He’s a good guy, Brad. But Matty and PJ are just so much better than his show ever was. Glad to hear he’s doing better though!
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He’s right, PJ is such a massive talent
without Jase she’s really come into her own
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Having not heard him on air (apart from briefly on The Edge 20-odd years ago) what made his show not as good as Matty and PJ (who I haven’t listened to yet)?
Changes to The Hits local shows. Bay Of Plenty Days is now hosted by Sam Weston following the departure of Lauren Mabbet.
Liv Cochrane has left The Hits Southland and is replaced with Craig Waddell.
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Great to see they have retained them as local shows.
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Hrm. Where are Lauren and Liv now?
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More FM’s Sarah & Flynny show pic
Interesting to listen to breakfast and drive on More and The Hits, the hits sounds as if they’re going for a younger demo
More sounds like The Breeze with more talk, idk maybe it’s just me…
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The hitz are doing a competition which just seems to target o3 Canterbury listeners is this happening in other areas?? Bingo type competition
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It does sound like it, and the station is sounding pretty good at the moment, the imaging is good and the playlist is about right. The difference is that The Hits still needs to keep building its audience whichever way it can and More FM needs to retain its audience by not dramatically changing anything. The imaging on More is still stuck on what it was about 10 years ago being an example.
Only Canterbury from the looks of it, trying to grow the audience in the market. Here is the promo for it.
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Seems like a push to win Canterbury listeners from More.
The Hits is sounding super fresh - and agree that More is stuck in the past and feels dated and cheap. Interesting that The Hits is using Howard Ritchie’s voice in their imaging (Capital UK, 2DayFM, KIIS Australia). Definitely going for a younger vibe.
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Just a one off for this promo, they were using him back in 2021 for their imaging but replaced him with the current male voice and Teulia Blakely. It was a shame, he has a great voice and really added something to the imaging.
That’s not Howard Ritchie. That’s Toby Ricketts, who is based in New Zealand.
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Whoops 
Thought it was the same guy when I heard it the other day 
Haha they definitely sound similar.
The Hits is doing a big campaign to win listeners in Canterbury. Jono, Ben & Megan were broadcasting from Christchurch on Monday and Tuesday, and did a live pub quiz on Monday night.
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I thought MW might have shifted Edge Breakfast to More FM breakfast. they would have had a similar feel / energy to The Hits Jono and Ben. and Clint, Meg and Dan aren’t really firing on The edge going by the ratings but a good trio imo. More Breakfast Club is so dull, good luck to Simon Barnett surely a sixth member of the show will improve it
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@nztv From my point of view, this is a hypothetical scenario. Meanwhile, over at Newstalk ZB, what if Mike Hosking signed off after 16 years as breakfast host and was replaced in the all important 6-9am slot by Ryan Bridge (who currently presents Early Edition)?
This also sounds like a hypothetical scenario Paddy 
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@nztv Not forgetting Samantha Hayes (who currently anchors ThreeNews); she would take over as presenter of Early Edition on ZB and Ryan would move to breakfast, as I mentioned earlier.
Rachel Smalley Early Edition
HDPA Breakfast
Ryan Bridge Drive
Imo