Unless Capital sell their stations or something else happens a couple of years time, I personally don’t think we’ll see stations like 2GN have a dramatic format shift once they convert to FM. Similar deal with Grant and their AM stations earmarked for a FM conversion.
Sure, the likes of 2WS and 2GO had format changes post-FM conversion but again, you have to keep in mind the ownership changes that happened in the years after switching over to FM - ARN and SCA (and predecessors to SCA, post-Wesgo) had/have very different philosophies to radio broadcasting that Wesgo had. Even if WS and 2GO never switched over to FM, the current station formats under the ownership of ARN and SCA respectively likely would’ve always happened to some extent IMO.
Yeah I know, if 2WS/2GO were still on AM, it is most likely they would be more like a Cruise 1323 for example. Seems to be this old fashion view that FM was meant to sound more modern is still around in the Australian market. Old people listen to AM, younger people to FM. I would be surprised if 2GN will become Triple M in the coming years :). i98 fm kept a classic hits format for a while when converting to FM, and 2WS was also the some format but it did slowly change. Whilst stations like 4kq/2ca stay the same style of format as what the old 2WS/2UW was.
Though Smooth has proven this principle is not right.
Looking at their playlist via Radioapp, 2GN (along with 2XL & 3GG) have started to add more 00s tracks to their playlist, even before they’re set to convert to FM.
Not really. 2WS, as an AM station, would more like 4KQ in Brisbane, whilst 2GO would have a “Classic Hits” format instead of the “Music That Feels Good” format.
If Nine purchases the SCA’s Nine affiliate stations, then this would allow the possibility for SCA to buy the Capital stations in Goulburn & Cooma, as well as the Grant stations in Nowra & Bega. At the moment, SCA can’t own those stations due to the “4 voices” rule, in which those markets aleady have the bare minimum number of media voices (Capital/Grant, SCA, Prime, WIN).
I think remember before Eagle FM, 2GN played only new music. Going back a few years.
When FM came… I think most owners decided to keep the oldies format on AM and shift the rest to FM as only the young folk would dare to listen to FM :). 2GN from memory I think was one of the “last” modern stations on AM. A bit off topic.
I remember back in the early to mid 90’s 2WG (Hot Hits) had a similar format. It was the station for us young ones to listen too while 2RG (The Best Songs Of All Time) had a older music format.
Gold 104.3 played The Gambler by Kenny Rogers this morning during The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show.
It was requested by a listener like all songs are during the show on Friday.
Yeah that one is a clanger. It would sound out of place even on 4KQ, although I’m sure they’ve played it over the years on the Easter countdown perhaps.
Blame it on the Rain - Milli Vanilli on iHeart Radio The 80s, first time I have heard any Milli Vanilli song on the radio since that infamous lip syncing scandal of the early 1990s.
The Forever Classic stations give ‘I’m Gonna Miss You’ a spin every now and then along with ‘Blame It On The Rain’, mostly during the Friday/Saturday party programmes.
Looking at their playlist via RadioApp, at around 8:30pm tonight, 2GN/2XL/3GG played “Give It Up” by Cut n Move, which was a cover version that’s originally performed by KC & The Sunshine Band. Less than 10 minutes or a song later, the same stations played the original version of the same song by KC & The Sunshine Band!
