31 July 2002 In mid 1997 Bob Johnston and his staff of five moved out of the radio newsroom and set up a dedicated online news office which...
31 July 2002 2GB has been one of the first Australian stations to adopt RCS’ call screening software interface, which will allow the station to track and identify...
31 July 2002 Triple J’s Livid festival is back for 2002. This year the festival will travel from its Brisbane home to include Sydney and Melbourne.
31 July 2002 Radio National program Australia Talks Back turned ten years old this week with a live broadcast from the Brisbane Powerhouse on the topic “Talkback Radio: Threat...
31 July 2002 Respected broadcast industry manager Nigel Milan has been re-appointed to lead SBS Radio and Television for another two years. Milan, who was formerly head of...
31 July 2002 The ABA has invited applications for five open narrowcasting radio services, one each to serve Alice Springs (FM 107.1), Katherine (FM 96.5), Tennant Creek (FM...
31 July 2002 Albury-Wodonga community broadcaster 107.3 FM will relaunch on Sunday (August 4) with a new name and new programming. The relaunched ‘Ten73 Border FM’ will...
31 July 2002 Following up from last month’s item on mid-dawns, AMT this week gets a further insight into overnight radio with John Kerr. AMT: Who listens...
31 July 2002 Last week AMT reported the letter from Friends of the ABC criticising a radio promotion for the book ‘Fix Your Back.’ Here is the ABC’s...
27 July 2002 Applications have now closed for commercial radio licences on Queensland’s Gold Coast and in Nambour. The ABA received 8 applicants from bidders for the Gold...
26 July 2002 Ugly Phil O'Neil has resigned from the Nova 96.9 drive show in an amicable separation after 18 months at the station. He will be on...
25 July 2002 Eleven Australian artists have gained nomination for the prestigious Best New Australian Artist on Commercial Radio category at the 2002 Australian Commercial Radio Awards. ...
25 July 2002 The ABA is proposing to extend the time period for SAFM’s Adelaide Foothills translator to change its operating frequency from FM 91.1 to FM...
25 July 2002 Are you 16-22 years old? Are you living of working in regional Australia? Do you have a tale to tell? If you...
25 July 2002 The Australian Radio Network has announced the appointment of Dan Boyle as General Manager of its three Sydney stations, MIX 106.5 FM, WS 101.7 FM...
25 July 2002 There's been movement in Newcastle's radio stations, most at 2HD and NEW FM. 2HD Breakfast hosts Tony Briscoe and Karina Bennet were recently replaced by...
25 July 2002 The ABA has invited applications for new community radio broadcasting licences in the Port Pirie and Yorke Peninsula areas of South Australia. Applicants should...
24 July 2002 Watchdog group ' Friends of the ABC' has complained about a recent incident of creeping commercialism to ABC Chairman Donald McDonald. The Victorian 'Friends' group...
24 July 2002 Applications have now closed for commercial radio licences on Queensland’s Gold Coast and in Nambour. The ABA is expected announce that 8 applicants have registered...
24 July 2002 After all the controversy of last year they said Sea FM on the NSW Central Coast wouldn’t be game enough to do it again. Wanna...
24 July 2002 The 92.9 New 30 program, with Orion and Claire, is losing Claire to the UK. So the station has launched the New 30's 'Search for...
24 July 2002 Radio 2ME Announcer Anthony Parker has been invited to the royal wedding of the Crown Prince of Jordan in London. Parker will be picked up...
24 July 2002 New music, new talks and lots of your old favourites are part of Sydney Community Radio 2SER’s new lineup launched this week. For the first...
24 July 2002 StreetNation, “a new National Dance culture information Radio Network” expanded its transmission this week and is now on air in Melbourne and the Gold Coast...
24 July 2002 James Yelland, Operations Manager for the Caralis FM network responded to RG Capital’s comments in last week’s item about live mid-dawn shifts. He...
24 July 2002 As the 2002 AFTRS students near the end of their Graduate Diploma in Commercial Radio Broadcasting, applications have opened for next year’s course. ...
24 July 2002 98.5 Sonshine Fm’s website recently blitzed its previous records recording over 1.027 million unique users visiting the site in a month. The figure does not...
24 July 2002 The Radio Wave, a regular free e-letter sent out by Ian MacRae, was originally conceived to be “aimed at newbies in the radio industry.” But...
24 July 2002 Phillip Randall and David Turrell were re-elected unopposed to the board of the Association of Christian Broadcasters during its Annual General Meeting on 6 July....
23 July 2002 Melbourne's Magic 693 has completed its new website, which can be found at www.magic693.com .