I had never heard of them before, but Christ they are expensive 
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Yeah the one I got was $90, there was a Scosche one at half price that I wanted for about $40 but JB Hifi didnāt have any in stock.
There was a Belkin one for $40 but it had a lot of poor reviews, Id rather pay a bit more to get something that works better.
I think Iāll have a bit of fun playing around with this, swooshing noise aside, hopefully I can find a way to fix that.
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was in Kmart this morning at noticed they had 96.5 on, rather than kmart radio. Ballsy move, especilly when because when i was in there hillsong was playedā¦
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I like BBC Radio 2 ,and one time I was listening early Saturday morning here ,(about 10pm over in the UK,)the on air presenter mentioned heād received a text from someone in Cleveland (bayside suburb)Brisbane,Australia,and that it was a lovely Saturday morning .Iām sure they would have a few listeners from Australia and other parts of the world too
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I usually listen mid-morning here at work which is the midnight to 2am show on BBC R2. They get a lot of texts and emails from all over Australia. Most are ex-pat Brits but not all.
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i once got on the early breakfast show thru a whatsapp text to R2
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for anyone whoās interested: this is Vietnamese equivalent of iHeartRadio. Much less Vietnamese listens to music on either ZingMP3 or NCT, they choose something like Spotify or Apple Music. Even then theyāre trying to regain popularity with the Radio feature, which consists of many online-only radio channels. The channel you seen on this screenshot are:
Xone - the legendary Vietnamese CHR network. (also broadcast on FM in four of Vietnamese largest cities during 7am - 1pm and 5 - 10pm)
V-POP: All Vietnamese pop by request (somewhat AC-ish for me)
Pladio: powered by FPT Play (Vietnameseās largest IPTV service), this is basically 2GB for youth audience, an entertaining talk-based format targeting young listeners utilizing former Xone presenters (same audience as CHR networks)
Chįŗ”m: basically like the original Smoothfm, but mostly contemporary chill and easy listening music by modern Vietnamese artists.
On Air: mostly consists of podcast produced by various providers under agreement with Zing MP3 (i.e. Vietcetera), with some hours dedicated to CHR music.
Bolero: traditional popular Southern music by request (just like Country in the US)
Also include:
US-UK
K-POP
Acoustic
Rap Viet
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Check out the 2UE Employee Handbook from 1983, back in the day when such documents were only a few pages in length.
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Tuned into what was presumably Raw FM while going up the Pacific Hwy yesterday and they played something that samples Big Wettās Eat My Ass, specify the line āIf you wanna fuck then boy you gotta eat my assā.
Iām no prude but surely you canāt play songs with lyrics like (or in this case songs that sample) that in the middle of the day?
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If SCA is the largest commercial radio company in Australia, and ARN is the 2nd, whoās the 3rd, 4th and 5th @myfriend? Super Radio, Ace Radio, Nova or somethingā¦?
In terms of number of stations owned:
3rd: Super Radio Network - 43 stations (inc. 4KZ/Kool FM Innisfail and 4AM Atherton, where Caralis owns 49% of those stations)
4th: Ace Radio - 21 stations (inc. 2UE Sydney, Magic 1278 Melbourne & 4BH Brisbane, which are owned by Nine but operated by Ace)
5th: Nova Entertainment - 10 stations (inc. stations owned in a Joint Venture with ARN, inc. KIIS 97.3 Brisbane & Nova 93.7 Perth)
Thenā¦
6th: Capital Radio Network - 8 stations (inc. stations owned in a Joint Venture with Grant Broadcasters, inc. 2CA/2CC Canberra, GNFM/Eagle FM Goulburn & 6iX Perth)
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Well, but in geographic distribution, there are striking differences:
SCA has monopoly in WA commercial radio, but has no presence in NT, has very low presence in SA and TAS. It has majority presence in eastern states too.
ARN if counting Grant is a reverse, with only one (96FM) in WA, but has much wider penetration in SA and TAS. Presence in states such as Qld is much but still smaller than SCA.
Super Radio Network is mostly concentrated in regional NSW (to be honest its penetration is as big as SCA and ARNās NSW Regional cluster), through it has two markets in Qld, and, strangely, also has Alice Springs cluster (O.O)
Ace Radio is a contrast to Super, it is mostly concentrated in Victoria, but also in NSW/Vic border and has operating interests in 2 Melbourne stations, 1 Sydney and 1 Brisbane station.
Nova Entertainment is concentrated in metropolitan markets only (sole exception: Star Gosford)
Capital Radio Network is mostly concentrated at places surronding ACT of NSW, but it also has 3GG and 6IX too.
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I canāt say I have ever heard RAW FM play anything even remotely like that during my time listening via Optus D2/Intelsat19 so I would say it was not Raw FM been broadcasted but likely a pirate or alternative service.
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It was a sample inside of an EDM mix/DJ set. Has Raw FM written all over it.
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Is there a Zing app?
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of course yes, but not sure if it can be accessed outside of Vietnamā¦
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Could it have been the rap pirate on 89.3 in Newcastle?
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How far is his reach? I would been somewhere north of Taree at the time.
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I know the pirate youāre referring toā¦ it doesnāt travel any more than about 10-15 kms.
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Weāre you tuned to 88.0MHz, couldāve been some tropical enhancement from one of the Newcastle transmitters, but otherwise Iād say unless it was an unauthorised transmission, you wouldnāt have been hearing RAW FM, they donāt have the terrestrial FM coverage they used to.
RAW FM Port Macquarie on 87.6MHz I think it is may still be in air, otherwise next FM Transmission after Newcastle heading North is Coffs Harbour I think, again on 88.0MHz.
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