Hit Network

hitmachine · July 19, 2020, 4:17pm

little fox?

killy06 · July 19, 2020, 4:59pm

A kid friendly version?

crankymedia · July 19, 2020, 5:53pm

2DAY FM can nominate themselves without K&J.

Success never to be repeated at the moment.

SydneyCityTV · July 20, 2020, 5:38am

Pretty much! I’m personally of the belief that it’ll likely take the retirement of at least one (if not two) long running rival Sydney FM breakfast presenting teams for SCA to again gain any traction in this market with 2DayFM or Triple M.

Of course I’m far from a fan of Kyle & Jackie O’s style of broadcasting, but credit has to be given where credit is due for them being able to build a loyal following which has even followed K&JO over to a new station - doing what was essentially the FM equivalent of Alan Jones’ defection all those years ago.

hitmachine · July 21, 2020, 11:14am

Up and running on RadioApp.

JohnsonTV · July 21, 2020, 11:19am

How does Fox compile the playlist for Little Fox?

JBar · July 21, 2020, 11:27am

They play no music with naughty lyrics.

nickatnights · July 21, 2020, 12:16pm

Here’s some trivia - a baby fox is called a “kit”.

mrworldwide · July 23, 2020, 9:00am

Hearing chatter around SCA that a number of their Hit stations are changing back to their original branding. Specifically Brisbane and Adelaide.

SydneyCityTV · July 23, 2020, 9:01am

Well those stations never should’ve been rebranded as Hit in the first place. The B in B105 meant something important to Brisbane, likewise the SA in SAFM for Adelaide.

thesub1 · July 23, 2020, 9:07am

Definitely makes sense in Adelaide with “Hit” no longer playing “hit music” but also doing Flashback Friday as a brekkie segment.

mrworldwide · July 23, 2020, 9:08am

Also hearing Moonman on 2MMM is being networked to more than one station out of Sydney.

Radiohead · July 23, 2020, 9:21am

In that case, Perth, Canberra and Hobart should be changed back as well, so there is consistency across the capital city markets.

Moe · July 23, 2020, 9:34am

Can’t imagine there was much of an attachment to Sea FM in Hobart, or them returning to it especially as there are Grant operated Sea FMs in the state as well.

Newcastle would be the big one if they were going to go beyond SAFM/B105, given how big of a legacy NXFM has in the Today network.

Radiohead · July 23, 2020, 9:36am

Triple T !!

Though probably too similar to Triple M… But they could change that back to Magic or Heart.

SydneyCityTV · July 23, 2020, 9:40am

Agreed. Perth & Canberra only branded themselves by their frequency for many years prior to being rebadged as Hit, so I can see (or more to the point, hear) the Hit 92.9 and Hit 104.7 brands remaining intact.

Not to mention the resistiveness of a particular TV station in Newcastle to adopt network branding.

Wouldn’t even surprise me if Novocastrians still refer to Hit 106.9 as NXFM (and likewise Triple M as “KOFM”)!

Radiohead · July 23, 2020, 9:44am

PMFM was used for a fair while in Perth.
I think that still might have some heritage value.

SydneyCityTV · July 23, 2020, 9:55am

I’m not sure how Perth residents feel about the branding of their SCA Hit Network station (although I’d be quite interested to know, of course), but the info I can find online suggests that PMFM hasn’t been used since 2001 when the station became “The All New 92.9”. Station became simply “92.9” a year or so later with that frequency-only brand lasting until the Hit 92.9 relaunch in January 2015.

Dingus · July 23, 2020, 10:58am

From the early 90’s I think?

And definitely agree it should change back. It sounds unique and very ‘Perth’ IMO.

1 January 2000 I believe, and it was ‘the all new 92.9’ for about a year. They had a competition where a listener designed their logo. A few years later they changed the logo to the swirly fan thing used by the other Today Network stations, then eventually the sH!T logo.

TheHomeOfMusic · July 23, 2020, 11:05am

or Sun FM in Shepparton, that was an icon in the region in the early 1990s pre-JJJ.