23 of radioinfo’s most popular stories of 2023

18 December 2023 It’s been a big year in Radio as well as Podcasting, streaming and all things Audio. Metro Surveys have always been among the most popular...

Christmas – A Time for Nostalgia

17 December 2023 Content from BPR In many countries this year the number one issue for many is the increasing cost of living… inflation and the increase in...

The Christmas season is here!

18 December 2023 Pat Bryson's December Reflections December is one of my favorite times of the year. Although I'm usually home for the holidays, I have in the...

Social Media – Mind the Gap

11 December 2023 Content from BPR I wrote some time ago about the dangers of reacting to social media feedback and commentary as it is very often not...

Vale Paul Marx

11 December 2023 Paul Marx was a newsreader at 2SM while studying law circa late 1960's. He went on to be founding CEO of a media monitoring service,...

Why Radio Stations Fail

4 December 2023 Content from BPR It’s heart-breaking for a programming team to put an extraordinary amount of hard work into a station only to be the cellar dweller...

ARN Media admits to breach of ASX rules

4 December 2023 The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has strict rules regarding the way in which announcements that could affect the share price of listed companies are made...

The next level in customer relationships

4 December 2023 Selling Radio Direct with Pat Bryson - In our last newsletter, we spoke about creating good customer service for our listeners and our advertisers. Today...

Duncan Campbell makes last minute plea deal to drop charges

30 November 2023 Mr Campbell, who had pleaded not guilty to several common assault charges earlier this year and was due to fight allegations in court today, Thursday...

Spencer Howson announces his departure from 4BC, live on-air

27 November 2023 Spencer Howson, who relaunched local weekends on 4BC at the start of 2021, has told listeners he'll be finishing up on Sunday 10th December. Howson was...

As the ABC celebrated 100 years on air, the pips were silenced, not with a beep but a whimper

27 November 2023 By Peter Saxon The first licensed station to go to air in Australia and reach its 100th birthday originally had the call sign 2SB. It...

It’s all good for radio says NINE’s Greg Byrnes

20 November 2023 NINE Radio's Greg Byrnes tells Peter Saxon that both the rivalry between Ben Fordham and Kyle Sandilands as well as the proposed purchase of SCA...

Miles apart in style. 0.1 between them in audience share

17 November 2023 Duncan Campbell chats with Peter Saxon - In yesterday’s Survey 7, the great rivals, Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS106.5 and Ben Fordham on 2GB...

Survey 7 lands this morning at 9:30

16 November 2023 Get your finger poised to hit the refresh button at 9:30 am and get the latest figures on where metro stations stand in terms of...

Optus outage proves case for terrestrial radio

13 November 2023 Comment from Peter Saxon - Keen radioinfo readers may recall that we’d spent little time mourning the death of our dedicated bathroom radio. When it...

Radio is All About Communicating… But How Good are We at it, Really?

13 November 2023 Content from BPR There have never been so many ways for us to communicate with each other than in 2023. Mobile, email, text, What’s App,...

Are Kyle and Jackie O worth $200 million? The answer’s intangible

6 November 2023 Comment from Peter Saxon - Over the weekend, at a dinner party hosted by a charming couple we’ve known for some years, where neither they,...

Adam Lang takes up publisher’s role at Mumbrella

6 November 2023 Former Macquarie Media CEO, Adam Lang, who has 30 years’ experience in commercial music, television, radio and digital media, has officially taken over as publisher...

Eardrum partners with Hendrick’s Gin to Cue (cumber) the Summer

3 November 2023 Well known Audio specialist agency Eardrum has created a playful national summer radio campaign for Hendrick’s Gin. The ads feature a charismatic barman conducting proceedings...

Which of these men will still be smiling six months from now?

30 October 2023 Opinion from Peter Saxon - As the winter of our discontent is made glorious summer outside the hallowed halls of Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA),...

How to Predict Your Competitors’ Next Move

30 October 2023 Content from BPR This title is from an article by the international consultancy firm, McKinsey. The article centres around an interview with John Horn, author...

On the radio, when you gotta go, you gotta go

24 October 2023 Observation from Peter Saxon - During most weeks, as sure as night follows day, Luke Grant Overnight follows John Stanley at midnight on 2GB. Except...

Will Facebook do Radio better than Radio?

23 October 2023 Opinion by Verity Webb Meta has announced that Facebook is now doing radio. Facebook already has a significantly higher user/listener base than radio in...

In-Car Listening and Infotainment Systems – Latest stats from U.S.

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Radio Sales: Winning an un-winnable game

22 October 2023 By Jamie Wood February 14, 2014, marks the day I touched down at Adelaide Airport, ready to dive headfirst into an incredible career opportunity as...

Rumours still abound that Kyle & Jackie O will be taking over Breakfast at KIIS101.1 in Melbourne

17 October 2023 C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, do the 'speculation' with me... Less than two weeks ago, right after Survey 6 was released, I asked ARN Chief Content Officer,...

Always Ask “What is the Problem We Are Trying to Solve?”

16 October 2023 Content from BPR Radio stations, like any business, will face problems that need to be solved. These challenges may be related to revenue, programming, operations,...

What are we known for?

16 October 2023 Customer Service or Customer Experience Selling Radio Direct with Pat Bryson I have the privilege of working with some very good sales staffs. Over the...

Music Variety: The Top 5 Myths

9 October 2023 Content from BPR Listeners of music stations usually place Music Variety amongst their most desired programming priorities. The problem is that inexperienced programmers, and sometimes...

Will the Kyle and Jackie O Breakfast Show be networked to Melbourne?

6 October 2023 Peter Saxon asks Duncan Campbell - It was a great survey for ARN. Chief Content Officer, Duncan Campbell was in an ebullient mood when he...

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