Radio Stations - Music Logs

[Laoma]

Yeah it use to be a favourite song for them maybe in the early 2000s. .

I don’t listen to WS FM enough these days to me ;

John Farnham- That’s Freedom (request)
Black Sorrows- Never Let Me Go

Are “WS FM Songs”.

Not to say I don’t like the songs! They are great. I think great radio includes the flogged songs, mixed with lost classic songs, album tracks and also DJs are important to give snippets on the weather / traffic / jokes whatever. The great thing what I have heard with the old 2SM in the late 70s is if there was a major news event they could switch from music to a news stations in a matter of minutes at any time of the day. It wasn’t as “black & white” like it is today with music radio. Even though 2SM was repetitive , we may have joked on the imaginary past medispy forum in the 70s that is an “SM song” rather than a WS song. It would of been still a great station to listen to day and night; better than our commercial music stations today on AM or FM. It was a different era.

[dxnerd]

Yesterday’s log:

1900-2000

Cream- Swlabr

The Rolling Stones- She’s A Rainbow

Icehouse- Man Of Colours

REM- Nightswimming (request)

Dire Straits- Twisting By The Pool

Sherbet- Summer Love

Cars- Heartbeat City (Wolfie Powerplay)

Partland Brothers- Soul City

Eurogliders- City Of Soul

Jude Cole- Baby It’s Tonight

Southern Sons- Lead Me To Water

Hall & Oates- Head Above Water

2000-2100

Radiators- Room Full Of Diamonds

Radiators (USA)- Like Dreamers Do

CCR- Born On The Bayou

Manfred Mann- Blinded By The Light (request)

Bruce Springsteen- Blinded By The Light

Sports- Strangers On A Train (Mechie Powerplay)

Weird Al Yankovic- Another One Rides The Bus (Wrong Song)

Spacehog- In The Meantime

Go West- We Close Our Eyes (request)

Hunters & Collectors- Do You See What I See

Queen- One Vision

Jefferson Airplane- Rejoyce (request)

Pink Floyd- See Emily Play

[Petarkco]

@dxnerd

Weird Al Yankovic- Another One Rides The Bus (Wrong Song)

What exactly does Wrong Song mean here? Do you introduce it as Another One Bites the Dust?

[dxnerd]

@Petarkco

What exactly does Wrong Song mean here?

My name for a novelty track or awful song.

[Petarkco]

@dxnerd

My name for a novelty track or awful song.

Ohh, I thought it was a take on The Late Show’s bit where Mick was meant to book a musician but got the wrong person with a similar name.

Pete Smith Sings Dude Looks Like a Lady "The Late Show"

[Laoma]

David Hasselhoff - Jump In My Car (Video)

I don’t this counts as a wrong song ? Or it has be a parody? Depends if you think it is an awesome song. He has a few interesting songs.

CueStack feat. David Hasselhoff - Through the Night (Official Music Video)

[TheHomeOfMusic]

Triple M Melbourne Lockdown 200 (as voted by listeners) Top 5
#5. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
#4. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
#3. Alive - Pearl Jam
#2. Back in Black - AC/DC
#1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

[dxnerd]

Yesterday’s log:

1900-2000

J Geils Band- Love Stinks

Diesel- I Don’t Need Love

Psychedelic Furs- Heartbreak Beat

Pacific Gas & Electric- Are You Ready

The Power Station- Some Like It Hot

H Block X- The Power

Pugwash- Monorail

Knickerbockers- One Track Mind

The Sharp- Train Of Thought

Eddy Grant- Till I Can’t Take No More (Wolfie)

Stevie Wonder- Boogie On Reggae Woman

Marc Hunter- Island Nights

2000-2100

Effigy- Suspicion Bells

Eskimo Joe- Smoke

Jebediah- Fall Down

Elton John/Millie Jackson- Act Of War Part 1 (request)

Elton John/Jennifer Rush- Flames Of Paradise

Fastball- Fire Escape

Roachford- This Generation (Mechie)

Ray Columbus & The Invaders- She’s A Mod (request)

Ray Brown & The Whispers- Fool Fool Fool (request)

Go West- King Of Wishful Thinking (request)

XTC- King For A Day

Icehouse- The Kingdom

Joe Jackson- (Do The) Instant Mash

The Wiggles- Hot Potato (Wrong Song)

The Cockroaches- Some Kind Of Girl

Alan Parsons Project- The Gold Bug

[Laoma]

@dxnerd

The Cockroaches- Some Kind Of Girl

I like this track, had not heard it on radio for a while.

