I’m sure that Nova 96.9 first went to number one in Sydney in survey 1 or 2 of 2002 (10+ overall).
Correct me if I’m wrong here.
I didn’t even realise Nova fm was around in 2002. I still remember when they had the Brisbane launch in 2005.
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No, 2Day was #1 in both of those surveys.
Nova 100 in Melbourne did went #1 in Survey 2 (as well as 3) of 2002.
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Nova in Sydney launched in 2001. Brisbane was the last to launch in 2005.
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Thanks for clarifying. It was Nova 100 that went to number one in 2002.
Nova 106.9 in Brisbane was so successful it went to a 16% share in their second survey. It was dominant for about 4 years, until the music was tweaked in 2009 when they dropped many of the 90s dance / r&b throwbacks to coincide with the launch of NovaNation on DAB.
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And now we have Mix 106.5…
Wednesday 5/11/2003
8AM
Dido - White Flag
Haddaway - What Is Love
Sixpence None The Richer
Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Smash Mouth - I’m A Believer
9AM
Faith Hill - Breathe
John Waite - Missing You
Matchbox 20 - Unwell
Paul Mac - Just The Thing
Tina Arena - Wasn’t It Good
Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight
Robbie Williams - Something Beautiful
John Farnham - Simple Life
Jewel - Stand
Gabrielle - Out Of Reach
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge
10AM
Candice Alley - Falling
D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Simply Red - Stars
Jennifer Lopez - Let’s Get Loud
Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest
The Rembrandt - Just The Way It Is, Baby
Leann Rimes - Life Goes On
Shania Twain - You’re Still The One
Matchbox 20 - Bright Lights
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
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As Requested, Triple M Sydney…
18 September, 2003
9AM
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Blind Melon - No Rain
Pearl Jam - Save You
Guns n Roses - November Rain
Visage - Fade To Grey
Live - The Dam At Otter Creek
INXS - What You Need
Bloodhound Gang - Fire, Water, Burn
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Powderfinger - On My Mind
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
10AM
Foo Fighters - This Is A Call
Pete Murray - Feeler
Sum 41 - In Too Deep
The Doors - LA Woman
Coldplay - God Put A Smile On Your Face
The Vines - Get Free
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Give It Away
Santana / Chat Kroegen - Why Don’t You And I
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Party)
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That Mix 106.5 log was from the days when they were positioning themselves as playing “Sydney’s Best Variety of the 80s, 90s & Now”, and was quite a good listen. Its music was sitting somewhere between 2Day & WS, in which it was not as heavy as the former and not as old as the latter.
In the ratings survey when that log took place (S8/2003), Mix was #3 FM behind 2Day & Nova, and was #2 FM (behind WS) in the 40-54s. The station also outrated 2MMM in the 25-39s.
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That’s impressive that Mix106.5 was achieving #3FM in Sydney with that playlist.
As for 2MMM, I think we can all agree the playlist hasn’t really shifted much since 2003 which is a shame.
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I wonder when Mix 106.5 revamped their music content because I remember starting to hear some more upbeat/modern songs from about 2008-09.
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Thanks for sharing. I think with TripleM the 9am hour would have had a theme as well (ie classic 9@9) The 10am hour was certainly more modern than the playlist today with artists like The Vines that don’t get played now.
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I’ve found a log from More FM
Auckland , from January 2002.
91.8 More FM Auckland - HotAC
Afternoon 1-4pm
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Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom Boom
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Alex Lloyd - Amazing
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Michelle Branch - Everywhere
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Enrique Iglesias - Hero (Remix)
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Groove Armada - My Friend
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Shaggy - Luv Me, Luv Me
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Nelly Furtado - *** On The Radio (Remember The Days)
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Alicia Keys - Fallin’
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Leah Haywood - Takin’ Back What’s Mine
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Sisqo - Thong Song (Remix)
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J-Lo - Play
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Five for Fighting - Superman (It’s Not Easy)
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U2 - Beautiful Day (Quincey & Sonance Mix)
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Stellar - Taken
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Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame
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Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand
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Nickelback - How You Remind Me
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Smashmouth - I’m A Believer
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Iio - Rapture
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Train - Drops of Jupiter
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Janet Jackson - Somebody to Call My Lover
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Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
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Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (Ringbang Remix)
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Anastacia - Paid My Dues
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Black Eyed Peas - Request Line
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Darren Hayes - Insatiable
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Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head
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Five - Rock The Party
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Creed - My Sacrifice
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Blue - Too Close
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Anika Moa - Youthful
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Gabrielle - Don’t Need The Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)
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Nurture - Did You Do It All For Love?
