The Sound - the old Solid Gold FM

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#567510 11-Jan-2012 18:34

I've been listening this week at work... LOVE IT!
Hauraki started playing too much new crap, this solves the problem... and from midnight to 3pm, it's just brilliant!

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#567512 11-Jan-2012 18:40

They have changed the name when I just tuned in on the phone. still a changing PS tho. :( Why the hell are broadcasters allowed to do that crap?

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#567578 11-Jan-2012 20:47

blakamin: ...
Hauraki started playing too much new crap, this solves the problem...

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Hauraki has gone to sh*t since their 'makeover' about 12-15 months ago, way too much grunge which I can't stand.

Never listened much to the old Solid Gold, was about 1/2 a generation too old-fashioned for me, but have been listening to the Sound since I first read this thread on the weekend and am now converted. Feels a bit like Classic Hits was about 8-9 years ago, but without the drivel.

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#567614 11-Jan-2012 21:45

I'm liking it as well.

But their customer service is crap.

I sent them an email on the 6th asking about AT40 (see discussion earlier in this thread) and they haven't bothered to reply!

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#567624 11-Jan-2012 22:01

steve2222: I'm liking it as well.

But their customer service is crap.

I sent them an email on the 6th asking about AT40 (see discussion earlier in this thread) and they haven't bothered to reply!

You are the product not the customer

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#567693 12-Jan-2012 07:20

steve2222: ...I sent them an email on the 6th asking about AT40 ...

I've been following this thread and must confess to getting a bit lost. Please enlighten me, who/what is AT40?

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#567699 12-Jan-2012 07:53

American Top 40

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#567713 12-Jan-2012 08:31

semigeek: American Top 40

Ah, thank you. So my next question - American Top 40 of what exactly, on a certain date way back whenever?

Given the station's genre and audience, I'm assuming it's not the current singles chart.

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#567725 12-Jan-2012 08:58

The show ran through the 70s with Kasey Kasim and his silky voice. I used to listen to him every Sunday on 4XO in Dunedin and twice a day when it was on Solid Gold. :)

I have just written to The Sound thanking them for the Solid Gold years but I'm just not getting The Sound. For sure they are playing the same 70s music but there is just too much 80s stuff for me and I miss the announcers that made SG "my" station.

I've found 181FM on Tunein Radio and I'm loving it. Having said that I miss the gang at Solid Gold and internet radio has no news or weather. Actually The Sound doesn't have much either, 3 news items and 2 sports stories the other day when we were coming home in the car.

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#567741 12-Jan-2012 09:25

No news and weather is a plus IMO. I have the internet for that.

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#567777 12-Jan-2012 10:10

Kiwifan: The show ran through the 70s with Kasey Kasim and his silky voice. I used to listen to him every Sunday on 4XO in Dunedin and twice a day when it was on Solid Gold. :)

I have just written to The Sound thanking them for the Solid Gold years but I'm just not getting The Sound. For sure they are playing the same 70s music but there is just too much 80s stuff for me and I miss the announcers that made SG "my" station.

I've found 181FM on Tunein Radio and I'm loving it. Having said that I miss the gang at Solid Gold and internet radio has no news or weather. Actually The Sound doesn't have much either, 3 news items and 2 sports stories the other day when we were coming home in the car.

Have you tried Coast FM? I think they are moving more into the old Solid Gold territory...

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#567782 12-Jan-2012 10:21

Hey bazzer, no I haven't but might give it a try if they stream. Living here in the mountains radio reception is patchy at best so rely on the net.

Had two cousins pop in last week and they have both switched from Solid Gold/The Sound to Coast. Thanks for the tip.

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#567789 12-Jan-2012 10:42

Kiwifan: The show ran through the 70s with Kasey Kasim and his silky voice. I used to listen to him every Sunday on 4XO in Dunedin and twice a day when it was on Solid Gold. :)

I have just written to The Sound thanking them for the Solid Gold years but I'm just not getting The Sound. For sure they are playing the same 70s music but there is just too much 80s stuff for me and I miss the announcers that made SG "my" station.

I've found 181FM on Tunein Radio and I'm loving it. Having said that I miss the gang at Solid Gold and internet radio has no news or weather. Actually The Sound doesn't have much either, 3 news items and 2 sports stories the other day when we were coming home in the car.

For those that want to find out where/when AT40 is playing on the internet somewhere in the world - I found this site a while ago.

AT40 for the 70's is under 'Retro' shows.

I still see they are listing Solid Gold.

I have used this site once before to tune in to a Perth station playing the show - just to test how reliable the sites soruces were.

http://radio.nenad.net/?hz=12.00&submitted=true&y=AT40CK70

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#567896 12-Jan-2012 13:25

Cheers steve, will give it a try tonight after work. Appreciate all the tips. Just goes to show how hard it must be for a radio station to please all of it's listeners. :)

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