After Nine Radio recently revived the 2UE, Magic 1278 and 4BH brands, AirCheck Australia has analysed the playlist crossovers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

In Sydney, 2UE and WSFM shared the greatest crossover, sharing almost a third of their playlists, though 2UE played a wider range of music, spinning 142 tracks more than WSFM.
 
The most played track across the two stations was ‘And We Danced’ by The Hooters, earning 46 spins.

Nine Radio will move to a national overnights program from next Monday morning.
 
Michael McLaren will be live across 3AW, 2GB, 4BC and network stations from 0000-0530, Monday to Friday.
 
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Nine has appointed Penny Kaleta to the role of Director of Sales – Radio overseeing sales for its newly acquired radio division.

Airing 6.00-7.00pm Monday to Thursday and hosted by broadcaster Mark Levy, it will draw on the broad suite of talent from Nine’s Wide World of Sports to provide the latest news and commentary across the sports that Aussies love.

Mark Noakes position with Macquarie Media has been made redundant.

 Nine’s Managing Director – Radio, Tom Malone, made the announcement to staff telling them that the realignment of the Macquarie sales team to fit into the Nine sales structure necessitated the change.

2GB and 4BC’s breakfast presenter Alan Jones will raise awareness of the crippling impact of drought on rural communities with a series of outside broadcasts in Bourke and Dubbo NSW over the next week.

Brisbane’s Courier Mail is reporting (subscription required) that 4BC is about to be relocated to Nine’s headquarters at Mt Coot-tha, and that not only will the move will take place before Christmas, it could involve redundancies.
 

Crocmedia have officially launched Football Nation ahead of the opening round of the 2019/2020 Hyundai A-League season, with former Melbourne Victory head coach Kevin Muscat to join the commentary team alongside a stellar line-up of former players and football experts.