I think 7HO & Hot 91’s format would be similar to Wave FM in Wollongong, which is also owned by Grant.
Speaking of which, whilst I did post the following log on the old forum, which has since become inaccessible, I thought it would be worth reposting it here on this new forum, whilst we’re still on the topic of Grant stations. This is from last November, which I compared Wave FM with the region’s #1 station, i98.
I conducted this just days before the most recent Wollongong radio ratings were released, which showed i98 flogging Wave by nearly 10%, with the latter also being beaten by ABC Illawarra for the #2 overall spot. Looking at the below playlists, it’s not hard to see why.
96.5 Wave FM - Wollongong, NSW "80s, 90s & Now" (it has since been shortened to “80s to Now”) Monday 2nd November 2015 - 10am-11am AEDT
“Shine” Years & Years
"Hymn To Her" The Pretenders
"What Do You Mean?" Justin Bieber
"Bright Lights" Matchbox 20
"Break My Stride" Unique II
"Last Night" Good Charlotte
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" Joe Cocker
"Hula Hoop" Omi
"With Arms Wide Open" Creed
"Fight Song" Rachel Platten
"Underneath The Radar" Underworld
“Do It Again” Pia Mia feat. Chris Brown
"Fire & The Flood" Vance Joy
"Joyride" Roxette
"Stitches" Shawn Mendes
"LoveStoned" Justin Timberlake
"Good For You" Selena Gomez
"Going To California" Led Zeppelin
"Hotline Bling" Drake
"Cake By The Ocean" DNCE
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" Lenny Kravitz
"Ain’t No Nobody" Felix Jaehn
"Budapest" George Ezra
"Figure It Out" Royal Blood
For those who don’t find the above playlists appealing, at least many parts of the Illawarra region can get the Sydney stations.
also Yello - Oh Yeah and Maxi Priest - Wild World would look out of place on a MMM playlist anywhere! But then again Duncan by Slim Dusty has been played on a MMM Cold 30 before and you would never associate it with MMM anywhere, its Brissy predecessor FM 104 would have not touched it with a ten foot pole!
Word Is Out - Kylie Minogue (1991)
How Bizarre - OMC (1995)
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson (1987)
Candyman - Christina Aguilera (2006)
Unpretty - TLC (1999)
Ebeneezer Goode - The Shaman (1992)
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams (2000)
The Bad Touch - The Bloodhound Gang (1999)
Stronger - Kayne West (2007)
Crazy For You - Madonna (1985)
Praise You - Fatboy Slim (1999)
La La - Ashlee Simpson (2004)
Tease Me - Chaka Demus & Pliers (1993)
Broadcast Saturday night commercial-free, following the 1986 countdown.
1999 - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
Walls Come Down - THE CALL
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ TOP
Pressure Sway - MACHINATIONS
It’s a Mistake - MEN AT WORK
Owner of a Lonely Heart - YES
White Wedding - BILLY IDOL
Sweet Dreams are Made of this - EURYTHMICS
Let’s Dance - DAVID BOWIE
Going Home - MARK KNOPFLER (Local Hero score)
Bad to the Bone - GEORGE THOROGOOD
Blue Monday - NEW ORDER
Mad World - TEARS FOR FEARS
Science Fiction - DIVINYLS
Jeopardy - GREG KIHN BAND
My Girl - HOODOO GURUS
Our House - MADNESS
Black & White - INXS
Electric Avenue - EDDY GRANT
Cuts Like a Knife - BRYAN ADAMS
Come Said the Boy - MONDO ROCK
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
Safety Dance - MEN WITHOUT HATS
Street Cafe - ICEHOUSE
No Tragedy - RADIATORS
Can’t Hurry Love - PHIL COLLINS
Razor’s Edge - GOANNA
Read About It - MIDNIGHT OIL
King of Pain - THE POLICE
Add it Up - VIOLENT FEMMES (Sanitized radio version)
BatesFM radio network: 80s FM - Washington State USA
3:50 - 5 am Sunday. 128 kbps MP3 stream.
Don’t Stop Believin’ - JOURNEY
Take Me Home - PHIL COLLINS
We’ll Be Together - STING
Take Your Time - SOS BAND
No More Words - BERLIN
Janie’s Got a Gun - AEROSMITH
I Would Die 4 U - PRINCE
Bad Boys - WHAM!
Angel - MADONNA
Jessie’s Girl - RICK SPRINGFIELD
Two of Hearts - STACEY Q
Kokomo - BEACH BOYS
Give It To Me Baby - RICK JAMES
Danger Zone - KENNY LOGGINS
How Soon is Now - SMITHS
Here Comes the Rain Again - EURYTHMICS
RAM FM: 80s Hit Radio - Netherlands
3:50 - 5 am Sunday. 192 kbps MP3 stream.
