Aaron, in ACMA’s many RFCs often mentions the dud allocations they’ve been given. ACMA don’t seem to change many.
Kooralbyn also has the Brisbane DTV services on a translator on block B yet the high powered Mt Nardi signals are on this allocation. The Mt Nardi signals were often used as more reliable reception in analogue days prior to the TXA switch on.
I am listening to breeze online. Its interesting how the quality is superior to iheartradio / SCA online versions. SWR also is starting sound good. How can these smaller stations afford to have superior sound online streaming ?
I think MSR , could easily adopt the breeze playlist and wouldn’t go wrong and heavily promote DAB. They could maintain cricket/ live sports coverage if needed. The breeze 954/882/1278 am. The stations for sports and the greatest hits of all time.
Magic rated reasonably well in Melbourne before Macquarie took it over and ran it into the ground. Perhaps a return of the Magic format would be welcome as Melbourne now no longer has a “classic hits of the 60s and 70s” station like 3MP before it became Classic Rock Radio.
On the subject of that, I’ve noticed on their websites that Rebel & Breeze now have separate online streams for each feed, mainly for local advertising purposes.
They include:
Gold Coast
Darling Downs & Border
Logan
Central & North Queensland
Mid North Coast (Breeze only at this stage)
The last feed is particularly handy during Daylight Savings, as the Mid North Coast feed is 1 hour ahead of the QLD feeds.
As it’s been pointed out in the RDS thread:
Exciting times ahead for those travelling to or through the Mid North Coast of NSW in the future.
In fact, parts of Newcastle, particularly in elevated areas near the CBD (eg Cooks Hill), would even get fortuitous reception of Rebel & Breeze from Cabbage Tree Mtn, which is located near Bulahdelah. The Port Stephens area would get even better reception.
Probably only likely with Breeze as the proposed frequency for Rebel (94.1) is used by Today’s Country at Gosford, which has a decent signal into most areas of Newcastle. As to why it’s not 93.9 for Rebel has me scratching my head.
Both RM stations from Mt Tamborine cover the coastal strip really well. It’s only when you get into some more tricky terrain (i.e. north of around Pimpama, or around the hinterland hills or into the valleys) it starts to struggle. It also drops off very quickly as you head south of the border
But yeah, those two stations in combination with the local commercials/community choices give you some really good variety down there