Absolutely, the tech world is difficult and radio listeners need an easy way to listen. Especially at this end of the market.
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You canât ignore apps. Most online radio listening is done via apps, even in cars now with Apple and Android Car Play. They should at least be on the Radio App like the other commercial networks and the ABC, and the online Radio Box or Radio Garden which are global streaming platforms.
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Yes, get on RadioApp at the very least. Maybe iHeart. Or do your own app.
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Please get onto iHeart.
I donât want fifty different apps to listen to one station.
Whereâs the radio equivalent of Hubbl/Foxtel 
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These days, probably more than ever before, SRN regional stations are more local than years gone by. Maybe since Billâs passing, the new management are more open to localism & less network endless caller rubbish.
Hopefully weâll never hear the 10 minute callers Poppy once had on a weekend.
Poppy was remotely entertaining. But it woudl be nice for all the heritage stations to ditch all the talkback and go back to music. Iâm happy if they wish to keep football as imagine that would be popular for advertising.
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I agree with that earlier comment. SRN streaming regionals is brilliant for any radio nut (like myself) sick of hearing the same networked SCA & ARN regional stations.
I see some of the Super Radio Regional stations a bit like the latest show from Ronâs show networked on Braidwood FM Crap From The Past - 88.9FM , Crap From The Past: Archives. Ronâs latest episode is on a small station called WEVR, that donât stream at all. That small station lives in its own little world and by no means the most exciting station. He is just happy it exists not really following all the rules of modern radio. It is pretty cool he listens to it on a weak AM signal , no one in his family is interested and finds it boring. Just like me lol, Iâd listen to the super radio network on a road trip and most people in the car find it boring so I can really relate to it. It was cool they played âWithout your loveâ by Toto on WEVR , no one would normally play that. Maybe I should find a show to request it 
, some good middle of the road music, that was never a hit.
So that is the same feeling I have for those regional stations. A bit mysterious that they havenât been streaming and a very minimal online presence. However this is changing now but in true Super Radio Network style a slow rollout and not in any slick apps like iheart or listnr . A bit like FUN superdigi , it just exists in a vacuum.
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Streaming needs to come for SRN as a whole! There is still a little too much thinking âwe are the only show in townâ. Thanks to years of being in âso calledâ solus markets. The problem is Alexa speakers and Spotify accounts have challenged this! Then some stations have questionable signal in thier markets as well. Plus waiting for an AM to FM conversion is not going to solve everything. Brought on by noisy computers etc in the office now (that werenât there years ago). Plus cars donât run around with external whips these days. So signal levels that once worked (back in the day for larger areas) will not cut it today.
The next thing is some of the SRN stations need to step up thier act. Stepping onto www with streaming means the whole world can now hear them. You become an ambassador (of sorts) for Australian Radio. Plus head office can now listen directly if they wantâŚ
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Letâs state the obvious.
Whilst this is âbig news for SRNâ, would anyone agree with me that itâs almost a bit embarrassing to have to announce in 2026, that âWe are now streaming!â
Thatâs so 2001 IMO.
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This whole thing is really surprising, the medication and wine excuse doesnât cut it and the room was obviously full of media people and cameras from the ABC to youtube Guy knew that for sure he looks like he tried to be funny but it clearly fell flat from quite a height, wonder what Cheralyn thinks about it.
Has Guy come out to say this?
No ,all I meant was that itâs well known that itâs not an excuse anymore, Guy would know that for sure, I think this is a very strange thing to happen.
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I wish ZZZ FM Lismore would be available for live streaming too
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Maybe they have Bluetooth speakers for all the stations?
I canât see them spending that sort of money.
Even if they are just $20 Anko ones from K-Mart.
Theyâre not the Anko ones - believe me, I was in Kmart yesterday. Two of them. 
You can get pretty decent ones made for corporate giveaways for reasonable bulk prices. They wouldnât be smart speakers, but for simply connecting your phone or other device to the speakers, and playing New FM (or any other SRN stream one assumes), youâd be doing OK.
Iâd assume they wouldnât buy a lot of them, youâd want to keep them as a âpremiumâ giveaway.
Trust me, I know my tat.
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Branded Give aways of some sort is a good idea,definitely theyâre open to spending more than the past ,Gary Stewart on graveyard has a producer so at least Gary has someone to talk to.
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Iâm glad SRN punted him. I donât think they had a choice. Whether we like it or not, we are living in an age where you have to conduct yourself in a way where you have to assume you are being filmed constantly. Either by CCTV, someone with a phone camera or a dashcam, there is no hiding anymore in the public sphere. Any kind of footage can, and will be used against you if need be.
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I wonder if the end of Guy Ashford will mark the end of hearing so much 2HD branding on network programs?
It sounds ridiculous hearing a provincial station ID on a Sydney metro station (2SM).
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