MTR

I miss 3MP, especially Peter O'Callaghan. The station was run on a shoe string and a bit daggy but it represented a bit of my past, and now its gone. I mostly like what I hear on MyMP, although that bloody real estate ad is becoming a nuisance. Two scenarios: MTR is dropped at the end of 2010 due to abysmal ratings and MP is reinstated or DMG agree to sell the licence for what used to be Vega and MP is broadcast on that FM frequency.

great to see a lot of great support for the old 3mp, i too miss it a lot. i am 42 and remember the radio on the bench being on 3mp from morning to night when i was a kid. i still have my grandfathers old valve radio and used to listen to coxy's jukebox every saturday on it. what became of the excellent presenters? my saturday nights without coxy are just not the same. what is done is done i cant see them changing it back, no amount of venting on here will help, the ratings will do the talking i guess. you could blame the government for forcing everyone to go digital (tv and radio) from what i read above mymp is not the same as 3mp so i will not buy a digital radio.

They keep playing the stupid ad called Blue House Rise and this is no good.However,your songs are good but you keep playing the same stuff over and over again.Could you please start playing some new stuff,the Lighthouse Family song "High" is a good one to play.Could you please start playing the 90's and 80's music.If you keep playing the ad Blue House rise over and over again,people won't listen to the station.
Jono likes listening to MyMp and could you please tell me when you'll get a new website for MyMP.

bring back shaun cosgrove he was the best

We (29 & 30), have also been spending our relaxing evenings listening to 3MP for years! By God we are so f#!*:/g pissed off,not only that we were'nt given a decent amount of prior notice, or that there were no other options than to buy a digital radio, but mostly how much they have changed the style of the music played (now on MyMP)!!! Are we listening to 3MP or that sleazy station called MIX FM (VIC 101.1)? We are in love and have an immense respect for it, therefore we like to celebrate it every day, and one of our favourite ways of celebrating it is to listen to relaxing music with beautiful lyrics! WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO MOVE WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, BUT YOU PEOPLE,(WHOEVER YOU ARE), ARE COMPLETE ASSHOLES FOR CHANGING THE MUSIC!!!

I am nearly 40 and have listened to 3MP on and off for years, but am simply delighted with the new MyMP. Finally there's a station that plays the songs I want to hear. I get all my news during the week from ABC radio, and on weekends now listen to MyMP. I don't need hourly news bulletins and love the continuous music, with virtually no ads, interruptions or DJ comments. The mix of music is great too, with recent songs as well as some old daggy stuff, and lost 70s and 80s songs I haven't heard played on the radio for years. Keep it up.

What is the band frequency? Is it only available on digital? is my ordinary radio and my car radio blocked from reveiving it?

Having listened to the station 3mp from the day it started till the day it was destroyed, I cannot believe the new management / owners took away what was an absolute winning combination of Music & presenters .. there was & still is not another station as good as 3MP .. both music & presenters
My MP lacks as it does not have the talented presenters ie Shawn Cosgrove & Peter O'Callaghan, & indeed all the great presenters, it also lacks with out the news, traffic & other regular segments & comments from the presenters .. As a long time advertiser of the station .. we cannot believe how they have destroyed a winning formula, & we have withdraw our advertising from MTR as it was not bringing us any results - wheras 3MP did
Here's hoping someone will see sense & bring back the 3MP music & showmanship mix

Even with the most recent radio ratings for MTR being lower than any survey that 3MP had in it's entire run, the owners of this joint venture seems to be confident that there is room for another talk back station. I don't believe this to be the case and Melbourne has started to vote with its scan button in the car and at home. Magic 1278 in the same most recent survey have nearly doubled their audience. What does that say Pacific Star & Macquarie?? Magic isn't a 3MP but they have tweaked their play list slightly in the past 2 months to grab some of the 3MP audience. And a small "Rumor" for die hard fans of the 3MP genre, Magic is in the process of expanding their back catalogue and current play lists. Keep an ear the AM BAND in the lead up to spring/summer 2010. How do I know this you may ask? Family member just happens to be in an office (unnamed) that deals with broadcasting rights for copyrighted material but can't say more for obvious reasons. 3MP may be off the AM band for now but watch this space. As a regular listener of 3MP over the years, if there is any truth to this "rumor" then I'm going to have smiles from ear to ear. Think if it as a knock out blow that the owners of 3AW/MAGIC may give their so called rivals. Wait and see I guess. MYMP has to evolve and expand to survive. As I'm typing this I'm listening to the tunes on this stream and it sounds great, A welcome voice came up just before back announcing station ID "It was Cozy" Shaun must of recorded a few station id's before getting the boot.

