5 April 2009 It was obvious to his listeners that something was amiss when it was afternoon announcer, Chris Smith on air at breakfast on 2GB instead the...
4 April 2009 ABC 891 Adelaide’s Carole Whitelock thought she was interviewing Russell Morris until the real thing gave the phone to Molly Meldrum. Carole wasn’t sure...
2 April 2009 Mix101.1 Breakfast comedian co-host George McEncroe has been dropped from the Melbourne ARN station. Announcing her departure, ARN General Manager Steve Rowe has...
2 April 2009 891 ABC Adelaide is now number one in the Adelaide market for the first time ever, after this week's ratings survey. The station recorded its...
2 April 2009 Hobart community radio station 7THE, known as Hobart FM, has applied to ACMA to change its licence classification from an 'E' (educational) category licence...
2 April 2009 Commercial Economic Advisory Service of Australia (CEASA) figures released this week for the 2008 calendar year show that radio continues to be a resilient media...
2 April 2009 Given the hoopla of April Fool’s Day it would be easy to disregard the Nova Network’s birthday as a joke. But no kidding, it was...
2 April 2009 In an industry this size, its inevitable that we mourn the passing of a major talent on a regular basis. Last week it was John...
1 April 2009 Adelaide radio legend John Vincent has passed away aged 67. His funeral will be held this Friday 11am at Berry Funeral Home, Magill Road, Norwood.
1 April 2009 ACMA released its revised Principles for Spectrum Management and its five-year Spectrum Outlook document at the CommsDay Summit this week. Both documents aim to guide...
1 April 2009 A new report has found that convergence is continuing, more people are going mobile and that IP protocol video use is growing. Web users are...
1 April 2009 America’s National Association of Broadcasters will hold this year’s NAB Show this month in Las Vegas. This year’s show promises a look at the...
31 March 2009 The results of the second capital city survey for 2009 have been released using a new Nielsen website based in America. There are some significant...
31 March 2009 APN lodged its final annual report paperwork with the stock exchange yesterday, detailing a poor top line result, with a reported 114% drop in Net...
31 March 2009 Transmission investment fund Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) has recommended a Canadian take over bid to its share holders. Shares in the group, which have...
31 March 2009 A campaign against triple j has been started on Facebook. A site, titled Split JJJ into Two Competing Stations - Save the Oz...
31 March 2009 Any station sporting a bunch of people in the creative and on-air departments who have yet to grow up eagerly accepts the challenge of toying...
30 March 2009 Despite large job cuts at DMG's UK parent company, no jobs are at risk at Australian DMG radio stations according to CEO Cathy O'Connor. ...
30 March 2009 Commercial Radio Australia and The Nielsen Company have announced that quota sampling of the P10 – 17 and P18 – 24 age groups will be...
29 March 2009 As they say, there are no small parts just small actors. No sooner had Nova 969’s Merrick Watts hit the TV screen as drug kingpin,...
28 March 2009 Classic Hits syndicated drive time hosts Jono & Dano took part in a celebrity challenge tennis match against 72 year old actress Lorraine Bayly. The...
28 March 2009 Shayne Holstein spokesman for Gloucester Broadcasters Association Inc., better known as ‘Bucketts Radio’ says it has been four years since they applied to the Australian...
26 March 2009 Next month will see the beginning of consumer promotion for digital radio. Will its take-up be fast enough to make the new broadcast technology successful,...
25 March 2009 Former Country Music Association (CMA) Horizon Award winner Taylor Swift surprised 2KA’s John Bond with the CMA International Country Broadcaster Award in Thredbo NSW. Bond...
25 March 2009 Kate Dundas has been appointed the ABC’s new Director of Radio, replacing Sue Howard. She will begin her new role immediately after acting in the...
25 March 2009 Entries have opened for this year's Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs), which will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Sydney on...
25 March 2009 With the imminent threat of fire now over ABC Local Radio will shut down the temporary FM107.1 transmitter it installed at Mt Victoria from Friday...
25 March 2009 The Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) this week tightened the screws on the commercial and community radio sectors in an effort to ensure they work...
25 March 2009 While Sydney is in the grip of a Bikie war, in Brissy the nations most timid two wheel club, The Mild Hogs are taking to...
25 March 2009 John Farnham may not be exactly Nova’s format but after his performance with Coldplay on the recent Sound Relief concert, the Nova national drive show,...
