Caitlin McCormack, I assume.
Google is your friend. Search [Caitlin McCormack] and [Sea FM]
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Thanks. Found her Instagram in which she posted clips and screencaps from Mondayâs Blind Date.
I hope youâre not going to start stalking her now. 
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i certainly do know who she is
As if
It was worth a try. Iâm looking out for you, mate. 
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Yep Collaroy Plateau Park. Was driving past one day, and decided to stop and check it out (as you do)⌠Its broadcasting from the Mobile Phone Tower next to the carpark there. Theres a small folded dipole sticking out the side, pointing west-ish I thinkâŚ
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Realistically itâs not likely to happen for various reasons (the main one being the two station rule), but personally I think the Wollongong/Nowra markets would greatly benefit from being merged into a single âIllawarraâ marketâŚprovided that ACMA were to mandate that local content be retained for the South Coast/Highlands relays of 2ST.
At the moment, probably the best things I can say about Wave FM, i98 and 2ST/Power FM is that theyâre not owned by either SCA or SRN/BOG. OhâŚand the Wollongong stations still have a decent amount of locally generated content, donât they?
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Yes, both Wave FM & i98 donât take any networked programming that I know of. For instance, during drive, both stations have local programming, and even 97.3 ABC Illawarra has a local program during that time as well. Contrast this to the Central Coast, where they have 3 commercial stations, but only 1 is local after 4pm, whilst further up in Newcastle (where KO has rebranded to Triple M as of today), none of the commercial stations have local programming after 5pm, leaving 1233 ABC Newcastle & 2NUR to be the only major stations having that kind of programming at that time of day.
So yes, I agree that we should be thankful that neither of the Illawarra/Shoalhaven/Southern Highlandsâ commercial radio stations are owned by SCA, because the last thing we need is more Triple M and/or Hit branded stations taking the same music logs as many of its other regional stations.
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Iâm really interested to see what becomes of the ACMAâs review of the LAPs for Brisbane and Perth early next year. Are they just going through the motions and nothing will change (except perhaps frequency reallocation), or is the unthinkable going to happen - new FM licences?
Other countries are still launching new FM stations so why not here?
A couple of possibilities (maybe remote, but still).
An additional FM for Perth - another station is justified based on population growth.
An additional or more likely a conversion FM for Brisbane (if they find space with a frequency reallocation - eg snaffle 94.1 from the GC). Brisbane already has 8 commercial stations (but only 4 on FM) so probably not an additional licence but rather a conversion.
Look at an amalgamation for Brisbane and Ipswich LAP. Perhaps a dark horse but itâs happened fore in a fashion with 4IP moving to Brisbane and Ipswich CBD is only about 45km from Brisbane CBD.
What does everyone think? Will something come of it or status quo?
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Probably need to address the closure of community station at Esk on 95.9. The city of Ipswich has no community station which is very unusual.
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I wasnât aware that this was QRT. What was the reason?
WaveFM takes The A-List with K&J.
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Itâs not mentioned on their website, but it used to be listed on there. So Iâm guessing they still take it then?
In any case, that would mean i98 is slightly more local than Wave FM.
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I wouldnât be shocked if it was just new community stations. They use up the frequencies to ensure thereâs no new competition for the existing commercial stations, all while giving only small niches of the population a good radio choice.
There was a moratorium on new AM/FM licenses for a period of time after DAB launched, that has expired, itâs time to get on with finding and auctioning new licenses in all capital cities and many regional centres.
We seem to too strongly protect minor risks of interference which preserves a large amount of out of area reception, at the expense of choice and diversity in the radio market. They could be far more pro-active in seeking out new frequencies - even if a new Brisbane FM (for example) station had to have a separate frequency in the north and south.
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Would be nice to consolidate some ABCâs and tidy up all the frequencies. I will post a plan I think would would later on.
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Moe, youâre so right.
Time ACMA stopped caving into the commercial radio industry and looked after listener choice for once in their existence.
The absurd waste of spectrum based on avoiding mutual interference in areas with fortuitous reception of out of area stations needs to be addressed.
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Yes I completely agree.
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