[TV-Expert]

@NDY

I don’t normally advocate for a ‘one-size fits all’ approach, but what have [WSFM] really got to fear from just taking the 104.3 log at this point? Not as repetitive and would maybe fit better with Jonesy & Amanda’s older-skewing breakfast show.

@Radioman19

I was looking enviously at the playlist of 96FM the other day. Yes, it’s still safe, but a heck of a lot more interesting than WS.

Let’s have a look at the more recent playlists between WS, Gold 104.3 & 96fm.

All of them took place on Friday 19th March 2021 at 10-11am on their respective local time zones.

101.7 WSFM - Sydney, NSW
“Better Music & More Of It”

Artist	Title
Lionel Richie	Dancing On The Ceiling
Pat Benatar	Love Is A Battlefield
The Cranberries	Linger
Dire Straits	Walk Of Life
John Lennon	Stand By Me
Jimmy Barnes	Working Class Man
Robbie Williams	Better Man
Bryan Adams	Run To You
Climie Fisher	Love Changes (Everything)
Genesis	I Can’t Dance
Billy Joel	Uptown Girl

Gold 104.3 - Melbourne, VIC
“Better Music & More Of It”

Artist	Title
Belinda Carlisle	Heaven Is A Place On Earth
The Police	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Corrs	Runaway
Glenn Frey	The Heat Is On
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Sweet Home Alabama
Prince	1999
Pink	Just Like A Pill
Icehouse	Hey Little Girl
Bruce Springsteen	Born In The U.S.A
Deborah Harry	I Want That Man
Hunters & Collectors	Holy Grail

96fm - Perth, WA
“Real Music”

Artist	Title
Australian Crawl	Reckless
AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Hunters & Collectors	Throw Your Arms Around Me
A-ha	Take On Me
Green Day	Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
INXS	New Sensation
The Beatles	Revolution
Hall & Oates	Out Of Touch
Bon Jovi	Something For The Pain
Van Morrison	Jackie Wilson Said

And for comparisons sake, particularly with WS & Gold 104.3, also taken during the aforementioned hour…

smoothfm 95.3
“Sydney’s Feel Good Station”

Artist	Title
Faith Hill	This Kiss
John Farnham	You’re The Voice
Carl Douglas	Kung Fu Fighting
Huey Lewis & The News	The Power Of Love
Robbie Williams	Rock DJ
Backstreet Boys	As Long As You Love Me
Nena	99 Red Balloons
No Mercy	Where Do You Go
Debarge	Rhythm Of The Night
The Love Affair	Everlasting Love
Billy Joel	The River Of Dreams
Justin Bieber	Love Yourself

[thesub1]

Not sure if it’s been done before but has anyone compared 96FM to Triple M Perth?

[Laoma]

Prob 96fm is probably my choice

[TV-Expert]

@Laoma

Prob 96fm is probably my choice

I agree. Perth also has the option of 6iX, which had this on that same hour below (note: not every song is recorded, but it should still give you an idea of a typical playlist for the station).

