On 3AW 10am news before going to sport, they mentioned the tv ratings for POO how it “failed”… and then compared it to The Block “winning the time slot”
Didn’t sound right at all having that part of the news in my opinion.
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CrankyMedia a brilliant assessment of Neil Emerson on 4BC Drive. A newsreader at ABC radio and a writer at the paper doesn’t make you a listenable radio presenter. His intro of himself to listeners with Neil Breen was recounting a story about handing out promo condoms at Qld Uni for Triple J - that story isn’t going to sit with the embedded audience. Poor start and in three weeks plus, his delivery hasn’t improved.
Clunky radio at its best!
Incidentally, do listeners know what 4BC Drive even means … what a poor name for a show … it’s industry terminology. Just say something like “driving home with Scott Emerson on 4BC” or any million variants of that.
Drive is a common name for that slot? Its been used on 3aw for decades. “Drive on 3aw” “Drive with Derryn Hinch” “Drive with Tom Elliot” …
Imagine 2GB is the same
Not really industry terminology… Not really sure of your argument there.
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While there are plenty of ways of marketing it, I was under the impression that “Drive” was rather common radio industry terminology for the late afternoon/early evening commute timeslot.
Yep, going by the website it’s “2GB Drive with Jim Wilson”.
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What does a sweeper saying “This is Drive with Tom Bloggs on 4BO” mean? What’s a “Drive”?
Anyway this is the least of their problems. It’s a clunky drive.
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People have just adapted to the name. As I mentioned its a common name for that period of the day across radio which listeners know it as, not just in Australia but around the world… Don’t really understand what your issue with it is? No different to “Breakfast” “Mornings” “Afternoons” etc
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Ben Fordham is difficult to listen to in the morning. The pace and content mix is off. His editorials lack conviction, he sounds like he’s playing a role.
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The ratings will be interesting.
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Certainly will be but my gut feel is that they will be similar to AJs. Depending on how many of AJs listeners are still hanging around and Fordham would have taken the majority of his listeners from his afternoon show in the hope that those listeners will continue to listen to Jim Wilson also.
Of course I could turn out to be completely wrong with these predictions, but personally I’m expecting either Kyle & Jackie O or Robbie Buck & Wendy Harmer to be Sydney’s new #1 breakfast radio program with both being the top two.
I’m also willing to predict that 2GB breakfast with Ben Fordham could potentially dip to as low as 6th behind Jonesy & Amanda, Bogart & Glenn, Fitzy & Wippa and of course the aforementioned duos on KIIS and ABC Sydney.
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Yeah, not sure how rusted on listeners are Alan’s listeners to 2GB. When Alan moved to 2GB all those years ago, 2ue dipped down the ratings pretty quickly. However Alan is no longer around. You would need to look back to 80s ? when someone who was number one just disappeared from Breakfast radio.
I don’t think George and Paul could be used as example? Don’t think 2GB ratings had any impact when George and Paul left weekend radio.
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Well at least 9Radio are doing some things right (at 4BC). Shame they won’t put more effort into their music stations.
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Not a bad move. At least they’ve brought back some local shifts. Keep it going.
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Peter Psaltis joins 4BC
4BC has today announced that leading rugby league commentator and sports broadcaster Peter Psaltis will return to the station to host a local version of Wide World of Sports for the Brisbane audience.
“Peter is a much-loved son of 4BC and his passion for Queensland sport and rugby league makes him the perfect choice to launch our new and local Wide World of Sports show,” said Max Dudley, 4BC’s Content Manager. “He will also provide a boost to our newsroom by covering sport during Breakfast with Neil Breen and the Ray Hadley Morning Show.”
Psaltis will retain his existing commentary duties on TV with the 9Network in addition to his 4BC duties.
“I’m looking forward to getting back behind the microphone at 4BC. Brisbane is the sporting capital of the country at the moment, and there’s so much to look forward to locally in the weeks and months ahead,” Psaltis said.
Earlier this year 4BC announced plans to significantly expand local content in Brisbane, appointing respected editor/journalist Neil Breen as the station’s new Breakfast host and former MP Scott Emerson to host 4BC’s new local Drive program.
Psaltis will commence his duties on 4BC with the Wide World of Sports show, from 6-7pm, from October 12, 2020.
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Michael Mclaren (or even Chris Smith) should be hosting 2GB Breakfast but Nine Radio boss Tom Malone gave the job to his mate Ben.
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Ratings results are going to be rather interesting at the end of this month, that for sure.
Of course it’s quite possible that we could be in for a surprise, but personally I’m expecting both ABC Sydney & KIIS to outrate Ben Fordham on 2GB.
Love him or loathe him (I’m of course, in the latter category), 2GB without Alan Jones is like Nine News Sydney without Peter Overton! 
I’d probably go for Chris Smith in the morning, Michael McLaren at night.
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I also expect the ratings on 2GB to have a significant correction.
I rarely agreed with Alan but I listened to him a few time a week via the 2GB app. I have not tuned in to 2GB since since Alan departed. I now listen to KIIS or 702 for breakfast.
Although 2GB without Alan is better compared to Nine News without Brian.
Or 2DayFM without Kyle and Jackie O.
Or MMM without Uncle Doug.
Dare I say that 2GB without Alan could be like 2UE without Alan. And if that’s the case - ouch!
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Yeah, Hendo was the best (and most successful) ever presenter of Nine News Sydney - no disputing that!
However I decided to opt for “2GB without AJ is like Nine News without Pete” with the last decade of Sydney media trends in mind. As we all know, Alan Jones dominated the last decade of Sydney brekky radio ratings and so too has Peter Overton with the Sydney TV news ratings.
Nine News without Brian Henderson is probably like 2UE without Alan Jones, since Hendo retired less than a year after AJ switched from UE to GB! 
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To all our younger Mediaspiers - if you missed Brian Henderson’s career - then you never saw a real newsreader at work. Apologies to Juanita Phillips who is a close second.
When Brian left Nine I moved to ABC news and never looked back. Today I despair at 7 and 9 news - too busy chasing ambulances with models as reporters who have fake eyelashes that would put a madam to shame.
Alan’s dream would be to retire with Hendo’s credibility and integrity. Unfortunately for Alan, there have been too many controversies for this to happen. This included the cash for public toilets incident at Cronulla when he nearly died of shame in a chaff bag.
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