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Moving comeback after ‘insensitive’ radio gag

10 September 2020 A Queensland arm of the country’s leading breastfeeding support organisation has been swamped with positive messages after a radio show...

The Briefing: Bec Brown

9 September 2020 2 per cent of people in their 20s have lost their jobs in the COVID crisis, and many more are...

Australia revokes Chinese scholar visas and targets media officials, prompting furious China response

9 September 2020 The Chinese Government has sensationally used state media to accuse Australian authorities of secretly raiding the homes of four Chinese...

Who tipped off Ray Hadley about NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin’s $1,000 fine

9 September 2020 According to the ABC’s Mediawatch, “We don’t know who tipped Hadley off about the fine, but documents released to state...

Brisbane radio DJ farewelled after alleged Taringa murder

8 September 2020 Brisbane is mourning the death of a popular radio host and promoter who was allegedly murdered by two men at...

SEN radio outbreak sends football identities into isolation

8 September 2020 Two COVID-19 cases at the studio of sports radio station SEN have sent high-profile football identities into isolation and put...

Radio station tunes in to seniors festival

8 September 2020 Whittlesea broadcaster Plenty Valley FM 88.6 is offering a unique program for the region’s older residents as part of this year’s Victorian...

When Myles Galloway lost his job, he found another in Canada

8 September 2020 When UK breakfast show presenter Myles Galloway lost his job, he went to Canada to find a new one, and...

Canberra radio newsreader told to pay transgender activist $10,000 compensation for discrimination

8 September 2020 A dispute over a post on Canberra radio newsreader Beth Rep‘s Facebook page was meant to end with an apology...

Australian correspondents pulled out of China after five-day diplomatic standoff over national security case

8 September 2020 Bill Birtles, the ABC’s correspondent based in Beijing, and Mike Smith, the AFR’s correspondent based in Shanghai, boarded a flight...

New station manager for Happy FM

7 September 2020 Ian Wright has been appointed as Station Manager at 90.1 Happy FM Community Radio station following the recent retirement of...

Radio…the 800 pound gorilla of audio

4 September 2020 According to this article by Andrew Curran, if radio ever wanted to field a nationwide research project to test the...

On the News Media Bargaining Code: Kevin Rudd

3 September 2020 A big debate in Australia at the moment on the News Media Bargaining Code – with Murdoch in one corner...

How Journalists Are Coping with a Heightened Surveillance Threat

3 September 2020 Investigative reporters around the world are tightening their digital safety habits, out of concern that emergency pandemic laws, new spy...

Google wants to remix news radio

2 September 2020 Google wants to create something like a computer-generated song playlist but this time a bespoke audio experience, not with music,...

Eden community radio on the air for 20 years

2 September 2020 Eden community radio station 2SEA received its first full broadcast licence in 2000, after two years hard work by a...

Margaret River Radio set to connect, entertain and inform community

2 September 2020 A dedicated team of locals have joined forces to launch a new community internet radio station in the Margaret River...

Eden community radio on the air for 20 years

2 September 2020 Eden community radio station 2SEA received its first full broadcast licence in 2000, after two years hard work by a...

Sonos Radio is linear, curated music for the streaming era

2 September 2020 Radio might not feature as heavily in our lives these days thanks to the rise of music streaming and podcast...

ABC in fresh pay dispute as union lodges Fair Work action

2 September 2020 A disagreement over ABC redundancy entitlements – which could disadvantage women employees the most, according to staff and unions –...

ABC chair calls into ABC Melbourne to reassure listeners she has no impact on editorial decisions.

2 September 2020 ABC Chair, Ita Buttrose, called Virginia Trioli and told her that “…the chair of the ABC has nothing to do with...

Edison’s webinar on listening habits during quarantine

2 September 2020 Edison Research SVP Tom Webster provides an update on the overall podcast listener landscape, drawing from insights gained from Edison...

RADIO.COM launches across general motors brands

2 September 2020 Entercom is launching its first native automotive application on select General Motors (GM) vehicles to further increase driver connectivity and...

Podcast advertising is pandemic proof: Ad volumes quickly recover and surpass prior levels

2 September 2020 March 2020 was a strong month for podcast advertising with a record number of advertisers and ad detections. When the...

A senior-friendly tablet … with a streaming radio feature

1 September 2020 GrandPad, creator of the first purpose-built tablet designed for older adults, has expanded the device’s capabilities with a free radio...

Making big tech pay

1 September 2020 Should Google and Facebook be forced to compensate commercial media for the news stories they publish?

Replacement of UK stations with single national outlet described as act of ‘breathtaking cultural vandalism’

31 August 2020 Dozens of regional radio stations have been replaced by a single national outlet, in the latest blow to an industry...

B&T’s Long List of Women in Media Power

30 August 2020 CRA’s Joan Warner, ARN publicist Bec Brown, NovaEnt’s Cathy O’Connor, SCA’s Gemma Fordham and Nikki Clarkson are on it.

All UK car radios to come with digital as standard

27 August 2020 All radios fitted in new passenger cars will come with digital radio as standard from 2021 following new regulations [1]...

Thanks to positive DAB+ listener numbers, Swiss radio stations plan to phase out FM broadcasting in 2022/2023

27 August 2020 71 percent of the Swiss population now receive radio programmes digitally, while the proportion using only analogue FM transmissions has...