Radio Your thoughts on MTR!

[d_henderson1810]

MTR (Melbourne Talk Radio) started today.

What do you think of it's first day? Will you stick with it?

My thoughts:

Never cared for Steve Price. I like that they always have someone co-host with him, so that Price doesn't dominate.

I think that Steve Price should be up against Neil Mitchell, as they are similar shows. Steve Price is not what you want to hear while eating breakfast.

Only Sam Newman can get away with saying so many controversial things.

Aker was okay. I guess this is practice for his media career when he retires end of this year.

My main criticism- too many interviews, not enough talkback.

I want to see MTR take it up to 3AW, as Neil Mitchell was pissing me off. I will give the new station some time, and hope that any problems are just "feeling their way".

(Please when you comment, don't put political viewpoints. Keep politics for the politics thread. I am more interested in how you think people performed etc).

 

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Official Site: http://www.mtr1377.com.au/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/melbtalkradio

Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Talk_Radio

[I]Monday to Friday line-up:[/I]

Breakfast   06:00 - 10:00  Steve Price
Mornings    10:00 - 13:00  Steve Vizard
Afternoons  13:00 - 16:00  Chris Smith
Drive       16:00 - 18:00  Martin King
Money News  18:00 - 20:00  Ross Greenwood
Nights      20:00 - 00:00  Luke Grant

Some news reports:

HUN: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br...-mtr-goes-on-air/story-e6frf7jx-1225855382621

AGE: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/so...ing--mtr-hits-the-airwaves-20100419-sn7g.html

OZ: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...t-travelled-road/story-e6frg99x-1225855203124

 

[arakaan]

Interesting that Chris Smith is doing 1pm-4pm considering he is on 2GB in Sydney from 12-3pm.

His show can be naturally Sydney Centric in the past, so this would need to change.

Wondering how they are going effectively pull this off to the audience to be honest.

 

[Equus]

Ross Greenwood talks way too much. When his special guest was that financial person, he didn't even give her an opportunity to replay to the call without him butting in.

But liking it so far.

 

[Warsaw]

Lol at Steve Price's mug on the website.

 

[tandino]

Shouldn't come as a surprise that The Age are sticking the boots in.

I think there is a lot of potential.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

3AW won't be scared - they won't lose too many listeners.

Chris Smith is lucky to be on air at all - his employer in Sydney was very close to sacking him. Greenwood talks too much - if they actually had people in Melbourne instead of getting people from Sydney, it would be more appealing.

 

[Tortilla]

Rather than ring Ross Greenwood for some financial advice, I may give Steve Vizard a call, he's done well in that area.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

If it's trying to be 3AW 2 then I imagine it's be iffy listening.

Rather than ring Ross Greenwood for some financial advice, I may give Steve Vizard a call, he's done well in that area.

In any case, I'm listening now. As good a way to procrastinate as any.

 

[The Dunstan]

It seems like they’re conceding defeat from 6pm.

A nightly, 2-hour business program with Ross Greenwood is hardly going to rate its socks off. Surely they could have just given him a 30-minute segment on one of the other shows?

Then there’s an hour of Steve Price highlights, which is useless for those who already listened to the program and outdated for those who didn’t.

By the time Luke Grant comes on at 9pm, everyone’s with Bruce and Phil, Finey, or, heaven forbid, love song dedications.

 

[The Dunstan]

Whoever recruited Martin King clearly didn’t do their homework.

The guy takes 30 seconds to read a clock, his voice is weak and shaky, he always sounds nervous, he constantly suffers from brain fades, and he introduces guests simply by saying their name (which leads to awkward silence as they don’t know what to say).

 

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Well how about Derryn Hinch? How did someone who chronically stutters and stammers make it on radio

 

[Dan Moody]

great to have Price back on melb radio, i was 2nd up on his show yesterday morning.
listened to greenwood tonight and not bad considering i'm in that field of expertise.
will keep giving it a go now that i've given up on sen.

 

[arakaan]

A nightly, 2-hour business program with Ross Greenwood is hardly going to rate its socks off. Surely they could have just given him a 30-minute segment on one of the other shows?

When it is already on in Sydney and costs you nothing to feed it to Melbourne public it is easy $$$.

 

[camsmith]

I like the morning show, with Sam Newman and Andrew Bolt

The rest of the day isn't too exciting, although I don't mind listening to Chris Smith if there isn't anything else on.

 

[bedford]

I was going to turn on till i heard Matt Thompson has gone there from SEN, so now i can stay at SEN

 

[tandino]

I was going to turn on till i heard Matt Thompson has gone there from SEN, so now i can stay at SEN

Almost drove off the road when I heard him doing "serious stuff"

 

[jonesy86]

He sounds like a pig in mud when he was reporting on Carl Williams on the Maquarie news.

 

[d_henderson1810]

Interesting that Chris Smith is doing 1pm-4pm considering he is on 2GB in Sydney from 12-3pm.

His show can be naturally Sydney Centric in the past, so this would need to change.

Wondering how they are going effectively pull this off to the audience to be honest.

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Apparently, I heard that he is going to be going live in Sydney AND Melbourne, and balancing stories of both. he also said he will do a few federal politics stories, which affect the whole country.

Look at this week for example. Chris Smith was one of the first to announce that Carl Williams had been bashed to death. Now, while there is interest in Williams in NSW (mainly through "Underbelly"), it is really a Melbourne story, and Chris covered it well.

Also, the Melbourne Storm rort story, has interest in both NSW and Vic. It involves rugby league (which interests NSW), but it was the Melbourne Storm (which interests Vic).

What a great week to start your station, and having two huge stories break in the same week.

 

[Strike Swiftly]

Has anyone else noticed how poor the news readers are on this channel and sen? Macquarie National News I think it is. The newsreaders, who sound like they're barely 18 years, struggle to get the news out. Mis-pronouncing names, stuttering etc. Its painful to listen to.

 

[djrossie16]

Has anyone else noticed how poor the news readers are on this channel and sen? Macquarie National News I think it is. The newsreaders, who sound like they're barely 18 years, struggle to get the news out. Mis-pronouncing names, stuttering etc. Its painful to listen to.

Particularly late at night.

 

[RustyHawk]

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/radio-host-defends-ratings-flop-20100622-ytw1.html

Radio host defends ratings flop​

"Melbourne’s newest radio station, MTR 1377, has failed to make an impact, attracting an average audience of just 10,000 people and a market share of 1.7 per cent in this morning’s ratings report."

One can imagine they are having a party at Broadcast House (3AW)

 

[Bombers_Forever]

MTR was never going to get huge ratings first up but still, 3AW would be laughing.

MTR will be what SEN is to the rest - never threatening the double figures and always behind the likes of AW, 774, Triple M etc for the footy.

 

[camsmith]

Do we know the individual time slot ratings? Would be interested to see how its mornings ranked with AW, 774 and MMM.

Btw, lol at The Age acting all smug about ratings etc.. their readership and paper is going down the drain.

 

[sandeano]

Do we know the individual time slot ratings? Would be interested to see how its mornings ranked with AW, 774 and MMM.

Btw, lol at The Age acting all smug about ratings etc.. their readership and paper is going down the drain.

http://au.nielsen.com/site/documents/Metro410.pdf

Pretty disastrous, which ever way you cut it.