Sea FM was always a stupid name for that station.
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Looks like every combination of âhitâ and a frequency used by Star, Sea or HOT FM has a domain redirecting to hit.com.au. Itâs happening.
Been that way since hit107 was launched.
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ah, cheers. Wasnât aware that every domain had been done, only for 100.9 (Hobart) and 106.9 (NX Newy).
Much loved radio legend Mal Hedstrom of SunFM Mildura retired from the industry on Friday afternoon, after 45 years in the game spending time on 2SM, 2NX & a handful of regionals across the country.
He spent 10 years at SCA Mildura.
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There have been severe storms around Townsville down to Ayr tonight.
ABC Local Radio Qld broadcast the BoM warnings with siren as asked by the BoM.
It was a 1% chance storm, very severe, swift water rescue teams were needed in multiple locations, many cars stranded & flooded due to water where it is not usually expected.
What did Townsvilleâs commercial stations do? 4TO & Hot FM? mcpaton, what went on air?
This edited selection of the warning will give you a flavour of what happened:
IDQ20041
Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Regional Office
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for DAMAGING WIND and HEAVY RAINFALL
For people in parts of the
Peninsula,
Gulf Country,
Northern Tropical Coast and Tablelands and
Herbert and Lower Burdekin Forecast Districts.
Issued at 11:27 pm Monday, 8 February 2016.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Cairns, Innisfail, Cardwell, Tully, Gordonvale, Babinda and Dunbar.
The heavy rainfall over the Townsville area has ceased, though some patchy rain does persist. The situation is still quite hazardous in the Townsville area given the intensity of the rainfall that fell earlier this evening. If itâs flooded, forget it.
48mm of rain fell at Euramo and 40mm at Tully in the 30 minutes to 11:15pm.
Between 7pm and 9pm the following areas recorded:
Aplin Weir 91mm in 30 minutes, 143mm in 1 hour and 181mm within 2 hours.
Annandale 62mm in 30 minutes, 111mm in 1 hour and 140mm within 2 hours.
Kirwan 56mm in 30 minutes.
Bushland Beach 61mm in 30 minutes.
The next warning is due to be issued by 2:30 am Tuesday.
Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts, the Bureauâs website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 219. The Bureau and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.
Anything broadcast by the âlocalâ TV stations?
I donât know what the other stations did, but 4TO and HOT inserted the BOM warnings in local Windows including the warning siren as requested by BOM.
Honestly it wasnât that bad - a lot of rain that didnât last long, and ran off really quickly.
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turn it up! They didnât get Pricey in, do a simulcast and scare the kiddies listening to HOT wondering who the hell that old dinosaur is?! Shameful! 
Former Mix 94.5 & 96fm presenter, Ian âBlackersâ Blackley, will present breakfast on RadioWest SouthWest (Bunbury/Busselton). He replaces Cliff Reeve, whoâll be presenting its own drive program for the RadioWest network from 4 to 7pm weekdays, replacing Lisa & Pete on relay from Mix 94.5.
Source: Radio Today
I hope the on air branding of that station isnât âRadio West South Westâ⌠sounds a bit awkwardâŚ
Great to hear mcpaton on the local inserts.
Guessing the BoM is being over cautious after past criticism of not forecasting localised heavy rainfall eg Toowoomba 2011. Employment cuts to the BoM regionally might have been another factor.
Working on the Gold Coast at the moment. SeaFM is as bad as its always been. There afternoon announcer âBellaâ actually pretends Hamish & Andy are banging on the Studio door to get in and start there drive show. So cringe worthy, surely Gold Coast locals realise its networked (and also on delay due to Daylight Savings Time)
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2MC has switched their streaming back on. Along with 5SE, it is the only SCA âClassic Hitsâ station to be streaming online at present, at least when I checked.
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Pleased to hear more streams being added 
I believe from what Iâve been told in regards to the delays surrounding the streams coming back on line, it is down to the technology that they are using to deliver the streams from broadcast chain to the Internet.
Hopefully the engineering guys can work out the remaining stations in the original list to get them back on soon.
I believe that there are some changes in the lineup again at the end of the month, with the focus on keeping it local in the mornings.
Sounds like next Monday thereâll be a late start for North Queensland breakfast shows as it appears the network up here will be taking a call of Leeds vs North Queensland from 4:40AM EST. The other 2 games in the series look as though theyâll also be broadcast (St.Helens vs Roosters Saturday Morning, Wigan vs Brisbane Sunday Morning, both 5:40AM on air times for a 6AM kickoff Qld Time)
Whoâll be calling?
The Cowboys game will probably have their callers (Cowboys Call Team) calling from a screen in Townsville, not sure on the others (havenât asked).