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Macquarie Regional RadioWorks is an Australian company, owned by Macquarie Bank. The company owns several regional radio stations, as a result of takeovers of stations fomerly owned by DMG Radio Australia and RG Capital Radio Network.

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Brands

The format of each station is defined by one of two common formats:

Agreements were reached with Macquarie, DMG and Prime Television to ensure that existing brand names owned by DMG Radio could continue to be used by both Macquarie and Prime.

Programming

Macquarie Regional RadioWorks produces its own networked programming across both brands, which include:

Some of its stations picked up the Continuous Call Team when Broadcast Operations Group could not resolve broadcast rights issues with 2GB and the National Rugby League. The most notable was KOFM in Newcastle, who also picked up rights to cover games of the Newcastle Knights.

Criticisms

One major criticism of stations owned by Macquarie is its reliance on networking programs outside of breakfast from one of four networking centres:

Often the same song can be heard on two different stations owned by MRR at the same time, with the only difference being pre-recorded local identification tracks.

While this criticism can also be leveled at other networks (mainly Broadcast Operations Group) as well, this practice has long been in effect on the former DMG-owned stations.

It also received some criticism when it replaced the John Laws morning program from 2UE with its own Charles Wooley Across Australia program, including a rival of John Laws, 2GB's Ray Hadley.

Stations owned by Macquarie Regional RadioWorks

¹ = Owned by a 50-50 joint venture between Austereo and Macquarie Regional RadioWorks. NXFM is considered an Today Network station, while KOFM is programmed in accordance with MRR practice.

  • Mount Gambier
  • *Star FM 96.1
  • *5SE AM 963

Former Owned and Operated Stations

Due to conditions placed upon the takeover, Macquarie had to sell these stations to other parties during 2005.

These stations were sold to Prime Television:

These stations were sold to Ace Radio:

See also

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