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Hi Bianca, would there be a way to see the playlist from 4ak if possible

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Who are you asking?

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807

I’m just asking in general if there I’d a playlist for the 4ak 1242 Toowoomba

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808

Oh, I was just confused cause I wasn’t aware of a Bianca here.

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Sorry I don’t have a playlist for 4AK.

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Ohhhh Brian! Okay now I see. I was wondering who Bianca was.

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811

Me too :slight_smile:

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812

Female MediaSpy members are a rare breed after all!

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Hey gang,
Just wondering if anyone has any logs from the Regional Hit stations (known as Star/Sea/Hot FM back then) for 2007-14 ish.
Would be awesome if you could get any from the old mediaspy page as well (because we can’t access that).
If anyone does it be much appreciated :slight_smile:

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Here’s one I found from another forum that I (and a few others here) once frequented back in the day. Here are the playlists of the Hobart commercial stations from back in February 2008, including Sea FM. In those days, Sea FM & Heart 107.3 were owned by Macquarie Southern Cross Media (MSCM), whilst 7HO was (& still is) owned by Grant Broadcasters.

100.9 Sea FM - Hobart, TAS
Friday 15th February 2008 - 1-2pm AEDT

“Untouched” The Veronicas
“20 Good Reasons” Thirsty Merc
“American Idiot” Green Day
“Nobody Sees” Powderfinger
“Teenagers” My Chemical Romance
“All Star” Smash Mouth
“Clumsy” Fergie
“Mr Brightside” The Killers
“Pictures of You” The Last Goodnight
“It Wasn’t Me” Shaggy
“Times Like These” Foo Fighters
“Drops of Jupiter” Train

101.7 7HO FM - Hobart, TAS
Friday 15th February 2008 - 1-2pm AEDT

“I Want To Come Over” Melissa Etheridge
“Untouched” The Veronicas
“Dance Hall Days” Wang Chung
“Far Away” Nickelback
“Love to Love You” The Corrs
“Hot Stuff” Craig David (a then-recent hit which sampled “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie)
“Won’t Go Home Without You” Maroon 5
“Take My Breath Away” Berlin
“Your Body Is A Wonderland” John Mayer
“Back For Good” Take That

Heart 107.3 - Hobart, TAS
Friday 15th February 2008 - 1-2pm AEDT

“Livin’ On A Prayer” Bon Jovi
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” Graham Bonnet
“In This Life” Delta Goodrem
“White Wedding” Billy Idol
“Somebody’s Crying” Chris Isaak
“Lido Shuffle” Boz Scaggs
“Happy Ending” Mika
“Life In The Fast Lane” The Eagles
“King of Wishful Thinking” Go West
“Summer In The City” Lovin’ Spoonful
“Wisemen” James Blunt
“Another One Bites The Dust” Queen

Hobart commercial radio was certainly a bit more interesting than what it is now, where you now have both Hit & Triple M having its music logs sourced from the mainland, whilst 7HO has become a bit more of a “Today’s Best Music”-type station.

In 2008, Hobart had the best commercial radio stations in Tassie music-wise, but these days, that honour, at least on FM, would arguably go to the north of the state courtesy of LAFM/7SD & Chilli in Launceston/North East, as well as 7AD/7BU & Sea FM (which now carries the same log as 7HO) in the North West.

Back in the mainland at around the same time period, here’s a couple from the Central Coast of NSW, covering Star 104.5 when it was a rock station, as well as 2GO. Sorry that I don’t have a log of 101.3 Sea FM from that time, but with these two below, it’s still better than nothing. :slight_smile:

Back then, Star 104.5 was owned by DMG (now Nova Entertainment), whilst 2GO & Sea FM were owned by MSCM.

Star 104.5 - Central Coast, NSW
"Plays Rock Stars"
Monday 18th February 2008 - 10-11am AEDT

“Heartache Tonight” The Eagles
“I Never Liked You” Rogue Traders
“Something So Strong” Crowded House
“The Impression That I Get” The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
“Old Man” Neil Young
“Opinions Won’t Keep You Warm At Night” Kisschasy
“Don’t Change” INXS
“The Hardest Part” Coldplay
“Break On Through (To The Other Side)” The Doors
“With Or Without You” U2
“Won’t Go Home Without You” Maroon 5
“Glory Days” Bruce Springsteen
“The Joker & The Thief” Wolfmother

107.7 2GO - Central Coast, NSW
"70s to Now & Everything In Between"
Monday 18th February 2008 - 10-11am AEDT

“Pink Houses” John Cougar Mellencamp
“Hey There Delilah” Plain White T’s
“Reelin’ In The Years” Steely Dan
“All I Wanna Do” Sheryl Crow
“Talking In Your Sleep” The Romantics
“Steer” Missy Higgins
“You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth” Meatloaf
“Jump” Van Halen
“Pictures Of You” The Last Goodnight
“Rocket Man” Elton John
“Need You Tonight” INXS
“Photograph” Nickelback

Local commercial radio on the Central Coast was certainly much better back then, and also sounded more local too. These days, they’re nothing to write home about, at least musically, with Star & Hit 101.3 now sounding quite similar to one another.