Thanks for the link, just purchased a DAB So now have MYMP back. I guess most people are unaware that all they need is a digital radio pity mp did not explain this before the MTR took the 1377 frequency.

I miss 3MP,especially in the morning and at weekends. Shaun,Peter O'Callaghan,Dean Mathers from years ago were all like personal friends you met everyday. I saw so many shows - Stevie Wonder, George Benson etc.coach journeys to the Cuckoo, Tulip Festival all thanks to 3MP. I heard Peter recently on Magic but where is Shaun? I suppose there's no going back even if MTR is a failure.

Hi guys,

I used to listen to the old 3MP with my Mum and Dad. I used to love Dave Barnett as a presenter and Jane Holmes. All the presenters were great. But I now have a dab radio and I must say the playlist is great. The only thing lacking is a dj and a more bit more of a mix of songs. Also My Mp it would be good if you could on the dab radio show the artist and song that I am listening to.

I am 38 years o,d and have been an avid listener of 3MP for at least 15 years (much to my wifes' chagrin). I recently bought a stereo system with a digital radio and discovered MyMp. It was like christmas. I thought 3MP was gone forever. If I had have known MyMp was broadcast on digital radio only I would have purchased a digital radio ages ago. Needless to say my wife is not impressed now that I listen to MP again instead of FM.

I hope MTR (Melbourne Talk Radio) is dropped by year's end and Price moves back to Sydney where he came from. We all couldn't do with this trashy talk station any longer, plus incidentally, it now only has 1.1 percent of customers listening, so let's keep it going down, and support for 3MP going up!

Hi,
Could you please play my song "High" by the Lighthouse Family as I enjoy it so much and it's a nice song to sing along to.If there's anyone at MyMp today,could you please put my song on at 9pm tonight that's the 20th November 2010 and if this isn't possible could you please put it on at 10pm on Tueday 23rd November at 10pm.
Has Mark Johnson got a DJ system
in his office and how does he run the MyMp station.How does he select the songs that are played?
I enjoy your music but please stop playing the same songs over and over again.Could you please play the Lighthouse Family song "High" once or twice every so often.
From Jono and Ben

Great playlist keep it coming.

I was a listener of 3MP since the mid-90s. I'm in South Australia but the 3MP signal was always very strong and it came through very clearly at night. I really miss listening to it, I wish I had the option of listening to MyMp.

What a brilliant station on Ditital MYMP is great shame We cant listen in the CAR OR SHED.I think the mix of music is the Best anywhere,PLEASE put it on the AM band it would KILL any other station.THanks for the memories. BOB

Please put some Christmas music on MyMp and also could you please play "High" by The Lighthouse Family.
Thanks,Jono and Ben

I am listenting to a Symecast vetween MTR 1377/2GB 873 and 2CH 1170 right now.
Am I right to say that Mark Johnson and co have the best interests of listeners to MTR and the gormer 3MP at heart?
I emailed Steve Price and Suggested to him that he suggests to Oglivy Melbourne to Advertise MTR 1377 on Channel Ten to gain listers from the 18 to 39 demographic as well young families to MTR 1377 tyen Mtr will have people saying yes to MTR 1377.
Jason

Sorry Jason,mate, but MTR is on borrowed time and will soon be history. MyMP deserves to be heard by a wider audience, complete with announcers and news reports.

When they switched 3MP to talkback, not only did they ruin it for Melbourne, they also ruined it for Adelaide.

You see, their transmitter is located in Rowville, with a directional antenna (most likely a phased array) that directs the signal West-north-west in a narrow beam. I lived in Clayton at one stage and the signal absolutely boomed in there. In fact, I can still measure 1377 KHz at S9+20db in many inner south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This is about twice as strong as the other heavyweights (3AW, Magic, etc).

And yes, for those in Melbourne who have to deal with those noisy, trashy tram and train lines, of course there's going to be interference. But here's some news for you - other AM stations are equally affected. So I don't know what the fuss is all about.

The signal beam is quite narrow. It was originally targeted to the Mornington Peninsula (hence the callsign MP), but also had a side effect of reaching areas such as Geelong across the bay and parts of SA, who get the signal loud and clear via skywave at night. Hence the reason for the comments from disgruntled listeners in Adelaide who also enjoyed this once beautiful station.

The inability to receive Melbourne's DAB+ signals from SA is another slap in the face of Adelaideans - VHF cannot propagate by skywave. So they can't even listen to MyMP.

Music that you could once relax to and fall asleep with is now replaced with right-wing talkback trash. Most of it Sydney 2GB trash to be exact. Enough said.

