October 10 2017

We’ve had a lot of votes come in for our four poll questions and below are the questions and then the results followed by conclusions.

Questions Asked

What do you want to see more or less on 102.5 The Edge?
What do you want to see more or less of on 2QN?
Will the Air Freight Hub become reality?
Will the Ethanol Plant ever become reality?

Results 

What do you want to see more or less on 102.5 The Edge?

Less Repeats (No Repeat Workday and have a much bigger playlist) – 35.98%
More Classic Rock (Rock from the 60’s to 90’s) – 19.58%
Become a Rock Variety station as it once was – 19.58%
Play more modern Rock Music (Rock from the 2000’s to Now) – 14.81%
More Variety from the 80’s to Now – 5.29%
Play more Top 40 pop music – 3.17%
Stay the same how it is now – 1.06%
Be less of a Northern Victoria station – 0.53%
Become a feel good station – 0%

What do you want to see more or less of on 2QN?

Play a wide variety of Classic Hits from the 60’s to 80’s and play the odd adult friendly song from the 90’s to Today – 53.03%
More Talkback – 10.61%
Play more new music – 10.61%
Less Talkback – 8.33%
Have a smooth type music format – 7.58%
Stay the same how it is now – 6.82%
Play more older music – 3.02%

Will the Air Freight Hub become reality?

No, a different project will take priority – 46%
Yes, council really believes in it – 28%
No, it makes zero commercial sense – 26%

Will the Ethanol Plant ever become reality?

No but they’ll probably talk about it forever – 50.52%
Yes – 24.74%
No, they’ll scrap it – 24.74%

Conclusion

Less repeats topped the wishlist for 102.5, it is known that repeats are done to keep royalty costs down but a wider playlist will bring back listeners and listeners to the ads that businesses pay to be on there.

2QN listeners want the classics from the 1960’s to the 1980’s with a little surprise from more recent times thrown in, this would keep 102.5 and 2QN from being the same and allow for choice.

Confidence is not high for the Air Freight Hub, many think the airport will get something different in the end but there is the thought Council’s insistence will see things through even if people question the need for cargo planes to scream in and that Melbourne is a short distance of time away by air.

As for the Ethanol Plant, the majority of voters think that it won’t happen but they will talk about it forever just like the third Bill & Ted movie we’ve been waiting almost 30 years for, other often talked about but never happening examples in the world are the movies Akira and Austin Powers 4 and the computer game Commander Keen: The Universe Is Toast!