It was annoying one day they had a technical person on the afternoon show were callers could call in and ask questions with a limited time to ask questions and they played a song right in the middle of the segment.
4BC afternoon presenter Sofie Formica having a long weekend, three birthdays in her family this week.
Nine TV journalist, Jess Millward filled in, her first time on radio. Eased into it through the first couple of breaks, very smooth by the end:
Thatâs actually not a bad replacement. Good idea 4BC.
So often the case with these types of segments they provide useless information combined wi5th self promotion, advertising, traffic crosses, music etc. That âclownâ down in Melbourne who co-hosts on a Saturday morning is worse, a complete waste of time.
Leave your phone number back at the switch and Iâll help you off air.
Whatâs the point???
Iâm late to this post - but who was Patrick Condren? Just jokes, like his ratings at the time.
Great points Cranky about music scheduled on that sad day. Iâm surprised Brent James didnât take a review of programmed songs on the day, or in fact for the remainder of the week. Itâs not a lot of songs to cast an eye over.
Iâm not surprised that the individual shows didnât pick up on the programmed sensitive tracks and request a change or just drop them. Not surprised as most of the talk show presenters and producers regard the songs as 4mins of air-time they donât have to plan for. Some (certainly Neil Breen) find the songs as interruptions to the flow of their program. Itâs rare for him to acknowledges (by pre-announcement or back announce) the tunes in his show. Others (perhaps including Bill McDonald) have embraced the song content, as it simply means less need to have something worthwhile to prepare.
Interesting that Nine always puts 2GB first
I think itâs because they do it in numerical order (2, 3, 4 and 6).
I was probably a bit harsh regarding Deb Knight. The Afternoon show usually has a good mix and does provide some lighter content.
Big lift this survey for Jim Wilson on Drive. Well deserved.
3AW schedule this weekend as itâs the AFL pre-finals bye.
Saturday
12pm-2pm: â3AW Footballâ (Tim Lane, Caroline Wilson, Leigh Matthews and Matthew Lloyd)
2pm-6pm: âThe Weekend Breakâ Peter Stubbs
6pm-9.30pm: â3AW Footballâ (AFLW match coverage)
9.30pm-midnight: Simon Owens Show
Sunday
12pm-2pm: âSunday Sportâ Mark Allen and Jimmy Bartel
2pm-7pm: âThe Weekend Breakâ Peter Stubbs
7pm: Programming as normal
I think 3AW were playing a song that had the F-Bomb in it.
Sam McClure has officially been confirmed as 3AWâs host of Wide World of Sports.
EDIT: Sam spoke to Tom Elliott on 3AW Drive today.
Nineâs press release didnât mention Sam has been the co-host of Sportsday Victoria since 2019(?) even though it is broadcast on 3AW.
2GB Overnights host Michael Mclaren is now on paternity leave for the next few months.
Bill Woods will be filling in while Michael is on leave.
Will be interesting if he actually lasts the distance. A few months is a long time.
Jacqui Felgate filling in for Ross on breakfast who is off unwell.
Not a bad dynamic. Can defiantly tell the show flows different when Ross isnât there though.
Jacqui Felgate definitely a future star of 3AW. I expect her to land a permanent role.
Broadcaster Erin Molan has won her Federal Court defamation case against Daily Mail Australia with the online publication ordered to pay $150,000 in damages after portraying the broadcaster as a racist.
Justice Robert Bromwich found in favour of five pleaded imputations but said in his published reasons today that both sides had a âmeasure of success and a measure of failureâ.
He said the sum should sufficiently meet the âstingâ of the June 2020 online article that referred to her saying âhooka looka mooka hooka fookaâ on 2GB in May 2020.
Molan denied she was mocking Polynesian names, deliberately mispronouncing them for a laugh or speaking in an accent during the broadcast.
Rather, the former 2GB rugby league show co-host was making light of Ray and Chris Warren mixing up the end of playersâ names and she was âpoking fun of her colleaguesâ, she told the Federal Court.