4BC Brisbane celebrates its news coming from Sydney

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It is tragic to see what’s unfolded at the Channel 9 owned radio stations under the inexperienced leadership of Tom Malone and Greg Byrnes. 

2GB is now ball-less and runs a softy softly conservative format. 
 
3AW used to win every shift across the day. Now it doesn’t. 
 
And this week, they announced (not kidding) the 4BC Brisbane news is coming from Sydney:
 
From Radio Today

Brisbane’s 4BC is no longer providing its own local news bulletins on weekends, with Nine Radio confirming that Saturday and Sunday’s breakfast news is now being networked from Sydney’s 2GB.

Last month saw weekend program changes at 4BC, with outdoors and lifestyle expert Paul Burt joining the station’s on-air line up, replacing Weekend Breakfast with Olympia Kwitowski.

4BC Station Manager Siobhain McDonnell said “4BC has been consolidating our on air product and are delighted with the early success and positive reception from listeners and industry alike for our new weekends show, Step Outside with Paul Burt. As part of the consolidation our quality news bulletins are now networked across the weekend.”

“As recently demonstrated in our 24 hour rolling news and programming coverage during Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the station is excelling in providing live and local content to our audience , and are there for the people of Brisbane to deliver their up to date news when they need it most.”
 
Talk about spin. 
 
They’ve canned the weekend local news to "excel in providing live and local content to our audience”.

It’s disgraceful and absolutely nothing to be proud of.
 
These people should go down as some of radio’s biggest vandals.