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.
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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”).
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I would not call the regional Triple M Rock. They play a bland / overplayed mix of pop and rock.
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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. 
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Two Jet songs in two hours is concerning, but that’s not a bad playlist.
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Any Jet song is concerning 
But overall a good list.
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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…
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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.
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Power 100 is my first choice of station to listen to when I’m up there,Karina the weekday morning announcer really likes her rock music too,she’s a legend 
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Given the impending relaunch/repositioning of the Gold Network, which includes rebranding WS in Sydney to Gold, as well as skewing the stations more towards the 25-54s, I thought I’d take a look at how WS & Gold 104.3 are sounding at the moment.
101.7 WSFM (soon to be Gold 101.7) - Sydney, NSW
“Better Music & More Of It”
Monday 2nd December 2024 - 9am-12pm AEDT
9am
“She Drives Me Crazy” Fine Young Cannibals
“Wind Of Change” Scorpions
“Little Lies” Fleetwood Mac
“Call Me” Blondie
“All Of Me” John Legend
“All I Need Is A Miracle” Mike & The Mechanics
“September” Earth, Wind & Fire
“Sad Songs (Say So Much)” Elton John
“Mr Jones” Counting Crows
“Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” U2
“Simply Irresistible” Robert Palmer
10am
“Dancing In The Dark” Bruce Springsteen
“She’s Like The Wind” Patrick Swayze
“Hot n Cold” Katy Perry
“How Will I Know” Whitney Houston
“Piano Man” Billy Joel
“The Boys Of Summer” Don Henley
“The Sign” Ace Of Base
“Walk This Way” Aerosmith / Run D.M.C.
“Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” Kylie Minogue
“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” John Cougar Mellencamp
“What’s Love Got To Do With It” Tina Turner
“Scar Tissue” Red Hot Chili Peppers
11am
“Beat It” Michael Jackson
“Bed Of Roses” Bon Jovi
“You Can Call Me Al” Paul Simon
“I’m Still Standing” Elton John
“Need You Know” Lady Antebellum
“Two Strong Hearts” John Farnham
“Superstition” Stevie Wonder
“Time After Time” Cyndi Lauper
“Run Rudolph Run” Bryan Adams
“In Too Deep” Genesis
“There’s Always Something There To Remind Me” Naked Eyes
Gold 104.3 - Melbourne, VIC
“Better Music & More Of It”
Monday 2nd December 2024 - 9am-12pm AEDT
9am
“You’re The Voice” John Farnham
“Boys In Town” Divinyls
“Superstar” Jamelia
“We Didn’t Start The Fire” Billy Joel
“Choirgirl” Cold Chisel
“If You Could Only See” Tonic
“Dancing On The Ceiling” Lionel Richie
“Edge Of Seventeen” Stevie Nicks
“Somebody Told Me” The Killers
“Another Day In Paradise” Phil Collins
“You Oughta Know” Alanis Morissette
“Jump (For My Love)” The Pointer Sisters
“(I Just) Died In Your Arms” Cutting Crew
10am
“Break My Stride” Matthew Wilder
“November Rain” Guns N’ Roses
“Higher Love” Steve Winwood
“Livin’ On A Prayer” Bon Jovi
“Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)” Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor
“Jump” Van Halen
“Something So Strong” Crowded House
“King Of Wishful Thinking” Go West
“Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)” Gangajang
“Every Breath You Take” The Police
11am
“Electric Blue” Icehouse
“Raspberry Beret” Prince & The Revolution
“Higher” Creed
“Never Tear Us Apart” INXS
“Nutbush City Limits” Ike & Tina Turner
“The Sign” Ace Of Base
“Everybody Wants To Rule The World” Tears For Fears
“Hungry Eyes” Eric Carmen
“Only Girl (In The World)” Rihanna
“The Boys Of Summer” Don Henley
“The Horses” Daryl Braithwaite
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Not really a great deal of difference really. I still think they could drop in a few newer songs and a few more 70s tracks.
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How long have Wuss and Mold been playing the likes of Rihanna and Katy Perry? I know that stuff is 15 or more years old, but that still feels alien to me!
(It’s the equivalent of playing an early 80s hit in the mid to late 90s. I’m just getting old).
