Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - Printable Version

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - Steve in Pudsey - 29-02-2024

(28-02-2024, 04:59 PM)thegeek Wrote:  They'd have to over-ride the ol' Acorn to do that on Pirate...

What the hell is he doing with that mouse?

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - James2001 - 29-02-2024

God, those clunky 3 button Acorn mice... I'm back at Primary school! We didn't hold them that way though 🤣

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - lookoutwales - 01-03-2024

BBC Spotlight's coverage of the launch of Pirate - uploaded by Pirate itself - was more than a little questionable, to say the least ("only four journalists?!")

Apparently, they later apologised for it but clips of Phil Fairclough's package were supposedly played on air around the time of station anniversaries etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77AIpWHuTd4 

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - Josh - 26-03-2024

Not sure if this has already been announced but excluding Pirate FM and Wave 105, the roll-out happens on 17 April (Wednesday). Pre-roll trails now airing on Rayo on Amazon Alexa.

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - RhysJR - 26-03-2024

Not sure if this the perfect place for this, but there is a report on North West Tonight on the changes to local radio in the region.

https://twitter.com/StevenSaul/status/1772656223902462133?t=n1RvzlTDECUXtsGLDXeblg&s=19 

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - Daveuk - 26-03-2024

I’ve still not forgiven Pirate FM for replacing their news intro jingle early last year


https://soundcloud.com/user-258532675/pirate-fm-bulletin-november-2022?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 

Feels like it was introduced in a plea to keep the Pirate name, similar to when BBC Spotlight fended off the corporate news look by slapping a giant (full screen) BBC logo on their existing look!

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - BBI45 - 26-03-2024

(26-03-2024, 04:42 PM)Josh Wrote:  Not sure if this has already been announced but excluding Pirate FM and Wave 105, the roll-out happens on 17 April (Wednesday). Pre-roll trails now airing on Rayo on Amazon Alexa.

I'd assume all the changes in Cornwall will be happening on the 17th as well. It'd be slightly odd if Pirate went before all the others, especially as they seem to have been a late addition to the changes.

(26-03-2024, 05:56 PM)RhysJR Wrote:  Not sure if this the perfect place for this, but there is a report on North West Tonight on the changes to local radio in the region.

https://twitter.com/StevenSaul/status/1772656223902462133?t=n1RvzlTDECUXtsGLDXeblg&s=19 

Here is the full report:

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AroEdfrXY_3bgbUk5vcOMxgYO-aekw 

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - Josh - 26-03-2024

(26-03-2024, 08:54 PM)BBI45 Wrote:  I'd assume all the changes in Cornwall will be happening on the 17th as well. It'd be slightly odd if Pirate went before all the others, especially as they seem to have been a late addition to the changes.

I'd presume so, although the pre-rolls didn't run on the two stations when I checked earlier (though this may be due to the slight difference in the stations compared to the rest of the network).

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - GeekyJames - 26-03-2024

Only 2 days left of Wave 105 before it becomes GHR...

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RE: Hits Radio Rebrand Rollout - lookoutwales - 27-03-2024

Slightly earlier finish for Wave - as per what happened with Jack FM (and when Lincs went DAB-only), the switch to GHR takes place at 10pm on Thursday (according to Andy Shier on Twitter)

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