25 October 2006 In research that supports the ACCC’s approach to redefining media markets, the UK’s regulatory body OfCom, has found that direct radio advertisers perceive radio and...
25 October 2006 As radio stations develop their online strategies, many are considering the value of paying for prominence on search engines. Online statistics monitoring company Hitwise Australia...
25 October 2006 ACMA has snared the Managing Director of Microsoft Australia Steve Vamos for a keynote speech at the Australian Communications and Media Authority's 2006 Conference in...
25 October 2006 Research from independent market analyst Datamonitor has found that the total value of venture capital (VC) invested into the technology sector in the first half...
25 October 2006 Macquarie Radio Network’s Chief Operating Officer Merryn Vincent has resigned to take up the position of Business Affairs Manager at SBS Television. The change...
25 October 2006 Amrap is once again running it’s successful Music Correspondents scheme for community broadcasters in what may be the project's last year. The Amrap initiative did...
25 October 2006 Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) has confirmed a strong profit result and announced distribution guidance of 42 cents per share for the year ended 30...
25 October 2006 Clear Channel has moved from considering a possible buyout of public shareholders, to potentially putting the whole company on the market. The company has...
24 October 2006 In a release to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday, Macquarie Media deny reports in The Australian that its regional radio assets are for sale. The...
23 October 2006 The Macquarie Regional Radioworks network is on the market, according to a report by Jane Schulze in The Australian this morning. A buyer is unnamed,...
23 October 2006 In a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald, which published excerpts from Chris Masters' book about Alan Jones, 2GB Program Director John Brennan has defended...
23 October 2006 The Australian digital radio trial will be extended to include a new Electronic Program Guide, however the software to implement the feature will be outsourced...
22 October 2006 Chris Masters' unauthorised biography of Alan Jones will be in the bookshops today, and has been excerpted in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age....
22 October 2006 Most media shares retreated on Monday morning after weekend analyses suggested that current valuations are excessive, although Austereo (AEO) is bucking the trend and approaching...
19 October 2006 Southern Cross Broadcasting is in talks with various players about possible mergers or takeovers, but nothing has passed more than an exploratory stage. Southern...
19 October 2006 When ABC Radio Perth had the opportunity to build a new radio production facility from the ground up, it chose the iCLOCK as its digital...
19 October 2006 After a few tricky moments in recent negotiations, radio stations and the AFL have finally reached agreement for the broadcast of AFL football next season...
19 October 2006 Rural Press today held it's Annual General Meeting, confirming the profits announced in August and giving chairman John B Fairfax the opportunity to comment on...
18 October 2006 Fox FM/3MMM General Manger Gary Pert will leave Austereo and take up the role of Managing Director at Channel Nine Melbourne from November 24. Pert...
18 October 2006 Macquarie Regional RadioWorks will launch a new program called Truck Radio at midnight next Monday 23rd October. It will provide regional Australia with “a...
18 October 2006 Austereo (AEO) have flatly denied that parent company Village Roadshow will reduce its holding below the current 50.2% mark, despite rumours to the contrary from...
18 October 2006 GCAP Media has sold Century FM radio for £60 million to the Guardian Media Group. It says the two Century stations have net assets...
18 October 2006 Sydney community station 2SER 107.3 is running its annual Radiothon beginning tomorrow, October 20, using the theme "support a higher frequency". The station is 27...
18 October 2006 The ABC has launched Playground Radio as part of a multi-media website for kids. The Playground site offers preschoolers the chance to play songs and stories...
18 October 2006 Good group, shame about the name. Celebrity Drug Disasters, a five piece band from New South Wales who fuse rock and dance, has won...
18 October 2006 A radio station in the USA has found a great way to discourage those pesky telemarketers who ring at odd hours. For a bit...
18 October 2006 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Deepwater & Districts Community FM Radio Inc, the licensee of 2CBD Deepwater in northern NSW near...
18 October 2006 Brisbane’s Biggest Street Sale is a one day event where Garage and Car Boot Sales will be held all over the city of Brisbane, with...
18 October 2006 More than 200 students are expected to attend an anti-bullying forum kicked off by Canberra’s Mix 106.3 and thought to be the first of its...
18 October 2006 A record number of graduates from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) have won recognition from their peers at the Australian Commercial Radio...
