SCA continue to cut and slash local and then cry that revenue is down
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I didnât see a media release linked to the article?
Absolutely they are taking the piss and making a mockery of the intent of the local content rules. They are abusing their market position. The ACMA should release new commercial licences in every large regional market without a local SCA breakfast show
They wonât do that - remember, ACMA are the industryâs little bitch.
What needs to happen is a new government that isnât Labor, Coalition, Greens or PHON, and with that, an all out, no holds barred, take no prisoners federal inquiry/royal commission into the adequacy (or inadequacy) of regional media operations in this country.
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Yes I realise itâll never happen with the ACMA. They are the worldâs best example of a regulator that has been captured by the industry theyâre supposed to regulate. They even put the banking regulators to shame.
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Sadly, the latter can be true even when cuts are made and good people lose their jobs.
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Correct, Hit Newcastle local till 3pm. Loues doesnât broadcast there
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I really feel for the Hit Newcastle breakfast team. Itâs not their fault, but my goodness they have taken a LOT of regional radio jobs from others. I hope nobody is taking it out on them personally.
Same goes with the three âpromotionsâ we saw in yesterdayâs news. Talk about poor timing!
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I see they wasted no time in making up new roles for those in management.
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The NSWDoE playbook.
We canât fund vital services but we can create more management roles for our mates and those who toe the compay line.
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Iâm curious to know if all the âsurvivorsâ of these redundancies receive a pay rise?
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All three affected breakfast shows finished up this morning.
I feel sorry for Christie Hayes, who only returned to the airwaves last month after taking maternity leave (she gave birth to a girl in November last year). I wonder if she will move back to the mainland to seek more job opportunities.
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Terrible news, all terrific operatorâs. So who is left in WA
1 hit announcer? And local daytimes on triple M? 2 content directors? Any word on the sale?
Hobart, Newcastle and GC, still local from 9-3? Regional vic and nsw from Albury?
I remember the obs on the hit side were a cash cow for the network, how does this work now?
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I wonder what it means for Christie Hayes as her husband is on Triple M IIRC?
They donât do it.
These cuts have been an annual occurrence since covid, when you think they canât cut anymore they still do. No wonder listeners are leaving in droves.
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inappropriate language and derision of female
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Hot Tomato breakfast co-host Emily Jade OâKeeffe spoke on the show on Wednesday about Bronte and Lakey being made redundant.
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I wonât comment on them âtaking jobsâ but having listened to them twice at work this week they do make me want to go back to bed (not an option for a job starting at 5AM for me unfortunately).
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