The Outfield has been given a regular airing on The Mechie Show, but not so much now as I do believe that the show is transitioning to a mostly progressive rock format.
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Really enjoyed the 1st hour, those Steve Winwood songs were great. I havenât listen to the 2nd hour yet. I am sure people would not keep running if they see you on streets of Braidwood. I donât mind a dash of 60s music.
How well does Braidwood FM get into Canberra? Can you get it on the coast? Which spot outside the licence area gets the best reception?
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First heard it them because Your Love was popular on YouTube before he died.
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1: Only on Mount Ainslie and Red Hill. Zero reception in most suburbs. It would be great to have coverage in Canberraâs suburbs but alas not to be.
2: Yes, comes in fairly well at certain spots on the coast like Huskisson and around Batemans Bay. Might make the most of the fine weather next week and go to Ulladulla to see how it fares there.
3: Coverage is quite good to the north; usable signal in Goulburn (actually better than Bungendore) and up to Penrose. Furthest north towards Sydney is probably the southern side of The Gib. On the coast, you can get it at Mount Pleasant Lookout above Gerringong. North of there itâs all Skid Row.
Thanks for the positive feedback; I am aiming to improve with each show. My announcing style is still a bit rough around the edgesâŚbut I aim to let the music do the talking 
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Happy Halloween! Smoothfm is playing these weird and unusual songs that you never heard for a long time.
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Iâd be impressed if they dug out Edgar Winter- Frankenstein! That Oingo Boingo song is a real surprise to hear on Australian radio, especially from Smooth.
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I donât know if this is a mistake or not but going by the follow log on Lava, it looks like Mix94.5 is taking the SCA Hit log between 12am to 5am weeknights.
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Thereâs been conversations over on the âTriple M Networkâ thread hinting that Mix 94.5 is realigning with the Hit Network, whilst Hit 92.9 will realign with the Triple M Network, therefore rebranding to Triple M.
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Noticed that a few months back. Think itâs a bug with the station going to networking overnight - weekend overnights seem to be fine?
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1300-1400
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT- I Robot
BLACK SABBATH- Paranoid
RUSH- Tom Swayer
WARRANT- Uncle Tomâs Cabin
TOM PETTY- Runninâ Down A Dream
CRUEL SEA- Takinâ All Day
FOGHAT- Slow Ride
GARY MOORE- Over The Hills & Far Away
LED ZEPPELIN- Gallows Pole
LED ZEPPELIN- Ramble On
LEONARD NIMOY- Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins (Wrong Song)
1400-1500
ROGER HODGSON- Had A Dream
SUPERTRAMP- Hide In Your Shell
MI SEX- Blue Day
GO BETWEENS- Cattle & Cane
JOHNNYS- Injun Joe
SPANDAU BALLET- Fight For Ourselves (Mechie PowerPlay)
HOODOO GURUS- Waking Up Tired
ELECTRIC HIPPIES- Greedy People
JOHN FOGERTY- Mr. Greed
GODFATHERS- Birth, School, Work, Death
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Todayâs log:
1300-1400
TOY DOLLS- Nellie The Elephant
CRUEL SEA- Black Stick
THE FAUVES- Surf City Limits
BUTTHOLE SURFERS- Pepper
MARTIN BRILEY- Salt In My Tears
NICK LOWE- So It Goes
RASPBERRIES- Go All The Way
DON HENLEY- Dirty Laundry (Wolfie PowerPlay)
DIESEL (NL)- Sausalito Summernight
URIAH HEEP- Easy Livinâ
NEW ROSES- Down By The River
TISM- (Heâll Never Be An) Old Man River
1400-1500
ROXETTE- Sleeping In My Car
RATCAT- Donât Go Now
HUMMINGBIRDS- Alimony
AUSTRALIAN CRAWL- Shut Down
LITTLE RIVER BAND- Shut Down, Turn Off
THEM- Here Comes The Night
WALLFLOWERS- The Difference (
Mechie P Mech
PowerPlay)
MICHAEL BOLTON- Foolâs Game
BARRY MANILOW- Some Kind Of Friend
VILLAGE PEOPLE- Big Mac
FAST FOOD ROCKERS- Fast Food Song (Wrong Song)
SOUTHERN SONS- Heart In Danger
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Yesterdayâs log:
1900-2000
Stevie Nicks- Edge Of Seventeen
Alice Cooper- Iâm Eighteen
Paul Hardcastle- 19
Screaming Jets- Eve Of Destruction
REM- Itâs The End Of The World As We Know It
Morrissey- Every Day Is Like Sunday
AC/DC- Jailbreak (Wolfie PowerPlay)
The Angels- Fashion And Fame
David Bowie- Fashion
David Bowie- Fame
Skyhooks- Balwyn Calling
Dave Warner- Suburban Boy
The Living End- West End Riot
2000-2100
NOFX- The Idiots Are Taking Over
Ramones- Cretin Hop
Paul Kelly- Dumb Things
Billy Idol- Shock To The System
The Church- Electric Lash
Electric Six- Danger! High Voltage!
