2NSB 99.3 Chatswood and 2MCR 100.3 Campbelltown don’t seem to be running RDS at the moment…?
Northern New England stations booming into Brisbane tonight. RDS from Breeze Tenterfield received.
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That’s great that Tenterfield gets RDS on Breeze.
Community Radio 2TEN also has it too.
It looks like it’s the only town in all of North West NSW that has RDS.
I wonder which other Rebel/Breeze markets (outside of the Gold Coast region) have it eg. Goondiwindi, Stanthorpe, Rebel in Wide Bay etc
Interesting to see them use the same PI code as Breeze Mt Tamborine - wouldn’t have thought that AF would be practical here
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Worth noting that Breeze NSW was running the same program as QLD. Station is still coming in this morning and it was the same for breakfast. Last year the NSW stations ran one hour ahead.
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Breeze & Rebel Tenterfield are now part of the ‘Darling Downs & Border’ feed region. Tenterfield is <20km from the border, and the communities of Ballandean & Wallangrarra in Queensland listen to the Tenterfield signals. Stanthorpe & Tenterfield sites are synced 24/7/365 for the first time, which aids regular travellers between the towns on the New England highway, and allows RDS at both sites to seamlessly transition RDS radios.
Reuse of that simple PI code works well, as it is likely unique in Australia, with 100.6 & 99.4 both being unique Australian frequencies. Only the Logan & Kooralbyn transmitters now run different PI codes given the signal overlap with adjacent GC region transmitters, as Logan split off for new localised feeds launched earlier this year.
Breeze NSW no longer exists as a feed. Breeze in Gloucester Shire still broadcasts one hour ahead on a fledgling new Mid North Coast feed that will have a few new Breeze/Rebel FM MNC sites built and added over the next couple of years.
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Thanks - I notice the weather included Chinchilla, Miles, Goondiwindi, Stanthorpe, Tenterfield, and Bourke.
Thanks for this inside information. I assume these other sites include the planned txs at Cabbage Tree Mtn (Forster) and Kew. The Cabbage Tree Mtn services will introduce a breath of fresh air (sorry, pun) to the trip up the Pacific- even if the weather most of the year doesn’t.
That’s great to hear.
I was wondering when Coomba Park / Stroud and Kendall would go to air.
Are there any others planned for Mid North Coast?
Rebel 93.7 Kia-ora is locked in. A number of other planned or proposed MNC sites, including Great Lakes (Cabbage Tree) final specifications, are buried in a state of endless planning queues with the ACMA, as we try to better consolidate practical multi site coverage. But we have a couple of interim options and determined to get 1 or 2 new services on air next year.
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Good to know that 93.7 Gloucester will eventually make it to air. The current Breeze barely wafts into the Pacific Highway corridor, though.
A good ID for the 93.7 Rebel service would be ‘Rebel FM rocks the Tops’ (Barrington Tops).
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So I found out my car does AF tonight (new i30)
I had saved the stations I wanted to listen to from Brisbane to Sydney as I drove down so I could flick back in order as I drove back instead of rescanning.
Little did I know that when I changed from Max FM to Triple M MNC, it went to 90.3 Point Haven instead of the 100.7 it was saved on. I left it alone, thought nothing of it until I got to Kempsey to refuel and it had retuned itself again to 106.7.
So not only did I find out my car has AF, Triple M MNC does too 
tried it for Hit, and it too works!
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Smooth FM (Sydney) have made some recent(?) changes to their displayed RT.
[Song Title] by [Artist] on smooth 95.3
[Announcer name] on smooth 95.3
RDS List updated.
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RDS action on 91.7 The Wave. Just station name ‘THE WAVE’. No radio text and no RDS on 97.3 Coast Fm at the moment.
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JJJ and ABC Classic FM Hobart both have RDS (‘ABC CFM’ on Classic). Also noticed 7THE have RDS on both 92.1 and 96.1 (‘HobartFM’).
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The ABC does not in Tenterfield. And they run the Lismore feed instead of Tamworth despite TV shifting to Tamworth via link instead of off air from Nardi.
I turn it off through there, one Cairncross or Y’pini sounds better than the other, but I’ve usually given up on their networked dross and tuned to ABC local or RN.
Thank you very much. A station name is better than no RDS at all. They’d have other matters to look after with a new station, good to know they appear in the RDS list over there.
A pox on all of them for destroying more radio heritage, brand value and financial value.
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Just noticed 3RRR is running RDS
PS: 3RRR
RT: Triple R - 102.7FM, 3RRR Digital, rrr.org.au & RRR apps
Someone else may be able to confirm PI codes, I don’t have a reciever that does unfortunately
Edit: as does 3MBS - no RadioText, but that makes it three out of five Melbourne RA1 community stations to have RDS
PS: 3MBSFM
PTY: Serious Classical
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Gee- I would have thought 3RRR would be one of the first on board with RDS, given that they profess to be at the vanguard of Melbourne chic. Come to think of it, I’ve only really tuned in on my car radio (non RDS) or on DAB+ when in the culture capital.
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