We are new to Australia and love this radio station. I just went on the web to search for the frequency as i would love to listen to it whilst traveling in and out to work but alas this is not going to happen.

Never the less we just love it and its on all the time whilst we are awake. Keep it up.

We are recent converts to MyMP and we love it. We have it playing all day and now have it connected to the stereo. When people call in the are really interested to know what we're listening to. Keep it up MyMP. 3MP was crap so all those whinges out there... just suck it up and move on.

my mp plays ads but test v dosent play ads just lovely music like 3mp yosto dow plese plese plese bring 3mp bak plese leve test v alone wif just music to enjoy

day dont hav news on my mp

Just found this station on our digital radion and it is great. Just really great music from 70s 80s and some 90s etc. Disagree that the demographic is now 30+. I am 50+ and this is my music - 80s and 90s etc. We are not all addicted to talk radio....just love that there are hardly any interruptions. Keep it up. I never knew the original but this suit us and the format is very original. There are other talk stations for others to listen to.

How could you remove a music format of beautiful mellow music and replace it with grown men who gossip for a living?

wot new radio stashon

nedto up date digital radio plus web page dat wold be god

for melbone

MTR has great things coming just wait and see.

I enjoy the ad extolling the virtues of radio so much I tune into another radio station just to spread thee radio experience.

YESTERDAY I EMAILED IAN HOLLAND MACQUAIRE RADIO NETWORK'S GROUP PROGRAM DIRECTOR TO SUGGEST TO HIM, ROB KIDD AND RUSSELL THAT NEXT MONTH THAT THEY MEET WITH BARRIE QUICK FROM PACIFIC STAR NETWORK, GREG HYWOOD CEO OF FAIRFAX MEDIA, BILL CARALIS FROM SUPER RADIO NETWORK AND DR GRANT CAMERON FROM GRANT BROADCASTERS THIS WOULD MEAN THE MAGIC AND MYMP WOULD MERGE AN ALONG WITH 2CH IN SYDNEY WOULD BE SOLD TO GRANT BROADCASTERS, 2SM IN SYDNY AND 3AW IN MELBOURNE WOULD MERGE WITH MTR 1377 AND BOTH ALL 2SM STAFF APART FROM JOHN LAWS WOULD RELOCATE HERE TO MELBOURNE AND ALL 3AW STAFF WOULD RELOCATE TO 473 SWAN STREET RICHMOND AND THE OTHER SUPER RADIO NETWORK STATIONS AND 2UE IN SYDENEY WPOULD MERGE 2GB.

Did anyone read the article on The Australianwebsite last year which tells us that MacQuarie Radio Network have been wanting to pururing Fairfax Media TalkBack Radio Network for a while?
To anonmous re your post telling me that MacQuarie will not consider my email and I am dreaming..
I am relying upon the forementioned article as my guide so is Mark Carnegie Dreaming?

At last, I know what happened to 3MP. I was wondering for a long while what happened. It is really disappointing that there was no warning about it. And now, I cannot tune to 3MP anymore with my radio. It was a great station. Now, I can only tune to Magic which the music is great but I really dislike hearing the funeral advertisements on every break!!!! morning, day and night and everyday. Do we really need to hear it on every break?

When 3MP Changed to Talkback I tuned into MTR and will keep on listening as will Melissa.
MTR has some good times comuing when manamement signs people from FM Radio Stations, 774 ABC Melbourne and 3AW to MTR 1377 as well as the former Assistant Program Director of DMG Radio Australia betweeen Next Month and Jull.

Jason u dont no nothing and stop complayning

The Owners will fix the frequinacy then they will do a large Marketing campaign.
and then hopefuly MTR will gain more listeners.
Ray Hadley said to Steve Price that MTR in 2012 will broadcast the Olymipc games in London with 2GB.
I know that becaus I heard that Jonno.
I am expalining not complaning.
Do you think The owners would be so silly to bring a Radio Station like 3MP back that was losing so much money?
The Owners will stick with MTR 1377 because MTR 1377 is a work in progress.
Last week I emailed Ian Holland to suggest to him that he Rob Kidd and Russell Tate to sign Dan Brady who used to work with DMG Radio Australia to help Steve Price by signing people from Nova 100.3/Classic 91.5 to MTR 1377 to start the Climb up the Melbourne Radio Ratings Ladder for MTR 1377 along with other emails I have sent to Ian Holland to sign other people from FoxFM/TripleM, Gold 1o4,3/Mix 101.1, TripleJ, 774 ABC Melbourne, 3AW, Krock/BayFM Geelong, THe Ace Radio Network and the Age and The Sunday Age Newspapers to bring more listeners and revenue to MTR 1377.

its not gowing to happen 3mp is coming bak

u r making dis up wat tole next saturday we r gowing to find out and prove u rong

IF 3MP comes back I will never listen to 1377 again I will go back to SEN.many MTR listemners hopefly eill listen to SEN as well.

