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Was driving along Coronation Drive today , I spotted the sign for 97.3 studios,also noticed the blank space next to their logo where the old 4KQ logo used to be😕
What a waste. New studios and they now only probably need half of it.
Same situation at Canon Hill. Does Nine still have both the 4BC and 4BH logos?
Yeah I’ve noticed that too. I wonder if they will move River 94.9 in there?
I’m surprised they haven’t already, CADA96.1 (and The Edge before it) has been broadcast out of North Ryde for years.
are they allowed to broadcast from outside there licence area?
I don’t think the local content rules apply to areas like Ipswich and Penrith/Blue Mountains as they are not “regional” in that sense.
I think so, provided they broadcast the required local content. I think for a time Sea FM Bundaberg came out of the Sea FM Maryborough studio for example.
The stations that are required to broadcast 3 hours per weekday have to broadcast it from within their licence area.
It’s an ‘or’ rule -
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2014L01263/Explanatory%20Statement/Text via https://www.acma.gov.au/local-radio-content-regional-areas
I posed the question ‘Why do radio stations repeat the same songs over and over?’ to the ChatGPT bot and this is what it came up with:
Radio stations repeat the same songs over and over for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is that radio stations are in the business of providing entertainment to their listeners, and they want to play music that is popular and appealing to their audience. Repeating the same songs allows radio stations to play music that is familiar and well-known to their listeners, and that is likely to generate positive reactions and engagement. Additionally, repeating the same songs allows radio stations to create a consistent and predictable listening experience for their audience, which can help to build a loyal and dedicated following. Finally, repeating the same songs allows radio stations to generate revenue from advertising and other sources, as the repetition of songs can create a sense of familiarity and comfort that is attractive to advertisers and sponsors. Overall, while some people may find the repetition of songs on the radio to be tedious or annoying, it is a common practice that serves important commercial and entertainment purposes for radio stations.
ChatGPT bot is probably also a radio music programmer.
Yes!.. however the trigger event may be stopping them from moving at this stage… once that is up I would wager that river949’s studio will be in the old 4KQ studio
I thought I’d give that a try…
So I told the bot I was running a Rock music station and wanted some relatively new songs…
Sure! Here are 10 songs from the last 20 years that could work well on a rock radio station:
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
"Hotel California" by The Eagles
"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses
"Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses
"Black" by Pearl Jam
"Lithium" by Nirvana
"November Rain" by Guns N' Roses
"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Okay, feels like a radio station so far, good stuff. But wanted some deep cuts to try and keep people guessing…
Here are 10 album tracks from popular rock albums that you may want to consider adding to your playlist:
"Breathe" from Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"
"The Long and Winding Road" from The Beatles' "Let It Be"
"Yesterday" from The Beatles' "Help!"
"Comfortably Numb" from Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
"November Rain" from Guns N' Roses' "Use Your Illusion I"
"Ballad of John and Yoko" from The Beatles' "Past Masters, Vol. 2"
"Here Comes the Sun" from The Beatles' "Abbey Road"
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" from Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
"The Great Gig in the Sky" from Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"
"She's a Rainbow" from The Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request"
Are we sure this isn’t what Triple M already is doing?
I haven’t noticed, I haven’t been past there lately
Yes to the Top 10 but with more from 80s onwards and with more Aussie rock like Oils and Chisel and on repeat
Triple M obviously didn’t ask for the deep cuts though.
Here’s a tidbit about Vietnamese radio for anyone wants some insight: this 64-page document is filed by Hanoi Radio-Television about a reformat and details about the restructure of 98.9 FM has been approved in late October, but the channel has yet to be came back on air.
According to this plan, they would enter an agreement with VTVCab, a subsdiary of Vietnam Television that deals with pay television, cable television and multimedia communications. VTVCab pledges to fund about (converted to) AU$ 1.55m - 1.86m to invest in programming and technical upgrades to the channel. VTVCab would operate the channel full-time under license of Radio Hanoi, which would continue to own the license of 98.9 FM in Hanoi. The channel, named On 365FM, is also relayed full-time to 101.7 FM from Bình Dương transmitter to most of Southeastern Vietnam.
Under the new programming format, you would see that the channel is somewhat similar to what AM stations in regional Australia offers, except that it is modified for FM transmission:
A day starts with A nice day, where listeners would wake up with strange news that just like you read something from Daily Mail, mixing with hit music from around the world.
At drivetime breakfast, daytime and afternoon/evening, “365 Kết Nối” (365 Connects) provide listeners with up-to-date news and information, constantly updated by a team of field reporters that “report right at the scene”. Traffic is also constantly updated, and interaction with listeners plays a key part in the programming. Music is also played a lot, but they are at the listeners’ request. Most music played on On 365FM throughout the day is AC/AAA/Oldies.
During daytime and mid-afternoon, there are two specialist talk shows:
“Góc pháp luật” (The law’s corner), where listeners meet with a lawyer and asking for all the thing they need and feel need to be answered about legal things.
“Bác sĩ 365” (Doctor 365), a place for all things health.
Midday to mid-afternoon:
“Cửa tiệm những lá thư” (The door of the letters’ shop): sit back, and relax with love letters from around the place, where the soul is heard and heal, and between them is always nice music.
“360 độ xe” (360degrees car): all things about car and their news.
“Bạn chung đường” (Friends along the same road): while drivers and passengers may be like two strangers, the station want to connect the feeling of both and delivering emotions and confessions between them, to emotionally connect people together on the drive.
“Không gian ký ức” (The memories space): Vietnam’s greatest hits of all time, with a new soul by being covered by a team of live music band.
“Khúc tình bolero” (The Bolero Romance Line): all the great Southern bolero music.
“365 Music”: rising talents with just a guitar on their body, they deliver all the great acoustic music, live.
Evenings to late nights:
“365 ngày hạnh phúc” (365 days of happiness): a place to send all the confessions, all the love, all the emotions that you feel like you can’t say directly or out loud to someone. It could be either on letter, or by voicemail, at the end of the day, it’s all about making people feel happy and feel emotionally relaxed and being together.
“Tắt đèn cài then” (lights off, door shut), a place to talk all thing sex or too explicit, but mostly about sensitive health situations.
“Làm bạn cùng con” (being friends with children): parenting advice.
“Trò chuyện cùng người nổi tiếng” (talk with famous people): someone famous became a guest and talk about anything with them.
“Đọc sách cùng tác giả” (Book reading with author): meet an author and let listeners know about side stories about the book and their life.
“Tiệm may vá trái tim” (The heart-sewing workshop): if you feel broken in soul because of tragedy or abuse, this is a place to talk and deal with these painful situation. The presenters, or the “shop-owners”, would talk with callers and connect with firms to deal with these daunting situations. Listeners would also interact to feel relatable with those stories.
“Lời thì thầm” (The Whisper): basically like “Tắt đèn cài then” but (intended to be) aired at the later timeslot.
“Đọc truyện dài kỳ” (The Long Story Reading): reading of famous novels, with great sound effects behind the voice.
Late night and overnights are repeats of daytime and evening programs.
As an extra note, 98.9 FM broadcast with 10KW of power, meaning it could covers all of Red River Delta region.
Thanks for the info. Is that the same service that airs in Ho Chi Minh on 91.1 (the traffic frequency)?
On 365FM airs on 101.7 FM in Saigon. However, the transmitter is located in Bình Dương province, meaning that there may be reception diffculties for some parts of the city.
*91.0
In Vietnam stations love to be on the .0 frequency, like:
VOV1 - 94.0, 95.0 and 100.0 FM
Hanoi 96FM - 96.0 FM
Hanoi 90FM - 90.0 FM