I haven’t heard this on radio (outside of Braidwood FM) for a long time. A very underrated song.
Motor City is one of my favourites from the 90s as well.
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Thanks Daniel! I need to keep in mind the hot tomato version too. I got one radio in a spot that gets 2st 102.9. Don’t know why Wsfm can’t take the countdown too.
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Probably due to the difference between Metro and Regional, someone did contact ARN about it a while back about it and the result was no.
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Yes, that might have been me… I emailed them and got a reply from Mike Byrne (then content director I think) and the explanation was the “different market forces” were the reason as to why Sydney didn’t get the Retro 20/20 (or something similar) on WS/Gold.
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Thanks for trying @Radiohead .
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Star 104.5 log from last Sunday (2/11/25) 
13:00:00
| Black Eyed Peas | Pump It (radio Edit) |
|---|---|
| Benson Boone | Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else |
| Clean Bandit / Jess Glynne | Rather Be |
| Shania Twain | Man! I Feel Like A Woman! |
| Tate McRae | Just Keep Watching |
| Ed Sheeran | Eyes Closed |
| Nelly | Hot In Herre |
| Teddy Swims | Lose Control |
| Bruno Mars | Marry You |
| Coolio / L.V. | Gangsta’s Paradise |
| Justin Bieber | Daisies |
| Rihanna / Jay Z | Umbrella |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Taste |
| Real McCoy | Another Night |
| Lady Gaga | The Dead Dance |
| 14:00:00 | |
| Olivia Dean | Nice To Each Other |
| Goo Goo Dolls | Iris |
| Usher / Pitbull | DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love |
| Chappell Roan | Pink Pony Club |
| The Veronicas | Untouched |
| Doja Cat / SZA | Kiss Me More |
| Taylor Swift | Wood |
| No Doubt | Don’t Speak |
| Coldplay / The Chainsmokers | Something Just Like This |
| Dasha | Austin |
| Avril Lavigne | Complicated |
| The Kid Laroi | A Cold Play |
| Elton John / Dua Lipa / Pnau | Cold Heart |
| Mariah Carey | Emotions |
| Ed Sheeran | Camera |
| Maroon 5 | Harder To Breathe |
| Miley Cyrus | Used To Be Young |
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For comparison to the above, here are the logs from the Wollongong stations over that same time period.
Wave FM 96.5 - Wollongong, NSW
“The Illawarra’s Best Music”
Sunday 2nd November 2025 - 1-3pm AEDT
1pm
“A Little More” Ed Sheeran
“Stargazing” Myles Smith
“Footloose” Kenny Loggins
“Gone Gone Gone” David Guetta / Teddy Swims / Tones & I
“Ghost” Justin Bieber
“Slide” Goo Goo Dolls
“Sweet Disposition (A Moment, A Love)” Lost Frequencies / The Temper Trap
“Katseye” Gabriela
“Drive By” Train
“Apt.” Rose / Bruno Mars
“To Be With You” Mr Big
“Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” Mark Ronson / Miley Cyrus
“A Cold Play” The Kid Laroi
“This Love” Maroon 5
“Just Keep Watching” Tate McRae
2pm
“Pon De Replay” Rihanna
“Mystical Magical” Benson Boone
“Opalite” Taylor Swift
“Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” Bryan Adams
“How Bad Do U Want Me” Lady Gaga
“Get It Done” Guy Sebastian
“Shotgun” George Ezra
“Two Princes” Spin Doctors
“Manchild” Sabrina Carpenter
“Eternity” Alex Warren
“Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)” Pink
“Miles On It” Kane Brown / Marshmello
“Cherish” Madonna
i98FM - Wollongong, NSW
“Feel Good”
Sunday 2nd November 2025 - 1-3pm AEDT
1pm
“Raise Your Glass” Pink
“12 to 12” sombr
“Head & Heart” Joel Corry / MNEK
“Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” Green Day
“Tit for Tat” Tate McRae
“Mystical Magical” Benson Boone
“I Love It” Icona Pop / Charlie XCX
“Daisies” Justin Bieber
“Lil Boo Thang” Paul Russell
“Rhythm Is A Dancer” Snap!
“Popular” The Weeknd / Playboi Carti / Madonna
“Roar” Katy Perry
“Man I Need” Olivia Dean
“Rock Your Body” Justin Timberlake
“2002” Anne-Marie
“Maybe” Guy Sebastian
2pm
“Give Me Everything” Pitbull / NeYo / Afrojack
“Where Is My Husband!” Raye
“Easy On Me” Adele
“Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)” The Offspring
“Opalite” Taylor Swift
“Lose Control” Teddy Swims
“It Wasn’t Me” Shaggy
“Like I Can” Sam Smith
“Finally” CeCe Peniston
“Ride It” Regard
“The Dead Dance” Lady Gaga
“Club Can’t Handle Me” Flo Rida / David Guetta
“Single Soon” Selena Gomez
“Old Phone” Ed Sheeran
“The Way” Fastball
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Thanks, so yes, definitely out of the ordinary for me to hear “You Can Call Me Al” (Paul Simon) last week then.
