I think it’s great they have changed their phone number. It does add to that aspect of localism. But what happens on weekends when network programming comes out of Newcastle?
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Local phone number as NEW air their own talk breaks during networking.
At least they had been for many years, is that practice continuing.
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So came the old Pacific Highway yesterday from Lake Haven thru to Charlestown.
Is it just me or is all the Newcastle AM stations just rubbish around Swansea and Belmont? Even on the M1 past Morriset the signals are awful. Way too noisy.
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I find 1233 ABC Newcastle and 1512 Radio National are OK except when near powerlines, but yes the others can be scratchy.
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Triple M’s Steve Grahame has been suspended following an alleged incident at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards in Sydney last month. Steve and co-host Tanya Wilks had picked up Best On-Air Team (Provincial) at the ACRAs on the night he is accused of inappropriate behaviour. SCA confirmed an investigation was underway.
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Based on (more than just) recent Newcastle surveys, it must be said that the strategy used for 2HD & NewFM is clearly not working.
They’re not really blocking anyone/anything and are really just sitting steady - survey after survey.
How long will Bill (or the local BOG Newcastle stations) put up with this mediocre result before making any serious competitive change to the stations?
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I was surprised to see that Richard King from 2HD is networked on 2SM in Sydney
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It’s been like that ever since he bought 2HD & NEW in the late 1990s… so over 20 years already… I don’t think he’ll ever change.
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The AM network breakfast has come from 2HD since Marcus got the boot, 12 months or more ago.
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It really puts BOG in the same basket as SCA.
For a market the size of Sydney, you really do need announcers to broadcast live from Sydney.
A part of me is hoping BOG gives Marcus a second chance. He seemed very proactive with what he was doing at the station and with his program.
And I am sure 2HD would also really like to have their own local brekkie show back as well.
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Maybe when Bill passes, and new owners purchases New fm / 2HD then these stations may become competitive.
Bill won’t make any major format changes to these stations, even if the ratings drop to ridiculously low levels. He will just take them out of the ratings and possibly use them for providing more network content across their respective networks, like 2SM does today.
Until Bill ceases to own New / 2HD the status quo will remain, and SCA will win by default.
To be honest SCA doesn’t really need to do any local promotions / competitions during Newcastle surveys, it is a waste of money when the competition is so weak.
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According to the NewFM competition page (above), they are still using their 13 10 09 studio number.
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Meg from New FM’S Novos has announced she is stepping down from the show. She will remain with the station hosting afternoons in the new year. And so the revolving door and musical chairs at New continue.
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Wow. Let’s hope they have a strong replacement ready.
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It will be interesting to see, however will NEW pay for a good replacement?
It’s the latest departure or shake up for their line-up. If I remember correctly NEWFM line-up site has seen Lizzie, Matt, Jackson and Brandon all be wiped. What is going on at NEW? Will they surprise us with a 2023 all star line-up? I do doubt it but I will be keeping my eye out to see what their move is.
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This is a good question. What happened at NEWFM in 2022? Mass exodus.
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Lizzie went home to Perth, Matt went home to Sydney, Jackson fulfilled his long time dream and moved to LA and I’ve been told by a reliable source that Brandon was offered another roll and turned it down.
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Welcome @Newy1 are you connected with Newy 878?
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My prediction is NewFM will just promote their workday announcer Tyler to co-host The Novo’s at breakfast.
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This is a good prediction!
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