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February 6, 2017 1:11 pm  #1


New Radio Format Is Aimed Solely At Tradespeople

Just when you think there couldn't possibly be a new narrow radio format comes this: a station aimed at bricklayers, plumbers, roofers and the like. It's coming out of Great Britain and claims it has a ready made audience that is otherwise ignored. 

"Fix Radio says it will provide music, banter and information targeted at bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, plasterers, roofers, painters and decorators whether they work on building sites or in people’s homes...Fix Radio will feature up-tempo well-known songs from the 80s, 90s, 00s and today as well as detailed weather forecasts, sports news and “cheeky banter” from DJs. Programming will be scheduled to fit in with a builder’s day and breaks....

"One thing that came out strongly, for example, was the need for detailed weather forecasts throughout the day as builders depend on knowing what the weather is going to be like to plan their work,” says [founder] Louis Timpany. “The main weather forecasts on Fix Radio every day will, therefore, be very detailed and accurate – almost like the shipping forecast for tradespeople.”


More here

I can't help but imagine the playlist, although it doesn't exactly match the years quoted above.

How about:

Up on the Roof - Drifters
Fixing a Hole - Beatles
If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul & Mary
Brick House - Commodores
Our House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Get a Job - Silhouettes

I'm sure there are a lot more. 

 

February 6, 2017 1:45 pm  #2


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STOP!...HAMMER TIME!!  


RadioWiz & RadioQuiz are NOT the same person. 
RadioWiz & THE Wiz are NOT the same person.

 
 

February 6, 2017 4:01 pm  #3


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Can you put a level on the board please
 


Cheers,
Jody Thornton
 
 

February 6, 2017 4:03 pm  #4


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In traffic ... there's an Allen Wrench on the Allen.

 

Last edited by Jody Thornton (February 6, 2017 4:03 pm)


Cheers,
Jody Thornton
 
 

February 6, 2017 5:29 pm  #5


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Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
If I Were A Carpenter - Bobby Darin
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
We Built This City - Starship

And of course, their featured artist of the day, The Carpenters.

     Thread Starter
 

February 6, 2017 5:32 pm  #6


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Workin' for the Man - Roy Orbison, 1962
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1955
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (Hydro One)

Last edited by geo (February 6, 2017 6:51 pm)

 

February 6, 2017 5:47 pm  #7


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Take This Job & Shove It - Johnny Paycheck (Paycheque in Canada)

 

February 6, 2017 7:31 pm  #8


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Let's not overlook the broadcasting trade -- Radio Ga-Ga, Queen 1984

 

February 6, 2017 8:37 pm  #9


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American Dog, "Workin Man".  Let's all offend the Zoomers!

Dammit, how to i post a youtube link???  oh ya, click the youtube button.  Us lousy Gen X'ers are always looking for the shortcut....



 

Last edited by splunge (February 6, 2017 8:39 pm)

 

February 6, 2017 9:09 pm  #10


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RadioActive wrote:

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
If I Were A Carpenter - Bobby Darin
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
We Built This City - Starship

And of course, their featured artist of the day, The Carpenters.

And don't forget "Another Nail in My Heart" by Squeeze.

I was trying to come up with a traffic "log" reference in relation to carpentry, but I'm all tapped out.
 


Cheers,
Jody Thornton
 
 

February 7, 2017 1:13 am  #11


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When I'm DXing and hear this station I'll know the Fix is in...
 

 

February 7, 2017 9:54 am  #12


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RadioActive wrote:

Fix Radio will feature up-tempo well-known songs from the 80s, 90s, 00s and today as well as detailed weather forecasts, sports news and “cheeky banter”  

speaking of cheeky banter, has anyone else noticed (and this is a question) that when Maureen Holloway was on the Mighty Q she was rather "cheeky" but on CHFI-98 she sounds like the less-cheeky Erin Davis?
 

 

February 7, 2017 10:44 am  #13


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grilled.cheese wrote:

  no  

It was mentioned by my dental hygienist
 
 

 

February 7, 2017 12:26 pm  #14


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Working Class Hero - John Lennon
Working In A Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey and also Devo
Trucking Man - Moby Grape
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
 


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February 7, 2017 6:04 pm  #15


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Working for The Weekend- Loverboy, and Friday on My Mind (Easybeats).

 

Last edited by BossRadio (February 7, 2017 6:05 pm)

 

February 9, 2017 1:40 am  #16


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they'll replace traffic reports with "roach coach" reports.

 

February 9, 2017 10:23 am  #18


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RadioActive wrote:

Just when you think there couldn't possibly be a new narrow radio format comes this: a station aimed at bricklayers, plumbers, roofers and the like. It's coming out of Great Britain and claims it has a ready made audience that is otherwise ignored. 

