ACCC will give public guidance on media mergers: Samuel at Estimates Committee

31 May 2006 In today’s Senate Estimates Committee hearing on Economics, the ACCC’s (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) Chairman Graeme Samuel told Senators his organisation is working on...

New Vega now four days old

31 May 2006 Vega’s new format is now four days old and listeners are beginning to get a sense of what the new sound will be: younger, up...

2CHY embezzled out of funds

31 May 2006 Coffs Harbour community station 2CHY has called in police to investigate fraud by an employee, who has now left the station and gone interstate. ...

FBi 94.5’s band camp

31 May 2006 Sydney youth radio station FBi 94.5 takes its listeners one step closer to the music they love this month with the FBi Band Camp. ...

ABC Radio’s Dig channel now on digital tv

31 May 2006 The ABC continues to develop cross-platform programming with the birth of a new program called dig tv on Monday nights from 9:00pm on ABC2 beginning...

2DU seeking messages from past employees for 70th anniversary

31 May 2006 2DU Dubbo will be celebrating its 70th anniversary on 3rd July 2006. If you have had any association at all with 2DU over the...

MRN board – new appointment

30 May 2006 The Chairman of Macquarie Radio Network Limited Max Donnelly has announced the appointment of Richard Freemantle as a director of the MRN Board. The appointment...

Rowan Barker’s attacker in court

30 May 2006 A 16 year old boy has appeared in Bidura Children's Court charged with the attack that left 2GB newsreader Rowan Barker hospitalised. The...

Rush for spam reporting program crashes ACMA site

30 May 2006 The website of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) crashed Wednesday, more than likely caused by excessive numbers of visitors wanting to download their...

2SM’s Gilbert under listener attack

29 May 2006 Last night’s Media Watch on ABC TV reported a listener “ambush” on 2SM’s nighttime presenter Graeme Gilbert. It started with the first listener responding to...

Bega ABC Local Radio under fire for revealing sources

29 May 2006 Media Watch this week also covered an internal dispute within ABC Radio's Bega office, where the acting manager pressured a presenter to reveal on air...

Vega evolves its format: more music and local focus

28 May 2006 Vega is changing direction, as foreshadowed by station bosses recently after poor launch ratings. The Vega stations will focus more closely on their local markets...

Sunshine Coast Mix FM $5,000 Secret Sound no longer a secret

27 May 2006 The phrase, ‘not my cup of tea’ could not be further from the truth for Michael Kiss of Buderim. ‘Is it pulling the little...

The Edge 96.ONE listeners use SMS for “what’s playing now?”

27 May 2006 Listeners of Western Sydney based hip hop and R&B station, The Edge 96.ONE, have welcomed a new service that allows them to find out the...

Caralis Supernetwork continues upgrades with ZOO FM Dubbo Translator

27 May 2006 Bill Caralis, independent owner and operator of the 2SM Supernetwork, has launched yet another ACMA approved supplementary translator service from ZOO FM 92.7...

BroadcastAsia2006 to feature hot digital media technologies and trends

27 May 2006 BroadcastAsia2006, Asia’s leading broadcasting and multimedia technology event, has announced that it is geared up for another successful run at the Singapore Expo with a...

Commercial stations victims of diminishing audience relevance: Barry Melville

26 May 2006 The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia has responded swiftly and forcefully to the commercial radio sector’s urging of the government to stop issuing general purpose...

3RRR a good example for community sector: Enquiry Chair Jackie Kelly

25 May 2006 Federal House of Representatives MP Jackie Kelly knows about the rough and tumble of the community radio sector because she has been lobbied by many...

No more generalist community licences: CRA’s Joan Warner

25 May 2006 The commercial radio sector has urged the government to stop issuing general purpose community radio licences, saying the definition of community licences should be amended...

Socceroo’s Josip Skoko kicking goals for RADD – Audio

25 May 2006 Hot off the field after a scorching goal which secured last nights victory against Greece, is Socceroo's Josip Skoko. But being a top mid-fielder aisde,...

Oh Brother…what have we here? More radio podcasts

24 May 2006 In a week that’s been dominated by radio podcasts on radioinfo...now Macquarie Radio Network (MRN) has announced two new offerings in their digital video podcasting...

Hughesy pashes a man in new Nova TV ad

24 May 2006 The latest TV commercials for Nova 100’s Hughesy, Kate & Dave feature the Breakfast team trying to win back ‘lost listeners’ by visiting their homes...

Paid podcasts under consideration for some ABC programs: Estimates Committee

24 May 2006 The issue of paying for ABC podcasts resurfaced again this week in the ABC’s Senate Estimates hearing. Senator Conroy asked acting Managing Director...

ACMA’s Chris Chapman fronts Estimates Committee

24 May 2006 New ACMA chairman Chris Chapman had his first public session in front of the Senate Estimates committee this week and used it to make...

Dual role for Sean Craig Murphy after departure of Stewart and Dinn from 5MMM

24 May 2006 Austereo has announced that Sean Craig Murphy will take up the new dual position of Assistant Program Director and Afternoon/Drive announcer at Adelaide’s TripleM after...

Arbitron’s PPM For UK ratings trial

23 May 2006 Arbitron has announced that global market information group TNS has signed a two-year deal to use Arbitron's Portable People Meter to collect both radio and...

Music research goes online

23 May 2006 Pinnacle Media Worldwide has unveiled their Online Digital Music Test (OMT), which utilizes the company's "Dial" technology on a second-by-second-basis to collect the emotional...

Launches of 2UE advertiser podcasts and sponsored Austereo podcasts

23 May 2006 Three commercial radio stations this week have taken up new technology opportunities to generate innovative revenue opportunities and to reach listeners in new ways. Nova...

Brisbane B105 maroons listeners

23 May 2006 They are some of the hottest tickets in Brisbane each year. It’s Mate against Mate, State against State – it is State of Origin.

Melbourne Nova offers downloads in tram and bus shelters

22 May 2006 The sounds of Hughesy, Kate & Dave can be heard around Melbourne with Nova 100 launching its new Hypertag advertising on selected Adshel tram and...

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