any stations broadcast live from supercars apart from triple m sydney
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Love this!
I donât think so.
I didnât see any sign of any other radio station when I was there on Saturday.
I wouldnât have thought NEW2UW would have had narrow enough appeal to be allowed to broadcast on a LPON.
But then again we have a LPON here in Toowoomba broadcasting from the 60s to Now on 88MHz at whatâs has been measured as 300w+ PO
So anything is possible 
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See, what a joke that is. Why wonât ACMA take stronger action against flagrantly operating LPONs?
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According to Radioinfo, 2HD and New didnât get the survey figures from Gfk but had to wait like the rest of us to get them - outstanding payments to Gfk, Radioinfo alleges
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I had a listen tonight to 87.8 FM and it just seems to be branded as âClassic Hits FMâ⊠No mention of 2UW.
Yeah I think I was a little premature. But I did hear it over the weekend. Mightâve just been a test. I know I wasnât hearing things cause I got a tip off from someone.
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Maybe ARN have sent them a âcease and desistâ letter regarding the use of 2UW?
Doubt it - the website is still up
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But theyâre not using 2UW⊠theyâre using new2uw.com
I believe ARN would have a hard time proceeding with a prosecution given the name hasnât been used for many years and one of the key justifications for action is demonstrated use and the potential for confusion in the market. No one these days would mix up new2UW.com and KIIS.
In the UK when ITV dropped News at Ten, Sky immediately picked up the name for their 10 oâclock bulletin. ITV made noises about the name and the solution was simply for Sky to call it âSky News at 10â⊠ITV had no case.
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Radio National in Newcastle runs the Country Hour live at midday.
However the FM translator for Port Stephens airs the national program.
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I thought the Country Hour was always on RN?
Or is that just in metro areas because in the bush itâs carried on local radioâŠ?
IIRC, RNâs Newcastle frequency airs a Rural and Resources report from Mike Pritchard in Muswellbrook in the morning and airs the Country Hour as there is quite a bit of ag industry around Newcastle.
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Correct, itâs a great piece of program customisation that thankfully survived the budget cuts that removed metro status from ABC Newcastle.
Shows the capability of ABC radio master control who can organise such opt outs.
If you are within the Newcastle city basin, in car reception of the Gan Gan Hill translators is sufficient if you wish to continue with the national program.
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Correct! Listenable down to about Swansea and west to Maitland, but coverage to the north isnât aa good, struggles to get past Bulahdelah.
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Correct. Reception across the Port isnât good on FM.
What I was amazed is that that Gan Gan Hill signal is quite fine for car travel even on the southern side of the descent towards Belmont off the the hill south of Charlestown. So you have a hill of over 100m as an obstruction and the 97.5 signal keeps going. So the 90.5 signal should boom across Lake Macquarie.
Out at Gresford, Dungog, Singleton, Maitland and the roads in between, AM reception isnât that good.
I recall estimating at least two or three further FM translators would be needed for the inland areas mentioned above.
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Was in newcastle today. The beaches are nice there⊠Anyway its now confusing now kofm is now triple m. Look at my carâs radio station list when scrolling through the receivable list. I think they should add newcastle to the RDS.
The best radio I enjoyed was Lake Macq fm on the drive home. It gets wiped out by abc radio illawarra at the central coast highway exit.
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Isnât there an eight character limit on RDS names?
Mind you, that wouldnât stop the possibility of having something short and sweet like âMMMNewyâ or âMMMSydâ!
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A historic day for Newcastle today with modern era trams beginning:
What radio station, if any will be covering the event live?
When the Gold Coast tram opened in 2014, ABC and all three commercial stations made some mention of it.
In Dec 2017, Hot Tomato was the media partner for the stage 2 Gold Coast opening.
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