Believe the sub-metros 3WBC and Casey Radio (3SER) do too
I noticed that ABC Classic Adelaideâs RDS is different to Brisbane with the station in Adelaide switching between ABC and Classic while in Brissy it is static on Classic.
Received during todayâs opening to South Australia etc on several frequencies.
This one was from 95.3 Karoonda
This was 99.3 Streaky Bay (even though the on-air announcement said 99.7 Coober Pedy, there were local adverts)
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In Melbourne it alternates between âABCâ, âClassicâ, and âFMâ
Same on 92.9FM Sydney.
Additional info wise, we have âABC Classic FM - Where Music Livesâ, a Weather forecast (for tomorrow, when I checked) and âabc.net.au/classicâ - not sure about other cities.
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Another thing I noticed today. Stations transmit a PI (Program Identification) that is a hexadecimal number. In Australia it is somewhat random (in the US can be used to generate the call letters) but may sometimes have some relationship to the frequency.
Mix FM Adelaideâs is clever 
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Mackay DX into Brisbane last night with the RDS on SEA FM 98.7 showing AF set up with the low power Airlie Beach 92.3.
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Well, given the following 4 stations are changing their station IDs this coming Thursday (which we may never see again), here for prosperity are some RDS screenshots taken from my car radio earlier today.
Couldnât get any 2nd line text to display for Star (102.3), but it was there for 2MCâŚ
The screen reverts to black and white when the car is parked (normally blue background.
Photos taken from Braye Park lookout, in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah, which is somewhat elevated at 75m, and has a clear take off particularly to the north and west. Sorry for the average quality, itâs hard to get good in car photos during broad daylight with so much reflection around!
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Iâll try and get back up to Braye Park next weekend to see what the RDS names end up being for H!t and Triple M regionalsâŚ
Iâll be interested to see what they do for Triple M 100.7 (given itâs currently different to â2MC FMâ RDS name as used on 106.7). Perhaps MMM100.7 ??
There seems to be some RDS issues with ARNâs WS and KIIS tonight.
Text has been stuck on the same ânextâ song all night so far on both (no âNow Playingâ or anything else either).
WS has âShe Works Hard For The Moneyâ - Donna Summer.
KIIS has âSugarâ - Maroon 5
But everything is working fine on DAB+âŚ
Weird.
Some RDS screenshots in relation to the H!t branding changes
Thereâs no mention of H!t in the SEA Central Coast RDS text (I thought Hit101.3 would have been incorporated into it).
With the branding changes, still a lot of inconsistencies with the RDS between the SCA stations. Some of the naming irks me more than it shouldâŚ
Bendigo:
Hit BGO (Static text: hit91.9 - Hits & Old School + song info)
MMM BGO (Static text: 93.5 Triple M - The Greatest Hits 70s to Now + song info)
Albury:
Hit104.9 (Static text: _The Borderâs Number 1 for Hits and Old Schoo_l)
105.7MMM (Static text: Lu & Matt for Breakfast, Weekdays from 6am)
Shepparton:
Hit SHEP (Static text: GOULBURN VALLEY)
MMM SHEP (Static text: GOULBURN VALLEY)
Shepparton earlier this morning:
HIT96.9 (Static text: GOULBURN VALLEY)
MMM95.3 (Static text: GOULBURN VALLEY)
Thanks!
Shame that only Bendigo gets Song info out of all of those.
I wonder why they changed the Shepparton ones?
I preferred the ones they had in the morning.
âShepâ just looks a bit silly.
Could it be to do with the repeaters up in the Snowfields?
(but then Albury have repeaters at Falls Creek and Omeo too and it still lists the frequency in the RDS).
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The repeaters have their own feed so could have different RDS. They are also now based just out of Mansfield- no longer on Mt Buller.
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It is a shame that not all have song IDs. The data comes through when streaming online (eg, TuneIn will show the title/artist & artwork no problems) so it appears the infrastructure is there, just seems to be the way theyâre configured it.
I agree, Sheppartonâs RDS could do with some improvement! Doubling up with the region name in the static text doesnât make sense either. Not quite sure of the reasoning for the SHEP/BGO element (perhaps due to the overlap?) but Iâd prefer they kept it simple and used the stationâs actual names - âTriple Mâ and âhit96.9â.
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But then here in Newcastle, NONE of our 3 commercials have song info either!
NEW FM doesnât have ANY RDS whatsoever.
Yet all around me, Gosford, Port Macquarie, Wollongong, all commercials there have RDS with song info.
Was surprised to jump in the car and see yet another RDS change for the Shepparton SCAs! Much better, great to see theyâve listened to my suggestion 
hit96.9 (Static text: Hits & Old School)
95.3 / Triple M (Static text: Greatest Hits 70s to Now)
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Well, I got a REAL shock this afternoon to find that Port Macquarie havenât updated their RDS at all!
It STILL says 2MC100.7 or Star FM.
This was on my car radio which did detect the Hit106.9 change however⌠I tried retuning on 100.7 and 102.3 but it didnât make any difference.
Does H!T Star FM 91.9 Bendigo have RDS?
Nothing on my SDR here in Melbourne.
The 105.1 and 106.7 services at Mt Yarrahappini have been updated to Hit and Triple M respectively.
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