KIIS Network

[FreelanceEP]

I do think there could be room for a Ricky Smiley / Dish Nation type broadcast deal.

[Brianc68]

@webguy

Forget his over inflated ego, he does raise some good points.

If they were to go national, they probably wouldn’t rate as well as they do it Sydney but they might do well enough given the cost savings. Melbourne would be the ideal trial market given the little success KIIS has had there. The other markets have a slightly different audience and do pretty well in breakfast so might make less sense.
It would really be an ideal opportunity to put them on a DAB+ station. A lot of cars have it now so they probably get enough audience to be the highest rating digital station at breakfast, it not beating some of the lower rating commercials. ARN would never try that though for fear of canibalising the audience from their FM station.

The other problem being that very few teams could do national well so they’d be left high and dry when K&J eventually hang up the microphones.

I agree if K&J go national it should be on DAB.

In fact I’ve said for ages that KIIS should go national on DAB (Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth) and align 97.3, 102.3 and 96 with Pure Gold.

4KQ and Cruise anchor a proper classic hits network with Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on DAB as 2WS, 3KZ and maybe just 96FM Classic Hits in Perth.

[Bergoine]

I agree with having WSFM, Gold 104.3, 97.3, Mix 102.3 and 96FM as one group.

Would love for ARN to have another station in Perth, KIIS on DAB would shake things up there especially with Nova the only full time CHR station.

I still hold on to the dream that ARN will one day pick up 6IX and make it a Classic Hits station alongside 4KQ and Cruise. They could run it 50/50 with Capital or at least have a share in it but still enough to affiliate given their part ownership of Nova 93.7

[ElCapitanCranky]

This year’s KIIS 1065 showbag. Looks like shit.

[nickatnights]

Gotta love a bumper sticker though. They need to create bumper stickers that say:
“I hate Kyle”
“I love Kyle”
“I would KIIS Kyle”
Get them so they stand out and people can choose which one suits them. I know which one I would pick.
They have priced the bumper sticker at $5. Seriously? And the canvas tote bag at $35 with a $30 plastic water bottle.

They should add some more realistic pieces:

• A genuine Kyle Doctor’s Certificate so you can take a day off work (value $200)
• A packet of Winnie Reds (value $50)
• 4 do-it-yourself Botox injections (value $320)
• A baseball cap that’s specifically designed for a 50 year old ($5)

[SydneyCityTV]

Good lord, KIIS and WSFM give you less station merchandise in their $28/$30 showbags than I got from little old Max FM Taree for free (again, thanks to Lui for doing that while he was still there) about five years ago!

Now don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind having some Sydney radio station-branded merch one of these days. But I’d probably want a bit more from ARN’s showbags before forking out $28/30 for one.

[Dingus]

@Brownshoes

I wonder if the 96fm KIIS logo is gone.

Revisiting this, I’ve noticed a lot of new outdoor advertising that’s gone up lately is using the classic 96fm logo inside the KIIS lips. Looks weird.

[FineTuned]

Same here - I’ve seen it used on bus stops. It looks so bizarre! But it doesn’t appear anywhere else, so I’m not sure what’s going on.

[thesub1]

Do you have a photo? Sounds weird.

[Bergoine]

I think 96fm only meant to keep the original logo for a few months during their 40th last year. But since Triple M has started, they want to reinforce they are the original real music station on FM.

The logo looks very dated for 2021. Would be like Channel 7 bringing back their rainbow circle logo from the 1980’s.

[lovethedrake]

I’m very surprised this type of TV program hasn’t been attempted here with highlights from every show in a network.

[fireit]

Off topic, but they did use it subtly for Holey Moley

[AustralianAerial]

The West Australian reporting that Fred Botica is finishing up at 96FM this Friday, with Dean ‘Clairsy’ Clairs joining the show from Monday.

Legendary Perth radio DJ calls time after 50 years

[Brownshoes]

Radioinfos non-paywalled article

Noticed they’ve now used old 96 logo within Kiis lips

[Bergoine]

Looks awful.

Time for 96 to move to Pure Gold alongside Gold and WS. Bring KIIS to Perth on DAB

[BigVic]

Good appointment by 96FM with Clairsy one of the most-loved breakfast radio presenters.

[FineTuned]

@FineTuned

Oh, I love that one. Most roll that one out, either as an indication that they’re being pushed, or that they’ve had enough of where they are and will show up on a competing station the following year. Take Dean Clairs from Mix 94.5 for example (he used that excuse). I am 99% sure he will end up on 96FM next year.

From December 10 last year. Not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but NAILED IT!

[Dingus]

Yeah that’s the logo they’ve been using on outdoor advertising. Definitely seems official now.

[BigVic]

Always expected it will happen when Botica retires for the 2nd time.

[thesub1]

Is this the second time Clairsy has taken his role?