No sign of 2GAY FM this year?
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Was Tommy even there?
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I wasnât there so itâs second hand but Iâm told the dynamic of the team as a whole didnât work out.
Sometimes things just happen. I guess this was one of those occasions.
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I guess they went nationwide with the promo and sponsorship this year.
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Iâve heard that too. They were good friends and worked well in Melbourne on drive, but when they moved to Sydney the change of life and pressure was intense. They were no longer given the space to be themselves and a few of the team, including Maz just couldnât cope.
Maz has openly said since that she started drinking far too much and basically had a breakdown.
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In addition to her appearance on Novaâs Red Room, Rita Ora is co-hosting Ash London Live this week until Thursday.
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Andrew Hornery is reporting in his SMH âPrivate Sydneyâ column that Dave Hughes is struggling to find a Sydney property to buy and move his family into. The column states Hughes has an assurance from Grant Blackley that heâll give the 2Day FM breakfast show time to hit its stride and âknock Kyle Sandilands off his perchâ. Will be interesting to see if Blackley is still holding his nerve at the end of the year if ratings donât budge.
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Fair enough for Grant Blackley to hope The Morning Crew improves against Nova & KIIS in the key demographics. But to say itâll eventually knock Kyle Sandilands off his perch is a rather bold claim!
Survey #1 was a slightly positive step in the right direction, with The Morning Crew up 0.2% on the ratings Music For Breakfast with Jamie Angel received during its final survey.
However, it probably wonât be until at least mid-year before any definite trends begin to emerge.
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Weâve said that beforeâŚ
Itâs about time someone got that chance. Em and Harley almost did but Harley quit and Em had a nervous breakdown not long after.
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Hit Network appear to have launched a new TV commercial. Pretty basic (likely they donât have a massive marketing budget at the moment), but it gets the point across and, I think, itâs pretty catchy/fun.
FOX Melbourne
B105 Brisbane
SAFM Adelaide
MIX94.5 Perth
HIT100.9 Hobart
HIT106.9 Newcastle
HIT90.9 Gold Coast
HIT WA (no breakfast team, only Carrie & Tommy)
HIT103.1 Townsville (with Cliffo & Gabi)
HIT101.3 Central Coast (with Gawndy & Maz)
HIT VIC (with Tim & Jess)
HIT Network (generic with Carrie & Tommy)
Iâve also found them for South QLD, Central QLD, Sunraysia, The Border, Mid North Coast, Riverina, Central West, Coffs Coast and a couple of others.
Nothing for 2DAY or HIT104.7 Canberra though.
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Hit WA with no breakfast team is interesting given theyâre Perth based.
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I can understand why Hit 104.7 Canberra donât have one because theyâre yet to adopt the current network branding, but I wouldâve thought 2DayFM would be quite eager to promote their current breakfast show with a TVC.
Then again, ARN seem to have a TVC for WSFM that is still yet to be released. Maybe weâll start seeing things from both stations post-Easter.
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Yes, Iâm very surprised too.
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The most logical reason for having no 2Day TVC would simply be trying to get all three hosts in the same location. Clearly Hughesy hasnât moved to Sydney yet like he was reported to be doing, and Ed is (from memory) still working between Sydney and Melbourne.
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True, although the ads are generic enough that they could just film them dancing for 2 seconds, wherever they are, and insert it into the ad.
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Undoubtedly you could make it work, itâs such a cheap (in every sense of the word) and cheerful campaign.
Unless thereâs an issue with Erin Molan also being Channel 9 talent?
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Yeah, nothing really to write home about.
Audio wise it wouldâve been better if a cut from the on-air jingle package was used IMO.
If that were the case, couldnât 2DayFM take the Hit Regional WA direction and just promote Carrie & Tommy?
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Surprised itâs taken this long for people here to notice. These ads (Hit and MMM) have been running since early February here in Newcastle.
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They only debuted in other places (WA, SA, regional) yesterday.
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