Gee I’d expect DAB standard on a Lexus! I mean they’re standard in i30s…
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I don’t know how long this has been on air for, but Johnny Young is hosting a night time program on 2CH, “Nightmoves”
http://www.2ch.com.au/shows/johnny-young/
I thought he was still at 6IX Perth (their website is down at the moment, so not able to check), or maybe it’s pre-recorded from there?
If so, also that 6IX is owned by Capital Radio, so have EON Radio outsourced the program?
Johnny Young hasn’t been part of 6iX for quite a few years now & has been with 2CH since late 2014.
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Certainly an achievement.
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According to the latest Oceania financial figures released to the ASX, 2CH lost another $1.3 million in the last 6 month period. If this keeps up that’s $2.6 million a year.
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Perhaps focusing more on the 60s and 70s music that the FM stations in Sydney (which are increasingly sticking to the music no older than the 1980s) don’t have on their regular playlist would be a good idea for 2CH?
A bit more external advertising (something you very rarely see for 2CH) probably wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
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2CH’s website is currently redirecting to Slurry Pumps coming from China. Someone forgot to pay some bills, perhaps? 
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Appears to be fixed to http://www.2ch.com.au
Five minutes ago, it wasn’t.
Perhaps they changed their servers to point to.
Mediaspy’s site has over the years directed to bizarre websites momentarily, you’d try again and it’d work fine.
And indeed it has! Must’ve done some maintenance over the weekend.
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Indira Naidoo & Trevor Sinclair will become the new breakfast presenters for 2CH. They’ll replace Gareth McCray, who’s taking a well-earned break & will return in a new role.
More: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/indira-naidoo-joins-new-2ch-breakfast-show
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Brilliant move. Obviously moving into the territory left vacant by John & Garry at TL.
Starts April 30th
http://www.2ch.com.au/entertainment/sydneys-2ch-launches-brand-new-breakfast-show/
Hope they continue to play plenty of music and not just talk. Maybe Chris Kearns will get a permanent weekend gig now.
2CH doesn’t play any Rock Music the way Classic Rock Radio in Melbourne Does, so 2CH is Probably the Last Remaining Metro AM Station in Australia still play Oldies.
And 6iX Perth?
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I think the new/relaunched breakfast show with Indira Naidoo & Trevor Sinclair might do OK in the ratings.
Of course I don’t expect ratings on the level of the established Sydney breakfast programs but with a bit of external promotion (something 2CH rarely does) and retaining a decent balance between music and relevant content in the talk breaks, it should at least get more listeners than Macquarie Sports Radio 954.
As per the on-air tagline, “Easy Classics” is the current format for 2CH.
Cruise 1323 Adelaide and, to an extent, 4KQ Brisbane?
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Though 2CH has been known to play Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”, so can we say that 2CH doesn’t play rock music? There probably have been other songs in that vein that they’ve played too.
I’ve heard them play “Blinded By The Light” by Manfred Mann yesterday afternoon, which can be considered to be a ‘classic rock’ song.
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Idea for 2CH during the Daytime is to have More Religious Programming given Sydney is Australia’s Most Religious City.