6iX - Perth, WA
“Forever Classic”
Friday 19th March 2021 - 11am-12pm AWST

Artist	Title
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi
Herman’s Hermits	I’m Into Something Good
Electric Light Orchestra	Don’t Bring Me Down
Chantoozies	Wanna Be Up
Blondie	In The Flesh
The Who	Who Are You
Simply Red	Something Got Me Started
Cat Stevens	Moon Shadow
Don McLean	American Pie
The Black Sorrows	Chained To The Wheel

And if you’re lucky enough to pick up the following station whilst in Perth…

91.7 The Wave - Mandurah, WA
“Feel Good Variety”
Friday 19th March 2021 - 11am-12pm AWST

Artist	Title
The Cars	You Might Think
Crowded House	It’s Only Natural
U2	I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
No Doubt	It’s My Life
Prince	Kiss
Elvis Costello / The Attractions	Oliver’s Army
Lisa Loeb	Stay (I Missed You)
Uncle Kracker	Smile
Tina Turner	Private Dancer
Simply Red	Fairground
Midnight Oil	Beds Are Burning
George Michael	Freedom! '90

[TV-Expert]

@thesub1

Not sure if it’s been done before but has anyone compared 96FM to Triple M Perth?

Yes, I have compared between the two (as well as with Nova & Mix 94.5) just after Triple M came on the air in Perth.

Radio Stations - Music Logs

With the changes that happened with two commercial FM stations in Perth today, let’s 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 "Rock’s 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 - Can’t Stop Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart The Killers - Cau…

[Brianc68]

@TV-Expert

@Laoma

Prob 96fm is probably my choice

I agree. Perth also has the option of 6iX, which had this on that same hour below (note: not every song is recorded, but it should still give you an idea of a typical playlist for the station).

6iX - Perth, WA
“Forever Classic”
Friday 19th March 2021 - 11am-12pm AWST

Artist	Title
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi
Herman’s Hermits	I’m Into Something Good
Electric Light Orchestra	Don’t Bring Me Down
Chantoozies	Wanna Be Up
Blondie	In The Flesh
The Who	Who Are You
Simply Red	Something Got Me Started
Cat Stevens	Moon Shadow
Don McLean	American Pie
The Black Sorrows	Chained To The Wheel

And if you’re lucky enough to pick up the following station whilst in Perth…

91.7 The Wave - Mandurah, WA
“Feel Good Variety”
Friday 19th March 2021 - 11am-12pm AWST

Artist	Title
The Cars	You Might Think
Crowded House	It’s Only Natural
U2	I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
No Doubt	It’s My Life
Prince	Kiss
Elvis Costello / The Attractions	Oliver’s Army
Lisa Loeb	Stay (I Missed You)
Uncle Kracker	Smile
Tina Turner	Private Dancer
Simply Red	Fairground
Midnight Oil	Beds Are Burning
George Michael	Freedom! '90

I’m constantly surprised 6iX doesn’t do better than it does.

[dxnerd]

@Brianc68

constantly surprised 6iX doesn’t do better than it does.

For the same reason that 2CA fails: Amplitude Modulation. Apparently 1080 kHz struggles a bit in Perth’s suburbs. They have got the translators on 105.7 though (Rockingham and Wanneroo) and of course DAB. 2CA only has the latter available.

4KQ is the exception to the rule of course. I don’t follow the Brisbane ratings at all but I assume it still does OK?

[SydneyCityTV]

@dxnerd

4KQ is the exception to the rule of course. I don’t follow the Brisbane ratings at all but I assume it still does OK?

With a 9% share during the most recent radio survey, I’d say that 4KQ rates alright in Brisbane. Ditto, Cruise 1323 in Adelaide who received 10.8% in Survey #1 2021.

Personally I wonder if those extra ARN resources may be another reason why 4KQ & Cruise still rate relatively highly in their respective markets compared to the lower ratings of Capital-owned 2CA & 6iX?

[Brianc68]

@dxnerd

@Brianc68

constantly surprised 6iX doesn’t do better than it does.

For the same reason that 2CA fails: Amplitude Modulation. Apparently 1080 kHz struggles a bit in Perth’s suburbs. They have got the translators on 105.7 though (Rockingham and Wanneroo) and of course DAB. 2CA only has the latter available.

4KQ is the exception to the rule of course. I don’t follow the Brisbane ratings at all but I assume it still does OK?

