8 October 2003 Clear Channel has left the decision about streaming to its local managers, who decide if they can find a viable business plan to make...
6 October 2003 The pair of New York breakfast broadcasters who were sacked after encouraging their listeners to have sex in a church (see earlier story) have earned...
3 October 2003 Controversial US talk show host Rush Limbaugh gave the keynote address at this week’s US NAB Radio Show, concentrating on how to use the power...
1 October 2003 The NAB Radio Show conference, being held in Philadelphia USA, opened today with a pessimistic outlook for the coming 12 months and some interesting precedents...
1 October 2003 Fox TV News has signaled its intention to expand into the Radio News arena by providing syndicated news feeds using its existing tv newsroom and...
24 September 2003 The town of Agra Oklahoma has changed its name to "Viagra" as a result of a radio contest. It started as a challenge from...
24 September 2003 Tony Blair’s UK Government will put all aspects of BBC funding and regulation on the table when it reviews the national broadcasters charter in...
17 September 2003 BBC investigative journalist, Andrew Gilligan has described the words he used in an on air report about David Kelly as "a slip of the tongue"....
17 September 2003 Sharon Crosbie will leave her position as Chief Executive and Editor in Chief of Radio New Zealand in December. A new CEO is currently being...
27 August 2003 In an unprecedented attack by a senior BBC executive, Rupert Murdoch was called a "capital imperialist who wants to destroy the BBC" by BBC1 Controller Lorraine...
20 August 2003 New Yorkers listened to their radios to find out what was happening during the recent blackout. As TVs shut down without power and newspapers...
7 August 2003 ARN part owner Clear Channel Communications has announced a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share. The dividend is payable in October.
3 August 2003 Not even God's radio station is safe from the wrath of angry suburban residents worried about Electro Magnetic Radiation (EMR) from transmission towers. In...
25 July 2003 The United States House of Representatives has passed legislation which effectively reverses the recently modified FCC rules. The FCC changes were hailed as a way...
23 July 2003 This year’s IBC2003 conference and exhibition will be held in Amsterdam this September The Conference will run 11-15 and trhe Exhibition dates are 12-16 September....
23 July 2003 Gerald Brown, in his e-broadcastnewsasia newsletter, reports the current media situation in Iraq (reprinted courtesy of e-bna). Out from the ashes of a...
23 July 2003 The BBC is embroiled in controversy surrounding the death of British weapons expert Dr David Kelly, who was the source of various BBC stories about...
9 July 2003 Britain’s commercial radio industry and the BBC have joined forces for the biggest ever concerted promotional campaign about DAB digital radio. A new radio...
9 July 2003 The 2003 European Radio Symposium European Television Symposium will be held in Prague on 12, 13 & 14 November 2003. .
2 July 2003 Britain’s BBC has been under attack from government in a similar way to the ABC recently. PM Tony Blair and his chief strategist, Alistair Campbell,...
26 June 2003 Rupert Murdoch's Skyradio submitted the winning bid in this week's historic auction of Denmark's fifth nation wide radio channel. Murdoch-owned Skyradio will now operate...
11 June 2003 The world's first daily Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) broadcasts begin next week (16 June). VT Merlin Communications has announced it will...
11 June 2003 Chilean station W Radio CRC's latest competition is to auction a vurgin. A 21 year-old student is offering her virginity to the highest bidder...
4 June 2003 America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week adopted new broadcast ownership rules that “provide a new, comprehensive national and local regulatory framework that will serve...
28 May 2003 UK digital radio channel Oneword radio, "the pioneering digital books, plays, comedy and discussion station" has announced its first RAJAR Survey results. Oneword is...
26 May 2003 In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a review of the Clear Channel network, which owns over 1000 stations across the country....
14 May 2003 A Zimbabwen high court has struck down the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act instituted by President Robert Mugabe. The act has...
14 May 2003 The 2003 New Zealand Radio Awards were handed out on Saturday. Full list of Finalists and Winners is: CATEGORY 1 - AIR...
14 May 2003 The Digital Radio Development Bureau, which promotes Eureka-147 digital broadcasting, is “encouraged” by ratings figures that it says indicate a significant number of...
7 May 2003 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a private international broadcasting company, funded by a grant from the US Congress, is transmitting “Radio Free Afghanistan” from...
