I don’t think Disrupt would have worked even if DAB was fully mainstream, so while it’s not really debatable that Australian DAB+ isn’t as successful as that of the UK, their content wasn’t appealing to the market that was there.
The ratings would indicate there’s about a million listeners to DAB stations nationally each month - something like 5,000 of those chose to listen to Disrupt. That’s not a platform issue, that’s a content issue.
i often wondered who they were targeting.
Successful businesspeople don’t sit and listen to the radio all day - they are working and often in meetings. that’s why they are successful. my father-in-law is very successful in software (private jet successful). He will skim the Financial Review over breakfast and that sets him up.
those who need cutting edge stock market news would have a bloomberg terminal, and the stock market has little to no interest to other people.
if they are going into the “business traveler” direction, they are targeting an even smaller amount of people with things like hotel reviews and such. I travel semi-frequently for work and whilst i have a choice of hotels i stay at it comes from a limited list and I’m more concerned about location than the amenities such as a pool - even food isn’t much of an incentive to switch as i stay in CBD areas with plenty of options. It’s my companies corporate travel department that makes the deals with the hotels and given i work for a global firm we often have deals with global chains.
targeting me with corporate hotel news has no effect. I can’t change the hotels on the list. sure, you can run adverts for things like suitcases but it’s not enough to sustain a radio station, especially one like disrupt where i suspect wages for people like Geldoff were not cheap.
I suspect a disrupt would have been better as a podcast for about 30 mins a day that people can put on in the car during the commute
It seems like Triple M 2000s have been playing a back-up tape all day. There’s been no ads, news updates or sweepers, and they’re playing a small selection of (rather obscure) 2000s songs. Simple Creed by Live is getting a run now, which I heard this morning.
Might take a log later because it’s an interesting mix of songs.
Took a look via Lava - which I’m assuming is taking Sydney’s data, as it doesn’t match with what’s on the stream in Melbourne… it appears different markets are rotating in a different order
Generally song selection is as follows:
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Birds Of Tokyo - Wild At Heart
Santana / Steven Tyler - Just Feel Better
The Strokes - Reptilia
The Killers - Bones
Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around
OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
Cold War Kids - First
Orianthi - According To You
3 Doors Down - When I’m Gone
Stone Sour - Wicked Game (acoustic) (live)
Lana Del Rey - West Coast
Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down
Pearl Jam - I Am Mine
Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now?
Bloc Party - Banquet
Silverchair - Across The Night
Green Day - 21 Guns
Live - Simple Creed
The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
Jamie T - Zombie
Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
Appears to have broken around midnight.
Elf Radio is back for another few months…unlike Christmas Hope.
From memory, Elf radio was absent last year?
Christmas Hope usually starts sometime in November on DAB+. The internet stream is year-round.
I knew it was year round, but i didn’t realise it was only online?
The DAB+ spectrum it occupies in Sydney is from the extra kilobits scraped together by lowering the error correction rate on everyone’s services. These kilobits are used for a few different community radio pop up services throughout the year.
Niche Radio in Melbourne is now renamed to Rete Italia. I assume that’s just renaming it to reflect what the programming has been for a while, Niche Radio 2 is still on air unchanged.
been on air all year in brisbane
I think it’s been on air all year in Sydney too.
Disrupt Radio will return after brief disruption, boss claims: The Australian
Disrupt Radio will be back on air live from next month, according to founder Benjamin Roberts.
The station was removed from the DAB+ format in August, and the station hasn’t produced any new, or live content since then. But Roberts tells The Australian that Disrupt is set to mount a “comeback”.
Roberts said the station hoped to return to live broadcasting next month, and negotiations for new funding were continuing.
“In summary, we’re still working with our lead adviser and shareholders on both investment capital and our pivot,” he said.
the phrase throwing good money after bad comes to mind
Hey, Hey, SCA, and Community stations…yes over here…
DAB is off in Hobart…ARN is OK…
And again today! Playing the same songs as last time:
Not sure how long this has been happening, but each day at 6pm now Nova 90s is running “Nova Boy Jams”. It only stands out because most of the music is not '90s, and seems out of place.
Example playlist from today (gathered from Lava):
2024-12-03 18:00:08 AEST Usher / Pitbull DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love 2010
2024-12-03 18:03:49 AEST Mariah Carey Fantasy 1995
2024-12-03 18:07:49 AEST Sean Paul Get Busy 2002
2024-12-03 18:11:31 AEST Jason Derulo Whatcha Say 2009
2024-12-03 18:15:31 AEST Bruno Mars Treasure 2012
2024-12-03 18:18:11 AEST Pras / ODB / Mya Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) 1998
2024-12-03 18:21:52 AEST Akon Right Now (Na Na Na) 2008
2024-12-03 18:26:13 AEST Rihanna Only Girl (In The World) 2010
2024-12-03 18:30:14 AEST Jennifer Lopez Play 2001
2024-12-03 18:33:34 AEST Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back 1992
2024-12-03 18:38:15 AEST Drake Hotline Bling 2016
2024-12-03 18:43:56 AEST TI / Justin Timberlake Dead And Gone 2008
2024-12-03 18:47:56 AEST Gnarls Barkley Crazy 2006
2024-12-03 18:50:57 AEST 50 Cent In Da Club 2003
2024-12-03 18:53:58 AEST Nelly Furtado Say It Right 2006
2024-12-03 18:57:38 AEST Pharrell Williams Happy 2013
They should air Nova Boy Jams on the main Nova Station or NovaNation not on Nova 90’s
Canberra DAB now:
8D
2CA - 96kbps
2CC - 96kbps
Forever Classic 60’s - 96kbps
My Canberra - 64kbps
Snow DAB+ - 64kbps
Coles - 32kbps
HIT104.7 - 96kbps
Blender Beats - 32kbps
MMM 90s - 32kbps
MMM Country - 32kbps
MIX106.3 - 96kbps
Nige! - 32kbps
CADA - 32kbps
ClubLime - 64kbps
iHeartAustralia - 32kbps
iHeartCountry - 32kbps
1RPH - 48kbps
1WAY - 48kbps
2XX - 48kbps
ArtSound - 48kbps
CMS - 48kbps
Kix Country - replaced by Forever Classic 60’s and iHeart Country
MMM Classic Rock - replaced by MMM Country
9C
ABC Canberra - 64kbps
ABC Classic - 120kbps
ABC Country - 72kbps
ABC Jazz - 88kbps
ABC Kids listen - 64kbps
ABC NewsRadio - 40kbps
ABC Radio National - 64kbps
ABC Sport - 40kbps
Double J - 72kbps
Triple J - 72kbps
Triple J Unearthed - 72kbps
SBS Arabic24 - 48kbps
SBS Chill - 72kbps
SBS PopAsia - 72kbps
SBS South Asian - 64kbps
SBS Radio 1 - 40kbps
SBS Radio 2 - 40kbps
SBS Radio 3 - 48kbps