Brisbane's 96.5 Family FM New Line-Up
Glen
the headphones after 7 years of being 96five's Breakfast announcer.
The final show, was full of emotion, thanks to all the constant calls
from listeners paying tribute to Ken.
After the show, the 96five team took Ken out to a morning tea, where
we presented him with the gifts that you can see in the photo,
including a framed cartoon drawing of Ken.
96five's General Manager, Jason Berry had this to say about Ken,
"I'd like to pay tribute to Ken Maxwell. Ken came to 96five at a time
when we needed professional people who could take us to the next
level. Ken commenced on air in 1997 and has been doing the Breakfast
program for over 7 years! For the past 7 years while all of us are
tucked up in bed fast asleep, Ken has been up and on air. An
extraordinary commitment and I'd like to say a huge thanks to Ken for
the commitment he has and continues to have to 96five".
Ken has many other talents and he is still part of the 96five team.
From June, Ken moves to the afternoon shift of 12-4pm, and in July,
Ken will become our relief announcer and will also support in other
'creative' areas, together with a number of special projects in
marketing to help continue the growth of the station.
Commencing Monday May 31, 96five launches a new breakfast show with
Malcolm Pollard and Helen Shield.
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I have noticed over the last few weeks however that the afternoon
person, seems to run until 6pm and then of course you have the Seven
News Simulcast until 6:30pm before Az Hamilton starts his time. Could
this mean they have lost Drive Announcer and M.D(???)Nat Dixon? Or
might they wait until Ken leaves in July to give him a 12pm - 6pm
time?
But hearing their new Breakfast sounds like a rip from 97.3FM's "Campo
and Marny T" in my books. A top effort however by their Programming
Team in my books. Would like to hear Brisbane radio listeners opinions
on this!
Tejas57Fan
> person, seems to run until 6pm and then of course you have the Seven
> News Simulcast until 6:30pm before Az Hamilton starts his time. Could
> this mean they have lost Drive Announcer and M.D(???)Nat Dixon? Or
> might they wait until Ken leaves in July to give him a 12pm - 6pm
> time?
>
i'll ask helen tomorrow night
> But hearing their new Breakfast sounds like a rip from 97.3FM's "Campo
> and Marny T" in my books. A top effort however by their Programming
> Team in my books. Would like to hear Brisbane radio listeners opinions
> on this!
i'll give it a listen later this morning - i wanna hear how helen is anyway
Tejas57Fan
> > this mean they have lost Drive Announcer and M.D(???)Nat Dixon?
By the way the MD is Malcom Pollard
Glen
> Could
> > > this mean they have lost Drive Announcer and M.D(???)Nat Dixon?
>
> By the way the MD is Malcom Pollard
Ahh, must have got him and their PD mixed up, as I thought he was at
some stage? If not, then who is their PD? I'm not as well informed as
alot of you are! :)
BTW: Heard Nat Dixon back on-air this afternoon. Must have been on
sick leave.
Tejas57Fan
>
>
> Ahh, must have got him and their PD mixed up, as I thought he was at
> some stage? If not, then who is their PD? I'm not as well informed as
> alot of you are! :)
>
> BTW: Heard Nat Dixon back on-air this afternoon. Must have been on
> sick leave.
i believe that malcom has both roles but i'll double check with helen
tonight
Tejas57Fan
ok i stand corrected
MD: Jason Berry
PD: Malcolm Pollard
The Listener
a licence. It's way too professional and more importantly too
commercial for commmunity radio.
Besides, it was given the licence because Family FM has 'mates' in
government that were able to lean (not too hard I might add) on the
highly smypathetic ABA and good ol Professor Flint who being such a
fun loving stick in the mud, middle of the road, queen loving and god
fearing person that he is would've loved to have signed off on it.
Wild FM Brisbane knew about all of this and decided to work smart, not
harder and so all their top quality members are now in commercial
radio.
