9 October 2005 Former WSFM breakfast host Kayley Harris has written to The Daily Telegraph asking that former 702 ABC Sydney breakfast host Julie McCrossin be given a...
9 October 2005 5AA evening presenter Bob Francis came under the Media Watch spotlight for his treatment of an old lady on his program. After pointing...
7 October 2005 Film Australia chairman Steven Skala has been appointed to the board of the ABC. Communications Minister Helen Coonan has also promoted serving director John...
7 October 2005 27-year-old Kathryn Roberts is the winner of the ninth Andrew Olle Scholarship. Roberts is a bi-media journalist currently based in the ABC’s Canberra (Northbourne)...
7 October 2005 The 702 ABC Sydney 10th annual Andrew Olle Media Lecture was delivered last night by John Doyle. Parts of the transcript follows: “Cross...
6 October 2005 According to AC Nielsen’s latest survey results, i98FM has again claimed victory as the number one station in the Illawarra and South Coast. In...
6 October 2005 AM network Radio2 is spending up big on television and print advertising. The advertisements claim that Radio2 has “the largest broadcast footprint of any...
6 October 2005 Thanks to a community effort, Western Australia has a new radio station - Vision FM88.0 Jurien Bay. Vision will be a mix of music...
6 October 2005 The 702 ABC Sydney 10th annual Andrew Olle Media Lecture is on tonight at the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney at 7pm. The Lecture will be...
6 October 2005 Communications Minister Helen Coonan has appointed accounting group KPMG Australia to carry out a review of the ABC's funding. The Government promised during last...
5 October 2005 In a move that will shake the confidence of ABC Radio's Sydney station 702, newly recruited presenter Julie McCrossin has quit the breakfast show. ...
5 October 2005 John Martin has joined Radio 2ME Australia as General Manager. Martin will primarily focus on making 2ME ready for a public listing.
5 October 2005 Radio National has had the most significant restructure in 10 years. After a seven-month review by Radio National Acting Program Director, Jane Connors, many...
5 October 2005 With the Supercheap Auto 1000 at Mount Panorama in Bathurst just days away, many serious petrol heads have already begun the annual pilgrimage out west...
5 October 2005 A four member jury in the NSW supreme court took less than an hour to find that 2GB’s Alan Jones had conveyed meanings that defamed...
4 October 2005 Today in Brisbane, history will be made - and who would have thought that the phase-two water restrictions now in place would change one of...
4 October 2005 90.9 Sea FM has come to the rescue at the fuel tank with ‘$25,000 Tank Toppers’. Sea FM has been taking calls from concerned...
4 October 2005 This weekend if you go to any Super Cheap Auto store in Australia, you'll be able to listen to SCAR FM - Super Cheap Auto's...
3 October 2005 DMG will network (or “integrate” as bosses chose to call it) their Sydney and Melbourne Vega stations in a fortnight. From 17th October, Melbourne...
3 October 2005 Macquarie Bank has launched a new media fund which is seeking to raise up to $996 million in an initial public offering, boosting its shares....
2 October 2005 The commercial radio industry has announced eight new and emerging Australian artists who it believes have the potential to be the next big things on...
2 October 2005 From Monday Albury-Wodonga’s News, Talk and Sport station – 1494 2AY – revamps its weekday afternoon line-up from 4 – 6pm, with drive host, Derryn...
2 October 2005 The radio industry has started haggling with Nielsen Media Research over the next radio audience measurement contract. The Australian Financial Review’s Neil Shoebridge reports...
30 September 2005 WorldAudio/Radio 2 Managing Director, Andrew Thompson believes that the Federal Cabvarchar(15) may make a final decision on the distribution of digital radio licences as early...
30 September 2005 Townsville’s 4TTT FM will broadcast live from the opening concert of The Magnetic Island Great Tropical Jazz Party next Friday night from 8 – 10pm....
29 September 2005 RCS has expanded its AirCheck product into the Queensland market with services in Brisbane and the Gold Coast from Saturday. This complements the Sydney...
29 September 2005 According to The Daily Telegraph’s Sydney Confidential, Ian “Dicko” Dickson filled in on Triple M’s networked breakfast program, ‘The Cage’ this morning due to a...
29 September 2005 Australian music stars, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Mac and Thirsty Merc will headline this year’s Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) to be held in Sydney on...
28 September 2005 Large scale media reforms may be off the agenda for now according to a report in The Australian, but Communications Minister Coonan has told...
28 September 2005 Tickets are now sold out for the 2005 Andrew Olle Media Lecture. This year is the 10th anniversary of the lecture and a special...
