Seems to be a controversy that some Melbourne AM stations have
worse quality now than a while back
This air check recorded off air on an AM3 tuner with audio and spectrum
shows the difference form a recent recording and one made in 2006.
The change over is at 1.20 in
The recent recording shows a cut off at 5Khz while the older one has full
audio response to 15K.
The audio is a bit "gurgled" due to the Youtube conversion.
but even so the difference is marked.
99% of the audience would not have radios that would
be able to tell the difference but what is the point
of such a restricting of bandwidth. Most other stations in
this market have audio to 9Khz, that can sound very good.
It must be said that Magic 1278 is the only main stream
music format AM station in Melbourne but...
published: 19 Jun 2010
Macquarie National News – Victorian bulletins (19.08.15)
Five stations in Melbourne take the Macquarie National News bulletin from 3AW - 3AW itself, sister station easy listening Magic 1278, sports talk 1116 SEN, oldies 1377 3MP and Christian contemporary 89.9 LightFM.
Newsreader: Tony Tardio
Traffic reporters: Dean Pickering, Chris Miller
Recorded from: 3AW / Magic 1278 / 89.9 LightFM / 1116 SEN internet streams
5:00-5:10 | August 19th, 2015
Disclaimer: All content is copyright Macquarie Radio Network / Pacific Star Network / LightMelbourne / Australian Traffic Network 2015.
published: 19 Aug 2015
Ric is back on the airwaves
Ric Ditchburn is back on the airwaves!
See Ric's first moments on-air after recovering from his quadruple bypass surgery a couple of months ago.
It's great to have you back Ric!
published: 08 Aug 2011
padpod advert Magic 1278
Padpod radio advertisement
published: 16 Oct 2015
Dumbo Move Radio - Magic 1278
Radio advertisement for Dumbo Move on Magic 1278
published: 02 Jul 2011
3AW and Magic 1278 Radiothon for TLC for kids 2010
On 18th October, 2010, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278 ran an on-air appeal for TLC for kids. We are a children's charity with a difference...we're a cause to smile. Providing the fastest emergency support in Australia for kids and families in hospital. Thanks to everyone involved and the listeners for their donations.
published: 28 Mar 2011
Magic1278 to Talking Lifestyle 27-02-17
This recording starts very close to midnight on the 27th of February 2017 with "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA. This would be Magic 1278's final song before Talking Lifestyle was launched in Melbourne
The full news update features before the first show is heard
Talking Lifestyle was already up and running in Sydney, so it was business as usual for the presenters there, but they extended into Melbourne and Brisbane with this introduction from David Prior
Recording is from Digital radio (Yes, it really does sound like a low bitrate stream)
Seems to be a controversy that some Melbourne AM stations have
worse quality now than a while back
This air check recorded off air on an AM3 tuner with audio...
Seems to be a controversy that some Melbourne AM stations have
worse quality now than a while back
This air check recorded off air on an AM3 tuner with audio and spectrum
shows the difference form a recent recording and one made in 2006.
The change over is at 1.20 in
The recent recording shows a cut off at 5Khz while the older one has full
audio response to 15K.
The audio is a bit "gurgled" due to the Youtube conversion.
but even so the difference is marked.
99% of the audience would not have radios that would
be able to tell the difference but what is the point
of such a restricting of bandwidth. Most other stations in
this market have audio to 9Khz, that can sound very good.
It must be said that Magic 1278 is the only main stream
music format AM station in Melbourne but has worse quality than the talk sport stations except their sister station 3AW that has the same restricted audio response.
Who cares anyway , i don't as i got tired of golden oldies
years ago and 90% of my listening is off the net or DAB any how, but you would think the station engineers might
like to keep the quality as high as possible for the medium
Seems to be a controversy that some Melbourne AM stations have
worse quality now than a while back
This air check recorded off air on an AM3 tuner with audio and spectrum
shows the difference form a recent recording and one made in 2006.
The change over is at 1.20 in
The recent recording shows a cut off at 5Khz while the older one has full
audio response to 15K.
The audio is a bit "gurgled" due to the Youtube conversion.
but even so the difference is marked.
99% of the audience would not have radios that would
be able to tell the difference but what is the point
of such a restricting of bandwidth. Most other stations in
this market have audio to 9Khz, that can sound very good.