"Fix Radio says it will provide music, banter and information targeted at bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, plasterers, roofers, painters and decorators whether they work on building sites or in people’s homes...Fix Radio will feature up-tempo well-known songs from the 80s, 90s, 00s and today as well as detailed weather forecasts, sports news and “cheeky banter” from DJs. Programming will be scheduled to fit in with a builder’s day and breaks....

"One thing that came out strongly, for example, was the need for detailed weather forecasts throughout the day as builders depend on knowing what the weather is going to be like to plan their work,” says [founder] Louis Timpany. “The main weather forecasts on Fix Radio every day will, therefore, be very detailed and accurate – almost like the shipping forecast for tradespeople.”


More here

I can't help but imagine the playlist, although it doesn't exactly match the years quoted above.

How about:

Up on the Roof - Drifters
Fixing a Hole - Beatles
If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul & Mary
Brick House - Commodores
Our House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Get a Job - Silhouettes

I'm sure there are a lot more. 

Anything by The Fixx or Men at Work of course. 


"Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram
 

February 9, 2017 2:02 pm  #19


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Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Sailor - Yardbirds
Part of the Union - Strawbs
Layin Pipe - Davie Wilcox

 

February 9, 2017 2:15 pm  #20


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Dale Patterson wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Just when you think there couldn't possibly be a new narrow radio format comes this: a station aimed at bricklayers, plumbers, roofers and the like. It's coming out of Great Britain and claims it has a ready made audience that is otherwise ignored. 

"Fix Radio says it will provide music, banter and information targeted at bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, plasterers, roofers, painters and decorators whether they work on building sites or in people’s homes...Fix Radio will feature up-tempo well-known songs from the 80s, 90s, 00s and today as well as detailed weather forecasts, sports news and “cheeky banter” from DJs. Programming will be scheduled to fit in with a builder’s day and breaks....

"One thing that came out strongly, for example, was the need for detailed weather forecasts throughout the day as builders depend on knowing what the weather is going to be like to plan their work,” says [founder] Louis Timpany. “The main weather forecasts on Fix Radio every day will, therefore, be very detailed and accurate – almost like the shipping forecast for tradespeople.”


More here

I can't help but imagine the playlist, although it doesn't exactly match the years quoted above.

How about:

Up on the Roof - Drifters
Fixing a Hole - Beatles
If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul & Mary
Brick House - Commodores
Our House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Get a Job - Silhouettes

I'm sure there are a lot more. 

Anything by The Fixx or Men at Work of course. 

And Carpenters.


"Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram
 

February 9, 2017 9:09 pm  #21


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Skookum.

 

February 10, 2017 12:45 pm  #22


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Working for The Weekend - Loverboy
Driving That Train - Grateful Dead
Mathew and Son - Cat Stevens

 

February 10, 2017 3:52 pm  #23


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grilled.cheese wrote:

Finally, a station for us blue collar types. 

"Rhythm is something you either have or don't have but when you have it, you have it all over" -- Elvis Presley
 

 

February 17, 2017 11:18 am  #24


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Ten Men Working - Neil Young
Working For a Living - Huey Lewis and The News
Thanks to The CatHouse - Johnny Paycheck

That's it. I'm done

 

February 17, 2017 12:23 pm  #25


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One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash

 

February 17, 2017 2:08 pm  #26


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Glen, you drew me out of retirement 

Welcome to The Working Week - Elvis Costello
Working On The Highway - Bruce Springsteen
Blue Collar Man - Styx

 

March 20, 2017 7:03 am  #27


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True to its name "DeepTracks", on Sirius XM Ch 27, I heard over the course of the weekend;

Smokey Factory Blues - Steppenwolf
Richard Corey - Simon and Garfunkel

Not heard, but no yet listed, and how it has been missed to date = ?
Blue Collar - Bachman Turner Overdrive

 

April 19, 2017 11:02 am  #28


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The long awaited station "aimed at tradespeople" finally goes on the air on April 26th at 7 AM London time (which is 2 in the morning here, so I doubt a lot of us will be up to hear it - if indeed it's streaming.) They have a countdown clock on their website and not much more - with the exception of a slogan: "We're Nailing It!"

According to a U.K. online article, those behind "Fix Radio," which certainly sounds like a gimmick format, actually appear to have thought this out. They've arranged for the station to be playing in lunch rooms and on catering trucks around the U.K., they plan to be handing out free food at 1,400 construction sites to promote the newcomer, they've purchased a jingle package and they've signed four months worth of advertisers in advance.

There's no immediate word if they'll provide a "listen online" feature, but I'm sure at some point they'll hammer that out.

Let the other puns begins!

And by the way, what in the world are "bacon butties?"

Fix Radio plans free bacon butties for launch

     Thread Starter
 

April 19, 2017 11:15 am  #29


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So, to answer my own question, this is a "bacon butty."

     Thread Starter
 

April 19, 2017 12:48 pm  #30


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