I used to listen to Fox FM most of the time but recently gave up as i was overcome with 'gossip' cr@p and advertising shoved in almost everywhere they can get it. When the news and weather reports started including ads, i cracked it... Now i just listen to Triple J in the car and purely music digital stations at home...

Yep, that's exactly what I was talking about before.

Better technology means more choice. Hopefully that means more people will choose not to listen and the FM stations will need to adapt or die. So we may get the result of having less crass entertainment broadcast without having to legislate to get that effect.

I wonder how their ratings stand right now compared with 10 years ago? I would have thought lots more people would plug their mp3 players into their cars and listen to those than before. Or maybe rating don't take those people into account but they just look at who is listening and divide the numbers in, not the whole population including who is NOT listening. In which case their numbers would in theory look good, but less people in reality would be tuning in.

I would suggest that retaining the youth market is an issue that keeps companies like 2day FM up at night. I guess like newspapers, they may start to become redundant.

Prank nurse 'critical of hospital' in one of three suicide notes

An apparent suicide note left by a nurse at the centre of the royal hoax phone call was critical of staff at the London hospital where she worked, while a second letter dealt with the actions of two Australian radio presenters involved, according to a report.

Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead at staff quarters near King Edward VII hospital in central London, just days after taking a prank phone call from 2Day FM,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

A coronial hearing into the mother-of-two's death was told in London on Thursday morning (local time) that investigators found three apparent suicide notes, handwritten by Ms Saldanha.

One of those notes was addressed to her employers at the hospital and "contains criticism of staff there", The Guardian reported, adding that it had received the information from two separate sources.

Another note dealt with the hoax call made by the two Sydney radio presenters, who posed as the Queen and Prince Charles in the prank call, while a final letter detailed Ms Saldanha's requests for her funeral, the newspaper said.

Two of the notes were found in the apartment where Ms Saldanha died and one in her belongings, and police have given Ms Saldanha's family typed copies of the letters, The Guardian said.

Scotland Yard is investigating a number of emails which the inquest heard were relevant to the nurse's death.

Detective Chief Inspector James Harman told Coroner Fiona Wilcox that police were investigating whether telephone calls made to and from Ms Saldanha's phone in the days before her death could throw any light on her death, however the details of those emails and phone calls were not released at the brief hearing in London.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/prank-nurse-critical-of-hospital-in-one-of-three-suicide-notes-20121214-2bdhu.html#ixzz2EzBEaeLW

Judging by this it looks unlikely that the call was the soul cause of the suicide.

May have been a contributing factor though, I wonder if they will release the contents of the notes.

Nurse's suicide note blamed the 2Day FM DJs

THE nurse who committed suicide after the royal hoax phone call left a note telling the two DJs behind the prank they were responsible for her death.

In one of three apparent suicide notes, Jacintha Saldanha, 46, expressed her anger at 2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian, blaming them for her death.

Ms Saldanha was found hanged at London's King Edward VII's Hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for severe morning sickness.

"God knows what went on in her mind," her sister-in-law, Zeena, said in India yesterday. "Maybe she thought she had been made such a fool. We didn't even know about the prank call."

Her mother, Carmine, is devastated by Ms Saldanha's death.

"I can't sleep, I just want Jacintha," she weeps as relatives sit by, helpless in their grief. "What can I do?"

The Mail on Sunday reports one DJ phoned the hospital within an hour of the call and told Ms Saldanha they had played a prank that would be broadcast.

The revelation she had been duped is believed to have left the nurse, who had no media experience, feeling confused and agitated.

Ms Saldanha's body arrived in her Mangalore hometown. She will be buried in Shirva.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/nurses-suicide-note-blamed-the-2day-fm-djs/story-fnddckzi-1226538045274

I read that one of the notes says she was critical of her co-workers at the hospital.

Anyone calling for her colleagues to get sensitivity training or something?

Sounds like a perfect storm of factors to me, not one soul reason.

SCA are still in a lot of trouble...They thought this would Blow Away...(As if) but it hasn't

The Board of SCA will have to walk, it's a matter of when, they still refuse to apologize..Bit like Howard saying "Sorry"

Fish rot from the Head.

cut it off first.

Sounds like a perfect storm of factors to me, not one soul reason.

Exactly. Talk about an obscene media circus over the tragic fragility of one individual. Appalling standards all around

Fish rot from the Head.

cut it off first.

Pity we arent talking about fish.

Apparently she attempted suicide twice before.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/hoax-call-nurse-was-depressed-friends-20121223-2btl9.html

Apparently she attempted suicide twice before.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/hoax-call-nurse-was-depressed-friends-20121223-2btl9.html

and was on depression medication

it always had to be something like this. "normal" people don't kill themselves over that sort of prank

and was on depression medication

it always had to be something like this. "normal" people don't kill themselves over that sort of prank

I think I said earlier in this thread that there MUST have been some pre-existing issues .

I'm still loving the commercial jocks being strung up and criticised all over the world .

The ledger is far from even .

The amount of commercial radio that has been inflicted on me over the years is criminal .

Keep up the abuse of these turkeys and their ilk.

Edited December 24, 201212 yr by Biffen