Big loss to the industry. What’s he off to do now? Maybe he’ll do a podcast?
Also listening to Channel X this morning I see they’ve started playing ads - only 2 per break but good start to make a bit of money. Maybe they saw my idea earlier in this thread? 
It’s like Q97 in Whakatane where commercial advertising is limited to maximum of 60 seconds per break, i.e. 2 x 30 second ads in a single break.
@nztv Robert Scott has left The Breeze. I understand that Sarah van der Kley has returned to her former role as host of The Breeze’s daytime slot (10am-3pm) with Mike Puru moving to drive (3-7pm). Adam Percival (ex-More FM) is the new breakfast host but only for those which do not have local breakfast shows.
Robert was great when he did brekky radio with robert rakete…the two robbies
They’ve been slowly introducing them over the last couple of months. I imagine it’s a test for Mediaworks to see how much they can squeeze out of a station which doesn’t really generate much money for them.
And is taking audience away from their stations that do generate money lol
Heard Dianna Vezich (ex newshub) reading news on ZB yesterday
Have any of their music brands actually taken that much of a hit since X launched, or is it mostly just tapping into an audience that was never keen on traditional radio anyway?
Didnt i read somewhere x was actuality rating higher than today ever did??
They’ve played ads for quite a while now in the metro markets. Maybe 6 months after they launched - well at least in Wellington and Auckland.
Seems to be their experimental station - they were the first to use radiotext for ads as well. Since then every now and then I see the ‘NOVAS glass - show us your crack!’ pop up on George and Mai (and probably other MW stations too).
Are they your usual radio ads or voiced by the CX voiceover guy?
Probably not too much of an audience.
In any case, I don’t mind hearing ads on Channel X - as long as they’re not too frequent (or too many per break). Coast got it right when they started with 2 ads pre break but I don’t know how many they play now.
As to this Canadian far-right(?) billionaire maybe buying up NZME - yikes 
Does that indicate he wants to make a fresh start at nzme and review some of the brands at nzme or do we expect business as usual
I would suspect his primary interest is the NZ Herald at this point
Yeah, I suspect that too.
I think shareholders will be disappointed that the Herald’s value declined in the latest financials (from Media Insider: A $24m non-cash impairment of intangible assets such as mastheads and brand names for publications). It’s possible they still see value in some of those traditional assets?
Fair enough…i would have thought he would have thought he would have looked at the whole operations
Well, obviously he is to an extent, but this very much a power move to take over the Herald and their editorial stance.
Quite a big story on RNZ Mediawatch about it this morning. This guy is not being very clear with his plans so it seems (to me) that it’s a bit up-in-the-air as to what he might actually do if he does succeed.
As an aside, I thought the guy was Trump-adoring cartoonist Scott Adams for a second when I saw his pic, then took a closer look. Maybe it’s his long-lost twin?
Feels like that look didn’t last long at all
Did a monitor of the commercial stations’ top of hour news (intros/stagers/etc) this morning. Here’s the mixdown:
