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One remark and one observation:
(1) By having a five minute bulletin at 0800 instead of the 0745 bulletin means that "AM" will be cut by five minutes. Put it another way: "AM" five sixths its previous time - resulting in a reduction of one to two stories and/or less depth. Alternatively, "AM" could still be 30 minutes and finish at 0835 following with the resumption of the breakfast program.
While MD Mr Anderson makes the valid statement that there's NewsRadio and its updates are every quarter hour, that is on the hour and at 15, 30 and 45 minutes on the hour, it does not follow the same presentation style as the 0745 bulletin. One wonders whether people will exercise their fingers and change the frequency control on their radio to 630kHz (in Sydney)?
(2) Commercial radio has declined in service since the 1990s. Both 2GB and 2UE had 10 minute bulletins at 0700 and 2200 on Mon-Fri. In addition both stations at a half hour news bulletins at 1200. 2GB had a bulletin at 1700 Mon-Frid till the late 1980s.
Overall there has been a decline in the number of news services on commercial radio with fewer bureaus since the 1990s. In the 1980s you'd see on tv news bulletins the microphones of various networks, for example you'd see the microphones of Sydney stations of 2GB, 2UE, 2KY, 2CH, 2WS, 2SM, 2DAY and 2MMM. Even with station amalgamations, you'd be lucky to see three microphones at most.
Thank you,
Anthony of observing Belfield
As a regular listener to NewsRadio between 0500-0700 before switching to RN, I have noticed that the abridged version of "Majestic Fanfare" used on metropolitan and RN was played on NewsRadio on the hour and half hour (eg 0630 and 0700).
Something related:
The abridged version of the "original" Chappell recording used by the ABC's TV and Radio Divisions can be heard in the last few bars of this recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYvFa0RmBbg. It is played in a different key.
"Original version" used by the ABC? The "on air" version had the "pipe organ" but did not include the sound of the glockenspiel on the last few bars.
Thank you
Anthony of musical ear of Belfield
Two points.
(1) I have been listening to NewsRadio and I believe that incorporating the news bulletins used by RN and metropolitan enhance NewsRadio. Today, 06-07-2020 I listened to Helen Tzarimas (who used to banter with Stan Zemanek (RIP) when she read the evening news bulletins on 2UE).
To me NewsRadio is the real news talk radio. It's about news, not opinion nor travel nor cooking segments or other sponsored segments. Nothing wrong with opinion, cooking, travel and other sponsored segments, but it they are not news. To me it was the best decision that the then MD Mr David Hill made in 1994 to use the reserve transmission facilities at Liverpool for not interrupting RN and metropolitan (2BL) with parliamentary broadcasts.
It was also a clever decision that when Federal Parliament was in session that Parliament was covered on the AM band (630kHz) while the NewsRadio coverage continued on DAB+. It was that decision that motivated me in 2009 to purchase the DAB+ so I have a choice between listening to Parliament on 630kHz OR NewsRadio on DAB+.
(2) I made an error in regards the glockenspiel towards the end of the track in the Chappell version of "Majestic Fanfare". The Chappell version's last few bars had two strikes of the glockenspiel. The one that went to air had the first strike of the glockenspiel not the second strike of the glockenspiel.
Thank you,
Anthony of exciting Belfield