‘The Sounds of Macarthur’ formerly known as 2MCR are looking for new premises.
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Hopefully may involve an upgrade to equipment and a return of RDS!
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How has ACMA not kicked their arse if it has been going on that long?
Maybe no one has complained yet?
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I can try, and complain about NEW FMs as well.
Don’t know if they’ll do anything.
If they were resourced properly, they should be doing random audits to make sure all stations (including LPONs) are running to spec.
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SWR 99.9 is currently off-air on 99.9 FM, but they’re still on-air online.
A good opportunity at the moment for DXing.
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‘The Sounds of Macarthur’ formerly known as 2MCR are looking for new premises.
Cabra-Vale Diggers, the owners of the Campbelltown RSL Club have had plans in the works since well before the last time I visited the club to attend a conference back in 2017 but I do see that they’ve only started making movements with the plans in the last 6 months.
Surely with that sort of uncertainty hanging over you for a number of years, the station would have already started investigating options before now.
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Any RDS RT changes @bacco007 ?
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Not sure, I’ll have to have a loo,
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The MediaSpy comment of 2024! 
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AF now shows 99.5
RT updated to show 99.5, remaining text the same
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Luke Sharp and Bella McClean will host Youth Jam’s breakfast show from January next year.
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Competition surrounding the Community Radio Plus app
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I’m back all, and if your all wondering what and why I had the issues I did, I had a great conversation with Matt on Conversations that matter on SWR 99.9 this week just gone. It’s available on podcast
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Welcome back!
Not sure if anyone here knows anyone at North West FM 98.9, but their signal is going from bad to worse.
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2SER appoints new managing director
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Macquarie University have appointed a new managing director of the jointly-owned community radio station, 2SER.
Cheryl Northey takes on the role, bringing over 15 years of experience in international digital media, news and entertainment companies with companies including Network 10, the ABC, SBS, and Deutsche Welle.
She succeeds Paula Kruger, who is leaving the station after two years.
Northey will begin in the role on 2 December 2024.
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I was just dial surfing & stopped on 97.3 Lake Macquarie FM for a few minutes & they mentioned a competition they’re currently running where you win a Digital Radio, now what they mean by Digital radio I’m not entirely sure, they just kept referring to it as that, but it has me wondering, if they’re meaning a DAB+ radio then why, just why would they think that giving away a DAB+ radio to a market that doesn’t have any DAB+ stations locally nor can in 99% of the places in it’s coverage area are able to receive any DAB+ transmissions a good idea as a promotion?
Given their coverage is Southern Lake Macquarie/Northern Central Coast & that neither Gosford (Central Coast), Lake Macquarie or Newcastle has any DAB+ transmissions & aren’t even close to getting any, why would you do this?
I guess the DAB+ radio will have FM also that you could use to tune into 97.3 Lake Macquarie FM, but then why not just give away a new FM radio, whoever wins is likely to be very disappointed that it doesn’t work as a Digital Radio & is no better then the FM one they already had, great way to mislead listeners.
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Ignorance? Perhaps they don’t even really know what they are giving away. Probably tied in with a deal from one of their sponsors.
But as you say, it would more than likely also have FM, and that’s all they will probably care about..
Some listeners might be a bit miffed to find you won’t be able to listen to ABC Newcastle or Radio National on it though.
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CBAA has been promoting digital strategies to its members recently.
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