From memory he and Tanya really lifted the ratings and often won the breakfast slot on the AM band at 2HD during the mid 1990s when HD were struggling against the many FM stations Newcastle. Talented broadcaster lost way too soon.
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Quite young as well 
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As mentioned in the âSouthern Cross Austereo (Regional)â thread (see post), KOFM will rebrand to Triple M on Friday 9th November.
This will leave 2HD & New FM to be the only commercial stations to maintain its local branding, especially with the latter celebrating its 30th birthday next year.
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Will they capitalise on it? Sadly not Iâm guessing.
Radioinfo article has a comment added to it:
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Triple M in Newcastle was bound to happen at some stage, though many parts of Newcastle you can get Triple M Sydney. Seems a big change for a station like KOFM. I still think they have many listeners from the old 2KO days who may not like the change.
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And even in a few isolated spots, Triple M Port Macquarie (100.7) as well.
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And thereâs the absurdity of it. Quintessential Sydney term forced on a very parochial town of its own. 9 have handled well the retention of the NBN brand, whilst SCA show their usual stubborn ineptitude.
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Itâd be great if 2HD and New FM really capitalised on SCA rebranding KOFM to Triple M by promoting themselves as the true local radio stations for Newcastle, especially with next yearâs 30th birthday of New FM.
But that most likely wonât happen, since weâre talking about another broadcaster that has quite a lot of networked programming (maybe not quite as much as SCA stations do, but still) and has also failed to capitalise on the blunders of MRN Sydney in recent yearsâŚ
Maybe after Nine initially bought NBN Television in 2007, but since March 2016 the branding situation there has been an absolute mess IMO.
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I understand what you mean, Iâve had a peek at the NBN threads here. For me, the news remains, Big Dog so the brand, its value, its worth lives on.
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That would only work until people actually listened to either in those stations - theyâd be straight back to SCA.
At least the same, if not more as far as the Newcastle stations are concerned.
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From Radioinfo:
Newcastle community radio station 2NUR has breached the sponsorship guidelines by playing more than the mandated 5 minutes per hour, according to an ACMA Investigation.
Read more at: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/2nur-breaches-sponsorship-limits
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KOFM skipped out on Thursday night NRL, dispite advertising it.
Looks like the 2HD repeater on 90.5 for the Belmont North area has been approved
And so will follow the next round of requests for translators in other corners of the licence area, up the Hunter and out to Dungog.
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I donât follow this thread much so only just learned of the 90.5 proposal over the weekend. The goal is clearly to cover the whole of Newcastle on FM- which they pretty much already do with 97.5 from Port Stephens. A gross waste of spectrum and I think there will be other casualties down the low end to follow.
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Theyâre both lame ducks and have been since falling into Caralisâs ownership.