FM by Steely Dan is the most logical choice for it and was my choice (despite living over 3000km away) but I probably know that they would probably play Johnny Farnham’s Bogan Slop as the first song on 102.5. Although my write in vote would be this song:
Slightly on topic, but does anyone know which ratings survey will fully capture ABC Perth on FM (not just partially)? I think it will be very interesting to see what impact (if any) ABC being on FM in a capital city will have on its ratings
Survey 3, which will be released on Thursday 11th June.
If you’re not including the AM/FM simulcast period, then Survey 4 will be the first survey for it (to be released on Tuesday 14th July).
That’s the song I was thinking as well.
Yep no static at all on FM
Also “A Walk in the Black Forest” first played on Radio Goodies.
That was actually the first song played on 96fm in Perth all those years ago.
Yes, as I wish for more Spectrum on FM to Expand the Band down to 76 MHz, just like in Brazil and Chile.
It’s like classical communism: appealing at first blush but unwieldy and would also create a underclass…in this case the stations forced down below 87.6, which would likely be the community and narrowcast outlets.
I am not sure how well the Brazilian stations in the ‘under band’ are doing, though.
Another one could be Wavelength by Van Morrison.
It sounds like Capital 101.7 FM have transitioned their transmitter from Ardross to Bickley. Their signal is permanent in Bunbury now and just as strong on horizontal polarisation, as vertical.
This was a licence condition before the ABC transmissions can begin. As was transmission power increase in Leeman 102.5 and 104.1. I’m not sure if this has happened as yet.
The last peice of the FM transition looks to be in place with the switchover in TX location for 101.7 to Bickley in place. With a noticable 12dBf increase in Power levels from previous now at my location.
With this done we can/may expect some test trasmisions of at least Perth Local on 102.5
A ‘not too cringe’ TV commercial has been airing on ABC TV WA about the FM switch.
Is the ABC 102.5 Perth logo temporary while they changeover?
Would also tie in with how the frequencies have been creeping back into Local Radio branding recently, at least in the metros (e.g. 774 ABC Radio Melbourne)
Would 102.5 ABC Perth? Frequently isn’t relevant with DAB anyway.
Good on them for at least making the effort to advertise the switch over.
Would be good to keep politics out of it and have the modern day equivalent of the PMG DG open it as they did decades ago.
They are up! All frequencies 102.5, 103.3 and 104.1 and in Stereo. At the moment all are running the same test loop announcement (no music).
EDIT(7:13am WST): And they are down. Looks like this is part of the initial testing (up and down).
They often do that they also put an audio test tone to air, I remember this from the 3PNN test transmissions for Mildura.
This is the most exciting thing to happen in Perth since Dennis Lillee skittled Queensland for 62 in the 1970s.