Jonno
I have some news for you and it's not good in regards to 3MP coming back this Saturday.
3MP will not be coming back any time soon this or any other Satudaty this year or in the furture.
I sent an email to Chris Smith Afternoon Host of MTR 1377 this afternoon I told him that you calimed that 3MP are Coming back this Saturday and in response he said...
"No Posible Way Jason
There will be Change on Satuday yes...
MTR 1377 will get new Studio's".
Yiu wishe 3MP was comung back but all I can say is keep on dreaming mate.

jason you are full of shit MTR is a shit station and the annoucers talk rubbish!!!!!

JONNO
YOU SAID THAT 3MP WOULD BE BACK TODAY BUT YOU WERE WRONG MTR 1377 IS IN MELBOURNE TO STAY!

wat and se jason

Hi Jason,
3MP may never come back but I hope it will one day.At least we have MyMp which is good.

i like mymp but day play the same stuf over and over a gane jono

my mp plays good music

Went to Light FM open day today(5/3/11) and joined as a Star Club member and have being put in the draw for a new plasma screen TV.If anyone joins Light FM Star Club before 6pm today you'll also go in the draw for the TV but you have to join today (5/3/11) before 6pm.It costs $55 to join and Light FM is a great station to listen to and there's going to be some changes soon,so listen out to it.
From Jono and Ben

Jonno & Ben
I know how great LightFM is.
I sometimes listen to LightFM?
My mates Luke, Lucy,Clayton, Kel, Tim Malone & Steve MacNamar are great people and I'm sure they were pleased to meet with you.

we dont ned more tolk bak stashons we ned music

igor is a grat frend to me he works at dandenong hyundai say jono he wil giv u a discont for a car

We need Talkback Radio it is the heartbeat of Melbiurne Music Radio is boring.

tolk back is boring music is relacsing is eney one on my side

hey jason you are full of shit and melbournes music isnt boring as it is relaxing to listen to! so jason from boronia shut your little bird beak!

MTR 1377 is a CRAPPY TALK BACK STATION that only HAS 1 LISTENER - CALLED JASON FROM BORONIA. the ANNOUNCERS TALK BULLSHIT AND SOUND SHIT ON THE RADIO -BRING BACK 3MP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi my name is igor and i work for dandenong hyundai and call me on 03 8791 3199 and ask for igor and i will give you a discount on a new hyundai getz! and jason stop picking on jono as he is a friend of mine!

thanks igor dandenong hyundai ned a new radio sow we can lising to mymp digital

For those in Melbourne, you can still listen to other stations that play music similar to the original 3MP.

If your receiver is sensitive enough, you can pick up 7BU Classic Hits from Burnie Tasmania on 558 KHz. Their signal strength varies greatly with location, but during the day, they operate at full power and can be heard in many parts of southern Victoria as long as you are away from interfering power and tram lines. You will get the best results from your car radio. If you're indoors, you'll need to keep your receiver well away from computers and TVs.

7BU seem to reduce their transmitter power at night to prevent interference to the rest of Australia because medium wave signals propagate extremely well over water and skywave. You'll need a good outdoor antenna to be able to pick them up at night. A shielded magnetic loop antenna also works quite well.

For night time listening, try "Easy Mix Ten 71" on 1071 KHz. They are located in Bendigo, and play music with an uncanny resemblance to MyMP. As a bonus, they have real DJs, who provide a wider range of music than MyMP's seemingly static playlist. They also relay the news from Southern Cross Broadcasting, so you won't miss out on what is happening. You will need to wait until after sunset to be able to pick up 1071 via skywave. Their signal varies with the ionospheric conditions, so there will be a bit of signal fading at times. and JASON YOU ARE A %@!#*HEAD AND A SON OF A B*TCH!!

hi tom i love mymp day play good songs

Hi,
Mymp is produced by a computer and I like the music which they play.I think that Mymp plays a good range of music but sometimes it's a bit repetitive.I think that Mark Johnson should play a wider range of songs from the 80's ,90's and today,aswell as a few 70's songs so it doesn't get boring.I think it's good that they're only playing one ad now every 30 minutes.

