Agree. It’s odd considering that bands like that were such a staple of commercial FM during the 90s.
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Unfortunately so. Many commercial FM stations in the 90’s had too tight a playlist and didn’t play all the current chart hits.
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Given my recent comment in the latest metro radio ratings thread, I thought I’d analyse a typical hour of the Perth commercial music radio stations.
All of these took place at 1-2pm AWST on Monday 7th November 2022.
92.9 Triple M
“Perth’s Real Alternative”
“Hand In My Pocket” Alanis Morissette
“The Hard Road” Hilltop Hoods
“If You Could Only See” Tonic
“Pamela Aniston” Dune Rats
“New Sensation” INXS
“My Immortal” Evanescence
“Epic” Faith No More
“Hey Brother” Avicii
“Sex & Candy” Marcy Playground
“Bohemian Like You” The Dandy Warhols
“Patience” Guns N’ Roses
“The Anthem” Good Charlotte
“Only Happy When It Rains” Garbage
“We’re Going Home” Vance Joy
Nova 93.7
“Fresh Hits & Throwbacks”
“Celestial” Ed Sheeran
“Little Talks” Of Monsters & Men
“Sunroof” Nicky Youre / Dazy
“B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)” Eliza Rose / Interplanetary Criminal
“I Feel It Coming” The Weeknd / Daft Punk
“Clarity” Vance Joy
“Break Free” Ariana Grande / Zedd
“Following The Sun” SUPER-Hi / Neeka
“Cooped Up / Return Of The Mack” Post Malone, Mark Morrison & Sickick
“Raise Your Glass” Pink
“About Damn Time” Lizzo
“Dilemma” Nelly / Kelly Rowland
“Anti-Hero” Taylor Swift
“Heat Waves” Glass Animals
“I’m Good (Blue)” David Guetta / Bebe Rexha
Mix 94.5
“More Music, More Variety”
“The Best” Tina Turner
“Sunroof” Nicky Youre / Dazy
“Thank You” Dido
“Uptown Funk” Mark Ronson / Bruno Mars
“Gold” Spandau Ballet
“My Heart Goes (La Di Da)” Becky Hill / Topic
“Gives You Hell” The All American Rejects
“I Want It That Way” Backstreet Boys
“Late Night Talking” Harry Styles
“Shout” Tears For Fears
“Kiss Me More” Doja Cat / SZA
“Never Gonna Not Dance Again” Pink
“Centerfold” The J Geils Band
“Do It To It (Remix)” Acraze / Cherish
“Crush” Jennifer Paige
“Viva La Vida” Coldplay
96fm
“Real Music”
“True” Spandau Ballet
“Kiss This Thing Goodbye” Del Amitri
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” Kim Wilde
“The River” Bruce Springsteen
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” Green Day
“Superstition” Stevie Wonder
“Midnight Blue” Lou Gramm
“Lola” The Kinks
“A Good Heart” Feargal Sharkey
“Weather With You” Crowded House
6iX
“Forever Classic”
“December 1963 (Oh What A Night)” The Four Seasons
“Born In The USA” Bruce Springsteen
“Young Hearts Run Free” Candi Staton
“Delta Lady” Joe Cocker
“Neutron Dance” The Pointer Sisters
“Hit & Run” Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
“Suspicious Minds” Fine Young Cannibals
“Peaceful Easy Feeling” The Eagles
“Something Got Me Started” Simply Red
“Eagle Rock” Daddy Cool
“Is She Really Going Out With Him?” Joe Jackson
“Tainted Love” Soft Cell
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6IX has the best log followed by 96fm IMO.
Triple M is not bad.
For me, I would pick the Triple M log.
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Not loving that 6iX log.
Eagle Rock, Born in the USA, December 1963. Could there be any more flogged classic hits? They need to broaden and maybe soften a bit to differentiate themselves.
I can see why they don’t rate as well as 4BH or Cruise.
I like the Triple M and even the Mix log.
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What’s interesting to note is that 6iX carries the same log (with maybe 1 song being substituted for another) as that of its sister station 2CA in Canberra, which also doesn’t rate highly for an AM music station where there’s only two commercial FM stations.
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Let’s find out.
