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.
I was just dial surfing & stopped on 97.3 Lake Macquarie FM for a few minutes & they mentioned a competition theyâre currently running where you win a Digital Radio, now what they mean by Digital radio Iâm not entirely sure, they just kept referring to it as that, but it has me wondering, if theyâre meaning a DAB+ radio then why, just why would they think that giving away a DAB+ radio to a market that doesnât have any DAB+ stations locally nor can in 99% of the places in itâs 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 & arenât 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 doesnât work as a Digital Radio & is no better then the FM one they already had, great way to mislead listeners.
More stations need to provide a âListen Againâ service, though it is a bit labour intensive if you archive programmes in house (as I do). Nobody has the time or inclination to listen live at a set time these days.
Omny Studio is one product which automates this. You can setup your program schedule, and it will record and publish each show automatically. You could also send triggers to start/stop recordings if you wanted to be fancy.
Once the full shows are in there, you can also use their web editor to create shorter clips.
CBAA can get community stations good pricing for Omny Studio. Quite a lot of stations have taken up this offer.
ALERT: Some weird stuff is happening at the moment with 2NBC 90.1 FM Narwee, apparently thereâs buzzing noises with dead air, then the first few seconds of some songs. Their online feed is also getting this.
I only caught the last 20minutes of this program of 88.9 2RSR this morning, but the speaker on todayâs broadcast (10am - 11am Thursdayâs edition) of Alternative Radio was absolutely captivating, simulative & brilliant. The speaker was Brian Klaas on the topic of: âThe Wrong People At The Topâ
You can find the broadcast here:
Vision Australia Radio (2APH) Albury seems to have been off air since at least this morning- not sure of the cause though as 2REM and The Light from the same site are on air with no issues.
All I know is that the 6EBA FM 95.3fm station is gone, no longer transmitting. Only a ghost 6EBA on DAB+ exists as a silent station. It has been like this for several months but looks like it had so few listeners, it quietly disappeared. Not even the ACMA is aware (otherwise it would surely be removed from DAB+ and surrender the precious bits to other stations given how crowded the Perth commercial DAB+ multiplex is).
Licence expired December 10th - Iâd say the ACMA knows whatâs going on.
Interesting note in here too (although probably a moot point given the circumstances)
Advisory Notes applying to Station 1
The ACMA understands that this service is being transmitted from an antenna height of 116 m which exceeds the LAP specification of 30m. Regulatory Forbearance is exercised in not taking compliance action while the ACMA considers varying the LAP specification.
Interesting, thanks⌠wonder if 95.3 will be reallocated to another community licensee or if it will form part of the frequencies used in the AM conversion exercise.
Just checked the 6EBA World Radio DAB+ station and although silent it still has programming information (hilarious) but transmitting using 24 kbps. When I checked the other Community stations, three were on 48 kbps, one on 32 kbps. Wasnât the original allocation to community stations 64 kbps?
You mean the Perth FM replanning exercise? This change is a definitely a good excuse for the ACMA to delay that even more (maybe they are hoping it will go away since they canât seem to decide?).
ABC Local Radio canât access this as they are on the ABC/SBS DAB multiplex.