Wild didn't put in an application, but Switch (i1197) and Pulse did
and were told not to include all their raw letters of support - but
those law-abiding "Christians" at Family did so I'm told. Don't they
know God doesn't like lawbreakers? Oh, they conveniently forgot…
Family FM and their licence stinks to high heaven and it's the
hypocritcal devils in their own cartel and the ABA (not to forget
Federal MP's and other levels that lent their support) that got it all
happening.
All their fun days and TV simulcasts and other cosy deals, they
should've lined up for a commercial licence like all the rest.
The Listener
"Tejas57Fan" <Te...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:<40bd0a47$0$3037$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au>...
mucky
"The Listener" <observa...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> All this chit chat about a station which should NEVER, EVER been given
> a licence. It's way too professional and more importantly too
> commercial for commmunity radio.
>
> Besides, it was given the licence because Family FM has 'mates' in
> government
so .. nothing to do with their overall big boss
upstairs eh? I mean, talk about friends in high
places..
Glen
would consider them more of a Commercial Broadcaster than Community.
Their musical format has gone more Mainstream over the last few years.
And the only real "Christian Perspective" is for 6 hours on Sunday.
The rest of the time is mainly the Gospel messages but just with a few
nice words in between.
I wonder if the i1197 situation would be different to what it is now,
if they were given the 96.5 FM licence instead of Family FM?
Nick
You should know better than to say that... A rock painted in gold paint does
not become gold...
Nick
"Glen" <glen_da_a...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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radio_avon
frequency in the first place. Haydn Sargent did some lobbying... and
now what?
Just another giddy-gum namby-pamby bland station on the FM
landscape...
Surely Christians would prefer a station that catered to their needs
more fully? And not some half-baked commercial sound-alike?
observa...@tpg.com.au (The Listener) wrote in message news:<affdc486.04060...@posting.google.com>...
> All this chit chat about a station which should NEVER, EVER been given
> a licence. It's way too professional and more importantly too
> commercial for commmunity radio.
>
> Besides, it was given the licence because Family FM has 'mates' in
> government that were able to lean (not too hard I might add) on the
> highly smypathetic ABA and good ol Professor Flint who being such a
> fun loving stick in the mud, middle of the road, queen loving and god
> fearing person that he is would've loved to have signed off on it.
>
> Wild FM Brisbane knew about all of this and decided to work smart, not
> harder and so all their top quality members are now in commercial
> radio.
>
> Wild didn't put in an application, but Switch (i1197) and Pulse did
> and were told not to include all their raw letters of support - but
> those law-abiding "Christians" at Family did so I'm told. Don't they
> know God doesn't like lawbreakers? Oh, they conveniently forgot?
Tejas57Fan
> frequency in the first place. Haydn Sargent did some lobbying... and
> now what?
>
> Just another giddy-gum namby-pamby bland station on the FM
> landscape...
>
> Surely Christians would prefer a station that catered to their needs
> more fully? And not some half-baked commercial sound-alike?
alot of christians i know are switching from 96.5 to vision - sure the
reception is sometimes bad but they are cated for better
Glen
longer with Family? Can someone confirm this? I heard rumours there
was a new chairman appointed since 2002. I'm really behind on Industry
news as you can tell!!!
- Glen
Matt Cook
"radio_avon" <radio...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> Surely Christians would prefer a station that catered to their needs
> more fully? And not some half-baked commercial sound-alike?
While there are a number of Christians around the place, they embrace a very
wide range of musical styles. Even in the talk field, you will find
Christians with all sorts of views.
So Christian radio can only ever hope to please a small number of Christians
at any one time - like the mainstream stations can only hope to target a
select group of the general population.
NZ and the US are probably the only places in the world with enough
Christians (and licences) to support a diverse range of Christian
broadcasters. These stations often pick up low or non-believing listeners
because they're focused on a style of music they like.
The Listener
pseudo-Christian music format in order to draw in a wider audience of
B105/973/4KQ listeners who'll tolerate some Bible bashing.
