If everything goes right tonight, will be doing a leed lemonade top 20 from this week in October 1995 on Sydney’s 2OO FM 98.5 after Midnight.
Inspired by this following post…
…I thought I’d take a look at how Star 104.5 down on the Central Coast is sounding at the moment for comparison, covering the same time period as the aforementioned New FM log.
Star 104.5 - Central Coast, NSW
“More Music Variety”
Thursday 10th October 2024 - 9-10:15am AEDT
9am
“Love Don’t Cost A Thing” Jennifer Lopez
“Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan
“Don’t Start Now” Dua Lipa
“Gangsta’s Paradise” Coolio
“I Can Do With A Broken Heart” Taylor Swift
“Wherever You Will Go” The Calling
“Girls” The Kid Laroi
“Overpass Graffiti” Ed Sheeran
“Truly Madly Deeply” Savage Garden
“As It Was” Harry Styles
“Memories” David Guetta / Kid Cudi
“It’s OK I’m OK” Tate McRae
10am
“Rush” Troye Sivan
“Dirrty” Christina Aguilera
“Taste” Sabrina Carpenter
“Uptown Funk” Mark Ronson / Bruno Mars
10:15am
As you can see above, Star is very pop-based, even moreso than New, with hardly a rock track on there (the only closest one being “Wherever You Will Go”).
I would not call the regional Triple M Rock. They play a bland / overplayed mix of pop and rock.
Given the discussion over in the “Regional Radio Ratings” thread following the release of this year’s Townsville radio ratings in regards to Power 100 (which went up 3.0 from last year’s survey to 3rd place behind Triple M & Hit), I thought I’d take a look at their log, which was taken this morning.
Power 100 - Townsville, QLD
“Better Music & More Of It”
Wednesday 30th October 2024 - 9am-12pm AEST
9am
“Dammit (Growing Up)” Blink 182
“Rollover DJ” Jet
“Are You Gonna Go My Way” Lenny Kravitz
“Mud” Dorothy
“Shimmer” Fuel
“Lips Of An Angel” Hinder
“What I’ve Done” Linkin Park
“The Globe” Big Audio Dynamite
“No Second Prize” Jimmy Barnes
“Californication” Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Smooth” Santana feat. Rob Thomas
“Don’t Stop Believin’” Journey
10am
“The Kill” Thirty Seconds To Mars
“Dreams” The Cranberries
“Can You See Me In The Dark” Halestorm & I Prevail
“God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll To You II” Kiss
“Summer Of '69” Bryan Adams
“It’s My Life” Bon Jovi
“Learn To Fly” Foo Fighters
“Mrs Robinson” The Lemonheads
“Money” Pink Floyd
“Cold Hard Bitch” Jet
“Nice Guys Finish Last” Green Day
11am
“Turn The Page” Metallica
“Joker & The Thief” Wolfmother
“The World I Know” Collective Soul
“Wreckage” Pearl Jam
“Janie’s Got A Gun” Aerosmith
“One Week” Barenaked Ladies
“Miss Murder” AFI
“These Days” Powderfinger
“Love Rollercoaster” Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison
“Original Prankster” The Offspring
Personally, if I’m up in that part of the world, Power 100 would be my #1 choice.
Two Jet songs in two hours is concerning, but that’s not a bad playlist.
Any Jet song is concerning
But overall a good list.
Had a horrible experience last year where I was at the Forum in Melbourne and there was nothing but Jet songs all night.
Suppose that’s what you get for buying tickets to a Jet show…
Summer of ‘69 is the biggest clanger in that list. It’s one of those songs that infects just about every station. Voted #1 most annoying song in my MediaSpy 5 by request some years back, and for good reason.
I don’t like that other Canadian staple from the Barenaked Ladies, either. ‘It’s All Been Done’ isn’t bad, though.
Townsville has awful weather but it at least has a rock station. I’ll stick to the cooler climes of Guyra and aim north with the Yagi for Rebel Tenterfield, though.