97.3 FM (ARN)
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| Broadcast area |  Brisbane, Australia |
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| Slogan | "Feel good" |
| First air date | 15 October 2001 |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz FM |
| Format | Adult contemporary music |
| ERP | 12kw |
| Owner | Australian Radio Network (APN News & Media and Clear Channel Communications joint venture) |
| Website | www.973fm.com.au |
97.3 FM is the sister station to Brisbane's 693AM Classic Hits 4KQ station. Both stations are a part of the ARN (Australian Radio Network). 97.3 FM is a pop music station and is Brisbane's "More Music, Less Talk" station. Recently the station made some major changes to its schedule.
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[edit] 97.3 FM DJs
These are the main DJ's of the radio station that control most of the segments during the day and night.
- Dani Bellamy - 10AM - 2PM Weekdays
- Paul Campion (Campo) - 2PM - 7PM Weekdays
- Greg Hinks (Hinksy) - 7PM - Midnight Weekdays
[edit] 97.3 FM Segments and shows
- Barbeque Bob , Robin Bailey and Terry in the Morning - 5:30 - Just Before 9:00 AM Weekdays
- 97 Minutes of Nonstop Music - Just Before 9:00AM - 10:30 AM Weekdays
- Variety Vault - 12:00 PM - 2:00PM Weekdays
- Night Goss - 7:20PM and 8:20PM Weekdays
- 97.3 FM's 9'Oclock Countdown - 9:00PM - 9:20PM Weekdays
- 97.3 FM's Big Chill - 10:00PM - 12:00AM Mondays
- 97.3 FM's Late Night Strip Tease - 10:00PM - 10:20PM Wednesdays
- 97.3 FM's Feel Good Friday - 10:00PM - 12:00AM Friday
- 97.3 FM's Saturday Night Party Mix - 6:00PM Saturday - 3:00AM Sunday.
[edit] Breakfast show (Weekdays 5:30AM-10:00AM)
The History
On 23 October 2006 the breakfast crew at 97.3 FM and 4KQ had a reshuffle after Marnie Titheradge (Marnie T) was offered another job. Robin Bailey was brought in to replace her and Mark from 97.3 FM was swapped with Barbeque Bob (Bob Gallagher) from 4KQ for no apparent reason. So the breakfast show on 97.3 FM with Marnie T, Terry and Mark was replaced with Robin Bailey, Terry and Barbeque Bob and the breakfast show on 4KQ with Handy Gary, Laurel and Barbeque Bob was replaced with Handy Gary, Laurel and Mark. The breakfast show also had a reshuffle in early 2005.
The Announcers
Terry Hanson (born March 15, 1961) is a Comedian that has a wife and 2 children. Robin Bailey used to work at B105 with Jamie Dunn until she was dumped from the breakfast show. She used to work as a fill in if the normal announcers are not in. She has a husband and 3 children. Barbeque Bob used to work at 4KQ. Marnie T was part of the old breakfast show, but now DJ's other segments of the radio station.
The Segments
The breakfast show has many segments and some of the segments have been removed since the new breakfast show was launched. At 5:55AM, 6:55AM and 7:55AM Robin's Entertainment News (formally Marnie's Mud) is aired. This segment is all about the Hollywood and celebrity gossip and news. At 6:05AM Tez Sez is aired. Tez Sez is Terry's weird look on the world (or at least his world). At 7:35AM the 97.3 FM $1000 Minute where if a caller can correctly answer 10 questions in a minute the caller will win $1000, however if the caller can't get all 10 correct in 1 minute the caller wins $10 for every question they get correct. Every half hour 97.3 FM has news, sport and weather updates, as well live traffic updates from the station's helicopter every fifteen minutes.
[edit] Day Time Scheduling
After the breakfast show, 97.3 FM has its "97 Minutes of nonstop music". This is their key advertising point and has the most amount of nonstop (commercial free) music that is played in 97 minutes. Barbeque Bob hosts the music as a normal DJ occasionally announcing what song is to be played next, from 10 AM, Dani Bellamy takes over as the DJ from Barbeque Bob. From 10:30AM 97.3 FM plays more music as part of their "More Music, Less Talk Workday". News, sport and weather updates occur every hour until 6PM. From 3-6PM there is live traffic updates from the radio station's helicopter which gives information on whats happening on the roads of Brisbane. After 2PM the DJ switches to Paul Campion who is also known as "Campo". Ad breaks are played every half hour.
[edit] Night Time Scheduling
From 7:00PM the DJ usually switches to Greg Hinks (also known has Hinksy) This is the main segment for the evening until 9 PM, which plays more music. From 9PM to midnight other programming takes place with occasional announcements by the DJ. Some other segments occur on certain days of the week. One of the main segments during the evening on weekends is the "97.3 FM Saturday Night Party Mix" this segement which lasts for nine hours from 6PM tend to play mixed music from the 1970s, 1980's, 1990's and some of todays music. No DJ's are on at this time. After Midnight (except Saturday), automatic music is played with ad breaks every half hour, this time has the lowest ratings.
[edit] Other Segments
97.3 FM has other segments which tend to be off schedule or at random, these include segments which only play 80's or 90's music.
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[edit] See also
Station/Frequency:90.5 4RBL | 93.3 4SBS | 94.9 4MIX | 96.5 4FRB | 97.3 4BFM | 98.1 4EB | 98.9 4AAA | 99.7 4RED | 100.3 4BAY | 101.1 4CBL | 102.1 4ZZZ | 103.7 4MBS | 104.5 4MMM | 105.3 4BBB | 106.1 4ABC-FM | 106.9 4BNE | 107.7 4JJJ