The Motive - THEN JERICO
Think for a Minute - HOUSEMARTINS
No Say In It - MACHINATIONS
Annie I’m Not Your Daddy - KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS
New Song - HOWARD JONES
I Was Made for Lovin’ You - KISS
Just What I Needed - CARS
Atomic - BLONDIE
DNA - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
Somewhere In My Heart - AZTEC CAMERA
After the Love Has Gone - EARTH WIND & FIRE
Last Kiss - DAVID CASSIDY
Rosie - JOAN ARMATRADING
Rock the Casbah - CLASH
Echo Beach - MARTHA & THE MUFFINS
Hungry Like the Wolf - DURAN DURAN
Adult Education - HALL & OATES
Bad Habits - JENNY BURTON
Moi Lolita - ALIZEE
Physical - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
MainesMixx: Your Home of the 80s - North Carolina USA
6 - 7 am Monday. 320 kbps MP3 stream.
School’s Out - ALICE COOPER
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots) - PET SHOP BOYS
Our House - MADNESS
TNT - AC/DC
Take It Easy On Me - LITTLE RIVER BAND
Take Off - BOB & DOUG MCKENZIE
Me Myself & I - DE LA SOUL
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - TEARS FOR FEARS
Baby Come To Me - PATTI AUSTIN & JAMES INGRAM
Crumblin’ Down - JOHN MELLENCAMP
Addicted To Love - ROBERT PALMER
Angel - AEROSMITH
I Am By Your Side - COREY HART
Dancing With Myself - BILLY IDOL
Dream Police - CHEAP TRICK
Bed of Roses - BON JOVI
Boys of Summer - DON HENLEY
Morning Train (Nine to Five) - SHEENA EASTON
Too Late for Goodbyes - JULIAN LENNON
Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - TIMBUK3
Karma Chameleon - CULTURE CLUB
These three stations seem to be automated streams rather than ‘real’ terrestrial broadcasts, but may be of interest to compare with local eighties programming.
FM, DAB+, Satellite & Internet radio station. 320 kbps MP3 stream.
Monday (hour)
DORO - Love’s Gone To Hell
INXS - Suicide Blonde
GOOD CHARLOTTE - Life Changes
HOOTERS - All You Zombies
DARKNESS - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
BON JOVI - These Days
RAINBOW - Since You Been Gone
VAN HALEN - Right Now
EDDIE MONEY - Take Me Home Tonight
MARILYN MANSON - Tainted Love
SWEET - Love Is Like Oxygen
GENESIS - Jesus He Knows Me
ROLLING STONES - Angie (Live)
NICKELBACK - When We Stand Together
Tuesday (2 hours 15 minutes)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Creep
LEE AARON - Tom Boy
LIMP BIZKIT - Take A Look Around
JETHRO TULL - Locomotive Breath
AVANTASIA - Draconian Love
ALICE COOPER - Under My Wheels (Live)
KINGS OF LEON - Use Somebody
MARILYN MANSON - Beautiful People
ALIEN ANT FARM - Smooth Criminal
MGT - Knowing Me Knowing You
SWEET - Love Is Like Oxygen
SURVIVOR - Eye Of The Tiger
NEW ROSES - Thirsty
VOLBEAT - Marie Laveau
EDDIE MONEY - Two Tickets To Paradise
BILLY TALENT - Afraid Of Heights
FAITH NO MORE - Easy
BLACK SABBATH - War Pigs (Live)
NEW RADICALS - You Get What You Give
PAPA ROACH - Last Resort
BILLY IDOL - Flesh For Fantasy (Maxi version)
OFFSPRING - Self Esteem
WEEZER - California Kids
PATTI SMITH - Because The Night
ROLLING STONES - Start Me Up
SEMISONIC - Closing Time
BLINK 182 - Bored To Death
WHITE STRIPES - Seven Nation Army
DIRE STRAITS - Sultans Of Swing
PRIME CIRCLE - Ghosts
Alternative Channel, ELDORADIO - Kirchberg, Luxembourg.
This is a specialist alternative format digital radio station from ELDORADIO. This is a 256 kbps MP3 stream.
ELDORADIO (the main station) broadcasts on FM & cable networks in Luxembourg. The ELDORADIO demographic targeted is listeners aged 15-39 with a modern rock & pop format. (There seems to be no DAB+ services broadcasting from the country itself).