It must be said that Magic 1278 is the only main stream
music format AM station in Melbourne but has worse quality than the talk sport stations except their sister station 3AW that has the same restricted audio response.
Who cares anyway , i don't as i got tired of golden oldies
years ago and 90% of my listening is off the net or DAB any how, but you would think the station engineers might
like to keep the quality as high as possible for the medium
Five stations in Melbourne take the Macquarie National News bulletin from 3AW - 3AW itself, sister station easy listening Magic 1278, sports talk 1116 SEN, oldi...
Five stations in Melbourne take the Macquarie National News bulletin from 3AW - 3AW itself, sister station easy listening Magic 1278, sports talk 1116 SEN, oldies 1377 3MP and Christian contemporary 89.9 LightFM.
Newsreader: Tony Tardio
Traffic reporters: Dean Pickering, Chris Miller
Recorded from: 3AW / Magic 1278 / 89.9 LightFM / 1116 SEN internet streams
5:00-5:10 | August 19th, 2015
Disclaimer: All content is copyright Macquarie Radio Network / Pacific Star Network / LightMelbourne / Australian Traffic Network 2015.
Five stations in Melbourne take the Macquarie National News bulletin from 3AW - 3AW itself, sister station easy listening Magic 1278, sports talk 1116 SEN, oldies 1377 3MP and Christian contemporary 89.9 LightFM.
Newsreader: Tony Tardio
Traffic reporters: Dean Pickering, Chris Miller
Recorded from: 3AW / Magic 1278 / 89.9 LightFM / 1116 SEN internet streams
5:00-5:10 | August 19th, 2015
Disclaimer: All content is copyright Macquarie Radio Network / Pacific Star Network / LightMelbourne / Australian Traffic Network 2015.
Ric Ditchburn is back on the airwaves!
See Ric's first moments on-air after recovering from his quadruple bypass surgery a couple of months ago.
It's gre...
Ric Ditchburn is back on the airwaves!
See Ric's first moments on-air after recovering from his quadruple bypass surgery a couple of months ago.
It's great to have you back Ric!
Ric Ditchburn is back on the airwaves!
See Ric's first moments on-air after recovering from his quadruple bypass surgery a couple of months ago.
It's great to have you back Ric!
On 18th October, 2010, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278 ran an on-air appeal for TLC for kids. We are a children's charity with a difference...we're a cause to smile. Pro...
On 18th October, 2010, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278 ran an on-air appeal for TLC for kids. We are a children's charity with a difference...we're a cause to smile. Providing the fastest emergency support in Australia for kids and families in hospital. Thanks to everyone involved and the listeners for their donations.
On 18th October, 2010, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278 ran an on-air appeal for TLC for kids. We are a children's charity with a difference...we're a cause to smile. Providing the fastest emergency support in Australia for kids and families in hospital. Thanks to everyone involved and the listeners for their donations.
This recording starts very close to midnight on the 27th of February 2017 with "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA. This would be Magic 1278's final song before T...
This recording starts very close to midnight on the 27th of February 2017 with "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA. This would be Magic 1278's final song before Talking Lifestyle was launched in Melbourne
The full news update features before the first show is heard
Talking Lifestyle was already up and running in Sydney, so it was business as usual for the presenters there, but they extended into Melbourne and Brisbane with this introduction from David Prior
Recording is from Digital radio (Yes, it really does sound like a low bitrate stream)
This recording starts very close to midnight on the 27th of February 2017 with "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA. This would be Magic 1278's final song before Talking Lifestyle was launched in Melbourne
The full news update features before the first show is heard
Talking Lifestyle was already up and running in Sydney, so it was business as usual for the presenters there, but they extended into Melbourne and Brisbane with this introduction from David Prior
Recording is from Digital radio (Yes, it really does sound like a low bitrate stream)
Seems to be a controversy that some Melbourne AM stations have
worse quality now than a while back
This air check recorded off air on an AM3 tuner with audio and spectrum
shows the difference form a recent recording and one made in 2006.
The change over is at 1.20 in
The recent recording shows a cut off at 5Khz while the older one has full
audio response to 15K.
The audio is a bit "gurgled" due to the Youtube conversion.
but even so the difference is marked.
