Oh wow. So was Gary pushed to make way for Jones at breakfast and Laws in mornings? Was this at the same time John Brennan took over? Or was he already PD with Gary at breakfast?
I’m imagining it was a strict talkback formula which was Brennan’s firm vision (and boy was it a success).
The Perth ABC FM conversion allocations included a reason that NewsRadio would stay on AM due to legislative requirements. That’s probably why in Wollongong, a city over 50 000.
The abomination of Hi (sic) - Tide on 2SM and network stations was already heavy breathing on a prior station.
Plenty better on community radio. This was a disservice to commercial radio.
Thanks @Moe, much appreciated.
John Brennan had been at 2UE since at least 1983. Laws left for 2GB and Jones replaced him in mornings. Mike Carlton (breakfast) and Laws (mornings) made a formidable combination at 2GB. When Laws returned to 2UE, Alan Jones was moved to breakfast and Gary was moved to weekends. The Alan / Laws combination was successful radio and came to an end when Alan moved to 2GB and the Jones / Hadley era began.
So the successful breakfast-morning combinations were:
Phew!
But Mike Carlton at 2GB Breakfast with John Laws on 2GB Mornings surely didn’t rate better than Gary on 2UE Breakfast did it? And was Alan Jones making good ground in his 2UE Mornings shift? Or did he really need Laws there to boost his slot?
Here is Survey 3 from 1987. The Carlton-Laws combination had well and truly pushed 2GB into the No.1 position. No wonder 2UE paid a lot of cash to get Laws back in ‘88.
Does anyone have the frankster(?) archive recording of 2GO from the 90s?
Appears the Loaded Dog is about to go off on Lite & easy radio 1008 
Great find, thanks @4TAB-1008kHz
From the ‘Newcastle Herald’ Saturday 30 September 1989
The first ratings survey for NEW FM… straight into 2nd spot…
Oh if only we’ll ever see that again.
Don’t know if this has been posted. But here is a great big slice on 1980s station ID, closing announcements, opening announcements and other stuff for your listening pleasure
That’s fantastic, thanks for posting!
Does anyone have any 107.7 2GO Gosford, KOFM Newcastle, hit/NXFM 106.9 Newcastle and Sea FM Gosford recordings in the 2010s you can upload?
Today marks 80 years since The Country Hour began
all Melbourne commercial stations, even the dud rating ones, had their own full-scale newsrooms in those days. And for some of the AM stations they maintained news on the hour 24/7.
