It’s just been one thing after another the last year. Since my sister passed away I had to leave the property I was in because I could no longer afford the rent on it, and I’m sad that I had to, so many memories in that place. I’m now stuck in a boarding house through not being able to afford another private rental yet and I’m trying to save enough for a bond to get out of here. I’ve got a gofundme setup for anyone that can help me get to goal. My entire story is on this gofundme and because of my medical conditions including ulcerative colitis, I can’t make this my permanent home. A few people in this house are fine but the others are scary…and I don’t smoke, I don’t drink purely because of the ulcerative colitis, but every day I have to smell cigarette smoke and the like. I’m 50 now and there’s still time to turn my life around and I plan to do that from tomorrow…just go all out so I’m not stuck here forever. My intention was always to use this as a bridge to something better but every morning I have to play a lottery and see which one of the toilets is gonna be free…honestly, if all three are taken up when i have to go, with colitis you can’t wait. I’m gonna be in serious trouble one day.
In the age of generic station branding (Hit, Triple M, Nova, KIIS etc), we lose logos that used to tie in with the city or town the station broadcast in.
Some of my favourites are below. Can anyone think of some others?
I love the 2TM and 8DN logos for representing smaller regional stations with a local feeling. The 2TM logo screams Tamworth.
It seems to be that the most common tie in to make a logo local is the natural environment and the ocean - 4GG and 2WL
Melbourne’s iconic 3KZ logo may be the only one that ever tied local public transport into a radio station, although trams are so Melbourne. More Melbourne than Kyle and Jackie O anyway.
The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge are the winner for most commonly used symbol in a logo - 2GB, 2SM and 2CH have all made reference at some point.
Even station names can reflect a location. Wellington NZ had “Radio Windy” in the 1970s and 1980s (a reference to Wellington’s notoriously windy days, of which I have personally experienced) and in the 90’s they had an FM station called “The Quake”, taking the mickey out of the fact that the city does get the shakes every now and then.
I think Christchurch had a station called Shake 96.1 in the early 90s, possibly for the same reason, though that has a vaguer connotation to the seismic activity.
