I am just going to type it, as its been in head all day……
Heaaaaart 107 point 3 Hobart….
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So you’re saying Triple M should go away from the Hobart radio landscape?
Or is Heart going to eventually replace Triple M on radio in the future?
If anything, Heart could replace parts of the Hit Network. I could imagine Mix94.5 and 2Day104.1 joining the Heart Network.
It could essentially be what ARN’s Mix Network was.
OK, quick history lesson then…
7XXX (Magic/Heart/Triple M) started as a horse racing, and AM to FM conversion.
The TAB sold the license to Great Southern Land Broadcasters, licensees of 7TTT in Hobart when they were able to turn their horse racing service into a HPON license.
Great Southern Land rebranded the TAB FM station and called it “Magic 107.3” and was a classic hits station, it was a big success.
Great Southern Land sold to RG Capital, and they ran Sea FM and Magic Brands. When RG merged with Austereo they changed the Magic brand to Heart 107.3, from memory the only ‘heart’ branded station in the network.
Sea moved to HIT branding, Heart was cleansed to Triple M branding with the rest of the regional network…
Will Triple M become Heart again……can’t see that happening….
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Hmmmm now you’ve got me thinking about the Heart brand … I’m pretty sure 4SB had a short stint as Heart 1071
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I might not be the key demographic for heart, but I’m quite liking it. It feels like something you would hear trying to find a radio station to listen to while driving through a country town.
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Like Smooth. 
With the launch of HEART digital, i wouldn’t be surprised if the HIT Network gets rebranded as the HEART Network ala the same name of the radio network in the UK as the HIT Network in the early part of this decade used the “THIS IS HIT” Jingle which was similar to the “THIS IS HEART” jingle in the mid to late 2010s.
I don’t think this will happen. Tim Lee shared on socials a little while ago new idents that were being rolled out positioning hit as being more top 40.
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ive had it on at work. i don’t mind the music, but i feel like it needs at least a TOTH news bulletin and traffic, at a minimum. at the moment it just feels like an ipod on shuffle.
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I don’t think this will happen, I think they’ll stick with the 3 major brands - HIT, Triple M and now Heart.
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But that would betray the “no talk” Heart keeps mentioning in all its sweepers…
Also, is it just me, or is the lack of a sung jingle a bit jarring, after five or so years of ♫ This is Ea-sy ♫ ?
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if they want to be serious with this they need to have more than just an ipod playing music. smooth works on DAB because they fill a gap in the market and treat the service as a “proper station” - if i want wall to wall music thats what itunes is for
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Yeah they need to give it a little life, like Smooth on DAB. Perhaps they will, as the Triple M DAB stations have news updates etc.
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Seeing as Heart have dedicate state feeds, wouldn’t surprise me if they eventually have local content, like news.
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When sampling to Heart hits on Listnr, the audio sounds a bit low-res. Possibly similar to a 32 stream to my ears. Anyone else feel the same?
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…maybe it is a 32kbps stream? Try one of the 128kbps direct links here.
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Fridayz Live has been removed, and two Christmas-themed streams added:
Christmas Classics
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and more. The timeless voices that make Christmas magical
Santa Radio
Mariah Carey, Michael Buble, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and more. Get non-stop Christmas hits and festive feels on Santa Radio.
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A lot better Daniel, I wonder why listnr doesn’t use this.
In the update notes for version 4.27.0 of LiSTNR’s iOS app:
Richer live match audio stream for cricket fans with immersive “In stadium” experience
I don’t know what this actually means. Maybe something spatial for headphone listening? Hopefully higher quality/bitrate.
EDIT: I shouldn’t have got my hopes up. It looks like it’s LiSTNR’s version of SEN Stadium.
For the first time LiSTNR’s new in-stadium live streaming technology will deliver ultra-low latency streams directly to their audience in the ground so fans attending the Ashes can enjoy the Triple M call in real time, without delay.
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