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Conga Line Nov 6
1600-1700
Machinations- No Say In It (2VTR MECHIE CLASSIC)
Beargarden- The Finer Things (12’’) (2VTR MECHIE CLASSIC)
Tall Tales & True- Watching The Wind Blow (2VTR MECHIE CLASSIC)
Technotronic- Megamix (A SIDE/B SIDE/BILLY BOB ’45)
Technotronic- Raw Update
Suzanne Vega- Solitude Standing (WOLFIE)
Pet Shop Boys- Domino Dancing (KROQ CLASSIC)
Q Feel- Dancing In Heaven (TRAFFIC JAM/LIKELY KROQ CLASSIC)
Hot Chip- Ready For The Floor (PZ/JJJ CLASSIC)
The Silhouettes- Get A Job (SMOKIN’ OLDIE)
1700-1800
Missing Six: It’s Brisbane’s Year
The Go Betweens- Streets Of Your Town (PRIME TV CLASSIC)
The Go Betweens- Cattle & Cane (JJJ CLASSIC)
Midnight Oil- Dreamworld (MMM CLASSIC)
The Saints- Just Like Fire Would (MMM CLASSIC)
Powderfinger- Stumblin’
Metallica- Ride The Lightning
The Wallflowers- One Headlight (MATT/9INETY6IX.1CLASSIC)
The Clash- Police On My Back (KROQ CLASSIC)
Edgar Winter Group- Frankenstein (HARD ROQ BLOQ)
Van Halen- Runnin’ With The Devil (HARD ROQ BLOQ)
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That second hour is on point 
really enjoyed listening to that yesterday.
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Yeah, still in Rocktober mode 
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The good news is you can have 5 Rocktober shows on a Thursday again next year!
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@Laoma- 5 albums needed in the spreadsheet for 2026
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There has been some discussion on whether the new ‘Heart Hits’ is really delivering on variety or not.. I’ve pulled 4 days worth of logs from Lava and have crunched the numbers.
These songs got played 7 times (What’s Up got played 8 times in that period)
What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
3AM - Matchbox Twenty
All Fired Up - Pat Benatar
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Finally - CeCe Peniston
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
Heroes - David Bowie
Joey - Concrete Blonde
Linger - The Cranberries
Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers
Mickey - Toni Basil
Move On Up (single Edit) - Curtis Mayfield
Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap!
Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart
The Best Things In Life Are Free - Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
Weather With You - Crowded House
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Wonderwall - Oasis
Least played - these all only got played once in those 4 days
(You Drive Me) Crazy - Britney Spears
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Better - The Screaming Jets
Better The Devil You Know - Kylie Minogue
Black Or White - Michael Jackson
Broken Wings - Mr Mister
Crazy - Seal
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Grease - Frankie Valli
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Holy Grail - Hunters & Collectors
I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
I Want It All - Queen
If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
More Than A Woman - Bee Gees
New Sensation - INXS
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Now We’re Getting Somewhere - Crowded House
One Summer - Daryl Braithwaite
Only To Be With You - Roachford
Only Wanna Be With You - Hootie & The Blowfish
Original Sin - INXS
Please Don’t Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
Push - Matchbox Twenty
Raspberry Beret - Prince
Real World - Matchbox Twenty
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Run To You - Bryan Adams
Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry
Shout - Tears For Fears
Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
Something Got Me Started - Simply Red
Something So Strong - Crowded House
Stars - Simply Red
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey
The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
The River Of Dreams - Billy Joel
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
To Her Door - Paul Kelly / The Messengers
Tucker’s Daughter - Ian Moss
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Valerie - Steve Winwood
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
We Close Our Eyes - Go West
What You Need - INXS
Would I Lie To You? - Charles & Eddie
Would I Lie To You? - Eurythmics
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
You Got It - Roy Orbison
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
Young Hearts Run Free - Kym Mazelle
Other stats (total songs 1440) - by country
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Yeah it’s not bad. But I stand by my initial assessment, it’s straight as an arrow and many of those songs are over flogged and station changers for me. Have to say I’ll stick to the Breeze.
I’m actually finding the main Heart stations more interesting than Heart Hits
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Agree totally, even amongst those songs I’ve listed that only got played once, there aren’t any real WOW songs there for me.
Another stat I meant to add - in that 4 day period, only 398 unique songs were played.
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The playlist looks pretty good.
But it’s always annoyed me when these classic hits stations repeat tracks so often. I mean, it’s one thing for a CHR station to repeat new hits to build familiarity. But why would you play 30 - 50 year old songs multiple times per day, when there are so many other good tracks from the era to choose from?
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Another observation relates to these stations with strict demographic cut off dates.
Using Star 104.5 as an example, they won’t play anything released before 1990. So if you have a major artist like Madonna, whose hits span the decades, they will play “Vogue” (1990) but not “Like a Prayer”, “Express Yourself” or “Cherish” (all 1989).
Does one year really make such a difference in terms of advertising demos? 
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The industry explanation seems to be that older listeners like familiarity too..
Which I can understand, but I can’t help but think there is a happier medium by playing some ‘forgotten’ songs, or a lesser hit by an established artist to add in that variety so there is still some familiarity there… perhaps stations like The Breeze might err on the side of too much variety/unfamiliar, but I’d prefer that to too much of the same.. for me, the ideal would be somewhere in between eg midway Gold and The Breeze.
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Nope. The simple answer is if a listener isn’t aware of a song, they switch over or off. This is why a lot of the adult stations would wait a couple of months for songs to burn on CHR or Hot AC before playing them - so they have some familiarity. The amount of people like you and me, who love the more obscure or out there songs, is very small and these days especially stations are extraordinarily risk averse.
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