You seem a bit sensitive? I was questioned for my information because a guy that used to be an employee claims to know more, so I pressed on the legitimacy of his claims. Sorry it didn’t work out for you I guess
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Have ARN restructured (i.e. sacked) staff already in anticipation of this deal going ahead?
I wonder if the mess at CADA is related to this at all?
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Why do you have such an attitude?
No one here is being like that. You’re behaving like people are attacking SCA for some reason?
You tried to claim Mark was being aggressive towards his ex employer and that was proven wrong.
What’s your deal man?
You get no one here really has a dog in this yeah? It’s a discussion forum. We don’t have claim to any company.
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Not quite.
Think of this now being that ARN buy a bunch of stations from SCA, and sell SCA a few of theirs. They remain separate companies. ARN and SCA management will largely remain the same, except for those people who would be attached to stations which are moving.
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lol, no…just calling you out on your shitty attitude is all. Clearly I’m not the only one that’s picked up on it. There’s many of us here who are ex-employees (of SCA, and others), and many of us still have contacts at all levels and varying locations.
But you do you, boo. I hope things don’t change too much while you’re on LSL…
Does the new deal mean that SCA will have nothing to do with television anymore regardless of the outcome?
No they will keep their loss making TV under the new proposal.
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There’s the possibility now that SCA’s TV assets will be included in the same transaction that will see a new Australian-owned consortium take over metropolitan Network Ten from Paramount.
Conversations regarding the Network Ten takeover aren’t anywhere near advanced though, but SCA are probably holding out for that now in regard to their TV assets.
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Hopefully TDT, DDT and CDT are safe in the long run but I have my doubts
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That actually makes sense.
Network 10 (metro) + Regional TV + Hit + Triple M + LiSTNR.
That would be more sustainable in the long term and would likely see them all remain on air.
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Agree 
also. The government and ACMA seem to be fiddling while Rome burns. It should have happened before things got to this point.
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At least regional listeners get ABC and community radio services as well as 2 or 3 commercial services plus the Radio App on streaming.
They might not have as many options as NZ but IMO they’re not missing much.
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Have you heard most regional community stations?
IMO they’re missing a LOT compared to NZ regional listeners. Having one CHR station and one talk/sport/part time music station? That’s a complete joke.
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Not all regional towns have just one music commercial station. There are others that have 3 or more such as Gold Coast, Newcastle, Central Coast and Sunshine Coast, Townsville and Cairns, as well as Canberra and Hobart with DAB options.
In fact, if you include DAB in the case of Gold Coast, Canberra and Hobart, these places have more choice and better quality playlists and better radio than NZ IMO.
Ok, salty then
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As an example, The Beatles were the biggest band on the planet, they’re still well known and highly regarded by younger people today, yet you never hear them on Australian FM radio unless it’s a community station. That to me is a sad state of affairs.
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Gold Coast, Canberra and even Townsville aren’t regional towns. They’re cities.
Most regional towns and even some larger places like Bathurst or Wagga or Mt Gambier have only 2 commercial stations. Similar sized towns in NZ have 5 or 6 commercial choices covering all the major formats. It’s chalk and cheese.
In terms of quality playlists on DAB that is very subjective and I disagree there is any quality there - just 80s and 90s loops mostly.
For comparison, Whanganui in NZ is about 40,000 people, similar to Wagga. Take a look at the list of commercial FM choices available in that town! About 15 stations with every major formats under the sun. Are you telling me Wagga listeners are better served than this?
Heck, not even Sydney and Melbourne match this. Even if you count the automated loop offerings on DAB
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After a string of reports from this thread…It would be really great if we could play the ball and not the man…thank you.
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Precisely. Yet I still hear The Beatles on NZ and UK commercial stations.
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And 2ST
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