AC/DC- Big Balls
Kiss- I Just Wanna
Benny Bell- Shaving Cream
Southern Sons- Waiting For That Train (Mechie PowerPlay)
George Thorogood- Get A Haircut
The Alarm- Devolution Working Man Blues
Uncanny X Men- Work
ZZ Top- Heard It On The X
Wall Of Voodoo- Mexican Radio
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With Triple M arriving in Perth from December 1, which will compete with 96fm, I thought Iâd look at how it compares with one another.
Letâs go with an assumption that Triple M Perth would take the same log as Brisbane & Adelaide, so letâs use that as a template.
104.5 Triple M - Brisbane, QLD
âRockâs Greatest Hitsâ
Wednesday 18th November 2020
11am-12pm AEST
âEarly Warningâ Baby Animals
âHeavenâ Bryan Adams
âBad Decisionsâ The Strokes
âFat Bottom Girlsâ Queen
âJust Like Fire Wouldâ The Saints
âBetterâ The Screaming Jets
âGoodbye Strangerâ Supertramp
âGold On The Ceilingâ The Black Keys
âThe Lady Donât Mindâ Talking Heads
âCome Back Before I Come Back To My Sensesâ Something For Kate
96fm - Perth, WA
âReal Musicâ
Wednesday 18th November 2020
11am-12pm AWST
âYou Give Love A Bad Nameâ Bon Jovi
âFollow You Follow Meâ Genesis
âKnockinâ On Heavenâs Doorâ Guns nâ Roses
âAnd She Wasâ Talking Heads
âOld Time Rock & Rollâ Bob Seger
âFrom The Seaâ Eskimo Joe
âA Good Heartâ Feargal Sharkey
âHello, I Love Youâ The Doors
âGirls On Filmâ Duran Duran
âDreamsâ The Cranberries
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A safe but alright playlist from 96. Better than the competition over at 94.5 Similar to Gold, really.
That Brisbane log is okay too. Not setting the world on fire, but its a good start. Nice too see them playing a new song (a pretty good new song too IMO - not my favourite, but has that good Something For Kate sound)
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Thatâs a strong competitor if Triple M Perth takes those logs.
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I agree with there with the above.
I would definitely have the Triple M playlist over the 96 playlist.
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Given the discussion over on the âGrant Broadcastersâ thread on how much crossover there is between the CHR/Hot AC & AC stations in a fair number of markets, I thought Iâd look at a market where its stations run a CHR/Hot AC log (albeit one that is on a different log to the others) & a âClassic Hitsâ log.
Here are what the Grant stations in the Shoalhaven & Southern Highlands region of NSW are sounding like.
94.9 Power FM
"The Shoalhaven & Highlandsâ Best Music"
Monday 23rd November 2020
2-3pm AEDT
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Miley Cyrus Feat. Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)
Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Britney Spears - âŚBaby One More Time
Ed Sheeran - Lego House
Marshmellow X Imanbek Feat. Usher - Too Much
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Pink / Cash Cash - Can We Pretend?
Jawsh 685 / Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed â Siren Beat)
Atomic Kitten - Whole Again
Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
2ST
"The Shoalhaven & Highlandsâ Greatest Hits"
Monday 23rd November 2020
2-3pm AEDT
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovinâ You
Extreme - More Than Words
U2 - Angel Of Harlem
John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
John Mellencamp - Rain On The Scarecrow
Alex Lloyd - Amazing
Dragon - Young Years
The Boomtown Rats - I Donât Like Mondays
Bon Jovi - Itâs My Life
Nik Kershaw - Wouldnât It Be Good
And for another pair of playlists, letâs look at how the SCA/ARN stations in Canberra are sounding at the moment.