4KQ definitely still does well. A strong breakfast show also helps.

I would just think that with the help of the FM translators and DAB that 6iX should be doing as well as 4KQ and Cruise.

KQ and Cruise consistently rate 9 or 10% and 6iX is usually under 5%.

Also remembering there are now 2 AM music stations back in Brisbane too, with 4BH.

[TV-Expert]

Here’s a bit of a flashback.

Here are the playlists for WSFM & Smooth 95.3 from this day 5 years ago, courtesy of Lava.

101.7 WSFM - Sydney, NSW
"Pure Gold"
Thursday 7th April 2016 - 10am-1pm AEST

10am

“Brass In Pocket” The Pretenders
“Need You Tonight” INXS
“What A Fool Believes” Doobie Brothers
“Alive” Pearl Jam
“We Didn’t Start The Fire” Billy Joel
“Church Of The Poison Mind” Culture Club
“Every Breath You Take” The Police
“Department of Youth” Alice Cooper
“I Want You” Savage Garden
“Don’t Stop” Fleetwood Mac
“The Power of Love” Huey Lewis & The News
“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” Green Day
“Rock With You” Michael Jackson

11am

“Small Town” John Cougar Mellencamp
“True” Spandau Ballet
“Knowing Me, Knowing You” ABBA
“Two Princes” Spin Doctors
“Pour Some Sugar On Me” Def Leppard
“Here Comes The Rain Again” Eurythmics
“Run To You” Bryan Adams
“Killer Queen” Queen
“Breakout” Swing Out Sister
“Smooth” Santana / Rob Thomas
“Baker Street” Gerry Rafferty

12pm (“80s Lunch”)

“Born In The USA” Bruce Springsteen
“Over You” Roxy Music
“Toy Soldiers” Martika
“Change In Mood” Kids In The Kitchen
“Livin’ On A Prayer” Bon Jovi
“What You Get Is What You See” Tina Turner
“Never Tear Us Apart” INXS
“I’m Your Man” Wham!
“Rooms On Fire” Stevie Nicks
“Walls” Flowers

Smoothfm 95.3 - Sydney, NSW
"Your Easy Place To Relax"
Thursday 7th April 2016 - 10am-1pm AEST

10am

“You To Me Are Everything” The Real Thing
“At This Moment” Billy Vera
“My Life” Billy Joel
“She’s The One” Robbie Williams
“Sailing” Christopher Cross
“We Are Family” Sister Sledge
“Red Red Wine” UB40
“Together In Electric Dreams” Phil Oakey feat. Giorgio Moroder
“Vincent” Don McLean
“We’ve Got Tonight” Kenny Rogers / Sheena Easton
“Radio Ga Ga” Queen
“To The Moon & Back” Savage Garden

11am

“Back To Black” Amy Winehouse
“Lost In Love” Air Supply
“Walking In Memphis” Marc Cohn
“Mamma Mia” ABBA
“Listen To Your Heart” Roxette
“My Guy” Mary Wells
“Lovin’ Each Day” Ronan Keating
“If You Leave Me Now” Chicago
“Only You Can Love Me This Way” Keith Urban
“The Tide Is High” Blondie
“Take My Breath Away” Berlin

12pm

“Working My Way Back To You” The Spinners
“Black Velvet” Alannah Myles
“Imagine” John Lennon
“(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” Bill Medley / Jennifer Warnes
“Nightshift” The Commodores
“I Don’t Want To Talk About It” Rod Stewart
“Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” Culture Club
“Smile” Uncle Kracker
“Fire” The Pointer Sisters
“I Have Nothing” Whitney Houston
“Rich Girl” Hall & Oates

As you can see above, Smooth was sounding very different to what they’ve become today, and was musically very different from WS. Also, WS was playing plenty of unflogged 80s during their “80s Lunch”, as well as during their ‘all 80s’ weekends that they had back then.

[Brianc68]

Yes that shows how much Smooth has changed.