MTR 1377 has more than one listener and I will name some of them...
Melissa from Ferntree Gully, Graham from Ferntree Gully Adam from Wanturna South, Bill from Glen Waverly and other people I know, those who I have met and those who I have never met.
MTR 1377 will go places in Melbourne.

no day wont mymp is her to stay mtr gow bak wer u blong sydney

Jonno
MTR 1377 has as much right to be in Melbourne as anyone else so why should they go back to Sydney?
What if MYMP merged with Magic 1278 and became Magic Plus?

we ned a nuther magic

Jason and mtr r gowing to sydney to stay

Jonno, Ken & all 3MP listeners
There was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald last week though I cannot remember what day it was printed that told us that John Singleton'sw MacQuarie Radio Network are talking about buying Fairfax Medai's Radio assets including 3AW693/Magic 1278, since Fairfax Media appointed their New CEO in Greg Hywood they are deciding to take a new direction.
Watch tis space 3MP Listeners and you will see posibly MYMP and Magic Merging as well as MTR and 3AW Merging.

mtr is not coming bak and leve jono alone as he loves mymp

yo r making thes up sydney morning herld dident say dat i tolkt to dem day sed nothing sow yo liying jason if u thinke yo sow smat r der eney changers to mix 101 1

mymp shod play 60ts 70ts 80ts and 90ts and today

I don't seem to be able to listen to MYMP via their web-site any longer - why is that?

coles digital radio is good I love it

Melissa & i have been 3AW listeners since October 2011 and there have been some though few MYMP listeners who have became 3Aw listeners

hi Jason day don't play 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts

mymp shod play 70ts and 80ts but kool shod play a vrietey of music from like 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts and today dats fere

MYMP won't get much change to play music from the 1980's 1990's and niow when Maguic sign all SmoothF FM Staff before MYMP.

is mymp staing or gowing or changing its name

I wold like to a new station a esey station like 3mp in sterd of 60ts 70ts play like 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts good music on u shod call it kool brees nis relaxing music

I think MyMp should become more of an easy listening station and get rid of Glen Ridge as there's too much talking and I think there should be more easy listening music instead.
From Jono and ben

kool has been 70ts and 80ts for a long time we shod have a change music 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts now its june

I love the songs u play on the weekends but I wold love to here some 90ts plese

is dere eneyone how nos if mymp digital radio is dowing well wif ratings

oh and bdw I am qwite tarded as well.....

wiy cant mymp play 50ts 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts play good songs

hi I think we shod have a jukebox digital radio staton dat plays 50ts 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts dat play good songs plese good oldese

I love coles day play good music

mymp wont yo feedback but day wont to dow dere own thing day don't like feedback I trid to tall dem wot to play day don't lisen

wiy is mymp coping gold fm playing dere kind of music I hat wot day r dowing

I hop mymp gow bak to esey listening in 2015 play 50ts60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts I dont think its gowing to happen

I hop mymp 3mp have a new brand in 2015 and a new format 50ts 60ts 80ts 90ts songs we haven't hord for a long time easy listning songs

mymp is crap all day play is 60ts 70ts 80ts it wos a good radio station now

I love esey listning bring back the esey music mymp plese don't play the hits more veriety from 50ts 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts plese

hi kool shod play 50ts 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts more songs to sing a long to not just party songs oll day satuday night its ok to play party songs wen everyone is at work play some slow songs den at night play love songs stop saying kool oll the time just play music from oll decads some old songs play a veriety from today plese plese dat wold be fantastike

we don't have a esey listning radio station dat plays 50ts 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts only have 60ts70ts 80ts esey listning songs we dont have in Melbourne das eneyone look at thes webpage

its a petey dat we don't have a esey listening radio station we only have a smooth station not good bring back old 3mp and play 50ts 60ts 70ts 80ts 90ts

acma shod tac mymp off the radio if day don't chanch to esey listening and play moere songs dat we haven't hard for a long time

Hi All,
3MP is back and hopefully forever.It's already better than MyMp as it's playing easy listening songs from the 60s,70s and 80s.However,I think it could be improved even more by playing plenty of easy listening songs from the 90s including regularly playing the song "High" by Lighthouse Family which is a brilliant easy listening song from the 90s which not many other radio stations in Melbourne play anymore.
From Jono and Ben

I am an Aussie living overseas.
Can I listen to 3mp on the net and if so how do I do this please?

no mark

I used to listen to 3MP when I am in my car however as I drive mainly at night and on the weekends I have noticed that the news during those periods comes out of Sydney which is so annoying who wants to know about Sydney news and the sport is always about rugby. I have changed the dial to a station that gives me Melbourne news

come back 3mp 1377 eseylistning

can't believe that there is no longer a music station on the AM band in Melbourne. I have tried Smooth but I am sorry it is like pretence scripted radio. Please someone bring back a music station on the AM band that plays all of the favourites from the 60's and 70's.

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