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Nova competing with Eastcoast

  • 12-07-2013 4:10pm
    #1
    heybaby
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    Just saw that Nova are covering the Bray Airshow live and providing the soundtrack to the event which is expected to attract 80,000 people. Now am I missing something but is Bray not prime territory that Eastcoast should be defending with its life? Surely Eastcoast have dropped the ball on this occasion? I know Nova is a small station but it seems they are competing aggressively for listeners in Dublin and surrounding counties.

    Can't help but think that eastcoast are missing out on a huge opportunity on their own doorstep. I know Bray is right on the border but this really should be an eastcoast gig. No?


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  • #2
    Losty Dublin
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    heybaby wrote: »
    Just saw that Nova are covering the Bray Airshow live and providing the soundtrack to the event which is expected to attract 80,000 people. Now am I missing something but is Bray not prime territory that Eastcoast should be defending with its life? Surely Eastcoast have dropped the ball on this occasion? I know Nova is a small station but it seems they are competing aggressively for listeners in Dublin and surrounding counties.

    Can't help but think that eastcoast are missing out on a huge opportunity on their own doorstep. I know Bray is right on the border but this really should be an eastcoast gig. No?

    Nova are franchised to cover parts of Wicklow, including Bray. Nothing wrong with this; if anything most of those who'd go to this would be from the greater Dublin area and not Wicklow.


  • #3
    Max Headroom
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    if anything most of those who'd go to this would be from the greater Dublin area and not Wicklow.


    I blame the Dart for this......................:eek::D


  • #4
    Infoanon
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    Nova have a local install on 95.7 - in place for about a year afaik - so probably want to give themselves a higher profile.

    Possible that EastCoast turned down the gig

    btw I wouldn't call Nova a small station - high power / lots of promos / wide coverage area


  • #5
    Skid X
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    To be fair, East Coast are doing an Outside Broadcast for the Bray Summerfest today.


  • #6
    heybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭heybaby


    Skid X wrote: »
    To be fair, East Coast are doing an Outside Broadcast for the Bray Summerfest today.

    Indeed they were and the couple of links I caught were riddled with signal dropouts, clearly they need to invest in.their equipment, I mean if you can't do an ob from Bray sea front back to.base in Bray without the line going down repeatedly then u have problems especially when Nova are breathing down your neck.
    As an aside I switched over to today FM who themselves were doing an ob from merrion square, the line was clear as a bell. Its the basics that let stations down.


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