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[TV_Expert]

Discuss about 96fm here.

According to their website, the station will be doing the "Top 500 Songs of the last 30 years" countdown, to celebrate the station's 30th birthday. As the title suggests, it will play the top 500 songs from 1980 to 2010, as voted by listeners.

Here's the background history of the station.
96fm was the first commercial FM station in Perth, in which it commenced full-time transmission on 8th August 1980. It remained to be the only commercial FM station in Perth for 10 years until 6PM, its nearest commercial competitor throughout the 80s, converted to FM on 31st December 1990. Throughout most of the 80s & early 90s, 96fm was the dominant station in Perth, until it was rebranded as Triple M in 1993, causing PMFM (now 92.9) & KYFM (now Mix 94.5) to overtake the FM market.

In 1998, its then-new owner, Southern Cross Broadcasting, rebranded it back to 96fm. During the 1998-2002 period, 96fm was competing head-on with PMFM with its CHR-skewed format. After Nova arrived in the market in December 2002, 96fm changed format & demographic focus to become more of an adult rock-skewed station, with its nearest competitor being Mix 94.5.

[TV_Expert]

Looking back on this following post made here on this thread over a year ago, when Perth first started having full-time DAB+ transmissions:

Does 6iX get an "extra channel" on Digital?? If so, what are playing on it...?

Maybe they might do the 60s and 70s music on the main channel, and contemporary easy listening on the digital only channel..?

It turns out that 6iX do have 2 extra channels on digital. It also turns out that one of them is indeed a contemporary easy listening station (MyPerth), with the other being a country music station (Hot Country).

The main channel (6iX) does provide the main 'Forever Classic' format, playing "the greatest hits of the 60s, 70s & 80s", as one of their on-air IDs go. IMHO, 6iX does leave WS-FM, Gold 104 & to some extent, 4KQ, for dead when to comes to providing a real 'classic hits' format on a major metropolitan market in Australia.

[TV_Expert]

According to their website, the station will be doing the "Top 500 Songs of the last 30 years" countdown, to celebrate the station's 30th birthday. As the title suggests, it will play the top 500 songs from 1980 to 2010, as voted by listeners.

The countdown list for 96fm's "Top 500 Songs of the last 30 years" can now be seen here: http://www.96fm.com....op500Last30.pdf

[Peter at The Suburban]

6IX Perth have a new look website:

http://www.6ix.com.au

[Squee!]

Thats good. The old one looked like it was from 1995.

[KCR_Mike]

I reckon 6IX sounds so much better in digital than analogue of course.

[TV_Expert]

Looking at 96fm's website, it appears that "The Jono & Dano Show" has been dropped from the weeknights schedule, presumably due to poor ratings. As from 16th August, it has been replaced by a live-and-local night show program, presented by Segale, titled "Segale at Night". It is then followed by "Cover to Cover" with Barry Bissell, which is aired at 10pm weeknights.

I reckon 6IX sounds so much better in digital than analogue of course.

I would definitely agree with you, especially when comparing with its main 1080AM service.

[TV_Expert]

According to their website, 96fm will soon have their "Work Choices 500 Countdown", where listeners vote in their favourite workday songs.

[TV_Expert]

Mix 94.5 are currently doing the "Variety 300" countdown, which has started yesterday. The countdown list, which is constantly being updated as it progresses, can be seen here: http://www.mix.com.a...01018-a6ir.html

Meanwhile, 96fm's "Top 500 Work Choices Countdown" song list can now be seen in full here: http://96fm.com.au/m...esCountdown.pdf

[mcappa]

Some weird choices in the Mix countdown so far such as:

#180 - This Afternoon - Nickelback
#203 - Hollywood - Michael Buble (way too new, it's even ahead of Crowded House for crying out loud!)
#166 - If It's Love - Train (ahead of All My Love by Led Zep!)

Santana's 'Smooth' isn't in there yet, but expect it to be top 20, they do have some sort of obsession with that, especially during breakfast (which i haven't listened to in 6+ months by the way).

[J23]

Does anyone know if 6PR will be going ahead with the FM translators? I'm wondering if the ACMA are not allowing them to go ahead with it for some reason.

Edited by J23, 12 November 2010 - 09:35 PM.

[crankymedia]

Does anyone know if 6PR will be going ahead with the FM translators? I'm wondering if the ACMA are not allowing them to go ahead with it for some reason.

They shouldn't bother, but instead redirect the money to a bulk shipment of digital radios and hand them out free to increase penetration.

[TV_Expert]

According to Jock's Journal, Perth radio legend of 38 years, Gary Shannon, has suddenly being sacked from 96fm after 10 years with the station. This is despite the fact that his current contract runs until the end of 2011. The future of the rest of the current 96fm breakfast team, consisting of Brad "Fitzy" Fitzgerald and Mel Preston, is in doubt, as they only have a month left in their contracts and are not being told on whether it will be renewed.

Full story here: http://www.perthnow....l-1225963471911

[Squee!]

Good. His voice is tantamount to ear rape and their breakfast show never really rated well anyway.
96fm's whole format while popular amongst many people is very strange... wouldn't be surprised if an overhaul is on the way.

[TV_Expert]

96fm's whole format while popular amongst many people is very strange... wouldn't be surprised if an overhaul is on the way.

How is it considered to be 'very strange', just out of curiosity?

As far as I understand it, 96fm is the most rock-skewed radio station in Perth, but is sounding quite similar to that of its more superior rival station, Mix 94.5, in which the latter station gets about double the ratings to that of its inferior rival (96fm).

[Squee!]

just an odd mixture of AC, Rock and Classics as I see it.
Happy for people to disagree though.

[mal]

It's a mush mash of formats it's not a true rock station. Can go from living end to venessa amerosi to a track from the early 70s. It's not focused enough imo

[mcappa]

Its been a while since i've heard 96fm, and i do agree, they are a bit all over the shop. Didn't they have a CHR format a while back though? Have been listening to a bit of Mix 94.5 lately (not by choice mind you, default station in the workplace!) and apart from The Bunch, i have been pleasently surprised by their improvements to their music, they're not repeating as many songs from day to day, which is good to see. So for my liking, i'd prefer Mix over 96fm, not that i'd listen to either normally, i'm a bit young for both! Though I do wish Mix would stop playing this all the time:



Meanwhile, it is confirmed that Paul Murray will return to Mornings on 6PR. Simon Beaumont will remain with the station as an executive producer. Interesting to see that Gary Shannon was offered a spot at 6PR alongside Tony Mac in afternoons, but he knocked it back.

Link: http://www.smh.com.a...1207-18nu5.html

[WAtv]

Reading newsmedia today and the name Jeff warden working in Tasmania
Is this the same Jeff warden who in late 80,s was hosting breakfast radio in Perth (1080am the eagle)
The show was called " the morning zoo"

[jimbo]

I quite like 96FM, in particular Darren De Mello in the afternoons. He's always got something funny to say and has a very likeable personality imo. Glad to see Garry Shannon go though, not a fan, but sad to see Mel Preston go after just one year as I thought she fitted in very well as the 'one in the middle' on The Crew. I think it's a little pointless though getting rid of 2 of the 3. If they want a proper clean out and fresh start, Fitzy should go too.