Mix 106.3
"Feels Good"
Monday 23rd November 2020
2-3pm AEDT
Steve Winwood - Valerie
Dean Lewis - Be Alright
Taylor Dayne - Iâll Be Your Shelter
Heart - Alone
George Ezra - Blame It On Me
Queen - We Will Rock You
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
OneRepublic - Counting Stars
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Guy Sebastian -Love On Display
Hit 104.7
"Hits & Old School"
Monday 23rd November 2020
2-3pm AEDT
Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande - Rain On Me
Delta Goodrem - Think About You
Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Justin Bieber / Chance The Rapper - Holy
Shawn Mendes - Wonder
Tones And I - Fly Away
OneRepublic / Timbaland -Apologize
Topic / A7S - Breaking Me
Pras / Olâ Dirty Bastard / Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Tate McRae - You Broke Me First
Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull - I Like It
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Yesterdayâs log:
1900-2000
Frozen Ghost- Should I See
Neds Atomic Dustbin- Kill Your Television
Waikiki- New Technology
Rebeccaâs Empire- Empty
Veruca Salt- Seether
Seether- Fine Again
Artists United Against Apartheid- Sun City
Specials- Nelson Mandela
Babylon Zoo- Spaceman (Wolfie PowerPlay )
Scorpions- Wind Of Change
Peter Bjorn & John- Young Folks
Richie Sambora- Ballad Of Youth
2000-2100
Honeymoon Suite- New Girl Now
Roxus- Where Are You Now
Badloves- Lost
Wheatus- Leroy
Jim Croce- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
The Twilights- Bad Boy
The Knack- Good Girls Donât
Cobra Starship- Good Girls Go Bad
Shampoo- Trouble (Wrong Song)
James Reyne- House Of Cards [Mechie PowerPlay]
Gordon Lightfoot- The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Mountain- Nantucket Sleighride
Burning Sensations- Belly Of The Whale
Allniters- Montego Bay
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With the changes that happened with two commercial FM stations in Perth today, letâs have a look at how all of them are sounding at this point.
These were all taken at 11am-12pm AWST today (Tuesday 1st December 2020).
92.9 Triple M
"Rockâs Greatest Hits"
Birds Of Tokyo - Never Going Back
INXS - Kick
Green Day - When I Come Around
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Canât Stop
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
The Killers - Caution
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Faith No More - Epic
Van Halen - Dreams
The John Butler Trio - Zebra (acoustic)
Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Nova 93.7
"Fresh Hits & Throwbacks"
Marshmello / Imanbek / Usher - Too Much
Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
Doja Cat - Say So
Ariana Grande / Zedd - Break Free
Brando - Look Into My Eyes
Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky
Tones And I - Fly Away
Sia - Elastic Heart
Regard - Ride It
Guy Sebastian - Love On Display
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Topic / A7S - Breaking Me
Keith Urban / Pink - One Too Many
Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
Mix 94.5
"Hits You Love From Then To Now"
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing
Dido - Thank You
Eric Prydz - Call On Me
Ganggajang - Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)
Jonas Brothers - Sucker
Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One
Post Malone - Circles
Wham! - Freedom
Sheppard - Geronimo
Richard Marx - Hazard
David Guetta / Sia - Letâs Love
INXS - Mystify
96FM
"Real Music"
Cold Chisel - When The War Is Over
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Moving Pictures - What About Me
Blondie - Call Me
U2 - Beautiful Day
Toto - Rosanna
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
Rod Stewart - Tonightâs The Night
Boom Crash Opera - Dancing In The Storm
David Bowie - Letâs Dance
Thereâs also been some changes in Canberra, partly as a result of whatâs happening in Perth. The following playlists of the only two commercial FM stations in the Nationâs Capital took place at 1-2pm AEDT today.
Hit 104.7
"Hits & Old School"
Kelly Rowland - Work
Justin Bieber / Chance The Rapper - Holy
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Tones And I - Fly Away
Avicii - Hey Brother
Shawn Mendes - Wonder
The Pussycat Dolls - I Donât Need A Man
Sam Smith - Diamonds
Madasun - Donât You Worry
Brando - Look Into My Eyes
Jason Derulo - Trumpets
Ariana Grande - Positions
No Doubt - Itâs My Life
Saint Jhn / Imanbek - Roses (Remix)
Mix 106.3
"Feels Good"
Madonna - Vogue
Sam Smith - Diamonds
The Cranberries - Linger
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Icehouse - Electric Blue
Jawsh 685 / Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed â Siren Beat)
Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway
Sia - Together
Prince - When Doves Cry
Coldplay - Paradise
No Mercy - Where Do You Go
Shawn Mendes - Wonder
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Someone give me a playlist of Smooth 80s from Brisbane?
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