10 July 2004 An announcer, who wore a ski mask into a Texas convenience store, as part of an on air prank, has been charged with making a...
10 July 2004 Veteran writer, journalist and humourist, Bill Radke, has been named co-host and senior editor of American Public Media's Public Radio Weekend (PRW), the new weekend...
7 July 2004 In war torn Iraq, there will soon be a new radio program for young people, focusing on their lives, hopes and leisure. With violence...
6 July 2004 Rock 'n 'roll's 50th birthday has been marked by Elvis Presley's 'That's All Right Mama' being played simultaneously on up to 1500 radio stations around...
30 June 2004 American shock jock, Howard Stern, whose show was dropped in six cities during a crackdown on indecency, claims he is back in most of those...
29 June 2004 A US satellite radio company is launching a special channel to broadcast Elvis Presley's music 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The...
29 June 2004 London radio station, Heart FM, has knocked Capital FM off the top spot in London in the battle of the breakfast shows. Ex-pat Australian,...
26 June 2004 In the US, an appeals court has blocked new rules to lift media ownership limits, in a blow to a federal regulatory agency and major...
24 June 2004 Veteran British DJ, Tony Blackburn, has been suspended from his morning radio show for defying a ban on playing Cliff Richard records! Classic Gold...
22 June 2004 In the United States, fines for airing indecent material on radio and television will be increased substantially. The measures - approved by the Senate...
21 June 2004 Venezuela's media will meet to try to ease tensions and foster a peaceful climate for a 15 August referendum on the rule of President Hugo...
20 June 2004 The New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the murder of a crusading radio journalist in the southern Philippines. Eliseo Binoya...
15 June 2004 In the United States, there is a growing trend for record companies to pay radio stations to play entire songs as paid commercials - a...
10 June 2004 Visitors attending BroadcastAsia2004 can expect to see 'best-of-breed' solutions from 860 exhibiting companies from 44 countries at the Singapore Expo from 15-18 June. The...
10 June 2004 British satellite broadcaster, BskyB, has announced plans to launch free to air digital radio and television channels, alongside its pay to view services. The...
26 May 2004 BBC correspondent Chris Hogg reports that Hong Kong's government rejects suggestions that freedom of speech and the freedom of the press are under threat...
23 May 2004 Pope John Paul has urged governments to regulate the media, saying a rampant 'anything goes' mentality is damaging the family. "The media can wreak...
19 May 2004 More than 20 radio stations in New Zealand will be floated publicly, as part of plans by Canadian broadcast and newspaper group, CanWest Global Communications,...
16 May 2004 In the US, two Portland DJs have reportedly been fired because of remarks they made, while airing audio of the beheading of American hostage, Nick...
12 May 2004 Nick Berg, the man beheaded in that gruesome terrorist online video, was in Iraq doing work on radio towers for the new regime. Berg...
12 May 2004 In a move that may eventually be replicated by ARN in Australia, US parent company Clear Channel is now moving into special event program production....
6 May 2004 Today is the deadline for entries in the 2004 British NTL Commercial Radio Awards. The NTL Broadcast and Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) awards...
5 May 2004 At the recently finished NAB Convention in America, NAB President and CEO Edward O. Fritts gave the opening address, where he imagined that radio was...
5 May 2004 The recent ruckus over Howard Stern's battle with the FCC and Clear Channel has seen his ratings increase on all stations which kept the program on...
28 April 2004 You've heard of the old Buy Swap and Sell radio segments. A US radio station has taken it to the next level, beginning a whole...
28 April 2004 Two Miami radio chatshow hosts, who duped Cuba' President, Fidel Castro, with a prank call, are soliciting one cent coins from their fans to pay...
28 April 2004 British publication, MediaWeek UK, says that US money man Tom Hicks is getting ready to retire next year, and that before he does he is...
25 April 2004 A Spanish language radio station in Miami, which crank called Cuban President, Fidel Castro, faces a $5450 fine, according to federal regulators. The station,...
10 April 2004 In the United States, Clear Channel Communications has dropped Howard Stern permanently from its programming, after earlier suspending his show, citing indecent content. The...
31 March 2004 Tributes are starting to come in for broadcaster, Alistair Cooke, a legend in Britain and his adopted United States, who has died at the age...
