And similar to TL, the secret to a (semi) successful show is to add to the mix some lifestyle & current issues.
John & Gary would occasionally talk politics & what is in the papers (similar to George & Paul) under the TL format… and Mark & Mark this morning were talking favourite movies, double-dipping & even giving updates on the Sydney trains debacle this morning.
More than just sport. Remember, it is a Sydney breakfast radio show. So long as the balance is right and they’re not too much in the ‘sporting bubble’ then it could work.
Is it only The Run Home (may as well call it that) that is broadcast nationwide? They at least appear to have made an effort to not be Melbourne-centric.
Ok. Last time I listened (one day last week) most of the callers weren’t Victorian. I’m not Victorian, so not necessarily up with what exactly is where either.
I more meant about their effort to talk more than AFL.
I listen a bit this morning, although I dont listen to the continuous call team on weekends it sounded OK. Now they need to move weekend show to 954. Let 2gb do lifestyle shows on weekends.
ABC grandstand digital does play music maybe MSR can play primarily music during the work day. The top 40 shows would work well. I think they
should provide ball by ball coverage of the English summer of cricket, maybe a call of super league too at night.
I think they are on a winner with the new breakfast show. Always been a John Stanley fan but this show really has more variety to it while maintaining the sport theme. Really cannot fault it three days in.
Herald Sun reports Tony Leonard has been dropped from MSR’s breakfast show, replaced by AFL Media’s Matt Thompson. Tony Shaw and Jimmy Bartel will continue to co-host breakfast.
MSR will broadcast the opening round of English Premier League season for the first time, thanks to its syndication deal with UK station talkSPORT. (When MSR began transmission in April it covered the final few weeks of the 2017/18 season)
All times AEST.
5am – Saturday August 11 – Manchester United v Leicester City – ALL STATIONS
9.30pm – Saturday August 11 – Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur – ALL STATIONS (after the AFL in Sydney and Brisbane)
12am – Sunday August 12 – Huddersfield v Chelsea – ALL STATIONS
2.30am – Sunday August 12 – Wolverhampton v Everton – ALL STATIONS
10.30pm – Sunday August 12 – Liverpool v West Ham – ALL STATIONS
1am – Monday August 13 – Arsenal v Manchester City – ALL STATIONS
Listened to this mish mash of a station overnight as it was the last day of EPL football transfers before the season starts. What a mess!!! They play so many ads! Not only that, they play their own ads and then Talk Sports ones as well. They cut back into Talk Sport shows mid sentence etc. So after half a hour it was back to listening to Talk Sport on my iPad. The sooner this garbage goes, the better.
For the first time in a long time Alan Jones will be broadcasting on 954AM. Sadly, not as a news talk station. Jones will be joining the commentary team for this Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup.
I wonder why 882AM doesn’t take the Games? A clash with NRL/AFL Nation?
So based on another disastrous survey today are we calling time of death for this ridiculous format? The patient has clearly flatlined.
Melbourne - launch a true classic hits station like 4KQ
Brisbane - launch an easy listening station like Smooth ie. Re-launch 4BH as it was in the early to mid-2000s
Sydney - relaunch 2UE as a variety/lifestyle talk station.
Yep, pretty much. I’m fully expecting some form of relaunch after the football season(s) wrap up for the year.
…although unfortunately, I somehow doubt that even the ex-Talking Lifestyle listeners (let alone all the ex-2UE listeners who’ve probably long gone off to the ABC or music stations) will return to a relaunched 2UE now.
Talking Lifestyle only fared better in Sydney because a few former 2UE presenters and programs (such as Breakfast with John Stanley & Gary Linnell, Saturday Night Live with Pete Graham and Sharina’s Psychic Encounters on Sunday nights) continued after the relaunch. Now all those are gone, you’d have to do something extremely impressive backed up by a multi-media promotional campaign to get Sydney listening to 954AM again. Even then, I doubt MRN will bother because that would mean potentially splitting 2GB listeners!