Yes going by Radio Alive they have the northern boundary of the Taree LA going through Middle Brother. So if they were to use Middle Brother they would require a similar setup to Power Fm Nowra, strong null to the north and all the power going to the south.
Do you think the Newcastle commercials and National fm’s require more power to the north??
I always thought 107.5 would be better for Max fm, in line with the Middle Brother/Kempsey spacing and not cochanneled with Bellingen and Sydney. From the existing site, Max fm is pretty ordinary to the North and to the south it already interferes with 2SER in parts of Sydney with tropo. I have received it before on the F3 near Brooklyn and on the Northern beaches.
You’d have to get rid of SBS 107.7 at Laurieton or Camden Haven (whereever it is) now though, especially if it were to be from Middle Brother.
When the 10kW BE is back in service, does it run at 10kW?
Coverage used to extend south to Caboolture and north to Maryborough, but lucky to get to Tiaro (somewhere there @Brianc68?) and thank goodness for FM 100.5 from Doonan for coverage south.
I felt its coverage was better than 4SS in the 90’s for covering a large distance but its shrunk. Why?
Yes it sounds so weak now and barely receivable past Tiaro. Back in the 80s 4GY was a local strength station in Maryborough during the day. In fact even north to Howard/Torbanlea. One of the on air promos on 4GY even started “From Torbanlea to …” The other town was a town starting with T way to the south of Gympie, illustrating the range. The main on air ID was “Wide Bay, Cooloola and Sunshine Coast”. This would have been early to mid 80s
Satellite not working for Radio 97, Scott was on air at least after 11, read all the news bulletins and music shift, did foreshadow best of John Laws, so we know the internet is working at Tweed Heads South for it to be emailed up.
it’s a little tactic to gently remind possible suitors, including SCA, that’s there a bunch of stations in the network and they’d better look at increasing their offers substantially.
I heard that one this morning on 2LF Young (on my way back home now via Bathurst), and I had a little laugh.
Yes, I know it would be a dig at SCA, but I think they can hardly call themselves the “premier” network when their coverage is limited to just northern & western NSW and southern QLD.