3 September 2003 An Aboriginal controlled non-profit radio service called ARDS (Aboriginal Resource and Development Services) has begun transmission of a Short Wave Radio Service for Aboriginal Community...
3 September 2003 Broken Hill commercial radio station 2BH has been sold to the family regional radio company owned by Dave Robertson and his wife. Robertson and...
3 September 2003 At last week’s ABC Board meeting Communicationsn Minister Alston suiggested to the ABC that it could look at taking sponsorship to make up for budget...
3 September 2003 Rural Press has announced a 27.3% increase in its annual net profit, to $68.4 million, but the company’s radio properties this year made a loss....
3 September 2003 The 12 students of this year’s AFTRS Graduate Diploma in Commercial Radio Broadcasting will graduate in a gala ceremony held in the AFTRS Theatre in...
31 August 2003 The ABC inquiry into Stephen Crittenden has “yet to be completed” according to the ABC. An ABC spokesperson told radioinfo: “Mr Crittenden...
30 August 2003 New Sydney community station FBi launched today in front of a crowd too big to fit through the front door. Just before noon, when the...
30 August 2003 Newly launched FBi is the highest powered community station ever, operating at 150 kW and covering all of Sydney. A lot has happened since Lee...
30 August 2003 Jeff Chatfield, the former head of 3AK/3MP who was rolled at a recent general meeting, will sell out of the company. Chatfield has made...
28 August 2003 CPS Union spokesperson Graeme Thomson blames “a large number of very stupid ABC managers” for the “stuff up” over Religion Report presenter Stephen Crittenden. ...
28 August 2003 Communications Minister Senator Richard Alston, officially opened ABC Radio's new station in Ballarat today. The Minister was also invited to join the ABC Board for...
28 August 2003 RG Capital has announced strong results in its full year’s figures. The record net profit of $9.63 million after tax explains why the company’s share...
28 August 2003 Commercial Radio Australia has announced six nominees for the award for Best New Australian Artist on Commercial Radio for 2003, sponsored by Austereo. They...
28 August 2003 AFTRS has opened applications for next year's commercial radio broadcasting course. The Graduate Diploma course is open to applicants with some radio experience and...
28 August 2003 The Community Broadcasting Association's Annual Conference will be held this year in November. The conference is the most important event in the community broadcasting sector's...
28 August 2003 NSW Supreme Court Justice Austin this week granted WorldAudio an injunction "restraining GB Radio from authorising or continuing to authorise any person other than...
28 August 2003 At 3AK Brett de Hoedt is back behind the microphone from 9pm til midnight weeknights, filling Doug Aiton’s old shift now that he has moved to...
28 August 2003 Community Radio 4ZzZ 102.1fm has just wrapped up its annual fundraising Radiothon. With 1193 subscriptions and over $52,000 pledged, this year’s Radiothon proved “a huge success”...
28 August 2003 Australian researcher David Rogerson analysed the effectiveness of radio people meters in a recent speech at a US audience research conference. His presentation is...
28 August 2003 Wednesday 4 September will be a busy day for 702 ABC Sydney. For the first time ever, the station is sending its Breakfast, Mornings,...
28 August 2003 The Australian Broadcasting Authority has allocated two new community radio licences in Victoria; one in Warragul to West Gippsland Community Radio Inc (3BBR) and the...
28 August 2003 The ABC has engaged IBM to develop a digital archive system for its library of analogue television and radio content. The...
27 August 2003 The Uniting Church’s decision to allow the ordination of practicing homosexual ministers, and the outcry it has generated have prompted Perth Christian station...
27 August 2003 John Murch is handing in his coffee cup and relinquishing the role of 5UV’s Monday morning breakfast host after 10 years. He told radioinfo: ...
27 August 2003 The CBAA and NYMN are searching for 15 young community radio makers to produce high quality 3-5 minute radio pieces for distribution to community radio...
27 August 2003 2UE has been trying a bit of Melbourne-like publicity seeking by encouraging an on-air stoush between breakfast presenter Steve Price and Drive presenter Mike Carlton....
27 August 2003 In an unprecedented attack by a senior BBC executive, Rupert Murdoch was called a "capital imperialist who wants to destroy the BBC" by BBC1 Controller Lorraine...
25 August 2003 World War 1 veteran, Frank McDonald, died today in his home town of Ulverstone, Tasmania, aged 107. His passing marked the end of another era...
24 August 2003 Triple M stations in Sydney and Melbourne have begun a major program revamp this week, one week after the departure of Brad March. The new...
24 August 2003 As the Triple M stations in Sydney and Melbourne this week move into a new phase in their evolution, the man behind the changes, Grant...