8-9 am Saturday:
AWOLNATION - Sail
TV ON THE RADIO - Happy Idiot
CHAPEL CLUB - Wordy
KT TUNSTALL - Saving My Face
FINK - Hard Believer
DAVID BOWIE - Let’s Dance
SOUNDGARDEN - Spoonman
THE VIEW - How Long
GREEN DAY - Last Of American Girls
RUBENS - My Gun
K’S CHOICE - Almost Happy
BENJAMIN BOOKER - Always Waiting
SOMEONE STILL LOVES BORIS YELTSIN - Modern Mystery
DANDY WARHOLS - Bohemian Like You
REPUBLICA - Ready To Go
10-11 pm Saturday:
POWDERFINGER - Not My Kinda Scene
FEIST - One Evening
SEBADOH - I Will
ELBOW - Charge
EMPHATIC - Put Down The Drink
ABE VIGODA - Throwing Shade
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Strapped For Cash
SUPERFOOD - Mood Bomb
REGINA SPEKTOR - All The Rowboats
BIFFY CLYRO - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Else Dies
BLACK HEART PROCESSION - Forget My Heart
COLD WAR KIDS - Louder Than Ever
LITTLE BOOTS - Stuck On Repeat
DOVES - Andalucia
RISE AGAINST - Wait For Me
JET - Black Hearts
Funhouse with Richard Kingsmill, Double J. Broadcast 8-10 pm each Friday.
Friday 17 June:
Bust A Move - YOUNG MC
Nightcall - KAVINSKY + LOVEFOXXX
Alone - CUSTARD
Miss You - ROLLING STONES
S-E-X-X-Y - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Da Funk - DAFT PUNK
Come And Save Me - JAGWAR MA
Ladyflash - GO! TEAM
Sweet '69 - BABES IN TOYLAND
Paranoid - BLACK SABBATH
I’m A Cuckoo - BELLE & SEBASTIAN
Little Fluffy Clouds - ORB
Low Rider - WAR
Effervescence - POLLYANNA
Jumping Someone Else’s Train - CURE
Groove Is In The Heart - DEEE-LITE
Paid In Full (Remix) - ERIC B. & RAKIM
Jewels and Bullets - YOU AM I
Dreams - CRANBERRIES
The Way - RECORD PRODUCER
16 Shells From A 30 Ought 6 - TOM WAITS
The Distance - CAKE
I Got Love - NATE DOGG
Bulletproof - LA ROUX
More Suicides Please - THOUGHT CRIMINALS
Eternally Yours - LAUGHING CLOWNS
Boogie Fever - SYLVERS
Road Rage - CATATONIA
Twisterella - RIDE
A Perfect Twist - MIKE PATTON
If the regular Double J playlist were more like that, I’d tune in more often. A good mix of old and new in that log; Catatonia’s “Road Rage” is particularly impressive.
Always interested to see which of our stuff gets played overseas. Pleasantly surprised to see the Rubens, Powderfinger & Jet found their way into two hours of programming from a Luxembourg station!
Retro 80s Channel, Sanctuary Radio – Denver, Colorado.
This is a specialist eighties format station with a 128 kbps MP3 stream. Three instant requests are permitted per hour via the website, with those in the automated library typically played within 10 minutes.
Sanctuary Radio is a non-profit, ad-free digital station funded by listeners, founded in 1995.
5:30 – 7:30 am Sunday:
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - Rush
SIMPLE MINDS - Waterfront
ENIGMA - Principles Of Lust (Everlasting Lust Mix)
CONTAGION - Scratch
KATE BUSH - Babooshka
PAUL HARDCASTLE - 19
MARTHA & THE MUFFINS - Echo Beach
YELLO - Oh Yeah
ICEHOUSE - Icehouse
HOWARD JONES - Like To Get To Know You Well (International Mix)
CURE - Why Can’t I Be You (Extended Mix)
REAL LIFE - Send Me An Angel (Oakenfold Remix)
B-52’s - Strobe Light
STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead To Rome
DAVID BOWIE - Ashes To Ashes
CARS - Hello Again (Remix Version)
TOM TOM CLUB - Suboceana (Dream Master Remix)
CAMOUFLAGE - That Smiling Face (German Band Version)
ALPHAVILLE - Forever Young (Special Dance Mix)
DEBBIE HARRY - In Love With Love
WIRE - Eardrum Buzz
CYNDI LAUPER - She Bop (Special Dance Mix)
FIXX - Sign Of Fire
BIG PIG - Breakaway (Popper Mix)
A-HA - Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Extended Version)
MAZZY STAR - Fade Into You
ENYA - Orinioco Flow
EMF - Unbelievable
Awesome song IMHO which deserves commercial airplay here (and did receive it back in the day). I must disclose that I have the CD single in the collection. Those cardboard sleeves are not very durable though!
