7HO FM

It commenced broadcasting on 13 August 1930, as the first commercial radio station in its city.

The station's initial frequency was 890 kHz AM, in 1935 moving to 860 kHz, then in 1978 to 864 kHz. The "HO" derives from the surname of the founder of the station Ron Hope, not Hobart as many may believe.

7HO FM is owned by Grant Broadcasters and has local programming and news. The music format is adult contemporary music.

The station's breakfast comedy show was for many years hosted by Bob Cooke and Richard Moore. The show started in 1982. Cooke retired in the late 1990s and became a hobbyist woodworker. Moore retired in 2013. Prior to working together on the radio show, Cooke and Moore had hosted a television show for children on Hobart's TVT-6 and performed as a stage act.

The Cooke and Moore Show's style of comedy was consistently lowbrow and was very similar to that of Daryl Somers during his tenure as the host of Hey Hey It's Saturday.
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'), Whimmo the Wonder Clown and the R-Rated Cowboy.
Much of Cooke and Moore's humour involved general banter between them in the guises of their various characters. Their humour also characteristically featured heavy use of crudeness and sexual double-entendres.

Mick and Maria now start the working day for breakfast each morning, followed by the 9-5 no repeat workday with Ben, then to drive you home it's Johnno. 7HOFM prides itself on being 100% percent Hobart and the only Commercial station 100% programmed from it's north Hobart studios...

7HO is famous in London for being mentioned on an advertising jingle for Hobart. Originally played for amusement on Capital Radio during the morning by Chris Tarrant, the jingle quickly became a running gag. This culminated in Chris Tarrant doing a tour of Australia, finishing with broadcasting his morning show to Londoners from the studios of 7HO in Hobart on the last day of his tour.