3AW abandoning local programming due to technical meltdown. Picking up John Stanley on 2GB from 9pm AEDT.
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Oh dear that doesnât sound good
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Ironic considering AW GM Stephen Beers was their chief engineer in Melb prior to being appointed GM.
John Stanley again welcoming AW audience out of the 10pm news.
Midnight AEDT, Tony Moclair read weather on AW but alas, Melbourne audience to put up with Bill Woods. Iâd switch over to Luke Bona instead.
Bill Woodsâ overnight program will be heard on 3AW this morning due to technical difficulties, but strangely Tony Moclair read out the weather forecast at the end of the midnight news out of the 3AW studio.
So Tony has still come in to work this morning, yet will just be reading our weather forecasts for the next five hours?? Thatâs one way for Nine to make the most of their resources, lol.
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I guess itâs in case heâs back on air sometime during the shift.
Ratecard is light for nights and ROS bonus spots overnight, big concern if studios arenât operational for breakfast.
Maybe, but Bill Woods seemed pretty confident heâll be heard on 3AW until 5.30am, and did say it could potentially be longer.
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Thatâs what I mean if itâs going longer, into bfast.
Now Bill is mentioning difficulty in getting a phone line out to the UK. Says their phone system playing up.
12:32 AEDT: Bill says no phones going out at Pyrmont. Calls are coming in & caller on air now.
Could Nine Radio be experiencing a cyber attack?
They often have issues with their phone lines and their IT systems in general. Seems that they donât invest enough money into their systems and hqving humans available to support it. I doubt itâs another cyber breach
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3AW taking Sydneyâs news this morning. Far from ideal. Although 2gb news does have a much more pacey presentation. Like their sports reader.
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The weather though is been read out by David Armstrong
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Totally bizarre that armo canât read the news. Why couldnât he just read it from the same studio as Ross and Russ?
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What a disaster, nobody in Melbourne will know what Matthew Guy is doing or saying if 3AW news is off the air! 
How did Daniel Andrews allow this to happen�? 
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News problems on AW appear to be fixed. David was doing the 9am bulletin.
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Was there any discussion on air this morning about this issues? Was it resolved by Neilâs show?
Based off the camera it seems only one studio is operating? Neil in the usual afternoons / drive studio
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I did hear Ross and Rus joking about it saying thereâs a toaster not working in the studio and thatâs why they were taking Sydney news. Followed by a jab about Sydneyâs news being all about the traffic being backed up right from the Anzac Bridge back to Ray Hadleyâs house. 
Interestingly Armo did the 8:30am news on 3AW just before Neilâs show but I flicked over to Gold 1242 and they were still taking the Sydney news via Nine Syndication at this time. Iâm at work now so not sure whatâs happened since.
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Seems most is all fixed however they are still getting some weird static across the ad breaks and anything that isnât studio related.
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Would never have happened when Macquarie owned it - Nein are showing that being good at TV does not necessarily mean you are going to be good at radio too.
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Oh please. Lol.
I reckon Neil wouldâve raised holy hell when he arrived at work this morning. The good thing is 3AW presenters have no problem openly calling out the Sydney based management on their shows regarding changes to talent and lack of investment. Itâs ridiculous the top rating station in a world city the size of Melbourne keeps having these issues.
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