Comments on: Goodbye Vega, hello Classic Rock

By: Alan McBride

Alan McBride — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:02 +0000

Just as long as we don’t have Eagle Rock and Red, Red Wine on high rotation and hopefully they realise each album has more than one track, I’ll try it.

Hope “classic rock” is that, would be such a novel and popular approach;-)

By: Kenneth J Darcy

Kenneth J Darcy — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:52:18 +0000

Te same old boring repititions,how often can somebody listen to the Police Jimmy barnes or Led zepplin before they are bored to death by the repititious playlist.
Why be like every other station do something different like a whole day( oe even week )without playing the same artist twice.

By: DMG’s Classic Rock gamble sees small win in breakfast, while it’s good news for Nova’s new breakfast team - mUmBRELLA

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:58:06 +0000

[...] launched the new Sydney and Melbourne stations on March 12 and now features mostly classic rock [...]

By: Robyne

Robyne — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:44:42 +0000

The new format is terrific but could you please change the daily format. We are hearing the same tracks at the same time every day. It is becoming very boring.

By: Dan German

Dan German — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:41:10 +0000

Yawn. No balls.

By: tabatha voss

tabatha voss — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:50:48 +0000

I will be turning off the radio for good. another same as most others station, we now have a choice between doof doof c*ap stations or bore you to sleep stations

By: Warren Atkinson

Warren Atkinson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:37:04 +0000

Ho, Hum…Tiny playlists, predictable formats, nothing has changed since Rod Muir’s days at 2SM 40 years ago.

Radio, like the advertising industry, is controlled by tired, boring, drug adled male baby boomers who have lost touch with their audience.

It’s easy to see why people are turning to quality community radio in droves.

Warren Atkinson
Northern Brisbane’s Better Mix 99.7FM.

By: Damo

Damo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:43:12 +0000

Welcome to beige radio. The issue I have with commercial radio stations (as well as JJJ and FBI at times) is the repetitious playlist hourly and daily you can almost set your watch by it. regardless of station. I heard the same song four times today, and I wasn’t in the office all day. To all radio management, do yourselves and listeners a favour, go to JB HI-FI and buy a new mix CD.

By: Humphrey

Humphrey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:55 +0000

Why are you yelling at us Lana? You need to calm down. And when you have, let us know what you think Triple M’s strategy is.

I like the new logo, and if the music policy is legit, I’m gonna be all over it.

By: Lana

Lana — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:23 +0000

Vega cannot compete with Triple M!!! i THINK THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL STRATEGY thats origional!

By: Tim Nicholas

Tim Nicholas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:57:03 +0000

When Vega launched I had high hopes their playlist would be quite diverse, not usual Top 40 songs from the 70′s and 80′s. Maybe a Triple J for boomers! Over the years I became disillusioned and went searching for more music variety from the Sydney radio dial.

There is so much great music they could have played that would have kept me and many others listening. Not all of it mainstream, but dipping into the side-streams with a few songs each hour would have created a station with variety, surprises and lots of great memories for us boomers to listen to.

Such a shame pure conservative commercialism killed the radio station.

By: Jayme

Jayme — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:56:06 +0000

News Open To Boost Ratings:

Melbourne Version:
(3XY 1991 News Theme Plays In Background)
91.5 Classic Rock News

News Reader: Its 11 Degrees At 6:00am Good Morning I’m (NAME HERE)
A Fine Day Becoming Sunny And 24 Degrees The Expected Top

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Sydney Version:
(3XY 1991 News Theme Plays In Background)
95.3 Classic Rock News

News Reader: Its 19 Degrees At 6:00am Good Morning I’m (NAME HERE)
Mostly Cloudy Today And 24 Degrees The Expected Top

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:04:46 +0000

Ginger Ninja strikes again

By: Dan Bradley - dmg

Dan Bradley - dmg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:57:02 +0000

Guys,

Dan Bradley here from DMG. I note the comments about the IP address above. I’m unsure if the comments are from people within our company, however if they are, they are posting anonymously without any instruction or authorisation from DMG.

We have no interest in a ‘stooge’ campaign to talk up the launch of the two new stations, I can assure you there has been no internal direction to post on this site to pump up our tyres.

Dan Bradley

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:48:58 +0000

Just checked it out. ‘I was made for loving you’ by Kiss, followed up by a live cut of ‘Shot through the heart’ by Bon Jovi. Not complaining. After all, it;’s just radio, not high art.