Nova Network

They have not rediscovered this song they have been flogging it to death for the last 6 months, even KIIS have jumped onto it recently.

With work being so busy, and on the road for some days up to 10 hours, god Nova is repetitive.

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I struggle to understand why people even choose Nova anyway. Their playlist is terrible and repetitive, their shows aren’t anything special and there is no shortage of ads either.

ARN or SCA stations are far better to listen in 90% of markets.

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They’re both guilty of copying each other. I first heard “Evacuate The Dance Floor” on Nova and thought it was great, since I hadn’t heard it for years. But then they flogged it to death and KIIS started playing it too…excessively.

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At least for once Nova does not seem as concerned by 2day fm, and are skewing younger to better compete with KIIS and any potential changes to the Edge 96.1.
So far I have not noticed any significant difference to the Edge 96.1.

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Matt de Groot is doing Fitzy and Wippa (and his show?) from home this week because he has Covid.

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Quite a noticeable difference to the playlist this year with all this dance music. You even get Fitzy commenting after a lot of the music that they are great tracks. Makes Nova sound like Fresh Hits again.

Now if we can get rid of some of those throwbacks from 20-30 years ago. Yes, Destiny’s Child is from the 90s.

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I agree, I’ve always be a Triple J listener, never been into the commercials but checked out Nova just randomly today & I actually dig their edm tracks.
Sound like it’s a new station for all the right reasons

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Does anyone else feel this is simply a seasonal playlist and that come February they will return to the same previous format?

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No. Better not be.

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Experimental, yes. It will likely depend on the feedback they get. If Mediaspy is anything to go by, it’s a thumbs up

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If history is anything to go by. If the ratings for 2day fm go up Nova gets scared and skews older. Then Nova’s ratings tank with the younger listeners switching over to KIIS.

Nova then skews younger again and the ratings improve. They do this every year.
Nova needs to focus on competing with KIIS and not get freaked out by the cellar dweller 2day fm.

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Nova means New
2Day means Today

So why should either station be playing older music IMO.

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It is thumbs up from me too, still way to many overplayed throwbacks, also need to add more new music so they don’t have to repeat their playlist so much.
Better then it was 6 months ago.

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KIIS -means love song dedications 24-7 where is Richard Mercer😁

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2Day’s format is Adult Contemporary, which obviously means there will be some older music, whereas Nova is CHR, you could argue ‘Hot Adult Contemporary’, newer music.

Wasn’t he the ‘Love God’ on Triple M Soft Rock recently?

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No that was Paul Murray, he also use to be Love Muscle when he was on late nights on Nova when they first launched.

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Was it 100% Paul Murray? Some have thought otherwise?

Was it re-hashed from his time at the M’s? Or did SCA actually bring Paul back for Triple M Soft Rock DAB+?

Mind you, I would LOVE if Triple M would bring back Paul Murray. He would be brilliant on Triple M Breakfast in 2022.

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Really? I would never have guessed it was him. He did a good job, very funny!

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I was flicking channels and on Sky News Regional Chris Smith was interviewing Paul Murray some time last year. When he was employed by Nova, when they first launched he was as Journo, he also did the Love muscle taking the piss out of Richard Mercer AKA the Love God who was then on Mix 106.5.

Paul Murray was also on Triple M Soft Rock as the Love God.

He recounted when he finally met Richard Mercer at Mix, he thought Richard was going to thump him for taking the piss out of him, but Richard actually loved his work.

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