Comings, Goings and rumblings

22 October 2017 Australian Radio Industry People Movements over the past week or so... .

The gems in a side-room at a radio conference

22 October 2017 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland At Radio Alive, the newly-rebranded radio conference in Australia the other week, I sat through some well-produced discussions in the main room....

Expect more collaboration between CRA and ABC Radio

22 October 2017 It was a novel way to start a conference aimed at people in Commercial Radio: a reproduction of ABC TV’s Q&A on stage. The...

Neil Mitchell celebrates 30 years at 3AW

20 October 2017 After collecting his 20th gong at last week's ACRAs, Neil Mitchell today celebrates another big number with 30 years on air at 3AW. Mitchell's media career has...

Guy Sebastian (won’t go) breakin’ hearts

20 October 2017 ...in Perth's Victoria Park. Every two weeks, Matt Dyktynski of mix94.5's Clairsy, Matt and Kimba morning show selects a Perth suburb and delivers a song about it.

Ladies who legspin take on the ‘Old Enemy’

20 October 2017 ... as ABC Grandstand brings ball-by-ball action of Women's and Men's Ashes. This Sunday, the Women’s Ashes will be broadcast live from Brisbane’s Allan Border Field...

Modern Babies recognised as best consumer podcast

20 October 2017 Launched in April this year, the podcast delves into fertility and IVF. Tailor-made for fertility and IVF specialists Genea, Modern Babies season one took out...

Keep the vampires of boredom away

20 October 2017 ... with a live Halloween Listening Party.

Walkley Award Radio finalists

19 October 2017 Finalists in the prestigious Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism have been announced at simultaneous events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. This year marks the...

SCA appoints Kim Norman Sales Director at PodcastOne

19 October 2017 Kim Norman has been appointed Sales Director at SCA's PodcastOne Australia. A Sales Executive for Austereo almost 10 years ago, Kim returns to SCA, most...

Ben Latimer replaces Sarah McGilvray as Nova PD

19 October 2017 Ben Latimer has been appointed program director of Nova 96.9, as Sarah McGilvray takes maternity leave. When she returns McGilvray has decided to accept an...

The full spectrum: RadComms 2017

19 October 2017 Registrations are now open. With the theme 'Spectrum in Motion', covering spectrum reform and implementation issues, RadComms 2017 runs 1-2 November in Sydney, and the...

Pink on top, but Charlie Puth biggest chart mover of the week

19 October 2017 This week in the AirCheck National Radio Airplay Chart. Camila Cabello's 'Havana' received 639 spins, landing at No.7. The track, which references her hometown, has enjoyed...

ABC Regional champions emerging voices in the disability community

19 October 2017 The ABC is launching a new scholarship to develop regional writers and content makers. The ABC Regional Storyteller Scholarship, which is valued at more...

Eddie Ayres launches his new book ‘Danger Music’

18 October 2017 radioinfo's Wendy Whalley attended the launch of Eddie Ayres' new book Danger Music this evening in Sydney. Eddie was known and beloved by Classic FM Breakfast...

Vale 2GLF’s Joan Killorn

18 October 2017 Joan Killorn was one of the early leaders of Australia's community radio movement. She passed away last week, aged 87, and her funeral was held...

AFTRS NEXT goes national on iHeartRadio

18 October 2017 AFTRS’ fourth and final pop-up station of the year is now live online and via the iHeartRadio Australia app. The AFTRS Graduate Diploma of Radio students’...

Doing radio changed the way Shaun Micallef performs his comedy

18 October 2017 After ten years of working in insurance law as a solicitor in Adelaide, Shaun Micallef moved to Melbourne to pursue a full-time comedy career in 1993, after his...

ABC ‘reforms’ to legislate fairness and commitment to regional Australia

18 October 2017 The Turnbull Government has introduced legislative amendments to the ABC Act in the Senate to "enhance the ABC’s commitment to rural and regional Australia...

‘Moonman’ lands at Triple M

18 October 2017 Replaces Ed Kavalee in 'happiest changeover in history.' The comedian and tv and radio personality is officially joining Marto and Robin for the Triple M...

Greens initiate inquiry into Australian-made content

18 October 2017 The Greens have initiated an inquiry into the economic and cultural value of Australian content on broadcast, radio and streaming services, to shine a light on...

smoothfm Take(s) That

18 October 2017 UK pop group Take That are joining smoothfm's weekend lineup. The band, which racked up 28 top 40 singles in the UK, and reached number one in...

ABC Radio Hobart takes a hit but retains top spot

17 October 2017 ABC Radio Hobart has taken out the top spot in the Hobart radio ratings survey for 2017. Just edging out 7HO FM, ABC Radio Hobart...

‘Don’t be that guy’

17 October 2017 Triple M's Tom & Olly get behind marriage equality. Triple M Melbourne and Sydney comedy duo Tom & Olly have shown their support for...

Bill Shorten bests Kate Ritchie in quick draw

17 October 2017 Today on Nova's Kate, Tim & Marty, Bill Shorten did what the PM couldn't. As reported by radioinfo last week, Kate beat the Prime Minister...

AM/FM Radio finding a new place in the audio landscape: Pandora research

17 October 2017 A study of American audio consumption by music streaming service Pandora has, not unexpectedly, talked up the growth of music streaming and podcasting, but has...

Gilian Triggs to give keynote address at NEMBC conference

17 October 2017 The controversial former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs, is the keynote speaker for the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters national conference on...

Tech and radio: more than just AM vs streaming

17 October 2017 Tech commentator Trevor Long has been announced as the final plenary speaker at the CBAA conference. The conference will take place from 9-12 November...

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

17 October 2017 Comment from Peter Saxon When I first joined 2WS1224 (AM) in 1978 it was the first new commercial licence awarded in 35 years in...

ACRAs 2017: the final tally

16 October 2017 The count is in for this year's ACRAs. Entries were received from 260 metropolitan and regional radio stations across Australia, with stations outside the...

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