KIIS & Nova share nearly a 1/3 of their playlist, whilst Fox & Nova shared just over a 1/4 of their playlist. Fox & KIIS share just under a 1/4.
Gold 104.3 has a higher crossover with 3MMM (23%) than with that of Smooth (18.8%), with Gold playing a higher amount of unique tracks than its rivals. This is the opposite to that of Sydney, where WS has a higher crossover with Smooth (22.7%) than with that of 2MMM (15%), indicating that WS is more female-skewed than Gold. 2MMM plays more unique tracks than WS, the opposite to that seen in Melbourne.
I think it proves that Melbourne has slightly better commercial FM radio stations than Sydney. Of course, having the likes of community alternative music stations 3RRR & PBS really further enhanced Melbourne’s standing over Sydney’s overall.
It is interesting heard Clinton Maynard reading the sport for the Macquarie news , Ian MacRae does traffic every now and again, a lot the “famous” announcers are now floaters between stations. Times have really changed. It felt (whilst there was still station movement) there was a certain air of stability with the on air teams of radio stations back 20-30 years ago. You would not have a “seasoned” announcer reading the sport. So it seems, except for a selected few, anyone can potentially do any job at a radio station.
Mostly poor reviews for this radio. I’ve not tried it but the big gripe is a poor AM tuner and the expectation that the build quality would be better like Philips used to be.
Others thought it would have a digital radio as in DAB+ but were misled by the specs.
I wonder how bad would the cochannel if they got rid of the downtilt etc. Given on fm radio they are not too worried on cochannel interference. DAB would not have the same reach of fm radio given where it is on the spectrum.
And I’m guessing downtilt is the reason why we haven’t heard any reports of DAB being received at long distance via sporadic Es or aircraft scatter (as the signal can’t then get up into the atmosphere?).
On MediaSpy, we’ve covered their attempts to frighten third party websites that have cleverly used available source code to stream their stations from their own websites.
The young person who operates Online Radio Box was one of those for a few networks. Fortunately, some continue and I enjoy using them instead of the slow loading environment of their own station websites.
CRA led by Joan are a great example of outdated thinking. The internet and technology has democratised access yet they’re stuck in a protectionist past, a vain attempt to control everything. It’s 2019 and life doesn’t work that way now. CRA need to accept this and make the most of the new era.
They obviously want listeners to access streams via their website or their app to increase the effectiveness of advertising on the website or in apps, before listeners can access a stream.
Having a direct link bypasses all this.
I think this is what it boils down too.
Though it may backfire in that they may lose online listeners as a result.
so true. i do the majority of my listening via streaming - mostly though my amazon alexa. if i can’t access a station i’ll just move to a new one.
the radio stations need to understand they are not competing within a local market anymore, they are competing worldwide.
let me give you an example - there was a period where my alexa would not play vision christian radio. it didn’t bother me, i started listening to Air 1 from the USA instead.
Yes I agree. Especially for home listening they have to understand they are competing against the rest of the world. In the car the local stations may still have the advantage, but only if they embrace DAB+ properly
You know, if it hasn’t been done already that will probably be next: The major radio broadcasters geoblocking the online streams of their stations so they can only be heard within Australia.