I'm not anti-church or religion at all, but it's far from necessary to
have it wasting spectrum and of a licence which could've gone to more
worthy groups.
As I've said time and time before - Family should've got the AM
licence as it's more suitable to a GENUINE Christian station. But
those Family people have been coy and slippery as an eel from the
start having never test broadcasted on AM but only in the early 90's
on FM 92.9, then FM 96.5 - so simply because they claim to have been
around for 20-30 years - not on air they haven't and that's what
counts - the ability to provide a service.
Family FM are epitomy of working the system and bending the rules to
cut all others out and chase the $$$ - all very un-Christian I say.
simply: Family are bad and never deserved the FM licence (or any)
The Listener
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shannon
before there second or third test transmission
The Listener
> yeah and in the early days off 92.9 theyhad there transmitter stolen right
> before there second or third test transmission
Is that where you got your pirate TX from? (joking)
The Listener
Peter Tate
LMFAO!!!!!
Always thinking Marcus love it!!!
shannon
all my equipment was dodgy..was set up for under 100$..but you woudnlt know
it with the quality of the signal and distance i had with 50 watts outta 2
cophased dipoles..
shannon
The Listener
> """SHANNONS SLAPS LISTENER OVER THE BACK OF HIS HEAD"""good on ya
>
> all my equipment was dodgy..was set up for under 100$..but you woudnlt know
> it with the quality of the signal and distance i had with 50 watts outta 2
> cophased dipoles..
I know, just having a joke - but despite your dodgy equipment, you
managed to get out a wide reaching signal I recall?
"shannon" pirated the right way (if that's possible) by working with
cheap equipment that lessens the pain when the ACA inevitably catch
up…
unlike someone else who's still smarting…
The Listener
David Kilpatrick
Shaun, the word is bought. Brought is the past tense of bring .. goose! :)
"Shaun Stapleton" <sh...@shaunstapleton.com> wrote in message
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> $50 for 50watts? amp on a Dick Smith Kit or something, would of been nice
> and clean
>
> I could of brought a 2nd hand car on what I did.
>
> Shaun.
>
> "shannon" <kicka...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Andrew Smith
Hoo-boy! Sorry for being two decades late to the party on this one but it needs a response. It's an absolute doozy.
There is no such thing as "too professional". And if you're a community station you aren't compelled to be amateur either. The thing about this station is that we cared enough to do things better, and also to train other volunteers. Over *26 years* (that's how long it took to get the licence) we managed to purchase a bit of the right gear along the way and build some studios (after initially having them in a caravan).
Family Radio / Family FM got the licence because the submission for it was overwhelming compared to all others competing for that same licence. It was night and day, and after 26 years you could only hope that would be the case. No idea if anyone was told to not include letters of support, but it would have to be a weird thing to happen as that is the very time it would count. Family Radio had them from right throughout the political spectrum and elsewhere.
These "fun days" you speak of were a danged lot of hard work, but also part and parcel of what you can do when you are a community station. They also only happen through the power of volunteers.
As someone who was there, and also the person who typeset the licence submission, I can tell you that there were no cozy deals or anything else. Sometimes the organisation itself was done over. Back in the 1990s, due to the history of Family Radio as an aspirant broadcaster, a 'special purpose' FM licence was made available in the Brisbane region as it would suit the organisation. Family Radio was the only contestant at that stage (from memory). Ahead of the tribunal hearings a few university funded aspirant broadcasters magically popped up -- "educational" use of a special purpose licence -- and the aboriginal group was given the licence. It was found out later that the whole thing was a predetermined kangaroo court situation and the episode is covered in a book that is/was in the UQ law library. This is now the Triple-A station (and they likely had no idea of the machinations behind the granting of the licence).
So that licence that Family Radio won? It's a good thing as everyone knew that it was the last FM allocations to be done for Brisbane ... ever. (Totally understandable that some of the non-winners would be unhappy.)
Andrew