Just after 9:20pm tonight, Nova played “Vertigo” by Griff. This is a song they should be playing more often IMO.
The only previous song they played of hers was “Black Hole” which received plenty of airplay in mid-2021.
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Keegan Bakker (Keegs) is joining Mel.
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disappointing because she’s so much better on her own
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Welcome @keegs. So sorry this thread is the most boring and pedantic mostly about music.
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Wonderful, I have plenty of opinions on the subject
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So you know, we do have another thread for music specifically: Music - #1221 by JohnsonTV
But yes, I have to agree the music currently on rotation on Nova isn’t the best at the moment, if I can say that.
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It has been pretty ordinary since the mid to late 0’s.
But there are pages and pages in this thread covering that topic.
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Ricki-Lee posted on Instagram tonight that her drive show with Tim and Joel would return on January 22, one week after most of her radio colleagues.
Ricki-Lee is finishing her Maldives holiday with her husband Richard.
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Can Nova chill on the pointless reworks of their news/traffic stings…
The original and second variants were great but after being passed across multiple audio agencies for what is now the fourth iteration it’s starting to sound like parody of itself.
Meanwhile the Hit network and other broadcasters have retained theirs and they still sound great.
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I don’t mind the new one, but It does sound like just a pitched up version of the previous one. Maybe they wanted a brighter sound without changing the key elements too much.
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What’s bad in Sydney is the bed for the news credit is still the previous version of the news theme.
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That’s the point here, it sounds lazy.
They didn’t update the sponsor ramp nationally, which in itself I’ve heard used in other radio networks so it’s just a purchased sound.
The newer theme on its own isn’t bad, but pales in comparison to the past.
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Is it still Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now? Or am I showing my age?
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I wish it was, better than what they currently use.
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They’ve obviously started the year with Fitzy in Adelaide. You can notice the difference now he’s not in the studio because the conversations can be a bit stilted sometimes. It will be interesting to see if they can smooth this out.
Joel Creasey has been doing the show from Melbourne since he joined Drive, while Ricki-Lee and Tim are in Sydney but you don’t seem to notice any disconnect there.
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NovaNation tonight is sounding fantastic. This is really great house music with some soul. The Supafly mix is brilliant! Reminds me of the old Nova from 2001-2009
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Yeah I like NovaNation - but why does it start so early on Saturdays, and so late on Fridays? It should realistically be something more like 9pm-2am both days, rather than 10pm-midnight on Friday, and 6pm to Midnight on Saturday.
Still a big fan, just a minor gripe
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Isn’t it because they have a regular show 7pm-10pm Monday to Friday? Plus Saturday is a big night for going out so it can start earlier like 6pm.
Perhaps it should be 10pm-2am Friday and 8pm-2am Saturday.
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Sounds like they’ve updated the sponsor bed to match the news/traffic themes from this week.
Two possibilities here… Either Nova staff read Mediaspy religiously and had to call back the sound agency for more work once we pointed it out, OR they did have one produced and just forgot to implement it nationally in Zetta.
My money is on the former 
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https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/nova-announce-new-breakfast-duo-to-take-on-kiis-fm-hosts-kyle-and-jackie-o/news-story/2fcacc1de3949e12f92fb86b4d907d48
Jase & Lauren to present Nova 100 breakfast
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