NX went to #1 in S2/2000, toppling AM station 2HD from the top spot. The station was #1 for every survey in 2001, and stayed there throughout much of 2002 until the final survey that year, when sister station KO took the top spot, where it stayed until the end of 2005 (bar S1/2004, when it tied with NX). From 2006 until 2012, NX was mostly #1, with KO taking the top spot on a few occasions (3/2006, 2/2007, 2/2010, 3/2010, 1/2011). Since 2013, KO/Triple M has been #1, apart from the two consecutive surveys in 2015 when ABC Newcastle was #1.
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An ad from Triple Mâs âYouâll Never Know What Weâll Play Nextâ era:
Donât correct me, but did other ads from the Barry series feature Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood at the end?
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A post was merged into an existing topic: NZ Radio History
Re, frequencies previously used by AFTRS for âShow Radioâ in Sydney: Even though Iâm sure I saw â90.9â amongst that historical photo gallery in 2014 that has since vanished from the internet, so far I havenât been able to find any other references to AFTRS ever using it for Show Radio. Maybe AFTRS or someone else once used 90.9FM for a completely different temporary radio station in/around the Sydney area, who knows.
In any case, about 18 months after making this post Iâve taken the time to do some research and hereâs what Iâve been able to come up with!
The information I could find online suggests that 94.9 was used in both 1998 and 2000 - possibly because 96.9 (used by Show Radio for the three Moore Park years and 1999) was being used by community radio trials at the same time.
Yep, that sounds about right. The AMT newsletter for April 2001 noted that Show Radio could now claim to be Sydneyâs newest station - coming on air just a few days after Nova 96.9 started fulltime transmission.
In any case, didnât Nova 96.9 do live broadcasts from the Royal Easter Show during their first few years anyway? At the very least Iâm sure they had a presence at the event (certainly wouldâve made sense in 2001, as the Show opened just a few days after Nova that year).
Not sure if this is entirely Easter Show related, but I also seem to recall a different station having a streetside studio of some sort at Homebush during the Early 2000s - not sure whether this was Radio 2 or someone else who had a temporary set-up out there.
AnywayâŚback to tracking the frequency history of Show Radio:
It was noted in radioinfoâs coverage on April 1 that 2004 would be the final year of 95.3FM being used for Show Radio - the auction for 95.3 as a commercial licence happened on the final day of Show Radio 2004.
The following year while holidaying in Sydney from London, Jonathan Coleman popped into Show Radio for an interview (The radioinfo article about that can be read here, for those interested) and made an quip about how 95.3 was sold for $80 Million!
The 2005/2006/2007 broadcasts were on 100.5, with 107.9 being used from 2008 onwards going by this.
And of course this year (probably next year as well, unless things improve dramatically soon), there wasnât any Show to broadcast from due to the pandemic. However there was a Show Radio Special Edition done over a week back in April. Iâd imagine this may have been an online-only thing.
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Gippslandâs 3TR/TRFM turns 90âŚ
https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/celebrating-90-years-radio-gippsland
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Bob Rogers was pushing the boundaries early in his career. In 1953 the Brisbane Sunday Mail radio columnist Joyce Stirling was outraged when Rogers played what to her ears was aural pornography.
Source: Sunday Mail, 22 November 1953. NLA Trove.
The âoffensiveâ song:
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Found this brief recording of Wave FM Wollongong from 1992, received via E-Skip in Auckland NZ.
Credit: Richard Phelps
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Ms Kitt was an amazing entertainer - and an amazing singer to boot. And an amazing flirt, back in the day when permissiveness was more permissible!
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In worse shape than when it was 80.
Matt Cummins has done well however.
David McDonald GM: gone.
Ryan Khay PD: gone.
Huge loss of experience from the building and network.
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Thatâs permitted in my world in 2020.
As long as the intention is good and people have respect/manners, happily ignore the PC BS
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What was the songs were like back then in 2004 on MIX 101.1?
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This aircheck that was posted on TRV a while back would answer your question. 
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Letâs list songs from the aircheck!
U2 - Beautiful Day
Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman
Pete Murray - So Beautiful
(Promo: 1927 - Thatâs When I Think of You, The Corrs - Only When I Sleep and Matchbox 20 - Unwell)
Madonna - Holiday
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Kasey Chambers - Like A River
Faith Hill - This Kiss
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor
Jennifer Lopez - Love Donât Cost a Thing
(What even happened to TT-FM? It had the same format as Smooth FM!)
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ARN decided to rebrand/reformat the station as Mix 101.1 in 2001.
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Fantastic aircheck from 3XY from 1971, featuring lots of jingles (âMore Music 3XYâ) and commercials.
Source: Joe Miller
For some context, 3XY (âMore Musicâ) and 3AK (not sure if it was still âWhere No Wrinklys Flyâ or had progressed to âFriendly 3AKâ by this stage?) were both competing for the youth/Top 40 audience, but 3AK was well ahead of XY.
XY was around the bottom of the commercial station rankings during 1971. It shot up to #1 in 1973 when 3AK became âBeautiful Musicâ and virtually handed XY its entire youth audience overnight.
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I still donât get that slogan âWhere no wrinklys flyâ 
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wrinklys = old. 3AK had no place for them!
3AK was for the ânowâ generation 
Although I read somewhere that the slogan was originally pitched to 3XY where it would have rhymed⌠3XY, Where No Wrinklys Fly. But they knocked it back, apparently.
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An early advertisement for Bob Rogers on 2UE.
Source: SMH, 7 July 1955
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how many here remembers a time in the late 80s/early 90s when the ABC stopped using the âMajestic Fanfareâ for its news theme?
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I do!
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