104.9 Triple M - Sydney, NSW
“Rock’s Greatest Hits”
Monday 7th November 2022 - 1-2pm AEDT
“You Give Love A Bad Name” Bon Jovi
“Fall At Your Feet” Crowded House
“Hungry Like The Wolf” Duran Duran
“Epic” Faith No More
“Sweet Home Alabama” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Power & The Passion” Midnight Oil
“Push” Matchbox 20
“Invisible Touch” Genesis
“Best Of You” Foo Fighters
“Hungry Heart” Bruce Springsteen
“More Than Words” Extreme
“Pleasure & Pain” Divinyls
104.7 Triple M - Adelaide, SA
“Good Times & Greatest Hits”
Monday 7th November 2022 - 1-2pm ACDT
“It’s My Life” Bon Jovi
“Ashes To Ashes” David Bowie
“This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” Fall Out Boy
“Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” Green Day
“And We Danced” The Hooters
“Angie” Rolling Stones
“Hey Jealousy” Gin Blossoms
“Sledgehammer” Peter Gabriel
“Mysterious Ways” U2
“Catalonia” Vance Joy
“Send Me An Angel” Real Life
“Nothing Else Matters” Metallica
104.5 Triple M - Brisbane, QLD
“Good Times & Greatest Hits”
Monday 7th November 2022 - 1-2pm AEST
“Don’t Change” INXS
“I Can’t Dance” Genesis
“The Look” Roxette
“Ita” Cold Chisel
“Behind Blue Eyes” Limp Bizkit
“The Power of Love” Huey Lewis & The News
“High Voltage” AC/DC
“Distant Sun” Crowded House
“Desire” U2
“Girls On Film” Duran Duran
“Californication” Red Hot Chili Peppers
“One Summer” Daryl Braithwaite
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Hmm… Nothing special from all 3.
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Another good comparison is the recent Oztober 300 countdown.
2MMM and 3MMM ran a separate countdown to the rest of the network with more rock skewing songs. Icehouse’s “Great Southern Land” was number one.
I believe the regionals and maybe 4MMM and 5MMM took the other countdown that had John Farnham’s “You’re The Voice” as number one.
In this list below I’ve omitted the songs that were common across both countdowns.
“Rock’s Greatest Hits” (2MMM/3MMM) Oztober 300 countdown:
| AC/DC | T.N.T. |
| AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
| AC/DC | Shoot To Thrill |
| AC/DC | Back In Black |
| AC/DC | Highway To Hell |
| Big Pig | Breakaway [Album] |
| Cold Chisel | My Baby |
| Cold Chisel | You Got Nothing I Want |
| Cold Chisel | Shipping Steel |
| Grinspoon | Chemical Heart |
| Hoodoo Gurus | Bittersweet |
| Hoodoo Gurus | I Want You Back |
| INXS | Devil Inside [Album] |
| INXS | Suicide Blonde |
| Jebediah | Leaving Home |
| Jet | Rollover DJ |
| Jimmy Barnes | Lay Down Your Guns |
| Jimmy Barnes | Let’s Make It Last All Night |
| Max Q | Way of the World [Single Mix] |
| Midnight Oil | Read About It |
| Midnight Oil | Kosciusko |
| Midnight Oil | When The Generals Talk |
| Midnight Oil | Short Memory |
| Noiseworks | Hot Chilli Woman |
| Painters and Dockers | Nude School |
| Pete Murray | Feeler |
| Powderfinger | Love Your Way |
| Powderfinger | D.A.F. |
| Powderfinger | Already Gone |
| Powderfinger | Passenger |
| Ratcat | That Ain’t Bad |
| Ratcat | Don’t Go Now |
| Regurgitator | Polyester Girl |
| Rose Tattoo | We Can’t Be Beaten |
| Silverchair | The Greatest View |
| Silverchair | Miss You Love |
| Silverchair | Ana’s Song (Open Fire) |
| Silverchair | Tomorrow |
| Something For Kate | Monsters |
| Something For Kate | Three Dimensions |
| Spiderbait | Black Betty |
| The Angels | Take A Long Line |
| The Angels | No Secrets |
| The Cruel Sea | Better Get A Lawyer |
| The Living End | White Noise |
| The Living End | All Torn Down |
| The Party Boys | He’s Gonna Step On You Again |
| The Saints | The Music Goes Round My Head |
| The Superjesus | Down Again |
| The Triffids | Wide Open Road |
| The Whitlams | Blow Up The Pokies (I Wish I…) |
| v.Spy v.Spy | Don’t Tear It Down |
“Good Times & Greatest Hits” (Triple M Regional) Oztober 300 countdown:
| Angry Anderson | Suddenly |
| Bachelor Girl | Buses And Trains |
| Big Pig | Breakaway |
| Birds Of Tokyo | Good Lord |
| CBD | Let’s Groove |
| Dean Lewis | Hurtless |
| Dean Lewis | 7 Minutes |
| Diesel | Never Miss Your Water |
| Dragon | Celebration |
| Eurogliders | We Will Together |
| Ian Moss | Telephone Booth |
| Icehouse | My Obsession |
| INXS | Devil Inside |
| James Reyne & James Blundell | Way Out West |
| John Farnham | Age Of Reason |
| John Farnham | That’s Freedom |
| John Farnham | Two Strong Hearts |
