They have been doing statewide for a while now, they are just expanding
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And sounds it, have a listen to the shows wrapping up.
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I assume they keep local news and traffic.
Also someome in the industry has said Hit may have local âWindowsâ or recorded opt-outs like NBN News does, in Newcastle at least; but this is just a rumour
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But Iâm sure (unlike NBN News) Hit breakfast NSW wonât appear too Newcastle centric to other markets.
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They may do but it wonât last long, more work for no reason.
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Tanya Wilks from MMM was taken away in an ambulance this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1334900377151044?mibextid=kcDB8O
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The owner of the Newcastle Herald wants to buy SCA which includes MMM Newcastle and Hit1069 stations
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Jess and Ducko will be networked across NSW from the Newcastle Studios⌠Nick wonât returnâŚ
" Jess & Ducko will be the NSW Hit Network breakfast show, replacing Nick, Jess & Ducko . Cameron: âThey have been hosting the Newcastle Hit Network breakfast for several years, although the show will now be a duo. Jess is on maternity leave and she returns early in 2024 to start broadcasting across NSW. The show will also be heard on Hit Gosford as that becomes a satellite station for us.â Nick Gill is the co-host who wonât return in 2024."
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The once mighty, all local 101.3 Central Coast, first on air as Coast Rock FM is now âa satellite station for usâ (SCA).
When will these fools wake up and realise you donât maximise revenue by cutting costs at your station adjacent to a metro market?
The sooner ARN acquire these stations, the better.
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It looks like Star 104.5 will continue their dominance on the Central Coast.
I guess SCA are just happy to combine the market share of Hit and Triple M in their sales pitch to clients rather than taking Star 104.5 directly on.
These generic formats cannot compete anyway in competitive markets where a strong competitor has a local and well researched music log. Look at i98 ratings compared to Wave fm.
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# Newcastle Waves Goodbye: Celebrating Nick Gillâs Legacy
After 1,747 shows, including 829 episodes of the âNick, Jess & Duckoâ breakfast show, Nick Gill is hanging up his headphones.
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Thatâs either a poorly written article that should embarrass the last few at SCA who care about quality or itâs AI assisted/written?
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Concur that this reads like a ChatGPT eulogy.
Surely the EP couldâve written something? Oh wait, she was sacked too.
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Bots could potentially replace a lot of jobs in radio⌠voice trackers, music directors, and ad/promo writers⌠it is automation on steroids sadly.
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2HDâs 90.5 relay at Belmont North now seems to have a âstereoâ sound output (not just a pilot light).
However, the sound quality isnât real good, the audio seems to be favouring the left channel, and Iâm not even sure that itâs âtrueâ stereo, it could be something in the audio processing that is creating that impression?
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Should be stereo as it is fed via IP when I was working there
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thanks, for some reason, itâs only ever been outputting mono (or the same sound on both left and right) at the TX (with a stereo pilot) for some reason up until now.
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Likely cause the feed was mono coming out of the studio for sometime
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The ill fated first location of the Belmont translator in the bushy semi rural setting, has that pole been removed now?
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I think so⌠I will check next time Iâm out.
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