Comings, Goings and from here to paternity

7 July 2018 Australian Radio Industry People Movements over the past week or so... .

Game changers: radio. Dave Williams

7 July 2018 From regional radio to national drive, Dangerous Dave Williams is an icon of radio broadcasting. From music jock to anchor, his story meanders from regional radio...

92.7MIX FM raises over $600,000 for Give Me 5 for Kids

6 July 2018 Over $5 million raised in almost two decades. The 92.7MIXFM team has this year raised $606,096 for its annual ‘Give Me 5 for Kids’ Appeal. Throughout...

HIT105 and Triple M announce new Brisbane headquarters

6 July 2018 Brisbane's HIT105 and Triple M are moving premises. Preparations have begun for a 12 month plan to move the SCA studios from North Quay...

NewstalkZB tops New Zealand radio survey 2

5 July 2018 NewstalkZB has scored top postiion in the second New Zealand radio ratings survey, reelased today. NewstalkZB scored 10.9%, followed by More FM in second place...

ABC Friends to host Sydney rally in defence of broadcaster

5 July 2018 The event is the start of a national campaign. Hosted by ABC Friends, a rally scheduled for this Sunday 8 July in Sydney will be the...

Local music focus for new SA internet radio station

5 July 2018 play / pause / play The creation of blogger, podcaster and radio host Luke Penman, play / pause / play is a new internet radio station...

ACMA proposes to extend spectrum for LPONs

5 July 2018 The Australian Communication and Media Authority is proposing to extend the current licencing of LPONs until 2025 (the current determinations will expire on 31 December...

Panic! At the Disco with this week’s biggest mover

5 July 2018 Panic! At The Disco’s new release gained a massive 148 spins jumping to No.14. Hit 101.9 FoxFM Melbourne spun the track the most, adding the...

triple j launches dance music portal

5 July 2018 The online destination will feature exclusive mixes and tracks. Presenters and DJs from triple j electronic shows Mix Up, House Party, Friday Night Shuffle and the Kick On are getting together...

Regional radio eligible for cadetship grants

4 July 2018 Regional commercial radio stations will be able to apply for funding to assist with the cost of hiring journalism cadets under the Federal Government’s Regional...

RTRFM 92.1 to open and close Radiothon with two huge parties

4 July 2018 Sets from Perth bands and DJs across multiple venues. RTRFM’s Radiothon Party for 2018 will be a 'Choose your own adventure', featuring two big opening and closing...

Podcast award winners ‘The Beanies’ are back

4 July 2018 New season out on Kinderling Kids Radio. With over 150,000 downloads across the series and recent winners of ‘Best Family & Kids’ Podcast at...

PBS 106.7 secures $500k in funding from the Victorian State Government

4 July 2018 The funds will help secure a move to the Collingwood Arts Precinct. Melbourne's PBS 106.7FM will receive $500,000 in funding from the State Government of...

What’s really behind the SCA Restructure?

4 July 2018 Analysis and opinion from Brad Smart When I heard the news that Southern Cross Austereo was saying ‘adios’ to their Head of Regional...

Regional markets’ ability to grow brands seems to have been forgotten: SCA’s Grant Blackley

4 July 2018 Southern Cross Austereo CEO Grant Blackley has been championing regional media advertising for some time, especially compared with digital and social media (see our previous...

Most played songs for first half of 2018

4 July 2018 Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line snagged the top spot between 1 January ane 30 June with 15,136 spins across 29 stations. The hit spent...

ABC and University of Tasmania national conference to explore public’s declining trust in media

4 July 2018 The ABC and the University of Tasmania will present a two-day conference in Hobart in September to explore the public’s declining trust in the media...

Canberra radio survey 2 results

3 July 2018 The results for Canberra's second radio survey for 2018 have been released. The survey was conducted for CRA between Sun Mar 4 to Sat...

i98FM Illawarra funds a new vehicle for blood cancer patients

3 July 2018 Partnering with the Leukemia Foundation. In the Illawarra region there are currently 252 patients living with a blood cancer, which can often mean many trips to...

ARN launches interactive audio advertising on iHeart digital music service

3 July 2018 'ShakeMe'. ARN has launched interactive advertising technology 'ShakeMe' across iHeartRadio, via an audio ad format launched in December last year by Californian tech company AdsWizz. ...

4 reasons Decision Makers say No and how to change their mind

3 July 2018 Sponsored content from IRD Prospector The modern B2B buyer has a whole new set of expectations for the sales process. With unprecedented access to industry information...

SMI report: radio best performer while media agency ad spending drops

3 July 2018 According to latest Standard Media Index figures, advertising spending dropped in May, with magazines the worst performer and the radio/audio and cinema sectors being the...

Grammy-winner Miguel to perform in Nova’s Red Room

2 July 2018 The US singer to perform in Sydney this month. Grammy award winning, US singer/songwriter Miguel will perform in Nova’s Red Room on Tuesday 17...

Why you’re wrong to pull out of TuneIn

2 July 2018 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland Last week, US broadcaster Entercom decided to pull its streams off TuneIn, the radio aggregator. From now on, the...

Vale Jeff Sunderland

2 July 2018 Radio Legend Jeff ‘Sundo’ Sunderland has passed away aged 73 The radio family at 1125 5MU are devastated at the loss of their much...

Army veteran wins $70,000 with hit105 Brisbane

2 July 2018 Bracken Ridge local took home the cash care of Stav, Abby & Matt. Army Veteran, Jake Edgar, from Bracken Ridge, won $70,000 tax-free with Stav, Abby & Matt’s...

Flow FM gets a colourful makeover

2 July 2018 New logo for SA's Flow FM 99.5 reflects the shades of the region. Wayne Phillips, Flow FM Managing Director said 'The Flow has grown and...

SCA’s RnB Fridays goes fulltime as Urban Hits

2 July 2018 Southern Cross Austereo’s Hit Network has launched a new digital radio station, Urban Hits. Broadcasting on digital radio, online at www.urbanhits.com.au and via The Hit Network app nationally, Urban...

Sometimes I feel like I have to rest my head in ice

2 July 2018 Peter Saxon gets inside Christian O’Connell’s head - Part 2 In part two of our chat with Christian O'Connell he talks about the steep learning curve, the auto edit in his brain...