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- From: hamster@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan)
- Newsgroups: aus.music
- Subject: Re: Commercial Radio
- Message-ID: <hamster.0332@xymox.apana.org.au>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 05:03:54 GMT
- References: <Felicity_Jones.06wr@guru.apana.org.au> <1jnsgqINN1v8@zikzak.apana.org.au> <pet.727702207@munagin>
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- In article <pet.727702207@munagin> pet@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (paul eng-yi tan) writes:
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- > Agreed. I am forced to listen to the FOX whenever we're in my girlfriend's
- > car, and I hate it. Take 40 is not my style coz of the large Barnes/Farnes/H&C
- > element, but Hot 20 was pretty good. I was very pleased (smug look) when it
-
- I honestly never thought I'd see the day when someone would lump Hunters
- And Collectors in the same derisive basket as Barnsey and Farnsey... :-(
-
- > started playing my old favorites Unbelievable, I'm Free, and the like (indie
- > UK dance) plus a bit of techno. It gave me some small comfort after hearing
- > all that crap classic rock stuff. I find top 8 at 8 and similar shows always
- > have better music because you get more dance or alternative music compared
- > with the usual FOX fare... or MMM as the case may be.
-
- I was speaking to one of the Polygram publicists yesterday, and he is
- delighted about what's happening in radio. Basically while FOX's sister
- station in Sydney have made a move towards pop/dance, FOX themselves have
- decided on a bogan rock format, 24 hours a day. There have been rumours
- that songs have been being rejected from the Top 8 at 8 for being "not
- within the format", which pretty much defeats the purpose of the whoile
- thing, but anyway... what this person was saying was that he doesn't mind
- so much about the format change - which makes just about every radio
- station in Melbourne into a classicrockboganhitsthongsandesky station -
- because most of the product from his company fits the format. On the other
- hand, Polydor across the hallway find themselves with a swag of dance stuff
- to promote, and no radio station will touch it. It's quite likely that, had
- the Utah Saints' "Something Good" come out now, you'd never even have
- gotten to hear it.
-
- And with JJJ gone bananas for the summer - and HOPEFULLY coming back -
- there's little to do for new music but to go and visit some indie
- nightclubs...
-
- > >TT-FM again. It is basically the case of picking the station
- > >you hate the least - not picking the one you like the most.
-
- Thing is, frightening though it may be, there are STILL people out there
- who actually get excited when they hear Hotel California, or Farnsey's
- version of "Help". If there's one thing that I AM surprised about, it's
- that MMM seem to have put the new Jesus Jones single on high rotation,
- while JJJ aren't even playing it...
-
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- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - hamster@xymox.apana.org.au
- "The Looks Or The Lifestyle? I'll take the lifestyle. And the looks."
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