Not at all - that’s the purpose of forums! I think you raised quite a valid point as I would have not expected a community station in rural NSW to take a syndicated Melbourne show either! However looking at their (Max Narrabri) latest program schedule it appears they don’t take any syndication from any commercial network these days.
I think the once took My Generation as well.
I’m not sure if they still air it but 88.9FM Richmond Valley Radio carried “My Generation” as recently as 2015 when Jonesy & Amanda were hosting it, although the voiceover at the end of the promo was from Jonathan Coleman.
I was hoping that the gap would tighten between i98 and Wave now that the power of advertising through WIN has diminished since the affiliation change. Doesn’t seem to have happened and listeners are welded on to i98.
7QT officially commenced broadcasting on the 29 May 1937 as a station to serve Queenstown Tasmania.
In 1939, 7QT operated with only three permanent employees and it boasted a “Chum’s Club” of nearly one thousand.
In 1987 7QT was renamed 7XS because an FM translator was installed on Mt. Read to serve Rosebery, Zeehan, Tullah, Waratah and Savage River. It was considered at the time inappropriate to continue with the 7QT call-sign which effectively labelled it as just a Queenstown station.
7QT doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue though.
7WC (for West Coast) could have been a better choice if they wanted something more inclusive.
7XS doesn’t seem to mean anything.
Well I suppose everyone has to use the toilet (WC)…so that counts as inclusive!
Particularly if the content is shithouse.
Being in Canberra at the moment, I wondered whatever did happen to community station 2SSS FM (103.9). It just seemed to disappear! Which seemed odd as the incumbent community broadcaster in a city the size of Canberra.
Here’s the answer:
When did Sky Sports Radio/2KY commence into the ACT then? After 2SSS went offair?
Correct. The three original Sea FM Ltd Sea FM stations, their three largest markets of Gosford, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast all took MM unfortunately. Sunshine Coast ran them live during summer which at least meant local programming returned at 5pm for all of one hour.
The Benchwarmers were exactly that, a show designed to fill a gap in networking, however, instead of bought in, it was in house from the Gold Coast where the company had become RG Capital. They were warming the seats for something better, I didn’t like them.
Later on, The Benchwarmers were recruited to Nova Bris for a local drive and despite again, mediocre talent, they saw off H&A, usually ahead of them.
Great to read the history and discussion of Newcastle radio mid 90’s. Well done to all.
Thanks @NRN11 for the effort of the stations on album covers.
John Laws too, prior to his time at 2SM of course.
Me too.
They are very parochial in Tas, so it’s understandable.
Like 2XL.
Yes, a fascinating quirk in broadcasting.
Dan and Ken were The Benchwarmers on Sea FM and as you say migrated to Nova drive when they commenced in 2005. Later on they ended up on the MMW/SCA Localworks drive show for a few years. I actually enjoyed listening to them. Last time I heard I think Ken is on 965 in Brisbane. Not sure about Dan.
Dan & Ken were better than Ant & Becks, they were terrible.
Indeed, plumbed new depths and to think ARN were that hard up to hire them for a Melb/Syd drive run.
No, It was in Fact 2MAX FM at Narrabri (The Community Station) as I can remember hearing it
A minimalist vintage car radio dial as seen in TV show Nos4a2. Would have been a challenge trying to differentiate stations.
The bumper stickers that once covered a city:
Waves were certainly the go-to logo for coastal stations
They were everywhere. You still see them very occasionally
In Brisbane you had the “FM104 Rocks (insert band name or suburb here)” stickers
Same with Triple M in Melbourne. It seemed every other car had one on the back window for a while. They actually did a short promo not that long ago that revived them.
Meanwhile in Melbourne: https://twitter.com/suba3rrru
