Great track. I played it on one of my retro countdowns ages ago; I think I will give it another spin this week.
2BS FM have been playing some out of the box recently. When they are playing music, they are actually not too dissimilar to Breeze. It’s a shame they go with talkback on most nights. Add in B-Rock as a psuedo-Rebel and Bathurst still does OK for radio. And for a few days in October (or December), Bathurst feels much like Logan as well.
I heard a Wendy Matthews song on 2BS the other night that I have not heard since around the time of its release : ‘Then I Walked Away’. A later song from 1997. I’d imagine Breeze might play that one.
You could also say that 2BS & B-Rock are the NSW equivalent of Breeze & Rebel respectively. It’s quite pleasantly surprising that even though it has been 3 years since BOG had bought both stations from the Camplins, it is still run independently from the rest of the network. Heck, 2BS now plays more music under BOG ownership than when it was independently-owned!
They also provide a good alternative to MMM/Hit Orange & 2LT/Move FM Lithgow in its respective markets.
Would have been better if they played the Chosen Few’s original version! I played it on my show. Sapphire is a good little station, if a little lacking in live and local programming.
I’m not sure if the Merimbula/Eden market is big enough for two community stations. There was/is at least one presenter that is involved with both stations; he announced the wrong station when I caught him!
This post is not necessarily about a song in particular but I heard a 12 inch mix on Gold 104.3s Saturday Night Party Playlist (Gold - Spandau Ballet).
So given Gold and WS both play 12 inchers on Saturday nights, I wondered if any other commercial stations play them much at all? I know they are both ARN stations.
The song variations aired on WS during regular hours are also interesting. There are some tracks (“Come Said The Boy”) which are album versions, or at least longer than the single edit. Other tracks have been shortened.
The other day, I heard a version of “Tiny Dancer” that was edited by the station from 6 minutes down to about 4. For someone familiar with the original, certain cut points were very obvious.
Dunno how often this gets played but I heard Nirvana’s “About A Girl” (I think the MTV Unplugged version) around 3 this morning on… 4AK of all stations (hooray for SDRs!!).
You’d think they wouldn’t play this after new dance music but… I guess you can’t ever tell. What a mixed bag haha