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Leanne Rhimes - Can’t Fight The Moonligjt
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Half of these songs they don’t play anymore even with their “High School Hits”. Just goes to show how stale the throwback selections are on Hot AC stations like this, and yes I’m specifically talking about Nova.
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avril lavigne wtf lol
Here is a log from ZM in January 2002.
91.0 ZM Auckland - CHR Top 40
Afternoon 1-4pm
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Sonique - It Feels So Good
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Stellar - Taken
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Groove Armada - My Friend
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Dido - Hunter
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Five for Fighting - Superman (It’s Not Easy)
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Pearl Jam - Better Man
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Destiny’s Child - Emotions
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Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand
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Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
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Alex Lloyd - Amazing
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Creed - With Arms Wide Open
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Nelly Furtado - **** On The Radio (Remember The Days)
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R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
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Iio - Rapture
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Staind - It’s Been a While
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Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass in the Place)
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J-Lo - I’m Real (Murder Remix)
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The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl
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LFO - Every Other Time
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Crazytown - Butterfly
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Incubus - Drive
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Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)
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Shaggy - Luv Me, Luv Me
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Usher - You Got it Bad
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Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
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OutKast - The Whole World
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Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head
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Basement Jaxx - Romeo
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Michelle Branch - Everywhere
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Nelly - Ride Wit Me
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Nickelback - How You Remind Me
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Che Fu - Random
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Sugar Ray - Every Morning
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Eve feat. Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind
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I took the liberty of comparing a week’s worth of songs of DAB & FM of some of the “Greatest Hits” stations across various networks to generate the following stats:
Time Period: 12am Sun 9 July to 12am Sun 16 July
Total number of songs played:
Smooth 80s 2,490
iHeart 80s 2,278
Easy 80s 2,198
Breeze 2,175
Smooth FM 2,153
MMM 80s 2,122
2EC 2,007
Gold104.3 1,830
WSFM 1,778
Absolute 80s (UK) 1597
Number of unique songs played
Breeze 1,741
2EC 829
iHeart 80s 786
Gold104.3 696
Absolute 80s (UK) 692
Smooth FM 691
Smooth 80s 661
WSFM 640
Easy 80s 447
MMM 80s 329
Most commonly played song on each station / number of times played
2EC
Anastacia - Left Outside Alone - 7 times
Absolute 80s UK
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero - 7 times
Bruce Hornsby / The Range - The Way It Is - 7 times
Breeze
Miley Cyrus - Flowers - 5 times
Easy 80s - all of these were played 10 times during the last week
Jenny Morris - She Has To Be Loved
Roxette - Dressed For Success
The B-52’s - Love Shack
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now
Toni Childs - Don’t Walk Away
U2 - All I Want Is You
Gold 104.3
Divinyls - Pleasure And Pain - 9 times
iHeart 80s (same log as WSFM, Gold 80s etc on DAB)
All of these were played 8 times each.
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Divinyls - Science Fiction
Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin’ On
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
MMM 80s
Skid Row - I Remember You- 21 times (the most of any station)
Alice Cooper - Poison - 20 times
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night - 19 times
Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - 18 times
David Bowie - Let’s Dance - 18 times
Dragon - Rain - 18 times
Europe - The Final Countdown - 18 times
Loverboy - Turn Me Loose - 18 times
The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way - 18 times
Smooth 80s
Cameo - Word Up! - 8 times
Smooth FM
Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed - 12 times
Luke Combs - Fast Car - 11 times
Jason Mraz - I’m Yours - 9 times
Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now - 9 times
WSFM
Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) - 7 times
They had 42 songs that were played 6 times each.
Notes
Forever Classic GNFM & XLFM both had songs missing in Lava - both only showed 1,050 total songs, but I’m sure it’s way higher than that as the only talk/sport program they have is Ray Hadley
Triple M metros and Triple M regionals
Lava doesn’t pick up songs during Luke Bona overnights and Rush Hour.
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Hey all, just another heads up to tune into the fresh mix dot come today from 17:00 hrs Australian Eastern Standard time. Todays programming will be coming live from our Wollongong studio’s from DJ Lion, He’ll be counting down a number of monthly charts from this month in 1975, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1997. Enjoy.
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Wow, that is an insanely sharp difference.
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MMM 80s is even worse.
Only 329 different songs out of 2,122 played.
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I mean, I really would remember Skid Row if they played them 21 TIMES in a single week 
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