99% of the audience would not have radios that would
be able to tell the difference but what is the point
of such a restricting of bandwidth. Most other stations in
this market have audio to 9Khz, that can sound very good.
It must be said that Magic 1278 is the only main stream
music format AM station in Melbourne but has worse quality than the talk sport stations except their sister station 3AW that has the same restricted audio response.
Who cares anyway , i don't as i got tired of golden oldies
years ago and 90% of my listening is off the net or DAB any how, but you would think the station engineers might
like to keep the quality as high as possible for the medium
Five stations in Melbourne take the Macquarie National News bulletin from 3AW - 3AW itself, sister station easy listening Magic 1278, sports talk 1116 SEN, oldies 1377 3MP and Christian contemporary 89.9 LightFM.
Newsreader: Tony Tardio
Traffic reporters: Dean Pickering, Chris Miller
Recorded from: 3AW / Magic 1278 / 89.9 LightFM / 1116 SEN internet streams
5:00-5:10 | August 19th, 2015
Disclaimer: All content is copyright Macquarie Radio Network / Pacific Star Network / LightMelbourne / Australian Traffic Network 2015.
Ric Ditchburn is back on the airwaves!
See Ric's first moments on-air after recovering from his quadruple bypass surgery a couple of months ago.
It's great to have you back Ric!
On 18th October, 2010, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278 ran an on-air appeal for TLC for kids. We are a children's charity with a difference...we're a cause to smile. Providing the fastest emergency support in Australia for kids and families in hospital. Thanks to everyone involved and the listeners for their donations.
This recording starts very close to midnight on the 27th of February 2017 with "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA. This would be Magic 1278's final song before Talking Lifestyle was launched in Melbourne
The full news update features before the first show is heard
Talking Lifestyle was already up and running in Sydney, so it was business as usual for the presenters there, but they extended into Melbourne and Brisbane with this introduction from David Prior
Recording is from Digital radio (Yes, it really does sound like a low bitrate stream)
Seems to be a controversy that some Melbourne AM stations have
worse quality now than a while back
This air check recorded off air on an AM3 tuner with audio and spectrum
shows the difference form a recent recording and one made in 2006.
The change over is at 1.20 in
The recent recording shows a cut off at 5Khz while the older one has full
audio response to 15K.
The audio is a bit "gurgled" due to the Youtube conversion.
but even so the difference is marked.
99% of the audience would not have radios that would
be able to tell the difference but what is the point
of such a restricting of bandwidth. Most other stations in
this market have audio to 9Khz, that can sound very good.
It must be said that Magic 1278 is the only main stream
music format AM station in Melbourne but has worse quality than the talk sport stations except their sister station 3AW that has the same restricted audio response.
Who cares anyway , i don't as i got tired of golden oldies
years ago and 90% of my listening is off the net or DAB any how, but you would think the station engineers might
like to keep the quality as high as possible for the medium
Five stations in Melbourne take the Macquarie National News bulletin from 3AW - 3AW itself, sister station easy listening Magic 1278, sports talk 1116 SEN, oldies 1377 3MP and Christian contemporary 89.9 LightFM.
Newsreader: Tony Tardio
Traffic reporters: Dean Pickering, Chris Miller
Recorded from: 3AW / Magic 1278 / 89.9 LightFM / 1116 SEN internet streams
5:00-5:10 | August 19th, 2015
Disclaimer: All content is copyright Macquarie Radio Network / Pacific Star Network / LightMelbourne / Australian Traffic Network 2015.
Ric Ditchburn is back on the airwaves!
See Ric's first moments on-air after recovering from his quadruple bypass surgery a couple of months ago.
It's great to have you back Ric!
On 18th October, 2010, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278 ran an on-air appeal for TLC for kids. We are a children's charity with a difference...we're a cause to smile. Providing the fastest emergency support in Australia for kids and families in hospital. Thanks to everyone involved and the listeners for their donations.
This recording starts very close to midnight on the 27th of February 2017 with "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA. This would be Magic 1278's final song before Talking Lifestyle was launched in Melbourne
The full news update features before the first show is heard
Talking Lifestyle was already up and running in Sydney, so it was business as usual for the presenters there, but they extended into Melbourne and Brisbane with this introduction from David Prior
Recording is from Digital radio (Yes, it really does sound like a low bitrate stream)