It was a 2-hour DJ set from “The Good Doctor” that covered current club hits, nu disco remixes & classic house party faves. This aired at 6-8pm Saturdays.
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A shame. I thought for a minute they were going newer with their playlist. Obviously, i98 is threatened by the size and takeover of WaveFM by ARN.
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Yes, hopefully Wave get the guidance they need from ARN, it had gone a bit wayward under Grants, it suffered from too much commonality with Nowra’s Power.
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It’s the same today. It made sense to finish at 3pm yesterday, given that the station has the “Essential 20” countdown at 3-5pm Saturdays (part of which competes with the “Hot 20” that airs on Wave FM at 4-6pm Saturdays). Today though, it would’ve made more sense to continue the ‘all 90s’ into 4pm, when “90 Minutes of the 90s” commence, instead of finishing at 3pm, going back to a normal playlist for just an hour before then.
I would hope so too. Back in the 90s, Grants did separate Wave from Power on targeting a different audience from one another when the latter was actively competing in the Wollongong market before scaling back to just being a Shoalhaven/Southern Highlands station from the early-mid 00s.
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What it suffers from is the Camerons cutting far too much to the bone and there not being enough resources to properly address competition.
Wave is under resourced, staff are in a competitive market with their hands largely tied behind their backs.
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Sounds like i98 also understaffed, lack of resources for required attention to detail.
That’s when the rot set in for the Illawarra/South Coast Grants assets.
Janet and co began thinking how they could make more with less. Hasn’t always worked for them.
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Could we soon hear him on i98?
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Straney doing WIN weather, this is most amusing; good on him.
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In line with the other ARN’s regional Hot AC/CHR stations, Wave FM now airs Kyle & Jackie O Hour of Power at 7-8pm weeknights.
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What happened to the Random 30 countdown??
What happened to the Random 30 countdown??
It’s now the Random 20.
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That’s deflation for you
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Soon it will be just Random
The Random 1, just one random track
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Radio 2RPH will launch its new FM radio reading service on 93.3FM in the Wollongong and Illawarra region 25 March.
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It’s been on air since January, perhaps they were kind of in test mode and this is an official launch?
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Maybe it’s just relaying 2RPH Sydney until the official launch? They will start reading from the Mercury when they have presenters.
Radio 50+ wins the battle here in Stanhope Gardens. They are still stronger then Kix Country which I assume uses a vertical array as it is not receivable at all here.
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Interesting ACMA has updated the licence for 2RPH Wollongong but they have left off the broadcast specs. It was originally to be 500W omnidirectional, unless they are using VOX fm antenna which is directional, and ACMA are updating the licence conditions to allow similar specs to VOX???
This is what the 500W 93.3 2RPH Wollongong coverage from Brokers Nose looks like.
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Their logo reminds me of this.
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