Tate knows how to sell KFC in Queensland and how to spam people through marketing company ROKT. 2GB’s success is due to Jones and Hadley, and no one else - as we know 2GB was a wasteland before they arrived.
And it was all too clear from Jones’ prolonged absences last year that they have no proper succession strategy in place for when the day comes when he steps down from his daily show - a day which probably isn’t too far away now. Chris Smith isn’t the answer and nor is doubling the length of Hadley’s show.
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I take great joy in binning their rubbish.
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I’m sure they’d give up the callsign for the right price… but I doubt MML would be interested.
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or better still, bring back Magic 1278 as Melbourne has been without an “easy classics” format for over a year now!
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Actually is was used, 3EE - The Breeze - 693.
Just posted this in the radio history thread.
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Maybe they were planning for months? They are just keeping thier cards to themselves. The ironic thing is 2gb say often the government are short sighted on things. Like the nbn being planned on the back of napkin. Often rightly too as it’s the taxpayers money.
But it feels like a bit like pot calling the teapot black here .
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Something I want to tell Singo…
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The original plan way back when Jones & Hadley moved to 2GB and there was actually in-house management it was Hadley that would take over from Jones. But now Hadley is an old man himself and you are right, no proper succession strategy. No doubt they have some up and coming talent on staff, namely Michael McLaren and Mark Levy so it will be interesting when the time comes, John Stanley???
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As a stand alone now way but certainly 3AW has plenty of surplus talent so maybe they could.
If Russell Tate said today was Monday I would have to look at a calendar myself to believe him. Same goes with Adam Lang.
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I’m sure Russell Tate and Adam Lang have more carefully planned what they’re having for dinner tonight than what is going to go to air on Sport Talk in a few weeks.
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I wonder if the new sports format of Talking Lifestyle signed up any names yet: former Eon Sports Radio presenters, the presenters sacked from SEN?
Maybe we should get William Hill to run a book before they head back home to the UK…
3-1 Sport Talk
3-1 Talking Sport
4-1 Macquarie Sports Radio (I’m putting my money on this)
20-1 Sportsactive (I don’t think they want the name 2UE mentioned, but it could just work)
50-1 2UE/3EE/4BH
100-1 2UE/3XY/4BH
Any other bets?
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John and Garry? For 2gb breakfast. 
My bet is the imaginative Talking Sport name…
I really hope John Stanley is given an opportunity to fill in on shifts at 2GB. From what little I’ve heard of McLaren and Levy, they don’t sound like they’re in the same league as Stanley as broadcasters. It’d be good to hear John commenting on topical subjects again rather than reacting to Garry’s lame jokes.
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If you shook their hands or any of their appointees, you’d want to check you have all your fingers after it.
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John Stanley in his heart leans somewhat left. Would he fit in on 2GB as it is now?
He didn’t seem too out of place back when he did afternoons when Jones, Hadley and Laws were at UE.
2UE had a range of views though.