The reason I mention K&J, is because Mix106.3 already airs Christian O’Connell and JAM Nation. A few years back, Mix106.3 also aired The 3PM Pick-Up.
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Add in the population of the satellite centres like Murrumbateman, Yass and Bungendore- which are at least partially in the Canberra radio licence area- and you’re getting awfully close to 500 000. The commuter traffic in and out of Bungendore alone has to be seen to be believed.
Canberra radio is about as bland as the stereotypical view of the city. Mix 106.3 dominates because I suspect it’s the best of a bad lot, music wise. 2CA is a lot safer than GN/XL FM and I would welcome the more modern iteration of ‘Forever Classic’ here (GN/XL don’t get into the Canberra bowl).
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300,000 people may not bt small, but the revenue opportunities limited…
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This is likely due to a national sales sponsorship from ARN. Even though they don’t programme the Canberra stations, ARN’s national sales strategies can use both Mix106.3 or Hit104.7 for the purposes of satisfying national sponsorships. Local staff hated having The 3pm Pick-Up on air, and SCA weren’t thrilled about it either.
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I suppose they are a little more “local” than Ned & Josh. Plus, a different style of show.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ned & Josh pop up elsewhere around the country in 2024.
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Wilko & Courts are fantastic! This is a really great option, and it’s a relief to hear they won’t be networking breakfast in from interstate. I do feel sorry for Ned & Josh though. It’s that time of year though, so hopefully someone will pick them up as a new show elsewhere next year.
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If you think they’re local you’ve obviously never listened. I tuned in a few times when driving from Goulburn and they just read out news stories from overseas. So many inside jokes too
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When Wilko & Courts were on Mix in the afternoon, I was volunteering at a charity shop which always had the radio on. As much as possible I moved my hours away from that end of the day to avoid having my brain feel like it was melting.
The music on the station was about 50/50 on stuff I didn’t mind and stuff I couldn’t stand, but that through the day was infinitely more tolerable than the inane chatter after 3pm.
All of that said, they were quite popular in town and their disappearance from Mix drive received similar levels of community shock to Ned & Josh’s abrupt departure, so I’m sure they will attract a reasonable audience on Hit. I won’t be listening but I do wish them success.
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Canberra really does love recycling talent. Bringing Scotty back on 2CA and now this.
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I did listen, thank you. I really enjoyed their show when they were on Mix. Lots of in-jokes, yes. But if you listened regularly, you were in on the jokes.
Like most announcers in Canberra (and a lot of non radio folks actually), they weren’t natives, but they lived in Canberra and they were part of the community, so I would consider them locals. As long as they’re living in Canberra, broadcasting from Canberra, then they’re all good. And, from memory, there’s only a couple of “Canberra born and bred” natives on air in Canberra.
In fact, Courts worked at 104 and Mix for over 6 years before taking a break to have kids (after being in radio since 2011). And Wilko did breakfast and drive on Mix over the span of 5.5 years. That’s about the same amount of time as Ned & Josh. Wilko has continued living in Canberra, even since leaving Mix drive, and Courts moved to Norfolk Island for her husband’s work. So no, not natives, but definitely locals. So I don’t really understand your point…
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Julian Abbott, who will be familiar to listeners in NSW and QLD during ABC Radio’s NRL coverage, is retiring in March next year.
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This might be suited better to the FM Spectrum Replan - General Discussion thread, but how would you replan Canberra FM radio? Personally, I would remove Tuggeranong repeaters from community stations, and just copy what Adelaide does.
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My first choice is to remove them all together and have all the Canberra stations on dab+ at Tuggeranong Hill.
Second option is to move the Tuggeranong translators 400khz so they would be on frequencies such as 106.7, 107.5 etc.
This would provide Canberra fm frequencies for the fm conversions of 2CA/2CC.
The Tuggeranong translators would be on the same frequencies as Batemans Bay and Orange / Central Tableland’s.
The Tuggeranong translators would need to have the following specs on their licence”Only to be protected from interference at 66dBuV and above”.
This would be the case due to potential Tropo interference from the Central Tablelands and a lesser extent Batemans Bay.
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My point is that they seldom did local content. We used to laugh that you could place that show anywhere and not know where it’s based, because they just did pop culture and news stories the whole time with a hell of a lot of inside jokes. Kristen and nige is a good, local shiw
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They would be perfect for Hit NSW Breakfast.
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And they rated their butts off. They were up against a national show on 104.7 (Hughesy and Kate, I believe), so that’s potentially why they involved pop culture/news stories. But, at the same time, there was definitely local content included, which is why I listened to them over 104 at the time. I’m sure in breakfast, they would need to be even more local, so I reckon you should just wait and see. They’re a good team, I like their vibe, and I think they’ll work well on 104.7 breakfast.
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“Nige DAB+” is coming soon. I can’t tell if this is a joke as it appears to be sponsored by a local business?
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I get the nature of the JV, but it feels wrong seeing Hit104.7 promoting a station built around Mix 106.3 breakfast talent.
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