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Abbie Chatfield ‘to replace Carrie Bickmore on her radio show. Abbie is quickly moving up the ranks at Southern Cross Austereo, if industry rumours are to be believed.

17 March 2022 Carrie, 41, announced on Tuesday's episode of The Project she will be taking several months off to live in England with her partner Chris Walker and their three children.

Radio Northern Beaches marks Avalon’s centenary with new show

17 March 2022 AVALON Beach is famous for its surfing culture and village atmosphere... Residents all have stories to tell, and you can hear many of them in a new show, The Avalon Story, on local community radio station Radio Northern Beaches (88.7/90.3 FM). In association with the Avalon Beach Culture Collective, The Avalon Story is being produced to mark the centenary of the naming of the suburb.

Another Ukraine transmission tower targeted

16 March 2022 Television and radio services have gone off the air in the Rivne region of western Ukraine following a reported Russian air attack.

Council supports new tourism radio antennas

10 March 2022 In a staff report, Blue Mountains council confirmed its support for the installation of antenna over council land at seven locations, ranging between Mount Riverview and Mount Wilson. The radio service will be transmitted by Noise FM Pty Ltd (trading as 2KA FM 87.8).

Should You Be Worried About What Amazon is up to?

9 March 2022 Has Amazon just come up with another, unregulated way to come after your ad revenue?

Is Australian Media Weakening Democracy

9 March 2022 Kerry O'Brien anchored a discussion with Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Cathy about the media and democracy.

Female artists launch petition to get Double J an FM radio licence

9 March 2022 A collective of Australian female singer-songwriters have written to the Government and Opposition requesting that the ABC’s digital-only station Double J be given broader reach via access to an FM radio licence.

News Media Bargaining Code, one year old and working: Paul Fletcher

8 March 2022 Last month, News Corp announced it was joining with Google to establish a Digital News Academy at Melbourne Business School, to provide digital skills training for Australian journalists.

Shortwave radio: who owns the receivers?: James Cridland

8 March 2022 Эхо Москвы (Echo of Moscow) was taken off the air in Russia. A station that often represented a different point of view from Russian authorities was removed after government pressure.

Australia challenged Big Tech to remove Russian state media. It deserves an answer

7 March 2022 Here was a government minister using his office to try get RT, a Russian state-controlled international television network, and Sputnik, a Russian state-owned news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service, off much of the web in Australia.

Government demands tech giants pull Russian state media

7 March 2022 Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has told some of the world’s most powerful technology companies to immediately remove Russian state media organisations from their platforms in Australia over concerns they are facilitating the spread of disinformation and promoting violence over the invasion of Ukraine.

It’s a good message, but who is listening?

7 March 2022 This week, ABC Managing Director David Anderson has released an important and ground-breaking essay on the ABC and its future.

Spotify’s Joe Rogan saga spotlights podcast moderation challenges

6 March 2022 At an ad industry conference in New York this month, one of the key architects of Spotify's (SPOT.N) podcasting strategy outlined what she saw as the biggest challenge facing platforms: how to moderate content.

Russia blocks access to BBC and Voice of America websites

5 March 2022 Russia cut access to several foreign news organisations' websites, including the BBC and Deutsche Welle, for spreading what it alleged was false information about its war in Ukraine.

The BBC Has Revived An Old-School Radio Service To Help Ukraine As TV And Internet Is Attacked By Russia

3 March 2022 Two World Service shortwave radio frequencies, which can be received in Kyiv and parts of Russia, set up for people disconnected by Putin.

The Rise and Stall of the U.S. Smart Speaker Market – New Report

3 March 2022 It is hard to say smart speakers are anything but an astounding success as a product category. There are now 95 million U.S. adults that have at least one and 50% of device owners use them daily.

BBC launches new shortwave radio service in Ukraine

3 March 2022 The BBC has launched a new shortwave radio service in Ukraine to ensure the resilience of its news operations in Ukraine and Russia, the corporation has announced. The new broadcasts will make four hours of World Service English news available every day and will reach audiences in Ukraine and parts of Russia.

Emergency broadcasting, radio’s market share, and the launch of Alfred: James Cridland

1 March 2022 The ABC is well-used to emergency broadcasting, and the playbook for them is very much based on quiet, calm, unsensationalised information.

Those returning to Vegas for the 2022 NAB Show will find some big changes in store

1 March 2022 NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt says his experience at this year's CES gives him hope for the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas, which will feature some major changes. The Las Vegas Convention Center has undergone $1 billion in renovations since the last show,

Cable and Network Correspondents in Ukraine on the most challenging parts of their coverage

1 March 2022 The most challenging part of the coverage has been trying to predict the unpredictability of the pace and scope of the Russian invasion

‘The original social media’: 3AW marks 90 years on air

27 February 2022 Talkback as we now know it – people ringing in from anywhere, claiming to be anyone and being put to air – was not legal until 1980.

Pure Radio commissions new research on radio listening

25 February 2022 A new study by radio manufacturer Pure says millions more Brits have turned to radio, regarding it as a trusted source of breaking news and instant information.

Brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian, professionally known as Heavy Young Heathens, filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that NBC, U.S. Figure Skating, and figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier violated their copyrights by using their version of “House of the Rising Sun” at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

25 February 2022 The brothers said Knierim and Frazier skated to their version of the traditional folk song, used in a trailer for the 2016 film "The Magnificent Seven" and a commercial for Ford Motor Co, without their permission, and also accused NBC of copyright infringement by broadcasting it.

Kiwi radio host Polly ‘PJ’ Harding announces she’s pregnant

23 February 2022 Kiwi radio host Polly Harding, also known as PJ, is expecting her first child. The broadcaster, who moved back to New Zealand from Melbourne last year, has shared the happy news with her Instagram followers this afternoon, in a series of photos featuring her ultrasound.

Arkansas Radio Network to shut down next month. After more than a half-century of sharing news, sports, and farm market reports over dozens of local stations across the state, the Arkansas Radio Network will be signing off next month.

23 February 2022 Toby Howell, program director at flagship talk station KARN-FM, 102.9, wrote in an email to 18 affiliate managers dated Feb. 15 that the network will be ending its news and information programming on March 20.

Former Perth breakfast radio host Heidi Anderson’s reveals her anger towards Will and Woody after leaving 92.9

23 February 2022 Former Perth breakfast radio host and Big Brother contestant Heidi Anderson has opened up for the first time about the real reason she left her dream job in radio.

Audioboom Shares Surge as Amazon, Spotify Said to Explore Bids. Stock jumps as much as 22% to a record high in London trading

22 February 2022 The stock jumped as much as 22% to the highest since listing in December 2005 and was trading 10% higher at 1,940 pence as of 10 a.m. in London, taking its market capitalisation to 306 million pounds.

Spotify buys podcasting data companies Podsights and Chartable

22 February 2022 Spotify has just bought two more companies to help brands spend money with podcasters, and podcasters grow their businesses to make them more attractive to brands.

Life is sweet for billionaire Nick Candy as Audioboom bid war hots up: Sony enters fray for podcasting firm – leaving tycoon in line for windfall

22 February 2022 The property billionaire holds a 15 per cent stake in Audioboom, which he says is 'on steroids' following the pandemic.

Audio’s New Big Money Man

21 February 2022 There was a time that Howard Stern was radio’s biggest, most controversial voice. Now, it's Joe Rogan