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Hi Peter, nice work on this article.
Nice comments on Tim, my friend's, career. However, this carnage started so long ago. I too, am so thankful to the 2CH listeners who have reached out to me. Those that miss my show on 2CH, and those that followed me over to 2UE back in January this year. I also receive Tom's video tribute to 2CH, as well as many, many comments from 2CH listeners "the day the music died" when SEN switched off 2CH.
As a veteran of Sydney radio of over 40 years, I could not work for the slim pickings on offer from SEN to keep 2CH alive last year.
We love Radio. We love what we do. We love our music, and most of all we love our AUDIENCE.
I fear that there will be even more tears when 4KQ is sent to the graveyard at Midnight on June 30. Another station with a huge heritage. A station that people grew up with. A station that has a Breakfast Show of 15 years with a person, Laurel, performing on that show for 30 years.
Yes, Radio is a business ... but to our audience, they do not understand when their friends have gone. We are the people, the Presenters that made them laugh, made them smile, made them cry and entertained them for so long.
2CH was a wonderful radio station.
In its heyday it out rated the 2 FMs that were on the air at the time, MMM and 2Day along with 2SM, 2UE,2GB, 2WS and all the others. And it wasn't just a one survey. It won time after time, all the other stations saying it was number one by default. The one air team was brilliant. John Poole, Barry Freedman, Howard Craven, Barry Spicer, Bob Moore and Tony Featherstone amongst others. And even during the naughties the station was regularly number one 10 + at weekends.
The credit for its initial success after decades of floundering, was totally due to the genius of the late Bruce Rogerson. When he introduced the 'Good Music' format the industry almost without exception, thought he was mad. Clearly he was not. Another guy who contributed enormously was Program Manger Colin Bentley who Bruce brought across from 2UE. His knowledge and feel for music was phenomenal.
Perhaps there is no place for stations like 2CH, 4BH, and 3AK 'where no wrinklies fly' (who could ever forget the remarkable Rhett Walker) anymore. I don't know. But I do know it was an iconic radio station and will be very sadly missed