If a tenant at a transmission site cannot pay rent, can the ramifications include, barring them from site, and or switching off their transmitters until they can come to an agreement?
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Would likely depend on the terms of the agreement they have, but id imagine those are options available
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Graeme Gilbert, Talk Overnight and Hi-Tide Fishing Show are also there.
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Wow! I didn’t even notice that.
When did they officially wrap up with Nine Radio?
It would’ve been recently…
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Short answer, yes.
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It happened to Switch FM in Brisbane. They started at least two TCBL periods late as hadn’t rustled up the cash.
Zero sympathy for them and still penniless on AM as they don’t understand the gap in the market they could fill so much better than at present.
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It’s a shame , as it used to be good station, the only problem was they had songs in the playlist that were too mainstream, i.e too similar to Nova.
If they had gone down the RadioMetro route (even on AM) it would have been more successful and filled a gap in the market.
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They could easily fill the gap in the market by pushing streaming and DAB.
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Also back in the hands of the same idiots that ran it into the ground in the past
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What kind of music and programming are switch doing these days?
Yeah i was part of the station when we changed it to Brisbane Youth Radio to try to freshen things but sadly couldn’t really get people motivated or involved and then I moved to Toowoomba for work and the station started to loose the traction me and the president had achieved before we kinda admitted defeat and the previous board swooped in and took back over again sadly
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Sorry for staying off topic
In my opinion that was when it failed the most, It went from the vibrant switch1197 to the dull and boring Brisbane Youth Radio with the heart that was switch cut out.
During that time websites were lost graphics and studios disappeared and it basically shut down.
I’m not however saying the current version of switch is any better, its nothing more then a name sake but still as lifeless as Brisbane Youth Radio.
They should really have a look at how Fresh927, Radio Metro or even Kiss FM Melbourne do things in connection with the community and take that to switch, add a bit of investment with a on-air/digital refresh and you will have a humming youth station.
PS.
Maybe the owner/manager should stop channeling funds into Switch FM (buying more frequencies and studios for that) and invest in switch1197.
(Yes its the same people…)
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Agreed. Switch1197 or i1197 were brilliant back when they played wall to wall dance.
I used to flick between Switch, Fresh92.7 and Gorilla Super Digi.
These days, I just stick with Dance Hits and Blender Beats.
I have no idea why 1197AM plays “variety” these days, yet again, I haven’t really tuned in lately to hear their current format.
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Thanks for that.
Also, there is a “4AK” website but I don’t think it bears any connection to the radio station.
And for example, this article on that website is largely nonsense and could only be described as being written by some clunky algorythm: The best 5 local radio stations for young people
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Exactly, it’s a bot produced page.
Here’s what the Aus Whois search returns. Can only take it on face value, however the Romeo bros could well be Mario and Luigi who moonlight as domain squatters.
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The 2SM Network have lost a lot of there websites due to negligence, not just 4AK.
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They should get “superradionetwork.com.au” (still appears to be available) and build station pages off that.
The challenge for them is keeping it up to date and correct, as some info (eg station frequencies) have been incorrect on some pages.
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Try Capital Dance, on the Capital, Global player app. It is a really good sounding dance station.
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