no it wouldnt have because its a nickname that he loathes
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And all the hosts were calling themselves Bruce. Got to the point where it started to sound like a a long Monty Python sketch
Yeah it did
Completely unrelated someone working at the BP servo at Branxton was listening to WS FM, guessing they were streaming it was on the shop speakers.
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Hence the confusion in regional areas. Regional people do travel to cap cities, they know Triple M is a rock station for tradie type men. For the format 2WG airs, itâs very much at odds with Triple M in Sydney or Melbourne. Same with the recent pop music now heard on KO FM.
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Yes, the city folk will hear our Triple M stations and say things like âI canât believe Triple M is playing Katy Perry!â (which sounds very much like the sweepers they used to run with their âYou Never Know What Weâll Play Nextâ variety format back in 2005).
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Picked up triple M Sydney today clear as anything at Maitland, all of the other Sydney stations worked brilliantly as well.
Yes, some strong signals around today.
Also helps that the NEW FM transmitter issue seems to have disappeared again (fingers crossed itâs been fixed now, since I emailed their network tech 3 weeks ago about it).
KO didnât take the night shift last night, did the system stuff up or they decided against taking it?
playout error
back tonight
Problem at the station, not a network fault.
All I can say is bring back Sunday NRL on KOFM.
Picked up KIIS 1065 at work the past few nights (up the valley for those who donât know)
Newcastle radio has really suffered in recent years.
Self inflicted (cutting on air teams instead of over paid bureaucrats who contribute nothing to output) budget cuts at the ABC saw the metro status and funding of 1233 ABC Newcastle removed.
KO and NX were brought within the regional silo of SCA rather than the standalone, more metro status they enjoyed as the JV between Austereo and RG Capital.
Itâs easy to drive through the market and think that itâs a much smaller city than how the media once represented it.
Quality has gone backwards.
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In the way itâs treated by media operators, you could be forgiven that its more of a Dubbo market than it is say a Gold Coast market. Mostly due to lack of effective competition presented by 2HD and NEW FM.
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Whilst the following is a bit off-topic, Newcastle is now the only market on the East Coast where they only have 1 proper local TV news service, whereas most other markets have at least 2 proper local TV news bulletins, especially since SCA Nine have launched local bulletins across Southern NSW/ACT & VIC, with QLD still to come.
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Itâs a reflection on the radio market.
Not enough effective competition there either.
Exactly. Newcastle radio has gone to the dogs big time. Iâve gone over to 2NUR FM. Their music is more to my liking and theyâre the only independantly owned station in the region.
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Dare I say it, the Central Coast arguably has a better choice of radio stations (even without taking fortuitous Sydney & Newcastle reception into the equation) than Newcastle these days.
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That is so true. In fact, you could say the same for a number of other smaller regional markets such as Townsville (where they have 4 commercial FM stations!), Canberra (yes, I know itâs the national capital, but itâs treated as a regional market as far as media is concerned), Hobart, Sunshine Coast, Central QLD (Rockhampton/Gladstone), Mackay, Cairns, Bendigo & Bunbury.
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It does canât argue with that.
Itâs upsetting to see metro status of 1233 removed, and I can agree with everyone that Newcastle radio has gone backwards in terms of quality.
Itâs been said many times NEW FM needs a revam massively, when 2HD aligned with the super radio network and away from 2GB that was a backward step too.
KOFM and HIT though I believe stepped forward when SCA bought them out but has stepped back in the past 2 years but have enjoyed returning to the top of the ratings. Itâs interesting because I think they sounded better in 2014/15 than they do now, sounded more metro. Thatâs nothing to do with the current management at Newcastle, itâs whatâs above them at the Gold Coast and Sydney.
As Iâve said coverage of sport has gone backward here too, youâve only got the ABC and KO donât take every game nor have the NRL shows on the weekend opting to stick with music.