Lizzie and Matt are both with SCA (Perth and Sydney respectively). From all accounts on Instagram, Jackson is living his best life in LA, and good for him too. Brandon was shafted from weekends in favour of Kelly Glover, so he apparently resigned. I’ve heard too he was offered Power FM Ballarat workdays but turned it down over start date issues? He’s now with Sky News I think. Would be good to see all four of them back on the airwaves at some stage soon!
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Well seeing as we are all discussing NEWFM lineups, what’s everyones NEWFM dream lineup from breakfast to workday to nights. What would see them grab the audience, let’s fantasy football this. maybe they need some brainstorm help. Past, present, and never beens on the station. I’ll start, Sophie Tiller did a short stint on breakfast from memory, I think she would do a great drive show - 3pm pickupesque.
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Done. Sophie Tiller & Krivo for Breakfast, and Newcastle’s Best Rock all day (it’s up to them if they want to still take Kate, Tim & Joel 5-7pm, but I’d get rid of K&J’s Hour of Power and lose the female-skewed tracks from the playlist.
The rest of the network can still use the usual 80’s to Now format.
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was a great station in the 90s rivalled triple m back in the day doesnt matter what there lineups are like if there playlist is shit
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So predictable.
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Poor Tyler, she will hate that promo photo.
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Predictable and sadly just another wasted opportunity for NEWFM to seize the moment and make the changes they could to truly make ground in the market.
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Some comments on NewFM’s Facebook page mention that Meg will be hosting local drive 2-5pm in 2023 (I’m assuming followed by KTJ and K&J).
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I think the Triple M Perth music format would do extremely well on NewFM.
“Newcastle’s Real Alternative” would rattle the opposition a bit - especially considering NewFM has the power to change its logs as it wishes to remain competitive.
Some seriously big un-tapped potential at NewFM and 2HD.
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On a different topic, according to their page here, Contacts - NEWFM, NewFM’s Studio/Comp Phone is 49674 105 (but the bottom of their website still says 13 10 09).
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Whoever is running New-fm needs to have a good look in the mirror. It’s just a big merry go round of presenters, and the station has just lost their way. Nothing against Tyler, she’s great! But there is so much talent across the country to choose from.
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Is anyone running Newfm? From the outside looking in it’s like someone has gotten sidetracked and let the game of Tetris run by itself on their gameboy, each time a row falls one of their jocks fall into breakfast and every rating period is a ‘good try, but you didn’t beat the high score’.
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Brilliant comparison.
If they can make the effort to run two shows at once (ie- one for Newcastle and one for the network), then how hard can it be to run two separate logs? (ie- one music log for Newcastle and one music log for the network).
So long as the network feed is happy, I’m sure Bill wouldn’t mind what they did locally.
Does Bill even know they record two separate shifts?
If you can’t win on talent & can’t win on big comps/promos, then you can at least try to win based on music.
As I mentioned earlier, “Newcastle’s Real Alternative” has a good ring to it.
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I’m not sure that I’d even say “good try”.
It’s like senior management and the owners either accept mediocrity, don’t care or aren’t prepared to invest in the station…. That to me isn’t trying hard enough.
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It’s just so funny watching this website. Constantly attacking the bigger networks for a lack of localism. yet you come to the biggest provincial market in the country, and the networks are the ones investing in good talent, embedding them into market, doing excellent local content and genuinely connecting with local people whilst the one key competitor in market pays its breakfast hosts peanuts and puts no investment into market - whilst this competitor runs endless promos about how ‘Newcastle’ they are and attacking how Hit/MMM “aren’t locals”. Good content wins always. It’s about balance and good stuff. Hope a few fools on this forum realise that when it comes to their comments on other markets.
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SCA don’t really “invest” in most msrkets - it’s one local shift only and networked for the other 21 hours a day.
SCA struggle when there is decent competition such as the Central Coast and Gold Coast - they have the bottom 2 commercials there and struggle in metro markets particularly with Triple M.
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Add Hobart to that list…7HO and ABC Local radio…Very Strong
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Any official word yet as to what drive role/shift former Novo co-host Meg will have at NewFM?
They said a similar thing about the previous co-host - that she’d be given another role at the station. I have a feeling that never eventuated.
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1pm-5pm
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So I’m assuming Michael Robertson has been promoted to Mornings announcer & producer for The Novo’s?
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Not sure - I’ve seen Newfm are looking for an “on air announcer/personality” - who knows what’s happening there now?
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It seems that Meg has announced via Facebook tonight that she has left NEWFM. The latest in a string of exits at Sandgate. What is happening indeed?!
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