The Bendigo LAP was updated in April 2017 to increase the allowed height of the 3EL Bendigo service from 40m to 90m, and increase the max ERP from 100W to 250W.
My bet would be that they’ve begun work on implementing these new specs, potentially testing a few different configurations to determine what works the best.
Maybe Janet needs to do a deal with Adobe and get a network license. That, and make 2NM and Power FM’s streams sound a lot better…not like they’ve grabbed a radio and fed it into their software using the Line In/Out ports.
They’ve got that problem with streams in a lot of places. The biggest problem is that they’re sending them out of the stations at horribly low bit rates so that they won’t drop out over their ADSL connections, which as we know are sub-standard in a lot of regional areas.
No, then we wouldn’t have any radio stations that actually serve the Upper Hunter…or any media. I wouldn’t know how long the Argus/Chronicle/Advocate are going to run in its current form, if any. If SCA or Caralis buy the Grant stations (heaven forbid), I can see 2NM being rebranded into 2HD or KOFM and Power FM becoming New FM or (S)Hit FM. I’m surprised ABC Upper Hunter hasn’t been shifted across from Newcastle to Tamworth, the rural report has in some form. That leaves Scone.com.au, and even then it’s focusing on ONE town.
Sorry, if you think we rednecks don’t need anything local and have Newcastle and Sydney stories shoved straight up our collective arse, but we DO need 2NM and Power FM to still be around, given the lack of options out there. Even if they’re not the best run stations out there, I wouldn’t say there are any Australian media organisation being run properly either.
I wouldn’t worry about either of them buying up 2NM/Power FM, as the Muswellbrook commercial radio licence area has a 30%+ overlap with the Newcastle commercial radio licence area, meaning that they can’t buy the stations. So 2NM/Power FM are in safe hands from being bought by either SCA or Caralis.
It is also for the same reason on why 2NM is not eligible for an AM-FM conversion unlike with most other regional solus markets.
As much as I’d like to believe you, knowing the dipshits we have in power, they’d find a way for that sort of shit to happen. How do you think Foxtel are seemingly going to be allowed to air all 20 and 50 over cricket and not simulcast with Seven?
I am concerned when 2st becomes FM , they just may become another version of wsfm or a 2go. I don’t really know of a primarily am style station in and around NSW where they stuck to the same format after they became FM. Within 10 years they have less news, play more modern music and often have less local shows. It seems to be this strange trend that they have to sound like an FM station and leave the AM legacy behind. I disagree , sure it’s OK to have network shows with the big smoke but that am feel to a station is great especially the music and local feel with the none network shows. At least with 2st it has to fm repeaters but kept the same format for many years. It’s interesting Macquarie radio thinks Brisbane does not need a local feel. But that’s another thread.
