Political Correctness – Nova 100’s Hughesy never heard of it

17 October 2009 Undaunted by the recent kerfuffle about dwarf racing at the spring carnival, NOVA 100’s Dave Hughes sumo wrestled two dwarfs to help a lucky listener...

The Jono & Dano Show drives on into 2010

15 October 2009 mcm media and the Australian Radio Network have renewed contracts, officially confirming 'The Jono & Dano Show' will continue in 2010. The show is now...

Broadcast Australia helps ABU leverage the digital advantage

15 October 2009 Broadcast Australia will be Principal Sponsor of the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2010 in Kuala Lumpur next March. The symposium, with the theme Leveraging...

Multiplatform content will increase at ABC Radio: Linda Bracken

14 October 2009 Triple j manager Linda Bracken has been appointed as Head Multi-Platform & Content Development at ABC Radio. Her role is to develop the strategic...

PM’s surprise stimulus package for LA FM breakfast presenters

14 October 2009 The Prime Minister only calls important people. He put in a private phone call to Indonesia's president last weekend to stop a boat full of...

Last analog program lines to be switched off next month

14 October 2009 Regional stations around Australia are in their last weeks of old program lines feeding their transmitters as Telstra moves closer to switching them off. Telstra...

Listener Driven Radio: from Broadcasting to Crowdcasting

14 October 2009 Strategic New Media has formed a partnership alliance with LDR - Listener Driven Radio USA to launch a unique new software programme which enables listeners...

Frontier Silicon opens Japan office as digital radio chip business grows

14 October 2009 Digital radio technology company Frontier Silicon has opened an office in Japan. This move comes as the market for digital radio technology is experiencing significant...

Changes to commercial and narrowcasting radio services in Launceston

14 October 2009 The Australian Communications and Media Authority will make new FM frequencies available to commercial radio broadcasting services 7LA and 7EX in Launceston to improve reception...

Radio has strategic advantages in the converged world: Cathy O’Connor

14 October 2009 DMG Radio Australia CEO Cathy O'Connor was elected as the new chair of Commercial Radio Australia at last week's conference. She thinks radio will have...

Improved trading conditions put APN on target for forecast profit

13 October 2009 There is another good sign for the radio industry's survivalin the current financial crisis, with the board of APN News & Media Limited yesterday...

Roger Corbett new Fairfax Media chairman

13 October 2009 Roger Corbett has succeeded Ron Walker as chairman of Fairfax Media, bringing peace back to the boardroom of the newspaper and radio company. The...

ACMA collects $300 million in licence fees

13 October 2009 ACMA expects to collect licence fees from radio and tv stations amounting to more than $300 million this year. ACMA is the third largest collector of...

ABC Melbourne Festival digital radio channel

13 October 2009 ABC Radio has launched a new temporary special event digital radio channel to cover the Melbourne International Arts Festival, called ABC Melbourne Festival Radio. ...

Radar Radio Partners With iRiver

12 October 2009 Austereo’s Radar Radio has signed a twelve month sponsorship deal with digital radio brand iRiver. The Radar Radio and iRiver partnership is a fully integrated...

Blooper of the week…

12 October 2009 You have to get up pretty early in the morning to catch out 3AW’s authoritative newsreader Denis O'Kane. But if you did happen to...

Bimbos banned at Sea FM

12 October 2009 Sea FM Rocky and Gladstone are breaking with tradition regarding station promotional vehicles. Rather than have them crewed by young babes, they’re going for a...

Forget the Melbourne Cup, Perth has Mix 94.5’s Grand Mascot Race

12 October 2009 Its the race that brings Perth to a standstill every year. 44 mascots running 100 metres to help the sick kids of W.A.

4CA broadcasts internationally again

12 October 2009 Cairns Radio station 4CA is heading to Guam for a dual “Live” broadcast with Guam station K57. Mike “Locco” O’Loughlin will fly the flag for...

Hamish and Andy again win top ACRAs honours: We list all the winners

11 October 2009 Austereo drive team Hamish and Andy have again won Best On-Air Team (Metro) at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards. 2BS presenters Janeen Hosemans &...

We have the ACRA acceptance speeches that were never made

11 October 2009 So many awards, so little time. As usual, most winners of the heavy little dummy mic on Saturday night barely had time to get on...

Digital Radio will be in all new cars by 2013… or so

11 October 2009 It is set in stone that in France at least, it will be mandatory for all new cars sold to be fitted with digital radios...

How Hamish and Andy rig the ratings: we have video proof

11 October 2009 It's less proof than spoof, but most agreed that it was one of the best things ever seen at the ACRAs. The video skit produced...

More ACRA acceptance speeches that weren’t delivered at the ACRAs

11 October 2009 Here’s the second lot of comments from those that were lucky enough to collect an up-standing bulbous symbol of Radio success but were ushered off...

Radio the greatest survivor: Harold Mitchell at Radio Conference

9 October 2009 Harold Mitchell says radio is the "greatest survivor" in traditional media. He told the 2009 National Radio Conference that radio has not only survived the...

Digital Radio content standards to be released today at Radio conference

8 October 2009 Commercial Radio Australia has released final, industry developed, innovative Commercial Content Standards for the synchronisation of visual and audio components for advertising on DAB+ digital...

‘Good music and relevant talk’ at student station 2RS

7 October 2009 All this week, seven students from this year's AFTRS Graduate Diploma in Radio Broadcasting are on air with Radio2RS live from the Sydney studios of...

Touch your radio: Pure launches Sensia

7 October 2009 Pure has launched a ground breaking digital radio into the Australian market, just in time for it to be shown at this week's national radio...

Samoan Radio survives tsunami: Broadcasters stay on air to issue warnings

7 October 2009 The recent earthquake and devastating tsunami affecting Samoa, American Samoa and northern Tonga brought forward several shining examples of radio broadcasting dedication in the face...

Blessed Kyle returns to air

7 October 2009 Kyle Sandilands was trying hard to avoid any repetition of his recent mistakes as he returned to air this morning, beginning the show with a...