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Playlist got an overhaul earlier this year.
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New Year’s Eve yet again, and as usual we go around the place to see what’s on the playlists. First up we go across the ditch
THE BREEZE
93.4 FM AUCKLAND
NEW YEARS EVE
LONG SUMMER NIGHTS
APPROX TIMES NZDT PM
Join during Pink (feat. Willow Sage Hart)- Cover Me In Sunshine (some may suggest that belongs in songs lost to radio)
10:05: Elton John - Crocodile Rock
10:09: Soft Cell - Tainted Love
10:12: Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
10:16: Tina Turner - What’s Love Got To Do With It
10:20: Post Malone feat Blake Shelton - Pour Me A Drink (expect this to be the next Country song to be integrated and flogged on the HIT Network)
10:23: Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
10:26: Stevie Nicks - Rooms On Fire
Station promos and ad break
10:33: The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
10:36: David Bowie - China Girl
10: 40: Go West - King of Wishful Thinking
10:44: Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
10:49: Dionne and Friends - That’s What Friends Are For
10:53: Bob Seger - Nightmoves
Ad Break
11:00: M-People - Movin On Up
11:03: Europe - The Final Countdown (rather early to be playing this song…)
11:07: Cyril - Stumblin’ In 
11:11: Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music
11:14: Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
11:18: Billy Joel - The River of Dreams
11:22: Queen - Radio Ga Ga
11:26: Six60 - All She Wrote
11:29: Wham - Club Tropicana (well they now have to play something else from their catalogue for the next 11 months I suppose)
11:33: Madness - It Must Be Love
11:36: Bryan Ferry - Jealous Guy
11:41: The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
11:44: ABBA - Mamma Mia
11:48: Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
11:51: Savage Garden - To The Moon and Back
11:55: Icehouse - Great Southern Land
COUNTDOWN, HAPPY NEW YEAR NZ (Full playing of Auld Lang Syne)
First song of 2025…Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
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Interesting, seems to be only one Kiwi song on that list. Oh yeah and ‘Pour Me A Drink’, I think that might have already been and gone…
104.9 Sunshine FM
10.18 Run Runaway - Slade (great sing along song!)
10.15 Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
10.12 (Touch Me) All Night Long - Cathy Dennis
10.09 Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
10.06 Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Picket
10.03 Don’t You Want Me - Human League
10PM Let’s Work Together - Canned Heat (the precursor to Roxy Music’s Let’s stick together)
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Ahhhh yes. The Breeze does love Cover Me in Dogshit. It gets played every three hours.
I hope so, half of them are simply roll the eyes back type songs
Anyway, onto the next one
SMOOTH FM 91.5 MELBOURNE
NEW YEAR’S EVE OLD SCHOOL DISCO (you’ll find this is probably a stretch at best, seems semi-modern at best as we shall see)
APPROX TIMES AEDT
Join during Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
10:06: Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (if that’s “Old School” then I’m Bill Lawry)
10:09: A-Ha - Take On Me
10:13: Rozalla - Everybody’s Free
10:16: Patti LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
10:20: Womack & Womack - Teardrops
10:24: Lou Bega - Mambo No 5
10:27: The Weathergirls - It’s Raining Men 
10:32: Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation
10:35: Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are
10:39: Lipps Inc - Funkytown
10:43: Five - Keep On Movin
10:46: Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car
10:50: Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross - The Best Things In Life Are Free
10:54: Urban Cookie Collective - The Key The Secret
10:57: Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11:00: Glen Frey - The Heat is On
11:04: Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (if this is old school…well you get the point)
11:08: Chaka Khan & Rufus - Ain’t Nobody
11:11: David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
11:15: George Michael - Faith
11:18: Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
11:21: Sister Sledge - We Are Family
11:24: Cher - Believe 
11:27: Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
11:31: Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling
11:35: Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
11:39: Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor
11:42: Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
11:46: Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
11:51: Earth Wind and Fire - September
11:54: Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around
11:57: ABBA - Dancing Queen
No countdown or fanfare, HAPPY NEW YEAR VIC/NSW/TAS/ACT
First song of 2025: Kool and the Gang - Celebration 
WS and MMM both doing U2 New Years Day as first song for 2025.
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And both followed up with “Celebration” - Dragon
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