ABC Protest backs staff elected director

30 March 2006 Nearly a thousand staff and supporters have crowded the foyer of the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters to protest against the removal of the staff elected director’s...

Satellite failure brings down networking

30 March 2006 The aging Optus B1 Satellite suffered an outage yesterday just before 6pm. Operators at the sat control centre at Sydney’s Belrose found they were unable...

Hinch denies sexual assault allegations on his 3AW program

30 March 2006 3AW drive presenter Derryn Hinch has strenuously denied claims that he sexually assaulted a woman more than a year ago. Opening his program...

Alexsandra Lyall made redundant from Southern Cross

30 March 2006 Southern Cross Broadcasting's Director of Innovation and Learning Alexsandra Lyall was made redundant this week. Lyall has told radioinfo the news came as a...

ABC local radio gives listeners the pip: Audio

29 March 2006 Regular ABC radio listeners do not like change. That’s a well known fact.

5AA’s Bob Francis pleads guilty

29 March 2006 Bob Francis has pleaded guilty to a contempt of court charge in the South Australian Supreme Court. Francis made comments on October 26, last...

Capper proposes–but Nathan and Nat still the bridesmaids

29 March 2006 Football icon(!) Warwick Capper has proposed to girlfriend Jo Fuhrmann, live on-air with Perth Nova 93.7’s Nathan and Nat. Warwick decided to propose on air,...

Tony Martin’s back on Triple M

29 March 2006 Writer and comedian Tony Martin will return to Triple M from next Monday hosting a one-hour, daily show 'Get This' from 9am to 10am every...

KPMG report and ABC funding a hot topic in Parliamentary Debates this week

29 March 2006 The ABC has been a hot topic of debate in Parliament this week, with the staff elected director position being abolished, funding under consideration, the...

World Audio’s future in hands of creditors and administrators

29 March 2006 The administrators evaluating the future of World Audio are looking at two options for the future: either devise a rescue plan, or wind...

Ugly Phil nominated for Breakfast Show Sony Award in the UK

29 March 2006 Ugly Phil’s Breakfast Show on Kerrang radio in the UK has been nominated for in the Entertainment category of this year’s prestigious UK Sony Awards....

Survey 2 results: Vega up, AW and GB on top, Mix wins Adelaide

28 March 2006 The results of the second capital city ratings survey have been released, with Vega trending upwards in both Sydney and Melbourne, and 3AW and 2GB...

WorldAudio just hanging on

28 March 2006 The survival of WorldAudio is a “week to week proposition” its administrator Bob Elliot, told a meeting of creditors yesterday. He said the company...

Melbourne SEN and 3MP revenue below expectations

27 March 2006 Pacific Star Network (SEN and 3MP) has announced its sales revenue for January and February 2006 has been below expectations and the full 2006 projections...

Austereo’s Newcastle line-up changes

27 March 2006 Following Friday's announcement that Carlee Potter will join Radio Newcastle from Breakfast at Bill Caralis’ NewFM, NXFM and KOFM's line-ups for 2006 have now...

Rural radio against proposed reforms

27 March 2006 The federal government’s media ownership reforms have been savaged by rural radio companies in a detailed analysis that predicts the changes would restrict diversity in...

Robbo leaves 2CA Breakfast

27 March 2006 Greg "Robbo" Robson has tendered his resignation as 2CA Breakfast Announcer. Group Program Director Ryan Rathbone has told radioinfo "we are very sad...

Liam Bartlett replaces Paul Murray on 6PR mornings

26 March 2006 6PR has poached rival ABC720 morning host Liam Bartlett to replace the station's recently resigned Paul Murray. Speculation has been rife in Perth...

Resurrection of radio ad spending after Easter?

26 March 2006 It may be wishful thinking, but media companies and agencies are predicting that the weak conditions in advertising markets over the past six months are...

Radio Queensland announce judging panel for 2006 Goldies Awards

26 March 2006 The judges for the 2006 Goldies Awards have been announced. Ralph van Dijk, Managing Director, Eardrum Michael Anderson, CEO, Austereo John Dickson, Joint Executive Creative...

FM103.2 hosts an ‘Open House’

25 March 2006 From 9pm Sunday night 2nd April, FM103.2’s Sheridan Voysey will open the phone lines for listeners interested in exploring life, faith and culture in the...

No uncertainty about staff director role: Ramona Koval

25 March 2006 Ramona Koval has told radioinfo she has no uncertainty about the abolished position of staff elected director. "Contrary to the Minister's view, there...

Sandilands wants to take over all Austereo’s breakfast shows

24 March 2006 For Kyle Sandilands things are about to get very hectic. Apart from being co-host on the #1 FM radio show in Sydney, he’s starting work...

GCap calls off planned station sell-off

24 March 2006 UK radio group GCap Media have abandoned the sale of nine local stations in north Wales and the south-west of England and admitted to plunging...

BBC goes for Powergold

24 March 2006 The independently owned and operated Micropower Corp, creators of Powergold Music Scheduling Software for Windows, has announced that BBC radio has become the latest broadcaster...

Koval dumped from ABC Board as staff director position abolished

23 March 2006 Communications Minister Helen Coonan has restructured Romona Koval out of her job on the ABC board by abolishing the position of staff-elected Director. Legislation...

ACMA finds 2DAY FM in code breach during Lowie’s Hot 30 Countdown

23 March 2006 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that 2DayFM Sydney breached the Commercial Radio Codes of Practice by broadcasting inappropriate sexual material in the...

Over-40’s a problem for Vega

22 March 2006 DMG Radio has stopped running ads for its troubled Vega stations in Melbourne and Sydney and is conducting more research to determine why people are...

New program director for 4BH

22 March 2006 Brisbane’s 882 4BH has appointed Geoff Harrison as its new Program Director. Geoff’s radio career spans over 17 years, pre-dominantly in South East Queensland.

Win for i98 in Wollongong survey

22 March 2006 i98 has won the latest Wollongong survey despite a slight drop in its audience share. Win Corporation's i98 scored 22.8% in the survey released...

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