the network log is coming from there too, so to them it is a big deal 
Beatles & Supremes are actually from the 60s, unless it was “Let It Be” or “The Long & Winding Road” in the case of the former, which both came out in 1970 before they broke up.
I haven’t checked on 2GZ yet on whether they’re gone “Classic Hits” or not, but I’ll check later in the afternoon (they’re airing Ray Hadley & Alan Jones until Midday).
You’re right abou the 60s - I think the Beatles song was Revolution and The Supremes was Where Did Our Love Go
I’ve just checked 2GZ & they’re still taking the “Greatest Hits” format in parallel with 2GO. So therefore, 2GZ hasn’t gone “Classic Hits” unlike 2MC, 4GR, 5SE & Mix FM Fraser Coast.
Come to think of it, I wonder if 2CS still takes the “Greatest Hits” format & therefore now provide a musical point-of-difference to 2MC’s “Classic Hits” format, which the latter can be heard into much of the Coffs Harbour licence area?
So does that mean when the Classic Hit stations are being networked does it now come from Toowoomba not the Gold Coast anymore?, because 5SE normally networked from the Gold Coast after 12pm, but today some guy named David is currently on and I never heard of him before.
This is all from one ident this afternoon:
Playing even more of those great hits from the 60s, 70 and 80s, The Fraser Coast Classic Hits; From the best years of our lives - Mix Fm whew!
Looking at their websites, it appears that 2WG Wagga & 2RG Griffith have also gone “Classic Hits”, which is not surprising, given that they’re AM stations.
It’s playing out of Townsville
Townsville
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Whats bought the change back to classic hits playlists instead of a Jack FM/Variety playlist? Is it because the Hit streams aren’t solely focused on charting music now?
That’s what I was thinking - the 2 formats should complement each other 60s-80s and 90s-now.
there’s 3 formats on the adult side - with more possibilities to come in the future:
Townsville - “Greatest Hits from the 70s to Now”
Gold Coast - “Greatest Hits from the 80s to Now”
Toowoomba - “Classic Hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s”
Depending on the demographics the station can pick which format it runs. All are a really looking to minimise the spillage to the Hit stations, but there are some adults who still like Rihanna alongside of Springsteen, so you have to also think of them.
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Just listening yesterday to adjacent markets to Brisbane. Wide Bay has gone with MIX FM with 60-80 and Sea FM 90 - Now. With the Downs also it seems that 4GR is 60-80 with Hot FM 90-Now.
I wonder if what any local community station is doing has any influence on the format selected. AFAIK neither of their markets has a community station that targets older listeners (with music) like a number of regions have.
I think the SCA stations that have the “Greatest Hits from the 80s to Now” format tend to be in markets where they have local commercial competition within the FM band (eg. Gold Coast with Hot Tomato, Newcastle with New FM & Central Coast with Star 104.5), as well as the local community stations having a consistent music format that targets older listeners throughout the weekday such as 4CRB & 94.1FM in the Gold Coast, 2NUR in Newcastle and Coast FM in the Central Coast. In the case of the Central Coast, most parts of the region can also get the Sydney stations quite well, in which older listeners can also have the choice of tuning to Smooth, WS or 2CH. As for the Gold Coast, they can also get Breeze FM (100.6) almost like a local station.
Also, it’s very interesting to discover from MarkHD’s above post that there’s now two versions of the “Greatest Hits” format. I think the “Greatest Hits from the 80s to Now” format is a rename of its “Real Music Variety” format, which up until late November, was heard only through Gold FM in the Gold Coast & KO in Newcastle, whilst the rest of the LocalWorks stations, including 2GO, had the “Greatest Hits” format.
There really isn’t that much of a difference in the Music between the Greatest Hit Stations that use the ident “Greatest Hits from the 70s to Now” & “Greatest Hits from the 80s to Now”, especially when the stations are networked from the Gold Coast it’s the same playlist, there might be a difference when the stations take local programming.
I have noticed the SCA Stations that are still using the Greatest Hits format tend to be in areas where there is already a Classic Hits station. For example in QLD Cairns has 4CA 846AM, Mackay 4MK 1026AM, Rockhampton 4RO 990, in VIC Bendigo GOLD 1071AM, In NSW Orange 2EL 1089AM, all stations with a Classic hits format, so it makes little sense in SCA changing their stations in these areas from Greatest to Classic hits as well.
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Actually, 2EL is basically a talk station, or in other words, an almost full-on relay station of 2SM (apart from 12-3pm, when they air its own local afternoon program), as it’s owned by the Super Radio Network. Port Macquarie/Kempsey also has a Super Radio Network commercial AM station 2PM, which has a similar format to that of 2EL, but yet 2MC has a “Classic Hits” format.
Grant-owned 4CA, 4MK & 4RO/CC are mostly talk stations too, but they do play a bit of music in the afternoon.
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On this: from what I saw of the RDS today, 3BO is now positioning itself as “The Greatest Hits from the '70s to Now” - that’d be the Townsville log.