Hits. Always. Simple and said it all.
When I listen to Greg Burns on Nova I feel like I am listening to Capital FM in London.
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Actually that was a lot harsher than I meant it to be - I mean his voice is so dreadful (to me). As a broadcaster he seems to be excellent and right on pop culture and the like. It will take a while for me to get used to his voice.
Iâm sure that others have noticed this, but 91.6FM is currently a blank stereo carrier here in Sydney and has been for a few weeks now. I know that the Voice of Islam and 2CR often use that frequency for temporary broadcasts, but I wonder why itâs on at the moment.
I noticed today that the Brisbane northside community station 99.7 is now calling themselves 99.7 âBridge FMâ.
To non-locals itâs a reference to the Hornibrook Highway bridge which connects Redcliffe to Brisbane. One of the longest bridges in the country (the longest until recently I believe). I like the new name actually 
@Karen_Cee
I still miss Radio/Stereo 10 too. Only surpassed by FM104 in my memory.
I didnât know how lucky I was in the mid-80s having Stereo 10 and FM104 - I took it all for granted
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If anyone wants to know why Radio Today has become a joke under Blair Sullivanâs âleadershipâ then this thread takes it.
There was a second comment, seen by many, which has since been deleted. It simply said this:
âyouâre funny anonymous 1 - and donât tell Bill about Simonâ
Yet RT sees fit to delete it. Unbelievable.
Before anyone suggests it - NO it wasnât from me.
The place has become a farce under Blair Sullivan. He canât spell, write concise articles and his grammar is non-existent.
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I have not looked at Radio Today since the website stopped publishing reader comments. The Internet is so cool as it gives everyone the ability to make a comment or have a say. And often the comments are better than the story.
But most of the stories on Radio Today read â0 Commentsâ
Boring.
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I THINK they areâŚ
There are quite a number of them, 96.3 Jindabyne, 92.1 Thredbo, 92.5 Charlotte Pass, 92.5 Bombala, 98.7 Perisher so doing stereo would be viable.
Yes 2xl is stereo but the stereo is not balanced. More audio on the right. This is tested on 96.3 FM.
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Surely to god I am not the only one who finds this headline racist??!
thatâs his actual name though, not a racist stereotype of a random Asian person.
no his name is Tim Wong-See, not just Wong.
That moment when you are flicking around / scanning the AM radio dial and you realise that 2SM is still broadcasting.
I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. I decide cry.
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If 2SM had an owner who would participate in radio surveys and knew how to properly run a major metropolitan station by adding more local/Sydney-only programing to compete with the mostly networked content of the current 2GB, I believe that 2SM would have the potential to do to MRN in the ratings what 2GB did to 2UE nearly 15 years ago.
I agree.
I also reckon that a âRock of the 60sâ or a âRock of the 70sâ station could work on AM. Itâs an era of music that the FM stations ignore (including WS and smooth). It would only rate at a 3 or 4% but would scare WS, Triple M and smooth a little.
Surely 4% is better than 0%.
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Laws probably does have a decent audience, not that weâll ever know, and Laws does attract advertising. The rest of 2SM is a wasteland of nothing.
Laws airs in Brisbane on Bay FM.
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Re the unlikely scenario of Brisbane gaining a 5th commercial FM licence by replacing ABC Newsradioâs Gold Coast translator service on its frequency:
One key issue of Smooth gaining the FM licence is that Nova Entertainment already owns 1.5 stations in the Brisbane market, as they own 50% of 97.3FM with ARN. If Nova Ent sells 50% of 97.3FM to ARN, therefore owning only 1 station (Nova 106.9), then I could see them going for a new FM licence to launch Smooth & give the Brisbane commercial FM stations a much needed shake-up.
If a new commercial FM licence were to be issued in Adelaide, Nova Ent would have to sell off FiveAA to MRN in order to get Smooth onto the FM band there. As for Perth, I would expect a bidding war between ARN & Nova Ent for the 5th commercial FM licence, especially if ARN sells off 50% of Nova 93.7 to Nova Ent.
That said, all of the above scenario is unlikely to happen, as DAB+ is the future of radio in the major capital cities, in which theyâre not restricted to the 2-station rule unlike with the FM & AM licences.
I agree. Sydney needs a commercial station that plays a lot of 60s/70s music that is not as soft sounding as you would hear on Magic 2CH or Smooth. If Melbourne (3MP), Brisbane (4KQ), Adelaide (Cruise), Perth (6iX) & Canberra (2CA) have that kind of station, why canât Sydney have it too? Not even Fun Super Digi, a DAB+ station in Sydney owned by BOG/SRN (owner of 2SM), plays that much 60s/70s music, in which they favour more towards the 80s (much like WS).
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Can anyone remember the old studio phone numbers? I know in Brisbane they all started with 3223:
B105 - 3223 0055
MMM - 3223 0123
4KQ - 3223 0693 (still is to this day)
973 - 3223 0973 (still is)
4BH - 3223 0882
I think 4TAB may have had a 3223 number as well. 612 ABC still use 3223 0612 for their âcereal boxâ number.
Mix and Sea on the Sunshine Coast used to be 545 11 927 and 545 11 919. All now have boring 13 numbers that donât mean a thing.
At least the ABC keep their main frequencies alive in their phobe numbers even if they donât use them on air (ie ABC Coffs Coast use 1300 222 923). Triple Jâs makes perfect sense 1300 0555 36 (13000 JJJFM).
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Yes!
I do lament that these days stations donât advertise a local phone number, itâs usually 13 or 1300 numbers, very un-local sounding!
(these are mostly in the days before 8 digit phone numbers).
Newcastle
2HD - 60 1143
2NX - 62 1341 on AM, then 423 107 as X107 became 423 106 as NXFM
2KO - on FM, 42 1029 (donât remember what it was on AM).
NEW FM - was 29 1053 then became 297 105, then 674 105 when they moved to 2HD studios at Sandgate.
Sydney
2DAY - 955 0104 became 955 1041 (when 104.1 became the ID frequency rather than just 104). It became 389 something when they moved to Bondi I think.
2MMM - was 9389 1049 in the early 2000s
MIX 106,5 - was 904 1065
2WS - 621 1224 on AM later became 611 1000 on FM
Others
Wave FM - was 965 965 then 275 965
i98 - 26 98 98 (I think).
2NM - they always used to mention the area code as well - 065 43 15 88
Power FM Muswellbrook - 411 981
Power FM Nowra - 233 949
ROX FM Port Macquarie - 13 11 90 then became 1300 36 11 90 (because 1300 numbers were cheaper than 13 numbers I think). As they covered both 065 and 066 area codes back in the 90s.
Gold FM Gold Coast - was 925 925 when they first went to FM and were at Bundall, changed to 705 925 when they moved to Southport.
FM 104.7 Canberra - was 257 1047
SEA FM Gosford - was 234 997 (when their original frequency was going to be 99.7), this was quickly changed to 23 1013.
2GO - when on 801 AM, it was 232 801, then on FM 24 4444.
From memory NewFMâs 13 10 09 comes from 100.9 ZZZ FM Lismore.
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