New Zealand Radio

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Survey is always happening.

Been listening to coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on top of the hour (9am NZST) on most stations, most of them don’t really go to somber/reflecting music so they just play normal music as usual which I find it really weird despite the whole nation is in mourning.

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I’d assume some of the more extremely upbeat songs would be cycled out in favor of something a bit more softer but it seems like that’s not quite the case.

To be fair, RNZ’s part in OLB only mentions that they can’t play punk music or anything by Queen.

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This isn’t Britain. Yes - plenty of people will be sad but it doesn’t require a huge tonal change as it’s not so much a surprising death.

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I disagree. Tomorrow’s newspapers will be full of black pages, there’ll be dark and respectful graphics tonight on the telly, so why can’t radio do the same now? It’s pretty easy to play a quieter song leading into the news.

For an industry that desperate to pull on heart-strings, to not be able to match the nation’s mood to your brand, is surely a bit of a failing? Surely they have slower, more sombre cuts of their themes, unless of course, the brand is more important than the story?

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I take your point - I just wonder whether the black/sombreness is actually a reflection of the national mood.

Well, we’re not all repulicans, otherwise we’d be a republic! :slightly_smiling_face:

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One day :wink:

You are right - a respectful tone should be taken but I’m not sure it should be OTT.

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No, it shouldn’t be overdone.
It can be hard to gauge for the media how the population feels about a story. Social Media can give an idea, but that doesn’t always give an exact pulse.

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Tova O’Brien is in the UK, will be broadcasting her Today FM show live from London all of next week.

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What do you get from remotes for radio? Not the backdrop that’s for sure.

On the ground vox pops, interviews (it’s easier to bump into a correspondent or person of interest in person around BP and ask them to come on rather than their producer being 1 millionth to message them via the phone), a sense of occasion.

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Does anyone know why Graeme Hill’s show was cut on Today FM? Bit disappointing. Wasnt quite The Weekend Variety Wireless of old but had similar ingredients and will be missed. If anyone knows what he’s up to next I’d be interested

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Cost-cutting, I’d imagine. They’ve replaced the weekend afternoons slot with six hours of sport, on both days. Overkill really. But they already had Marc Peard on a full-time contract, so it costs them nothing extra.

Newstalk ZB and Mike Hosking Breakfast dominate in the latest survey results out today.

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h0sking and zb are like a habit people cant break

And possibly just as cancerous too.

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AUCKLAND GFK Survey 3 Top 10 (S2 to S3)
Newstalk ZB 16.8 - 15.3
Breeze 12.2 - 11.7
Mai FM 7.6 - 8.0
Magic 7.0 - 7.1
More FM 6.7 - 5.9
Coast 5.0 - 4.6
ZM 5.6 - 4.4
The Sound 5.2 - 4.3
The Edge 3.8 - 3.9
Flava 3.7 - 3.8

Also of note: Hauraki moved 2.1 to 3.4 for its largest share since 2010.

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I know we won’t know the full picture on Today Fm till next year but crikey, if last survey wasn’t bad enough, they’re down 21,000 to 115,100 10+

Looooong road ahead…

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