensland Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill

Southern Cross Ten	Northern New South Wales Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill

Southern Cross Television (Seven affiliate)	Remote Eastern and Central Australia Darwin Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill Tasmania

Multichannels	Aspire TV Yesshop

Joint ventures	Central Digital Television Darwin Digital Television Tasmanian Digital Television

Radio

Queensland stations

Hit Network	Hit105 Brisbane Hit97.9 Atherton Hit103.5 Cairns Hit94.7 Emerald Hit100.3 Mackay Hit102.5 Mount Isa Hit Central QLD Rockhampton Hit95.1 Roma Hit103.1 Townsville 93.1 Sea FM Bundaberg 90.9 Sea FM Gold Coast Hit89.1 Kingaroy Hit101.9 Maryborough Hit100.7 Toowoomba

Triple M LocalWorks	104.5 Triple M Brisbane 92.5 Gold FM Gold Coast 103.5 Triple M Maryborough 864 Triple M Toowoomba 102.3 4TO Townsville 99.5 Triple M Cairns 98.7 Triple M Mackay 101.5 Triple M Rockhampton

New South Wales
stations

Hit Network	2Day FM Sydney Hit106.9 Newcastle 101.3 Sea FM Gosford (Central Coast) Hit104.9 Albury Hit105.5 Coffs Harbour Hit93.5 Dubbo Hit99.7 Griffith Hit Mid North Coast Kempsey/Port Macquarie Hit105.9 Orange Hit93.1 Wagga Wagga

Triple M LocalWorks	104.9 Triple M Sydney 102.9 KOFM Newcastle 105.7 Triple M Albury 106.3 Triple M Coffs Harbour 107.7 2GO Gosford (Central Coast) 963 Triple M Griffith 106.7/100.7 Triple M Kempsey/Port Macquarie 105.1 Triple M Orange 1152 Triple M Wagga Wagga

Victorian stations

Hit Network	Fox FM Melbourne Hit91.9 Bendigo Hit99.5 Mildura Hit96.9 Shepparton Hit Gippsland Warragul/Gippsland

Triple M LocalWorks	105.1 Triple M Melbourne 93.5 Triple M Bendigo 97.9 Triple M Mildura 95.3 Triple M Shepparton

South Australian stations

Southern Cross Austereo	Hit107 Adelaide 104.7 Triple M Adelaide 963 Triple M Mount Gambier Hit96.1 Mount Gambier

Western Australian
stations

Hit Network	Hit92.9 Perth Hit106.5 Albany Hit100.5 Bridgetown Hit95.7 Bunbury Hit97.9 Kalgoorlie Hit94.9 Katanning Hit105.1 Merredin Hit100.5 Narrogin Hit96.5 Northam

Triple M LocalWorks	Mix 94.5 Perth 783 Triple M Albany 900 Triple M Bridgetown 963 Triple M Bunbury 981 Triple M Kalgoorlie 1071 Triple M Katanning 1098 Triple M Merredin 918 Triple M Narrogin 864 Triple M Northam

Other stations

Tasmanian stations	Hit100.9 Hobart 107.3 Triple M Hobart

Joint venture stations	Hit104.7 Canberra Mix 106.3 Canberra

Digital-only stations	Buddha Radio (national) Loveland (national) Stardust (national) Triple M Classic Rock Digital (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) Triple M Modern Rock Digital (Adelaide and Perth)

Previous digital stations	Triple M Perth (Perth only) Radar (national) Barry (national) The Main Stage (national) Choose The Hits (national) High Voltage Radio (national) Radio Gaga (national) Caravan Radio (national) I See Red (national) U20 (national)

Macquarie Group

Infrastructure/Diversified:	Macquarie Airports Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group Macquarie Infrastructure Company Southern Cross Media Group Macquarie Regional RadioWorks

Property:	Macquarie Countrywide Trust Macquarie DDR Trust Macquarie Direct Property Macquarie Goodman Group Macquarie Office Trust Macquarie Pacific Star Macquarie Prologis Trust

Corporate Directors:	Kevin McCann (Chairman) Michael J. Hawker Nicholas W. Moore (CEO) John Hewson Peter Kirby Catherine Livingstone Barrie Marton John Niland Helen Nugent Peter Warne

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