Texta for me too.
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I think of textas as being the kind of marker youâd use for colouring - youâd play with coloured textas - invariably actually the Faber-Castell Connector Pens - but those would be what I associate the word Texta with.
Sharpie is the word I associate with Permanent Markers, I donât think Iâd ever use a âtextaâ for that.
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In QLD itâs neither a texta or a sharpie, itâs called a Nikko.
Back on topic, has this changed the decision about the 7:45am news? How far did it spread on social media?
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I doubt it! - but I notice the big fat news (as Clive Robertson used to call it) is still on the air at the moment.
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Ayy near Townsville I assume?
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Dempster forgot that the ABC stated that Majestic Fanfare will then be played at the beginning of the 7:00 am news.
Of course, ABC News Radio has continuous news in the morning for anyone who is going to miss the 15 mins at 7:45 am.
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However, ABC News Radio is national, rather than the state based 7:45 am news.
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Yes, but not a snappy, curated 15 minutes of state, national and international news and sport and comprehensive weather forecast. Still not seeing how this will save any money.
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Yes. I canât see how it will save $1 million per year. The same person reads the 7:45 am news on local radio and the 8:00 am news on Radio National. Thereâs only one news room in each capital city for local radio, Radio National, and ABC Classic, with the same news reader, (unless Iâm mistaken).
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Maca should go. So out of touch. Replace him with warwick long.
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The Border Mail reports two presenters are leaving ABC Goulburn Murray in the last of redundancies for the broadcaster. One of them is Joseph Thomsen, who began at the Wodonga station as a 36 year-old in 2005 after first broadcasting on community radio when he was 15. Due to the article behind the paywall I canât deduce the other presenter leaving. Does anyone know who he or she is?
Bronwen Oâshea
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I always thought Albury/Wodonga was ABC Upper Murray (3MRR), as Goulburn Murray should be Shepparton (3GVR)?
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Gutted to hear about JT going? I thought he was the strongest presenter on ABC Goulburn Murray and the most engaging. the chat with Matt dowling was a highlight of the show talking about whatâs on in the Goulburn Murray
Bronwen Oâshea was a great fill-in for JT and was the producer as well.
Gutted as they both look after the Goulburn Murray area very well and not just blinkered on Albury/Wodonga
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Living up here in Shepparton. I always thought that ABC Shepparton should have it own 8:30- 11am presenters to ABC Goulburn Murray but Happy with the presenters and knowledge until it has been too much focusing on Albury/Wodonga.
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Both stations were originally one and the same. Albury and Wodonga was originally covered by 2CO from Corowa, with the station becoming CO-FM in the 1990s. 675 was later reassigned to ABC Riverina from Wagga Wagga, and CO-FM was relaunched as ABC Goulburn Murray.
ABC Shepparton took the Albury/Wodonga feed until sometime in the mid-2000s (Wikipedia says circa 2006, thereâs no source there mind). Shepparton currently has a local breakfast show but takes mornings and Saturday breakfast from Albury.
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Having travelled for the first time ever to the Top End last week, I couldnât help but observe how there is a real lack of a wide-area ABC radio transmitter in that part of the world. ABC Darwin on FM is good for about 100km out of town, but it falls off fairly quickly, and the FM transmitters for it further down the highway (Adelaide River, Pine Creek and Katherine) are all low-powered and really only serve the townships themselves.
This was particularly an issue given last week saw some bushfires affecting the region, yet outside of the towns it was very difficult to tune in and obtain the relevant emergency information.
I wonder why back in the day there was never a high-powered AM transmitter built for the Territory? It seems the perfect place for one, just to cover the highway if anything.
FWIW though, the low-power transmitter in Jabiru on 747 does a respectable job of providing at least some radio service through Kakadu. But something covering the highway seems an obvious omission
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That is where the ABC shortwave services came into their own: VL8A Alice Springs, VL8K Katherine and VL8T Tennant Creek. Given your experience it seems folly to have axed them. But on the other side, few car radios can tune shortwave. A 50 kW AM beastie or two therefore wouldnât go astray. Just have to watch the lightning static.
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