The regional M network is such a mess.
When they take the Sydney or Melbourne feed, which is I think around 14-15 hours a day, we get to hear new music like Jelly Roll and Benson Boone.
When the regional feed kicks in, Ed Sheeran’s Castle on the Hill is about the newest song that gets played.
And even here in Newcastle, there are live reads plus ads and even during the weather sting, pointing out to advertisers that 180,000 people could hear their message.
Dire.
I agree. I don’t understand why the regional don’t add new music like Jelly Roll and Benson Boone.
With all the cost cutting, It won’t be long before we all get the one feed 24hrs a day on the Triple M network and also on the Hit network.
Sounds like regionals are playing the Melbourne Drive show overnight. Hearing JB and his mates.
Today marks 20 years since Jay Shipston, one-half of Triple M Mackay & The Whitsundays’ The Jay & Dave Breakfast Show, joined the station, which at the time was known as Sea FM.
Meanwhile, Hope Endean, on top of hosting mornings on Hit Mid North Coast, is now also hosting a program on Hit 101.3 on the Central Coast, taking over from Nic Kelly.
Source: https://radioinfo.com.au/people/movements/hope-endean/
MMM Regional getting absolute garbage like The Briefing Podcast overnights now.
Just crap
Happening nationwide.
Why do we lose a national program for shift workers and they are paying for these same-same podcasts that I believe have a minuscule listener base in comparison?
I’m gathering its cost to produce but we are losing live and local radio across the network which is radio’s biggest strength.
Carley Whittington has returned to Hit 103.1 Townsville (after having previously left the station in 2022) to present mornings, moving from doing afternoons on 102.3 Triple M.
Source: Radioinfo
Because the bean counters don’t care about content.
As the local content has been cut bit by bit, I have switched off. I have a Plex Server that has all my music (over 5,000 of tracks) and TV/Movies, but I also have radio automation program running and have it as a personal station.
I haven’t been listening to local radio I’ve been streaming talk stations and podcasts this last 12 months.