Huge line-up for RTRFM’s Fremantle winter music festival

14 May 2017 RTRFM is headed to North Fremantle once again for our 11th annual celebration of the sounds of the port city on Saturday, June 17. Featuring over 20 acts,...

Comings, Goings and full circle

14 May 2017 Australian Radio Industry People Movements over the past week or so... .

Do You Start with Why, What or Who?

14 May 2017 Peady's Selling Engagement sponsored by IRD Prospector Welcome to this week’s post on sales and selling success. If you google the word “Simon” the first...

Should you focus on delighting your audiences, rather than monetisation?

14 May 2017 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland I spent last week, partially, at the Worldwide Radio Summit in Los Angeles. This is the most interesting US...

Don’t have time to READ the news? LISTEN to it on Whooshkaa

14 May 2017 Australia-based Whooshkaa has partnered with Amazon and its ‘Polly’ text-to-voice service to become what the company says is, “The first podcast platform worldwide to use...

ABC Classic FM brings Australian composers to the world stage

12 May 2017 ABC Classic FM will showcase three emerging Australian composers at next week’s IRC (International Rostrum of Composers) in Sicily. Marcus Whale, Cathy Milliken and Wally Gunn will have their...

RTI advanced radio students graduate

12 May 2017 Radio Training Institute's October 2016 Advanced Radio class graduated on last night in front of friends and family in a ceremony held at Melbourne's 3AW....

Marty’s radio milestone

12 May 2017 Tomorrow marks 15 years since i98FM Breakfast Show host Marty Haynes took to the Illawarra airwaves. This morning the station celebrated Marty’s milestone with a...

CBAA CEO to present at Technorama

12 May 2017 Technorama, the conference supporting technologists in community broadcasting has revealed some of the topics to be covered next month at TR17. Community Radio Engineering Policy Update: Jon...

Fitzy & Wippa’s Mums go head to head in Mother’s Day battle

12 May 2017 Fitzy & Wippa's Mum's took on each other in this morning's Rap of The Week on Nova 96.9. With Mother's Day this Sunday, the boy's invited Christine...

I’m The One spins into the top 10 Airplay Chart

11 May 2017 This week in the National Radio Airplay Chart DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne have jumped 38 places to No.6 with ‘I’m The...

iHeart Radio is giving fans a chance to escape the Aussie winter

11 May 2017 iHeartRadio Australia, is sending one lucky Aussie fan and their friend to Miami to escape winter for the iHeartSummer ’17 Weekend at Fontainebleau Miami Beach on...

When the radio station you work for sponsors the race you win

11 May 2017 Robbie Klitzing and Adam McGuire from Red FM's Big Breakfast have surprised everyone in Northern WA by not only completing the annual Lake Argyle Swim,...

Tommy Medalia and Joe Hawkins win best radio ads of 2017

11 May 2017 Tommy Medalia and Joe Hawkins have won Gold and Silver at the 2017 Gold Siren awards for a highly amusing series of ads designed to...

ABC Head of Radio adds his tribute to Mark Colvin

11 May 2017 ABC Head of Radio, Michael Mason sent this message to all staff Dear All, Many of you now will have heard the sad news of...

Gold Siren Award winners to be announced tonight in Melbourne

11 May 2017 We have covered the finalist announcements in the Siren Awards over the past few months. Tonight those finalists will find out who the ultimate winner...

FIVEaa in China to exclusively call historic football match

11 May 2017 FIVEaa will be the only radio station broadcasting the Power vs Suns game live from Shanghai on Sunday. FIVEaa’s Drive Sports Show announcers, Stephen Rowe &...

Don’t make up your mind before you’ve gathered the facts: Mark Colvin

11 May 2017 What would have been a book review has become an obituary. Steve Ahern remembers Mark Colvin. Last month I read Mark Colvin’s memoir Light...

Making a first impression with a face for radio

11 May 2017 Your social media profile photos are creating a first impression whether you like it or not, and they can help or hinder you getting your...

Vale Mark Colvin

11 May 2017 The ABC has lost one of it's most respected journalists, Mark Colvin. He died aged 65 after struggling for more than 20 years with a rare disease affecting the...

Nova’s Red Room with Snakehips

11 May 2017 Yesterday, British DJ's Snakehips performed live and exclusively for Nova's Red Room at Marquee at The Star Sydney. Snakehips, the electronic music duo of Oliver Lee...

Senate inquiry into future of public interest journalism: AUDIO

10 May 2017 Four independent Senators have combined to initiate an inquiry into public interest journalism, fake news and the impact of new media. The proposal to form...

New naming rights partner of The Sounding Board

10 May 2017 DrinkWise is the new naming rights partner of CrocMedia's media insights podcast The Sounding Board. DrinkWise will use The Sounding Board platform to connect with consumers about...

The fourth estate needs to be supported: Nick Xenophon

9 May 2017 Tonight's federal budget will bring media reform across a range of areas including the abolition of licence fees and relaxation of ownership rules. However,...

Federal Budget outcomes for government media agencies

9 May 2017 Nothing too drastic in the budget outcomes for ABC, SBS, ACMA, NFSA and AFTRS The ABC will lose almost 50 more jobs in the...

‘Truth’ and ‘Fair Comment’ wins court battle for Hadley

9 May 2017 Ray Hadley and his employer, 2GB (Harbour Radio) have beaten a defamation suit brought on by two former directors of the Parramatta Eels NRL Club....

‘She thought the best thing was to give me up for adoption’ : Radio host’s Mother’s Day message

9 May 2017 It was the story of Saroo Brierley that tugged on our heart strings earlier this year when a book the Tasmanian wrote about the search for his...

RTRFM’s $40 for 40 fundraiser in final hours

9 May 2017 RTRFM's $40 for 40 campaign finishes tomorrow. Three more days left to make sure you secure your place in RTRFM history with your name on...

Radio in the Bush: Special Report

9 May 2017 What radio content do Aussies in remote areas listen to and why? Are their listening habits different from people in regional and metro areas? Radio...

From footy to press, on radio and TV, Lou Richards was a true legend

8 May 2017 He was one of the first of his breed to follow a successful footy career with one in the media. Many have followed in have...

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