Australian radio is snubbing the aces new Divinyls single Don’t Wanna Do This. I guess if you’re not making faux-Jesus rock (Nickelback, Evanescence, Hinder) or your name isn’t Pink then there’s really fuck all chance of getting anything new you’ve put together on radio is there? Does that really mean my weekly radio show on Friday nights is the ONLY program playing the new single on a regular basis, if at all? Somewhat surprising.

You know, you’d think that Australian radio networks would get behind such local Rock music royalty as Divinyls; and it’s not like the song wouldn’t mesh well with their playlists. This is a rock track that is incredibly radio friendly, whilst still retaining the original dirt and grime we’ve come to love about Divinyls. So is it this obvious growth and evolution as artists that the networks are scared of? What possible explanation could they have for ignoring a classic song like this? Divinyls have just finished up a massively successful tour of Australia, playing dates across the nation and headlining Sydney’s Homebake Music Festival and Melbourne’s Hot BBQ, with crowds arriving in droves to watch them rock out. So what’s the problem?

When such a high-class act as Divinyls release something new that is of such an excellent quality, you would sort of expect radio to get behind it. It’s the Divinyls for crying out loud! They gave us Boys In Town, Science Fiction, I Touch Myself, Siren, I’m Jealous… the list of quality genuine radio hits these guys have produced over the years reads like a best-in-Australian-rock music countdown. I understand that just because an iconic artist releases something new shouldn’t automatically mean their new stuff becomes a radio darling, but in the cases when it’s new and this good, then the question here is why AREN’T they playing it?

If you’re in Oz, and you want Australian radio to get behind the new Divinyls single, then there are a couple of things you can do.

First of all, head on over to the Facebook group’s “Temperamental Aussie Divinyls Fans” and “No the Divinyls were NOT just one-hit wonders you fuckwit” and join them. Let’s expand the Divinyl online community as much as we possibly can in the lead up to this years possible new album release.

Then, Contact your local radio station, and start HAMMERING them with requests for Don’t Wanna Do This. If they start getting requests, they might actually try and locate the dusty promo CD they were sent back in November and give it a few whirls.

Special thanks to Loretta and Derek who got in touch with me regarding this campaign. To help them along with the cause, I’ve put together this list of radio and television media links and phone numbers which you can get busy requesting with.

NATIONAL
Hot 30 Countdown (SMS 1999 30 30 or Call 1800 15 11 00)
Hot Hits with Kyle and Jackie ‘O

QUEENSLAND
B105 (SMS 199 22 105)
Nova 1069 (SMS 1998 1069)
SWITCH 1197AM

VICTORIA
Fox FM (SMS 1999 1019)
Nova 100 (SMS 199 99 100)
Joy FM (SMS 0427 JOY 949)
MIX 101.1 FM (Call (03) 9414 1011)

NEW SOUTH WALES
Nova 969 (SMS 199 11 969 or Call 133 969)
2 Day FM (Call 13 10 60)
96.1 THE Edge (Call (02) 961 11 961)
NX FM (SMS 1992 1069)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
SAFM (SMS 0421 26 1071)
Nova 919 (SMS 19 919 919 or 0400 919 919)
Fresh FM Adelaide (Call (08) 8224 0844)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
929 (SMS 199 29 929)
MIX Perth (Call 13 33 53)
NOVA 937 (Call (08) 9489 1937)

ACT
FM 104.7

NORTHERN TERRITORY
Hot 100FM

TASMANIA
MIX Hobart

OTHER NATIONAL STATIONS
Sea FM
Power FM
Eagle FM (SMS 0408 632 596)

You can also request the AMAZING video clip on either Channel [V], MTV and/or Video Hits.

CHANNEL [V]
Request Online
Request via SMS: 1999 69 69
Request by telephone: 1902 220 330

MTV
Request Online

VIDEO HITS
Email Fuzzy and tell her you want to see Divinyls on VH…