Because the ABC and BOM have experts who are also enthusiasts.
As much fun it is to criticise the BOM when it is 34 degrees and rainy when they said it would be 33 and sunny, they are still the most accurate source of weather information.
The ABC (and independent public radio/TV) only interest is (should be) serving their communities.
The ABC does have to satisfy their political and corporate overlords (look at what Arnold Frollows did to JJJ) but is a more reliable source of reality-based news and information.
When the ABC (and RRR/PBS/MBS/etc) stuff up and get to “corporate”, they loose supporters. Think of what happened when Sportsgirl tried to become a RRR sponsor…
Salvo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Because the ABC and BOM have experts who are also enthusiasts.
As much fun it is to criticise the BOM when it is 34 degrees and rainy when they said it would be 33 and sunny, they are still the most accurate source of weather information.
The ABC (and independent public radio/TV) only interest is (should be) serving their communities. The ABC does have to satisfy their political and corporate overlords (look at what Arnold Frollows did to JJJ) but is a more reliable source of reality-based news and information.
When the ABC (and RRR/PBS/MBS/etc) stuff up and get to “corporate”, they loose supporters. Think of what happened when Sportsgirl tried to become a RRR sponsor…
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I think you’ve misread what the commenter wrote.
sqgl@beehaw.org 1 month ago
You misunderstood me. We are on the same page. However I am old enough to remember the JJJ transition to national youth station.
I never met Frollows but his ambient show on Sunday nights was my favorite. Definitely not youth music. Did it get axed too at that time?
Salvo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Frollows fired Tony Biggs after he played NWA on air.
He is immortalised in the song “Arnold Frollows is a Genius” by Front End Loader, which was a sarcastic criticism of him.
sqgl@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Are you sure about Biggs?
A news reader was disciplined at first for playing a snippet but authorities backed down.
That article is wrong in that “Express Youself” was played on repeat in protest well beyond 4:30pm to complete a full 24 hours.