Hope Media launches a new independent news service
2 December 2019 · News
Hope 103.2 has launched Sydney’s latest news service with the aim of being a "new, credible, factual and informed news service."
Hope Media CEO Phillip Randall says: “At a time when news servi...
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Tags: Anita Savage | Hope 102.3 | Phillip Randall
There was a time in the 1990s when 2GB's newsroom was non-existent. It relied on news from Wesgo.
Towards the late 1990s with change in ownership, the 2GB newsroom began to grow. Initially the news bulletins from 0000 to 0500 were pre-recorded. The 0100 bulletin was the same as the 0300 bulletin while the 0200 and 0400 were the same. I found out when the news bulletin was being replayed at a non-on-the-hour time. or when the bulletins were miscued. But it has changed. It appears that the bulletins during 0000-0500 are hosted by recent communications graduates.
But newsrooms do cost money as 2GB's does. But MML's news is not limited to the Sydney market. They also share resources between other MML stations. I know based on my working in TV, news stories were and continue to be shared between states.
For Hope 103.2's news room to expand, it may need to be supported by other stations outside the Sydney market and possibly the stations sharing the same ethos/outlook as Hope 103.2 (formerly known as 2CBA-fm).
In addition, if Hope 103.2 is going to have reporters chasing emergency vehicles and reporting events outside its Leabons Lane Seven Hills studios, Hope 103.2's news service will have to expand. Three staff as good as they are may not be enough.
Like other religious organisations, Hope 103.2 may have to rely on Divine Providence for donations and other resources.
Who knows, Hope 103.2 may well provide a national news service to "dare I say it" commercial stations who have a diminishing news service or even no service.
Regards
Anthony of exciting Belfield
Great to see some investment as apposed to cost cutting in the sector.