Big congratulations to all of the on-air presenters on #TodayFM just now for managing to get the weather forecast read out before the ShitBantz (instead of after it, as usual).
First search result on DDG for "Shit Bantz" is this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/unxnn6/the_absolute_state_of_todayfm/?rdt=52265
Today FM recently won a number of awards for its digital news and current affairs productions. All of these went offline when the station's owners abruptly shut it down after only about a year on the air. This is a good example of why we need properly-funded public media organisations. We simply can't rely on profit-seeking corporations to do public interest media work, nor to keep it available for posterity if they do:
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Tod Zaner about Auckland mayor Wayne Brown antagonising the media . . . again; a shake-up of Stuff's top brass; TVNZ boosting free-to-air sport; a dead radio station winning three national awards; Nicky Hager honoured for lifting the lid on secrets.
TodayFM was MediaWorks' only news and current affairs service, yet it's been canned, despite getting close to covering costs after only one year on the air:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018884291/mediawatch-for-2-april-2023
The shutdown of Today FM is Mediaworks admitting its best days are behind it
I guess they shut it down today because it was the last day of the month, and it works better for the beancounters. Just imagine if they did it tomorrow April 1st.😀
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