Random Radio

[TV-Expert]

@Laoma

Was listening to 2UE and was reflecting, hope with these future conversions it won’t be like what happen with 2OO, 2GO, 2WS, 2UW, and 2KO. We lose a certain AM format after a couple of years with these stations on the FM Band. In Sydney we now have 2UE and to some extent 2CH. Some could argue Smooth has revived the format, but it’s very FM in my view. The AM music oldies format (but more modern than 2ch) would work in the above mentioned markets especially on the FM band (Newcastle, Wollongong and Central Coast) but sadly I don’t think it will come back.

@Radiohead

You could argue that the “oldies” run by those stations back then are the equivalent of what WS and Gold play these days ie. mostly hits from 20-30 years ago.

@Laoma

True. But from the playlists posted from 2LT, 2CA, 2UE, 4KQ, Cruise and even XLFM and 2GN there is a difference in my view. They did not change as rapidly as the FM equivalents in other markets did.

I was browsing through some of the various playlists on Lava & I’ve noticed that the ACE’s ‘Heritage’ stations across Regional VIC have a real ‘classic hits’ format of late. They’re mostly on AM, but one is on FM, which is 3YB in Warrnambool. They play a good decent amount of 60s & 70s music along with the 80s & 90s.

With a good AM radio, some of its stations, such as 3CS from Colac, could be heard into Melbourne quite well.