So I take it the Nine News theme will remain in news bulletins + the WWOS branding for the 6pm show, given the press release stating that the stations will continue to utilise Nine’s resources?
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I think Ray Hadley needs to remember his comments on John Laws. He also said he didn’t want early starts and wanted to spend more time with his family.
It’s getting sad, every time there’s a buyer floated they go to him for a comment about returning to radio.
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The way politics has gone since his passing he would be rather tame by today’s standards.
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IMHO conservative radio, and radio of any political nature, is not that different to religious radio. They are both faith-based, and it doesn’t matter how much evidence to the contrary there is or how strong it is, or even if there’s a lack of strong evidence.
This is not a criticism, it’s about perspective.
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It’s interesting that most of the Christian stations are also pretty right wing on the religious spectrum, too. There used to be moderate, thoughtful voices like Jim Maclaren and Graeme Hardy who were good listeners and constructive social critics. Now it is dominated by noisy American evangelicals
If Nine were mart they might put some stipulations around use if their theme.
Using Nine’s resources is one thing, but editorial control, where would that sit exactly.
Nine may not want their news theme being used if they don’t 100% control the content.
Kind of similar to Seven not wanting the Tasmanian bulletin to be 100% in line when it was an affiliate rather than owned.
Strange nothing about the sale of Nine Radio on 3aw.com.au, 4bc.com.au and 6pr.com.au. Only on 2gb.com
It looks like to me that Nine Radio only cares to tell Sydney people only
Although it is actually from the American film Cool Hand Luke! And even the decision to use it as a news theme was copied from Eyewitness News in the US
Because Australian media thinks Sydney is the only place worth covering. They think Sydney extends to the entire country.
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There is an intriguing article buried deep in today’s telegraph suggesting the Laundy family have overpaid for Nine radio, with quotes from unnamed industry insiders
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Of course it’s from News Limited, discredit Nine but they’ll be the ones laughing all the way to the bank if some think Laundry overpaid for it.
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It’s been a massive problem for years, Sydney calling the shots, cutting costs and doing nothing to improve staff morale in places like Brisbane and Perth. They only cared about 2GB/3AW. I know because I worked at 4BC for 18 months as News Director when they were rebuilding after the takeover from Fairfax/Macquarie. No on the ground management and people in Sydney always making decisions with no knowledge of what was happening on the ground. You can’t run a talk radio station programming it out of Sydney with only a Content Director in control. There is no middle ground to go to with grievances and it saw a turnstile type situation where staff turnover was ridiculously high. If the Laundy mob have ANY faith in their people they need to hire local GMs in markets like Perth and Brisbane who can make decisions without nuff nuffs in Sydney interfering.
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That’s all of Australian media TBH. If it’s not happening in Sydney, and to a lesser extent Melbourne, then screw 'em, they may as well be in the middle of whoop whoop.
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They absolutely did, I’m wondering what the end game is, if not just to push gambling and licensing issues.
This exact point was even made on the ABC’s Insiders yesterday, almost fell off my chair when I heard it called out.
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Good to hear I’m not the only one thinking and saying it.
It’s a major issue and it does have flow on effects in many areas. Sadly, it’ll never be addressed.
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56 million is pretty cheap for a radio station, How much did NINE entertainment cost them to buy 2gb? , It’s seems that radio stations especially talk back radio is no longer the cash cow it once was..
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56m is actually for the full 4-station group. Back then Nine bought the remaining Macquarie shares at 113.9m, so the entire group was worth 275.4m.
It’s down 80% since.
The Laundy’s just found their Alan Bond….
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ARN bought 96FM for $78 million in 2014.
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