I dare say New FM will have it delayed. I hope not though.
Did I hear correctly Sophie Tiller will be at New FM?
In other news KT&M will be on 98.1 Power FM
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Yes, thatâs correct.
Word is that her contract expired and SCA chose not to renew it.
She was supposed to start at New FM this week, but thatâs been delayed due to a legal challenge from SCA - so late January is the expected date now. I assume there was some kind of no-compete clause in her contract.
Iâm no legal expert, but I canât see how SCA can enforce a no compete clause after the completion of a contract.
Surely Sophie should be a free agent by then.
That possibly comes down to the details. The contract may have had an expiry date later January (but SCA decided to take her off air earlier). Alternatively the contract could say something along the lines of canât work for a competitor in the same market for 30 or 60 days after the contract expires.
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That doesnât seem fair to the employee⌠telling that they canât earn a wage in their current field of expertise after the contract has expired.
I always thought these clauses were only meant to operate to prevent the employee terminating early if they got a better offer elsewhere.
Theyâre also designed to minimise listeners following the talent. They are a reason why most talent moves are to different markets.
These types of clauses are common place across many industries. They do have questionable legality, and can sometimes be illegal. Usually they can only be about immediate competition and only for a short period of time. The amount of pay linked to those contracts can also play a factor - contracts that may more money can get away with being stricter.
In this case, the reality is that SCA would have really only been trying to push her start date back to after the hit106.9 breakfast show are back with their new recruit. Any legal challenge, even if unsuccessful would involve in Sophieâs start being delayed anyway - so ultimately it would have been easier and cheaper for Sophie and New FM to just delay her start date for a couple of weeks.
At the end of the day thereâs not enough information to say exactly what the arrangement is - just because she finished up on air in November doesnât mean thatâs when the contract ended and SCA stopped paying her.
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Youâd think sheâd be getting paid anyway if itâs a salary. I hope she at least is getting a quid. That or SCA are paying her contract out and donât want to pay for her to work else where if her contract ended letâs say for arguements sake the 15th of Jan.
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âKennedy Malloyâwill be stsrting 5pm on KOFM
My point stands whatâs the point in having a delayed drive show, it makes no sense to me. Iâd rather have music alone than doing that.
Maybe Mike Byrne can answer why this is the case, does syndication only allow for a 1 hour delay?
And it looks like MGâs âdead set legendsâ will not be available at 6pm regionally which is a shame.
The whole Greatest Hits network is taking it 5-7 except for Shepparton which is taking it 4-6.
It allows the regionals to play their music format inside the program and leads into Greatest Years in Music.
The Rush Hour with MG would have been good too but you can only do so much.
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I know thereâs only 2 stations when Gold FM took 4MMMâs Drive last year but they made it work. Surely thereâs a regional feed that they could go into.
I just see no point of doing a show if it isnât live and not having the DSL is a step backward imo. Iâm hoping if they drop it that theyâll pick up the NRL coverage in Newcastle on the weekends but I donât like my chances.
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I donât think this was mentioned before, but Kim âKimmyâ Bauer from New FMâs âThe Novosâ, is moving across to 2HD.
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This must be the only BOG station with two announcers at breakfast on the AM stream.
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I think New FM is the only one of the FM SRN/BOG stations that have two announcers on at breakfast? The others all seem to have only one presenter on their breakfast shows as far as I can tell.
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Thatâs the smell of a oily rag for you.
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Zoo FM in Dubbo does - http://www.zoofm.net.au/ZooFM/zoo-shows.html
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92.9 (Onefm) did go two up for a while
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What happened to Newfmâs live stream?? Iâm sure they had it before?
Poor Upper Hunter residents. I flick through the radio of an afternoon and Marty needs to be separated from the other two - heâs the only saving grace. The show is utter crap. The fact that this show is being syndicated is proof that Australian media needs to be treated like the characters of Threads.
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