3SH has dropped the 3AW Drive program after Tom moved to mornings. Early Mallee Breaky (5-6am) has been dropped because the requirements are now been meet with Len Johns now airing 1 - 6pm.
So 2QN and 3SH programming is mirroring each other.
Morning Rush
Mornings Tom Elliot (3aw)
Country Today
Local
Sports Day
Nights Dennis Walter (3aw)
3AW overnight programming
I’ve long wondered if Edge’s ERP is anywhere the maximum?
It’s also on a flat site with not a significant tower elevation, again, is that up to the maximum spec either?
Thanks for that, any ideas when?
Ace Radio and SCA are getting more integrated than ever.
Not sure if a take over/merger is looming or on the contrary maybe it helps SCA pushback on ARN’s attempted merger by SCA controlling more stations themselves.
Overall it means SCA/Ace Radio combined are now selling ads for 3 metro stations in Sydney/Brisbane and 4 in Melbourne. They even hosted a combined metro sales event recently where Magic/3MP and Fox/Triple M sales were being promoted together.
I think this is just a result of the SCA & ACE sales teams working closer together (which has been in place for some time now). This move with LiSTNR is just “playing catch-up”.
You could argue that it was the same with ARN previously. Featuring ARN programmes, sharing sales, and having ACE stations featured on iHeart.
…conversions for several markets, Mat Cummins – General Manager of TR FM and Gippsland’s Gold – will now focus on his role as Group Content Director for the network’s regional stations.
Andrew ‘Howie’ Howe will assume the role of General Manager for TR FM and Gippsland’s Gold.
I’m more curious about the “upcoming FM conversions for several markets”.
Wangaratta must be getting off the ground at last
They should get them only after being fined heavily for their HPON misuse.
Do you mean Deniliquin or are there others?
Agree. ACMA should also be reprimanded for their misinterpretation of legislation to incorrectly approve this
None other than the reports here - but it’s absurd that a ‘oh its covid times’ exception gave a proxy conversion to a station years before doing the proper planning process.
If the ACMA is just a rubber stamp, don’t fake the process - don’t spend months “asking for comment” from the public, if nothing actually matters, just whether a change impacts the status quo position of the current commercial radio operators.
If a regular LPON/HPON operator just broadcast commercial radio - they’d be shut down.
Hit Network rebrands incoming?
hit88.9 Hamilton
hit95.3 Warrnambool
hit99.5 Traralgon
hit101.3 Horsham
hit106.3 Colac
hit107.7 Swan Hill
Not including the Edge FM stations because they don’t carry SCA programming. Although you never know… it could happen.
SCA would have to acquire all of the ACE Radio stations first, then they can turn them into SCA O&O stations.
I suppose one thing that might make it slightly easier for SCA is that if they can do a deal with Paramount to sell their TV stations, it opens up a lot of the ACE markets where they couldn’t own the radio stations because of the voices test.
ACE kinda really only exists because the bigger companies couldn’t own it, and an SCA move for scale makes sense if they want to continue to reject the ARN offers.
That’d be confusing for listeners in the Gippsland region to lose a Hit station and then to regain a Hit station.
I know! Hit was turned into Triple M in Warragul in 2020, now imagine if Hit was revived - but in Traralgon!
That would mean those in Warragul missing their Carrie and Tommy fix but not willing to tune to Fox FM 101.9 will need to hope that they can get it from Traralgon - providing their radio sets have long-distance FM antennas!
Pretty sure Warragul residents can get the Traralgon TRFM just fine, right? If so, then they’ll also receive hit99.5 just fine!
That would have been a “double whammy” if they had two Hits! (97.9 and 99.5).
What would it mean for the metro AM music stations? As if they’d ever rebrand 2UE, etc.