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I spent some time listening to 4AM in Mareeba / Atherton online this morning.
Thought I would note what was played from around 9:45am to 11am

Genesis - In Too Deep
Delta Goodrem - Solid Gold
Disco Montego - Beautiful
Charlie Rich - Very Special Love Song
Beach Boys - God Only Knows

10am
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
Sara Keys - Picture Of You
R5 - All Night
Lynne Hamilton - On The Inside (Prisoner Theme)
Razor Light - America
Ganggajang - Sounds Of Then
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Anna Waters - Every Need
DB Boulevard - Point Of View
Paul Davis - Do Right
Gin Wigmore - Too Late For Lovers
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Someone

One of the more eclectic music mixes I have heard in recent times (especially for a commercial station).
What do you think?
Admittedly, I had to use Shazam to get the title of some of the songs, although they were all back announced afterwards.
It’s very hard to figure out the target audience - seems like they are aiming to please everyone.
Do HIT broadcast locally into the area, or are they on relay from Cairns?

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The Atherton Tablelands does have its own Hit station on 97.9.

Also, 4AM does have a good signal into Cairns, coming in almost as clearly as a local, providing a decent alternative to 4CA, Star, MMM & Hit.

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Listening to 4AM (and 4KZ) is a bit of a time warp. As you say, they are ‘all things to all people’ and air a fair bit of local content, even if a lot of it is voice tracked. I much prefer listening to these stations than the generic Triple M/BOG outlets.

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Wow, I remember that. I would have only been about 10 at the time of that Star log, and I listened to it religiously. It introduced me to some great music.

By contrast, here is an example of Star’s current AC format. It’s still the best commercial station on the Coast IMO, but it sounds radically different.

Star 104.5
“More Music Variety”
14th August 2021 - 10-11am

Date Time Artist Title Duration Year
2021-08-14 10:01:17 AEST Taio Cruz Dynamite 3m 23s 2010
2021-08-14 10:04:37 AEST The Human League Don’t You Want Me 3m 57s 1981
2021-08-14 10:08:18 AEST Tones & I Cloudy Day 3m 5s 2021
2021-08-14 10:11:20 AEST Backstreet Boys As Long As You Love Me 3m 41s 1997
2021-08-14 10:15:20 AEST Sia Chandelier 3m 36s 2014
2021-08-14 10:22:03 AEST Michael Jackson P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 3m 59s 1982
2021-08-14 10:26:04 AEST Dua Lipa Levitating 3m 24s 2020
2021-08-14 10:29:22 AEST Spiller / Sophie Ellis-Bextor Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 4m 0s 2000
2021-08-14 10:33:02 AEST Alessia Cara Scars To Your Beautiful 3m 50s 2015
2021-08-14 10:36:44 AEST Pat Benatar Hit Me With Your Best Shot 2m 51s 1980
2021-08-14 10:43:05 AEST Jolyon Petch Dreams 3m 19s 2021
2021-08-14 10:46:06 AEST LeAnn Rimes Can’t Fight the Moonlight 3m 36s 2000
2021-08-14 10:50:12 AEST The Weeknd Blinding Lights 3m 22s 2019
2021-08-14 10:52:52 AEST Deniece Williams Let’s Hear It For The Boy 4m 22s 1984
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Not too bad.

But I always roll my eyes when a station plays ‘Hit me with your best shot’ by Pat. She has so, SO many other fantastic songs… She’s chronically ignored by Australian radio. Not so in North America where you’ll always hear a much broader range of her music.

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Don’t worry, they play “Love is a Battlefield” into the ground as well :rofl:

I similarly get annoyed because “Don’t You Want Me” is the only Human League song you ever hear - never “Mirror Man”, “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”, “Love Action”, “Human”, etc.

But then again, this is by design. One of Star’s latest slogans is “Songs that you know from the very first note”.

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as well as “We Belong” and “All Fired Up”

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I’m one😊

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Like “Fire and Ice” and “Invincible “ never hear those songs

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You do on The Billy Bob Show! And would go great on a drive show too, say on Friday :slight_smile:

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