Political Circus at SABC as CEO suspended

10 May 2008 Gab Mampone has been appointed as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation after the suspension of CEO Dali Mpofu...

Consumption patterns changing: phones, internet and radio

10 May 2008 Media consumption patterns are changing rapidly, with two recent reports giving some insights into new ways consumers are using telecommunications and the media. Media-rich lifestyles,...

Community TV stations pull out of CBAA

10 May 2008 The Community Broadcasting Association (CBAA) has suffered another setback, with all but one of its community television members pulling out of the association. Writing...

RACV Financial Services wins best radio ad of the year

10 May 2008 An advertisement for RACV Financial Services called “Disclaimer”, written by Paul Reardon and Julian Schreiber from Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, has won the 2008 Gold Siren...

Mums rattle The Cage at Triple M Brisbane

10 May 2008 Mothers Day came a little early on Friday morning when Triple M’s Cage brought their mothers into the studio. Marto had to watch his ps...

Convergence driving the digital economy: Communications Minister

7 May 2008 Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy addressed the Sydney Institute last night spruiking the benefits of the digital economy. As...

APN Annual General Meeting: radio revenue flat, new chairman

7 May 2008 Gavin O’Reilly has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of APN News & Media, parent company of the Australian Radio Network. His appointment, announced at this...

Neil Mitchell scoops Fairfax Media for rival Herald Sun

7 May 2008 3AW's Neil Mitchell had another great scoop this week, about Steve Vizard returning his Order of Australia. It was on the front page of the...

Queensland brings in most revenue for Mac Southern Cross: CEO Mark Dorney

7 May 2008 Macquarie Media Group (MMG) CEO Mark Dorney gave an update to investors at the Emerging Leaders Conference, sponsored by Macquarie Capital Securities in Sydney...

ABC666 Canberra wins Station of the Year

7 May 2008 Former ABC702 manager Roger Summerill has been in and out of retirement several times since leaving his Sydney station last year, being called on...

Survey 3 results: WSFM, 2UE and 2CH up in Sydney, Nova down in Melbourne

6 May 2008 The results of the third capital city ratings survey for 2008 have been released. 2UE, 2CH and WS FM were up in Sydney.

BC, BH nab Andre Rieu to launch Expo reunion

6 May 2008 A big weekend’s coming up for Brisvegas. It’s 20 years since the city hosted World Expo 88, arguably the event that kindled the stellar growth...

Finally, some good news for McKenney

5 May 2008 Having given ARN management a mighty headache with one incident after another in the past two weeks, embattled Mix106.5 fm breakfast host Todd McKenney has...

Nova breakfast co-host wins Gold Logie

4 May 2008 Nova Breakfast co-host Kate Ritchie won the Gold Logie for the second year running for her role as Sally Fletcher in Home and Away. Breakfast...

Vega wooing listeners 700 at a time

4 May 2008 Despite vega 95.3 fm’s lowly spot on the Sydney ratings totem pole, it had no trouble filling the Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club auditorium with listeners...

Nine pulls $1m ad schedule off ARN because it’s “tired of Todd”

3 May 2008 Channel Nine has reportedly cancelled a million dollar advertising schedule on Mix 106.5 FM because breakfast co-host, Todd McKenney has been sending up Nine news...

2008 ABC Local Radio Award winners announced: full winners list

1 May 2008 ABC Radio has celebrated the winners of the 2008 ABC Local Radio Awards this evening at a presentation ceremony in Sydney. 666 ABC Canberra has...

Outback stations lead regional revenue gains

1 May 2008 National advertising on regional radio has recorded its 3rd straight calendar year of double digit growth up 22.8% for the calendar year 2007 according to...

More phones and better internet good news for radio stations

30 April 2008 There are 659 internet service providers in Australia and for the first time, there is more than one mobile phone for every person in this...

Community radio stations will not own a share of digital radio transmitters

30 April 2008 Because of the tight timetable for the formation of digital radio Joint Venture companies, the Community Radio sector has not been able to commit to...

Vale John Cargher: signs off just days after preparing his last show:

30 April 2008 ABC Radio presenter John Cargher has died just days after preparing his last Singers of Renown program for Radio National. Cargher, aged 89, decided...

Minister must fix digital radio problem: Community Radio’s Deb Welch

30 April 2008 The community radio sector is extremely disappointed with the outcome of the digital radio Joint Venture process (see other story), and is throwing it back...

Gold Coast survey results: Gold and Sea top, Hot Tomato third

30 April 2008 Gold FM and Sea FM have maintained top position in the Gold Coast market, scoring the number one and two overall in survey results from...

Kick management kicks back

29 April 2008 Following our story on Monday, “Kick FM kicks out entire announcing staff”, Kick 87.6FM management have hit back at claims made to radioinfo and to...

Kate walks kids to school, kids vote Kate for Gold Logie

29 April 2008 For a six year old, there must be worse things in the world than being walked to school by Kate Ritchie for “National Walk Safely...

Two more community stations fall foul of ACMA’s ad rules

29 April 2008 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that the licensee of 2CCR Parramatta, Cumberland Community Radio Inc, breached a condition of its licence...

Kick FM kicks out entire announcing staff

28 April 2008 Kick 87.6 FM based in Penrith, an outer Sydney suburb, have given the boot to all of their experienced announcing team in the space of...

New Coldplay song released tonight through Musicpoint™

28 April 2008 The new Coldplay song, Violet Hill, will be released worldwide at exactly 9.15pm tonight ( Tuesday 29th April). EMI Music has chosen Musicpoint exclusively to...

Macca’s epic Say G’day tour comes to an end

28 April 2008 It may not rank with a Rolling Stones’ world tour but last week, ABC Local Radio’s Australia All Over presenter, Ian “Macca” McNamara and his...

Mix106.5FM and friends stand by Todd

27 April 2008 The Sunday Telegraph headline screamed Todd McKenney “Dances With Drugs”, to get maximum ooh aah value out of the Mix 106.5FM breakfast presenter’s predicament. But...