The format on magic
Is probably better suited to gary mccormack anyway as,opposed to when he was on more fm
Mark mccarron did solid gold in the old days with geoff bryan
Something very suss is happening behind closed doors at MediaworksâŚ
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Probably want all the today FM payments out of the way first?
The new magic show on fron today
Sounds great. Good banter. Shame about the music. 
So are in studio or separately
REX Live, hosted by Mark McCarron and Dominic George, made its debut on Magic earlier this week and runs from 5-6am on weekdays.
It covers live breaking rural news and expert insights but since REX had moved to Magic since the abrupt closure of Today FM, the music from Magicâs playlist is included in the show.
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Both in Auckland this week but not sure if that is ongoing.
A technical update, MediaWorks has updated their RDS RT on most of their stations tonight (in Wellington at least) to include the âArtist - Songâ, âUp Next: Artistâ and station slogans.
- Channel X (Since last May/Early June)
- The Edge
- The Rock
- Magic
- Mai FM (Changed to a region-less message as the previous slogan was specific to the region)
- More FM (Most dynamic, broadcasting promo messages, âLana, Adam and Paul wake you up with a laugh from 6amâ, âWellingtonâs Best Music Mix - 99.7 95.3 More FMâ and current/next song)
- The Sound
Still static:
- The Breeze (Still âSteve and Shelley then More Music, Less Talk - 94.1 The Breezeâ)
- George FM (Still âGeorge 106.7 - Beats Workingâ)
Edit:
The Breeze updated 14/8 to this. George FM has also in full-power markets. All low power Mai & George FM stations continue to display their old message as I presume either the transmitters are older (as all other transmitters were updated in 2019); or due to being low power, a dynamic RT would not work very well.
Edit 2 (31/8):
I was wrong about George FM, they are broadcasting their new RDS in Palmerston North (âBeats Working - George FMâ, â[Program] with [Hosts]â, and song) despite being LPFM (they do cover 80% of the city pretty well). Probably as they have updated that transmitter, as Wellington still only transmits âGeorge 106.7 - Beats Workingâ. Maiâs PS has changed to dynamic âMai[Freq]â and âMai FMâ as well as The Edge being âThe Edgeâ and âEdge[freq]â in select markets (Can confirm Auckland and Manawatu.)
NZME has got song titles (apparently from earlier on in the year) too, but it seems like for whatever reason, Wellington has not adopted this even though Kapiti, Manawatu and Whanganui (and probably most other markets) have. ZM seems to be stuck on âZMâs Late Show - Play ZMâ and âZM Wellington 90.9 FMâ so I assume somethings gone awry for our market.
This probably should go into the RDS forum instead, but that seems to be more Australian Focused
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Dom Harvey was on Duncan Garnerâs Mediaworks podcast Monday ⌠talking about how he realised after leaving The Edge workmates were not friends, how the phone stopped ringing when he left the station (I wonder why). Lot of promo vids on Facebook. And now, vanished! Like it never existed.
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I genuinely wonder how many presenters hes kept in touch with since the revolving doors started when Fletch, Vaughan and Megan left The Edge.
Or did this only occur to him once he was on the outside?
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I just canât believe that thereâs anyone at Mediaworks that doesnât know the real reason DH left the Edge weeks before the review was released .
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Iâm surprised they let him back into the building.
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Wonder how Duncan got it cleared in the first place. Or maybe he didnât.
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Living in ignorant bliss or what! What is he complaining about though, isnât that typical with a workplace though, once you leave, the reason for interacting closely with these people on a daily basis dies away due to many reasons. I guess Dom has some extra reasons though as to why the âworkmatesâ havenât bothered to ring him.
Probably used JJâs swipe card to sneak in, she counts herself as one of his loyal friends.
I sadly question some of the people who go on his podcastâŚ
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Dom HarveyâŚ
I still remember this quite well. Whether you like him or not, I always thought Jason Reeves kept The Morning Madhouse crew on the straight and narrow. Okay, he was the fall guy for a lot of their jokes, but I thought Mediaworks handling of this incident was absolutely shocking, and Dominic (and also JJ) were both behind it - yet nothing happened to them. When Jason left the station, Dominic had no real âcontrolâ to keep him in line and I heard he went totally overboard with his stunts on the show.
After they announced in late 2004 that Jason wouldnât be returning, I ceased listening to The Edge, which is depressing as I had been a huge fan for a number of years - but the whole episode just left a very sour taste in my mouth.
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This is a great listenâŚ
More FM Aucklandâs 30th Birthday Special With Kim & Corbett And Hilary Barry
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They were a great show
They were indeed. I used to listen to them when I lived in Wellington on TV4 out of hours (this was 1997-98) - so much better than the boring More station in Wellington at the time. The Auckland playlist was a LOT better too.