| John Farnham & Human Nature | Everytime You Cry |
| John Paul Young | Love Is In The Air |
| Kasey Chambers | Not Pretty Enough |
| Kate Ceberano | Bedroom Eyes |
| Kylie Minogue | On A Night Like This |
| Kylie Minogue | Spinning Around |
| Kyllie Minogue | Can’t Get You Out Of My Head |
| Leonardo’s Bride | Even When I’m Sleeping |
| Matt Corby | Resolution |
| Matt Corby | Brother |
| Mi-Sex | Blue Day |
| Mondo Rock | Summer Of '81 |
| Mondo Rock | Cool World |
| Morgan Evans | Day Drunk |
| Olivia Newton John | Physical |
| Peter Blakely | Crying In The Chapel |
| Powderfinger | Lost And Running |
| Real Life | Catch Me I’m Falling |
| Rick Price | Not A Day Goes By |
| Savage Garden | Break Me, Shake Me |
| Savage Garden | Affirmation |
| Savage Garden | I Want You |
| Savage Garden | Truly Madly Deeply |
| Savage Garden | To The Moon And Back |
| Sheppard | Geronimo |
| Sheppard | Coming Home |
| Southern Sons | Hold Me In Your Arms |
| Southern Sons | Heart In Danger |
| Taxiride | Get Set |
| The Black Sorrows | Hold Onto Me |
| Things Of Stone & Wood | Happy Birthday Helen |
| Thirsty Merc | Someday Someday |
| Vance Joy | Missing Piece |
| Youth group | Forever Young |
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Quite amazing this song still gets a lot of airplay given 1) it is over twelve months old and 2) it didn’t even chart in the ARIA top 50 (highest peak #100). Still love it personally though!
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All three Triple M logs are terrible! So mediocre. I’d rather listen to Rebel or Breeze or my iPod.
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A couple of station changers but Triple M seems reasonably listenable over there. That or 96fm for me. But given the options, I can see how anyone under 30 would end up on Nova - the other stations have literally vacated the field for those who prefer music from this millennium.
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Here’s a bit of a blast from the past, going back to just a little over 10 years ago.
The following playlists were done when I was over in Perth back in October 2012. In that time, 96fm was owned by Fairfax, the only metro commercial FM station owned by them, which meant that the station was almost practically an independently-owned station. It was one of the best rock stations in Australia IMHO, not far behind that of Rebel. Meanwhile, 6iX, and indeed pretty much every other “Forever Classic” stations, was a lot more adventurous than what it is now.
Anyway, here it is below.
96fm - Perth, WA
“Keep Real Music Alive”
Monday 22nd October 2012 - 11am-12pm AWST
“Blister In The Sun” Violent Femmes
“Madness” Muse
“Green Limousine” The Badloves
“Borders” Feeder
“Changes (Live)” David Bowie
“New York” Eskimo Joe
“Who Made Who” AC/DC
“Pumped Up Kicks” Foster The People
“I’ll Stand By You” The Pretenders
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Simple Minds
“Little Talks” Of Monsters & Men
6iX - Perth, WA
“Forever Classic”
Monday 22nd October 2012 - 11am-12pm AWST
“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” Kiss
“You Can Leave Your Hat On” Joe Cocker
“Doctor My Eyes” Jackson Browne
“Downtown” Petula Clark
“Rhiannon” Fleetwood Mac
“Spooky” Classics IV
“Lean On Me” Bill Withers
“I Love A Rainy Night” Eddie Rabbitt
“Marrakesh Express” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
“Listen To The Music” The Doobie Brothers
“Too Late For Goodbyes” Julian Lennon
“Girls On The Avenue” Richard Clapton
“My Guy” Mary Wells
“I Hear You Knockin’” Dave Edmunds
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Would 96FM’s current playlist really differ from that today?
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Another NYE, and another whip around the world. Got a question from this first log from across the ditch, how many of these songs would get onto a MMM Playlist?
THE ROCK
AUCKLAND 106.2FM
AD FREE SATURDAY NIGHT (not a specific NYE program as such)
TIMES APPROX NZDT PM
Joined in progress of Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
10:03: Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
10:07: Th’ Dudes - Drink Yourself More Bliss
10:12: Korn - Coming Undone
10:15: Pearl Jam - Corduroy
10:20: Nirvana - On A Plain
10:23: Kora - Carolina
10:26: INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (Until Hinkley gets sacked?)
