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SACBA Bilby award winners for 2024

10 September 2024 The South Australian Community Broadcasters Association (SACBA) and SA community stations have come together their 2024 Conference and Bilby Awards in Adelaide. There were station...

PM thanks Wippa for contribution towards new legislation

10 September 2024 On Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie this morning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans to legislate a minimum age for social media use...

triple j’s One Night Stand features Unearthed local talent and will go live across Australia

10 September 2024 triple j’s One Night Stand is heading to the coastal town of Warrnambool this Saturday September 14. The set times have been released (see below)...

PodPoll 24 back to delve into Australia’s listening habits

10 September 2024 Deadset Studios and Insightfully have announced that PodPoll, Australia’s podcast insights survey delving into the listening behaviours of Australians, is back for 2024. The PodPoll...

Butter: Mamamia’s new audio erotica brand for women

10 September 2024 Mamamia has launched Butter, a new audio erotica brand written by and for Australian women and voiced by female actors. The Butter podcast includes personalised,...

The ever busy Hamish & Andy

9 September 2024 One of the most impressive and inspiring things about Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, since the duo stopped doing a regular radio show together in...

Newest community station Radio Margaret River going FM very soon

9 September 2024 Congratulations to Radio Margaret River (RMR), with the West Australian internet station joining the community radio network and going FM on 101.9 in the near...

2025 2TM Discovered quest open for submissions

9 September 2024 The 3rd annual 2TM Discovered quest is now open for submissions with the concert to decide the winner and featuring two songs by each of...

Grace Barlow awarded CRA’s 2024 Brian White Scholarship

9 September 2024 Grace Barlow is the Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) 2024 Brian White Scholarship winner. Currently a student at Perth’s University of Notre Dame Australia, Grace receives...

Vale Barry Ferber and Mark Moffatt

9 September 2024 Barry Ferber and Mark Moffatt, Australian radio and music expats living in the US, died last week, having left a lasting impact on both industries....

DoubleVerify provides more protection against the advertising you don’t want

9 September 2024 I think we’ve all gone to a brand website and seen an advertisement on the page that seems contrary to the brand’s values. With around...

We gathered together in Texas

9 September 2024 Selling Radio Direct with Pat Bryson I just returned from speaking at the Texas Association of Broadcasters convention. There were 1100 plus broadcasters in attendance...

CBAA award finalists announced and conference MCs

8 September 2024 The 2024 CBAA Conference and Awards is coming up, with Mikaela Simpson and Stephen Stockwell (pictured) announced as hosts this year on the Gold Coast....

The importance of radio prep: Ultimate Aussie music and pop culture book out now

8 September 2024 “These are the books I wished were in the studio when I was on air,” says Steve Woods as he thumbs through the latest volume of his For The Record series.And, at more than 475 pages long, it’s his biggest book yet.As The Days Go By compliments the two earlier releases Australian Pop Culture 1964-2017… Read More

Ace Radio’s Lachlan Rooke and Donna Gladman Walk Out of the Shadows for Lifeline

8 September 2024 To commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday, September 10, Coast FM and 3YB FM’s Lachlan Rooke and Donna Gladman will walk 9km in Warrnambool...

The show must go on for City Park Radio and the NTFA Division 1 Grand Final

8 September 2024 Tasmania's community City Park Radio station in Launceston showed another great example of localism, thinking on your feet and keeping listeners informed during NTFA Division...

Radio rivals in epic rap battle

8 September 2024 This week saw some high-profile radio rivals slog it out in a rap battle to remember.The Nova 96.9 team of Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie were joined live in the studio by WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda.The ARN duo – who were there to take on Fitzy & Wippa in Rap Up of The Week… Read More

Songs of 74: The Night Chicago Died / Paper Lace

8 September 2024 Radioinfo is taking you back 50 years to the songs of 1974. It was a mighty fine year for music.

Radio stations unite to broadcast regional rugby league grand final

7 September 2024 Parkes' 2PK 1404AM and 97.1 and 101.5 2MG Mudgee have united to broadcast live the 2024 Peter McDonald Premiership Grand Final between the Parkes Spacemen and...

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee: Secrets behind 20 years of success #RadioDaysAsia

6 September 2024 Audiences love listening to long term friends Hamish and Andy, as they share experiences, pranks and have fun on Australia’s top rating LiSTNR podcast. Chris…

Katie Woolf bids farewell to the old Mix 104.9 and Hot 100 building

6 September 2024 Katie Woolf is about to take annual leave from her role hosting 360 weekday mornings on Mix 104.9. When she returns, for her second decade...

Radio and podcasts have given me life after politics: KJ #RadioDaysAsia

6 September 2024 “For the last 20 years people spoke to me as an elected representative, as a politician, now they talk to me as as a friend…

New edition of Andy Lee’s ‘Do Not Open This Book’ series really stinks

5 September 2024 The tenth time’s a charm for Andy Lee and his Do Not Open This Book series, with the latest edition – Do Not Open This Book It Stinks – now in stores, together with the read-along interactive audio version now available free on LiSTNR.The new story takes readers on a journey of stinky smells, fascinating… Read More

Changes to GfK Surveys in 2025

5 September 2024 The schedule for GfK metro surveys for 2025 has been released by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) with one key change for the final survey...

More radio departures at SCA

5 September 2024 News of yet more sad departures at SCA this week, with Hit Network Image Producer Chris Kubacki among the latest to leave the network, his position made redundant.Chris started his journey as a junior audio producer at Sydney’s 2Day FM, later moving to Melbourne’s Fox FM to work on two national network shows.As well as… Read More

Tim Ross motors on with Series 2 of Cars That Made Australia podcast

5 September 2024 Series Two of the Tim Ross podcast Cars That Made Australia has just landed.And automotive nostalgia has certainly been on Tim’s mind, as the radio host, writer and comedian prepares to head to New Zealand for a three-city tour called Architecture is Ace.It got him thinking about a previous visit to Auckland about fifteen years ago.Ross… Read More

I’m winning when I have their attention: The Big Discussion #RadioDaysAsia

5 September 2024 Strategy, technology, innovation and monetisation were the four main topics on the agenda in the RadioDays Asia Big Discussion session when radioinfo’s Steve Ahern led…

Exhibitors at RadioDays Asia show off production, playout and podcast products

5 September 2024 Over three days in Kuala Lumpur, RadioDays Asia 2024 showcased the latest technology and ideas for the radio, podcast and audio industries. radioinfo spoke to…

Fancy a Friday coffee? It’s Jonesy & Amanda’s shout

5 September 2024 WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda are making tomorrow a feel-good Friday, by shouting their loyal listeners free coffee with their new initiative, Jonesy & Amanda’s Put It On The Tab.Tomorrow, September 6, Jonesy & Amanda will be taking over Bay Vista Parramatta on Church Street between 6am until 9am. Listeners who head to the café to… Read More

Ian Healy and Corey Parker for SENQ Breakfast in 2025

5 September 2024 Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) has announced that former NRL and Bronco's champion Corey Parker (pictured) will join Ian Healy to host SENQ Breakfast in 2025....