Carlton and Fitzsimmons both failed in their most recent attempts at radio for obvious reasons.
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Thank you.
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Wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. I couldn’t care less who is on Sydney right wing radio. Whoever it is will toe the conservative line and pay homage to their Chairman.
You might see a station record negative ratings with either of those two - frankly Pirate Pete needs less media outlets to spread his opinions, not more
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SEN might have some competition for the lowest ratings in that case
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Depends on your point of view. I feel the same about ALL of Nine Talk Radio shock jocks!
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Awesome news. Millsy should never have been moved from Breakfast in the first place. I’m glad 6PR finally realised that is where he should be.
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They certainly did the dirty on Millys a few years back.
According to today’s Herald Sun, Jimmy Bartel and Jacqueline Felgate will host 3AW breakfast on weekdays from December 12 to 23.
They last filled in for Ross and Russ for one week from September 19.
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Yet no return of Chris Ilsley, was rating very well yet replaced.
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With Jim finished on 2GB is there any possibility they could get Chris Smith to the drive slot (or afternoons with Deb moving to drive)? In turn they could get someone like Bill Woods into the weekend slot as he’s familiar and is decent on radio.
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Looks like Chris got a consolation prize for missing out on the ACA gig.
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Good get for 2GB but a big loss to Nine News Sydney. He’s a great reporter but not too sure about him as a presenter (though I understand he’s pretty good on radio so he could be a good choice).
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He’ll definitely help get headlines from the newsmakers of the day.
When does he start?
It says Jan 9 in the post.
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Congrats to Chris. He is excellent on radio. Playing the long game there. He may well become Ray Hadley’s successor if all goes well.
According to Media Diary in The Australian, Nine will officially announce tomorrow that Chris O’Keefe is Jim Wilson’s replacement. In the meantime, Joe Hildebrand will host the program for the remainder of the ratings year.
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The sad thing about this appointment is that Nine hasn’t learned that shoe-horning television people into radio slots is causing listeners to drift away. I suggested this would happen when they appointed Knight and Wilson.
There are seasoned radio performers at 2GB who have a strong following built up over many years that listeners are familiar with yet they continue to use untested talent. O’Keefe has done a good job as fill in but he is hardly a seasoned radio broadcaster. He could’ve benefitted from several more years filling in before being handed this role. Talent isn’t necessarily interchangeable between radio and television. Good radio talent doesn’t necessarily make good television talent, as we’ve seen demonstrated many times over the years.
Another bone headed move from Nine who fail to recognise radio and television consumers are looking for very different things from those mediums.
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Chris was always the choice for 2GB drive. Proven talk radio performer.
Chris was never ACA replacement, that was a media beat-up by other media outlets with little knowledge.
As for Chris Smith, he is happy with weekends, fill ins and his TV work.
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