10:29: Chevelle - The Red
10:33: Guns n Roses - You Could Be Mine
10:39: Aerosmith - Livin On The Edge
(Top Gun is on Channel 10, they’ve just told Maverick if he screws up he’s flying Rubber Dog Poo out of Hong Kong. Got nothing to do with this but it’s an iconic line)
10:45: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Eddie
10:51: Muse - Time Is Running Out
(Goose and Maverick start serenading Charlie with You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling at the bar)
10:55: Green Day - When I Come Around
10:58: POD - Boom
11:01: Black Sabbath - War Pigs
(Maverick Buzzes the Tower after supposedly taking down Jester)
11:09: The Checks - Take Me There
11:12: Arctic Monkeys - Arabella
11:15: Shihad - Comfort Me
11:18: AC/DC - Rock n Roll Train
11:22: Oasis - Supersonic
11:27: Royal Blood - Trouble’s Coming
11:30: Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
11:38: Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!
(Jester outwits Maverick)
11:43: Alice In Chains - No Excuses
(Goose starts playing Great Balls of Fire)
11:47: Theory of a Deadman - Dinosaur
11:51: Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
(Goose Dies)
11:55: Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
No fanfare to bring in the new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR NEW ZEALAND. First song of 2023 on the station was Distrubed - Down With The Sickness
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Poor form. I just played the quintessential Kiwi drinking song to ring in the NZ new year: ‘Bliss’ by Th’Dudes.
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Not bad, but I’d rather listen to MMM 2000s or MMM 80s.
Down to Tassie for the East Coast EDST time zone, no this isn’t sympathy for a lack of suitable footy ground…
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HOBART 101.7FM
FLASHBACK SATURDAY NIGHT (Again not really a sign it’s a specific NYE program, although I sense the word Flashback may be a loose term based on some of the playlist)
TIMES APPROX EDST PM
Joined in progress of Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor
10:04: D:ream - U R The Best Thing
10:07: Starsailor - Four to the Floor
10:12: Irene Cara - Flashdance (What a Feeling) (Won’t be shocked if other stations give this a whirl as a tribute to her passing)
10:16: DB Boulevard - Point of View
10:19: Planet Funk - Chase The Sun (For those wondering, the darts is at the 1/4 final stage, new champion guaranteed after Peter Wright lost in the round of 32)
10:23: Mousse T vs Dandy Warhols - Horny As A Dandy 
(Ice and Slider are sent for the big mission, Maverick will join the fray shortly)
10:26: Eric Prydz - Call On Me
( 
AD BREAK: Breakfast show promo, Sleepy’s, Harcourt’s Real Estate, Tasmanian Home Brew Supplies)
10:31: Thicke - When I Get You Alone
(Migs bug out as Maverick finds his mojo again, then buzzes the tower)
10:35: Will Smith - Men In Black
(Iceman “You! You are Still Dangerous…You Can Be My Wingman anytime” Maverick “Bulls**t”)
10:39: Bodyrockers - I Like The Way You Move
(I thought about being an Instructor SIR…TOP GUN? God Help Us)
10:42: Madonna - Express Yourself
(Ocean’s 8 is starting, might actually chromecast this to help with earphone battery life)
10:46: Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk With My Heart
10:51: Pandora - A Little Bit
10:54: Daft Punk - Get Lucky
(AD BREAK: Secret Sound promo, Bike/Scooter shop, tourism promo)
11:00: Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
11:04: Armand Van Delden feat Spalding Rockwell - Hear My Name
11:08: Shania Twain - Man I Feel Like A Woman
11:12: Ian Carey Project - Get Shaky
11:15: The Potbelleez - Don’t Hold Back
11:18: KISS - I Was Made For Lovin You (Personal Note: This song was what my Aunt and Uncle entered their wedding reception to in Ivanhoe, still married after 4 kids and 25 years)
11:22: Freestylers - Push Up
11:26: East 17 - House of Love
(Station Promo, Sleepys, Real Estate ad, Mechanic ad)
11:33: Bob Sinclair & Cutee B ft Dollarman & Big A - Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) ( 
I think I got them all in there)
11:37: S Club 7 - Don’t Stop Movin
11:41: A-Ha - Take On Me
11:45: Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor
(AD BREAK: Marine Outlet,red square Glenorchy, pest control, Hobart City Mission)
11:50: Euphoria - Love You Right
11:54: Mark Ronson (feat Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk
Interrupted at 11:55 with a recap of 2022, first sign of NYE (includes Rhianna becomes a mum, Netflix releases Markle series, Musk buys Twitter, Top Gun Maverick tops Box Office, Oscar Jokes, Kanye splits with label, Queen’s Death, Warney’s Death, Ukraine conflict, tennis retirements, election result, Grammy Awards, FIFA World Cup)
Happy New Year Tasmania, Victoria, ACT and New South Wales. First song played in 2023: U2 - New Year’s Day 
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Triple J
Last song of 2022, Shooting Star - Bag Raiders
First song of 2023, B.O.T.A, Baddest of Them All- Eliza Rose
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