Sadly I’m well out of RIMshot of that signal (and I think you are too, @anonymousbroadcaster).
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Yep, just saw on their facebook that their TCBL has been extended to the 5th Sep. I spose one of the major planks of the capacity is a core membership, and with two stations in existance, they’ll be having a hard time. I guess anyone familiar with astronomy, it’s like two supernova stars close together forever sucking energy off each other. ACMA will have to draw the line one day, it’ll be interesting to note what exactly they are looking for.
Apparently doing a show on Sunday evenings at 6:00, will tune in next week. remember him being a die hard vinyl junkie, when talking to him once on the phone around 2003.
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2bcr FM on 100.9 FM is playing a lot of 60s tonight. Not sure if it is the normal format. The FM audio quality is pretty good, the online stream is excellent although only from the website. No radio app seems to have a working stream. It’s a good alternative for 2ch fans with good old rock n roll. Anyway I might tune in from time to time. I always thought it was predominantly a foreign language station.
Your understanding of the departures of the CEO and CD at 4FRB in 2016 is very limited. You propose that the board wanted a programming share arrangement with Hope so they got rid of these two people. Is that what you’re saying - can you provide more detail on that?
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Who was responsible for the 'very poor decision making"?
You write interesting stuff - two years on, what’s the situation at Bay FM 100.3?
It sounds like 2SER’s transmitter has gone kaput again.
A very distorted mono signal being received again, just like when they got struck by lightning recently.
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TCBL community broadcaster Peak Hill FM 89.5 FM (NSW) seams to have recently changed it’s name to Silo FM.
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A little too close to my own Sumo FM!
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They’ve had that name now for a few years I think, I remember seeing something about that a while back.
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Interesting that they are using the same frequency as ZOO FM in Wellington which is only 70 kms away as the crow flies. Though both are low power, but unusual for that to happen in a regional area.
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I wondered how Peak Hill and Wellington could get away with it, but there’s a substantial range between the two so there’s no interference. Both 2ZOO/t and Silo FM have fairly poor coverage also.
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Driven through there not so long ago and never realised the Wellington relay existed! Binjang on 91.5 was far more interesting anyway when in Wellington, and its coverage isn’t too bad right across the region.
Very true in saying TAFKA Peak Hill FM does not get out far from town, which I always find a bit sad for stations based in rural areas as surely a good chunk of the population lives outside the township area and would benefit from better coverage.
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Yeah Binjang gets out quite well, receivable at Gulgong and I think as far east as halfway between Bathurst and Orange.
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Audio is back to normal now 
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2SER heard asking for listeners to donate to their replacement antenna appeal.
Apparently they need $30k for the replacement & are 1/3 funded at the moment.
Must be a lot more than an antenna required for $30,000 after the lightening strike.
$10 000 fundraising in the economic climate of a pandemic is a good result so far.
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How much do you think a new broadcast transmit antenna should cost?
It’s not just an small aluminium consumer FM receive antenna.
Up close, FM TX antennas are quite large, (much larger than a consumer FM antenna), & they are usually made from Stainless Steel or Copper, not Aluminium, each bay weighs about 10-12kg then they’ll need new coax cables & connectors, (also much larger than a RG6 cable), & they need tuned power dividers, then haul it up to the top of the building & mount on the mast with 2 (minimum riggers), it all costs a lot of money to broadcast.
They’re also trying to get the TX repaired, but may need a new one of those as well, & they’re looking at anywhere from around $15-$35k US for a new one of those, depending on size & brand, but probably around $20-$25K US, like for like existing TX, so they may end up needing much more than $30k?
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Wonder if a new antenna will improve their signal to the north compared to the old one (when working properly?)
Its the weakest of all of the Sydney metro stations back home.
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