apart from being KIIS 106.5’s Content Director! 
2 Likes
Wayne Mac made the same point on aus.radio.boadcast on Usenet when writing about how “station birthday” events only work if the current demographic target of the station remembers the old format etc. - writing that a hypothetical “Back to 6PM weekend” for the modern 92.9 in Perth would be ridiculous.
1 Like
The name is not specifically meant to be a reference to the original station, the DB in the name stands for decibels, as in volume.
Both WSFM on 88.3 and Radio Blue Mountains on 89.1 are back on air now.
3 Likes
I mentioned on the forums here before that the ACMA’s list of stations is missing some entries. I decided to check what’s disappeared between the previous version of the list versus the current version and came up with this list. The ones in green are definitely still broadcasting, the ones in red are confirmed as off-air but the ones in yellow are the ones I’m unsure about. Anyone have any updates for the stations in yellow?
3 Likes
Yeppoon was received recently via troppo
1 Like
4EB is definitely on air.
Fairly sure I heard 89.5 1RPH Wagga Wagga some months ago on the Hume Hwy.
BTW @tvcl your webserver GUI layout & features look great. 
3 Likes
Thanks for the update. Interesting that 1RPH Wagga is on, as its licence was listed as ‘expired’ on the previous version of the ACMA broadcaster database. I did a search on Radcom for 89.5 MHz near Wagga and nothing came up on there either.
Thanks!
Also, 2GF moved to 89.5.
3 Likes
Broad Radio, co-founded by Jo Stanley, will launch on October 7. It is heard via its own app.
2 Likes
Should Broad Radio get an FM license?
1 Like
No
1 Like
if they have the capital to buy an existing player, sure but don’t go handing them out because of niche formats, otherwise we would end up with Twink radio
3 Likes
The reason for suggesting an FM license is that many older people might not be familiar with internet radio, and that the station might want to target multiple demographics. An FM license would allow those who are less familiar with modern technology to be able to easily tune in.
1 Like
If they created new FM stations for every pop up online radio station the FM band would be overflowing.
If Broad want an FM licence they can do what anyone else has had to: buy out an existing station. Nobody is going to give them an FM licence just because they exist.
3 Likes
if they can’t reach there intended audience with the broadcast media they choose than it is an issue with there business model. it is not for the public (and the radio spectrum is a public resource) to bail them out if there business decisions fail - exactly what is happening now with disrupt radio
5 Likes
and that is also what exactly happened with EON Sports Radio some years back.
2 Likes
and Disrupt, like, last week.
2 Likes
So has Disrupt shut down?
1 Like
no but its on life support waiting for the switch to be flicked
4 Likes