I’ve never quite got the concept of triple play. If it’s an artist the listener loathes then it’s telling them to leave for 3 songs. As a one off feature in a show I could understand.
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I quite enjoyed it actually, moreso when they play songs you haven’t heard for a while as opposed to just someone’s top 3 hits.
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I agree. So if you’re a big fan of a particular group and you hear the first track, you stay listening, almost playing a little guessing game ‘what will the next two be?’ And chances are, there’ll be a lesser known track in the triple play.
And they play around with it too. The triple play can go across multiple bands and solo artist work which makes it a bit of fun.
And then there’s other times where they’ll just indulge the fans
Or even just play three big classic rock tracks
OnAir does have a good point re: artists that listeners loathe, but let’s face it, if you absolutely loathe the Beatles and the Stones you sure ain’t going to be listening to the Sound in the first place.
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To borrow a line from a movie, ‘I fucking hate The Eagles, man’ (and Guns n Roses).
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And that’s it. There’s artists that we put up with from time to time if it’s just one song… but three in a row… ‘Come on man, I’ve had a rough night’.
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They also do two for tuesdays which is good but they do need to plsy some deep tracks instead of the tried and tested
So C93FM! Hey The Sound, the 90’s are calling!
So are there any AM transmitters left at Horokiwi, or are they all decommissioned now?
And if the latter, have the transmitter towers actually been removed as well?
Yup. There is one AM frequency left, i.e. 1233AM, at the Horokiwi transmitter. Only 711AM and 891AM are now decommissioned.
There are two Horokiwi AM broadcast sites with licences allocated as follows:
| licence | Freq | LocationID | Licence_Holder | Programme | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205772 | 711 | 42050 | Entain New Zealand Ltd | Sport Nation | was off-air 16/17-Jan; returned 18-Jan |
| 205795 | 891 | 42050 | Mediaworks Radio Limited | Magic ceased during June 2024 | |
| 205798 | 972 | 4836 | Rhema Media Incorporated | Rhema | |
| 205776 | 1233 | 4836 | Mediaworks Radio Limited | Sport Nation | |
| 205790 | 1503 | 4836 | NZME Radio Limited | Gold Sport | |
| 295224 | 1566 | 4836 | Radio Tarana (NZ) Limited | not activated |
Licenceholders may have changed in respect of 891 and 1233 but transfers have not been registered. Incumbents may be holding licences until later transfer or until April 2031 expiry as cost to hold is only $150/year.
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Interesting, I always thought that 1503 was located in Titahi Bay, along with all the other RNZ and NZME (ie, ex-RNZ Commercial) transmitters, and Horokiwi was solely for independents (mostly Mediaworks)?
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Wow surprised More FM’s still giving offpeak hours a hosted slot, good for them.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360565868/changes-coming-threenews-anchor-lineup
If I read this right, Laura Tupou is going to move from weekend newsreading, to weeknight weather presenting. So what’s happening with Heather Keats? Is she going back to The Sound?
Heather has moved onto a role at the Metservice.
Dallas Gurney (ex-Today FM & Newstalk ZB head of content) and his wife Donna (ex-Warner Bros. Discover senior sales director) on what life is like after leaving media, ditching Auckland and becoming grocers at a general store instead. Sounds very idyllic.
A heart attack prompted Dallas to resign from his role leading Today FM, but before he’d even left the building, parent company Mediaworks dramatically shut the station.
The couple decided even if they could continue to hold senior roles in an industry where job security is fraught, the prospect was no longer appealing.
“Our whole lives would be cutting, cutting, cutting, and pulling money out of budgets, and frankly, making people redundant, and neither of us wanted to do that”
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Spent many a summer holiday up there the store is a lovely shop its across from the area school and footbridge wish dallas well
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Had a listen to Edge Drive today, not my station of choice but what I heard of the new show sounded decent for day 1. I think 2026 move them to Edge Breakfast and Clint Meg and Dan to More FM Drive
I had no idea Brian FM had so many transmitters covering all of Marlborough - are they based in Blenheim? Who operates it? (A guy named Brian?)
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